WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1900
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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)
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded. (3. August 1900)
The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation. (19. July 1900)
The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China. (14. August 1900)
The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. (2. July 1900)
In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. (29. July 1900)
Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion. (14. July 1900)
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government. (9. July 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)
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)
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