WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1900
Find out what all happened January to November 1900

Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China. (17. June 1900)

Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War. (13. September 1900)

The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy. (14. June 1900)

Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi. (21. June 1900)

The British Labour Party is founded. (27. February 1900)

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded. (3. August 1900)

The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. (25. October 1900)

The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. (2. July 1900)

Hawaii becomes a United States territory. (14. June 1900)

Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop. (24. January 1900)

Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith. (7. February 1900)

Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in a British prison under mysterious circumstances. (9. June 1900)

Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat. (23. January 1900)

The American League is organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams. (29. January 1900)

The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands. (16. January 1900)

The Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. (25. June 1900)

Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children. (9. July 1900)

Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. (8. September 1900)

The Davis Cup competition is established. (9. February 1900)

Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughan, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express. (30. April 1900)

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