February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
Day of death December 28, 1900
The temperature on December 28, 1900 was about 7.9 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
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