January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
Day of death September 2, 1900
The temperature on September 2, 1900 was about 13.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
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