1900
1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian Calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday in the Julian Calendar. It was the last year of the 19th century.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1897 1898 1899 – 1900 – 1901 1902 1903 |
Art, music, theatre, literature
- May 17 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is published.
Events
- February 9 – The Boers defeat the British at Ladysmith, South Africa.
- The Olympic Games took place in Paris.
Births
January
- January 1 – Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer (d. 1977)
- January 1 – Paola Borboni, Italian actress (d. 1995)
February
- February 22 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (d. 1983)
March
- March 29 – John McEwen, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
April
- April 5 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
- April 26 – Charles Richter, American geophysicist and inventor (d. 1985)
May
June
- June 17 – Martin Bormann, Nazi-German politician (d. 1945)
July
- July 19 – Arno Breker, German sculptor (d. 1991)
August
- August 4 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, queen of George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
September
- September 3 – Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland (d. 1986)
October
- October 7 – Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi politician (d. 1945)
- October 17 – Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991)
- October 20 – Ismail al-Azhari, President of Sudan (d. 1969)
- October 21 – Srinagarindra, Queen Mother of Thailand (d. 1995)
- October 26 – Ibrahim Abboud, President of Sudan (d. 1983)
November
- November 14 – Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)
December
- December 6 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974)
Deaths
- June 5 – Stephen Crane, American writer (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)