WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1900
Find out what all happened March to December 1900

Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans. (27. July 1900)

Gare d'Orsay railway station is inaugurated in Paris. (28. May 1900)

Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return. (21. June 1900)

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

The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China. (14. August 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)

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

The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation. (19. July 1900)

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

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

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

Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking. (17. May 1900)

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

Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria. (5. June 1900)

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

The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift. (16. August 1900)

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

The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. (18. May 1900)

N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil. (29. May 1900)