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What Happened In July 1900 In History

Historical Events for July, 1900

  • 2nd » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • 9th » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Royal Assent to an Act creating Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one Government of Australia named federal government.
  • 9th » Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the Taiyuan Massacre named execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • 14th » Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance Siege of the International Legations known as capture Tianjin known as Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
  • 19th » The Paris Métro Line 1 e.g first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • 27th » Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor named Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • 29th » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the Anarchism or anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1900

  • 2nd » Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director (d. 1971)
  • 3rd » Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
  • 5th » Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist, founded the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (d. 1989)
  • 6th » Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 7th » Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990)
  • 8th » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959)
  • 10th » Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (d. 1993)
  • 10th » Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979)
  • 12th » Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (d. 1962)
  • 13th » George Lewis (clarinetist) known as George Lewis, American clarinet player and songwriter (d. 1969)
  • 17th » Marcel Dalio, French actor (d. 1983)
  • 18th » Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999)
  • 20th » Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach (d. 1967)
  • 23rd » John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant (d. 2010)
  • 24th » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet (d. 1948)
  • 26th » Pat Walshe, American actor (d. 1991)
  • 28th » Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (d. 1965)
  • 29th » Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
  • 29th » Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964)

Famous Deaths for July 1900

  • 29th » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
  • 30th » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)

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