WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1900
Find out what all happened January to April 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)

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

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

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

Datu Muhammad Salleh is assassinated in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion. (31. January 1900)

American Statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. (2. January 1900)

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

Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule. (5. January 1900)

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

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

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

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

Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State. (14. February 1900)

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

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

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