WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1900
Find out what all happened November to December 1900

Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses. (7. November 1900)

Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law. (14. December 1900)

A relief crew arrives at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace. (26. December 1900)

The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic. (18. December 1900)

Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign. (19. December 1900)

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