WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1900
Find out what all happened January to July 1900

Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China. (20. June 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 first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation. (19. July 1900)

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

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

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

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

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

The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy. (14. June 1900)

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

Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families. (18. June 1900)

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

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

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

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

Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China. (17. June 1900)

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

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)