January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
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.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
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.
Day of death December 20, 1900
The temperature on December 20, 1900 was about 3.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
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