WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1900
Find out what all happened February to April 1900

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

The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule. (2. April 1900)

Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete. (16. March 1900)

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

The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore. (7. March 1900)

The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. (6. February 1900)

Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B. (5. April 1900)

Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines. (15. April 1900)

Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg. (27. February 1900)

Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded. (27. February 1900)

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

The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal. (5. February 1900)

The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted. (28. February 1900)

Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. (13. March 1900)

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

Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg. (18. February 1900)

Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor. (30. April 1900)

Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn. (24. March 1900)

In South Africa, Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart's Hill. (23. February 1900)

The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard. (14. March 1900)

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