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# 1900

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Years : | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903

Note that 1900 is actually the last year of the 19th century; 1901 is the actual first year of the 20th century.

## [edit] Events

- February 9 - The Boers defeat the British at Ladysmith, South Africa.
- The Olympic Games took place in Paris.

## [edit] Births

- March 29 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
- April 16 - Polly Adler, Russian author (d. 1962)
- April 26 - Charles Richter, American geophysicist and inventor (d. 1985)
- August 4 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen of George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
- October 7 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official (d. 1945)
- November 14 - Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)

## [edit] Deaths

- June 5 - Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871)
- August 25 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer (b. 1844)
- November 22 - Sir Arthur Sullivan. English composer (b. 1842)
- November 30 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b. 1854)

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