WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1900
Find out what all happened May to September 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)

The Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history. (1. May 1900)

Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. (17. September 1900)

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

Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State. (24. May 1900)

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

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

In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. (29. July 1900)

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

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

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

Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China. (20. June 1900)

Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China. (17. June 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 Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China. (14. August 1900)

Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro. (26. May 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)

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

Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion. (14. July 1900)

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