1899
1900
history - Boxer Rebellion: Boxers destroy 3 villages near Peking and kill 60 Chinese Christians - Philippine-American War - In France, the length of a legal workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours - Hawaii becomes an official U.S. territory - the United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga - Russia invades Manchuria - Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in 1863, as the first African American to have been awarded this medal - The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act passes the British Parliament
culture - the first zeppelin flight is carried out over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany - the Wright Brothers began their first untethered glider flights - Max Planck announces his discovery of the law of black body emission, marking the birth of quantum physics - the Paris Métro opens, with entrances designed by Hector Guimard - Arthur Schnitzler: Reigen - August Strindberg: The Dance of Death - Sigmund Freud: Die Traumdeutung (The Interpretation of Dreams) - Friedrich Nietzsche (†) - Oscar Wilde (†)
music - Phonogrammarchiv founded in Berlin, Germany - Giacomo Puccini: Tosca - Arthur Sullivan (†)
- 1900.01.08 -- Europe: UK. London - recordings for Berliner - Vess Ossman
- 1900.01.18 -- Europe: UK. London - recordings for Berliner - The Metropolitan Orchestra
- 1900.04.00 -- Europe: UK. London - recordings for Berliner - Sousa's Band
- 1900.05.18 -- Europe: UK. London - recordings for Berliner - Vess Ossman
- 1900.06.04 -- US: New Jersey: Camden? - recordings for Victor - Georgia Minstrels (William F. Hooley...)
- 1900.10.05 -- US: New Jersey: Camden? - recordings for Victor - Sousas's Band, Walter B. Rogers
- 1900.11.12 -- US: New Jersey: Camden? - recordings for Victor - S.H. Dudley
- 1900.11.13 -- US: New Jersey: Camden? - recordings for Victor - S.H. Dudley
- 1900.11.14 -- US: New Jersey: Camden? - recordings for Victor - Georgia Minstrels (William F. Hooley...)
- 1900.11.17 -- ? - recordings for Berliner - Haydn Quartet