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Revision as of 10:11, 27 January 2002
Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 - 1900 - 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905
Births
- February 11 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, polo player.
- February 11 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher.
- April 25 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, physicist.
- May 1 - Ignazio Silone, Italian author; in Abruzzo region of Italy
- November 8 - Margaret Mitchell, American author
Deaths
- William Marsh Rice (philanthropist, founder of Rice University)
- June 5 - Stephen Crane, American author; in Badenweiler, Baden, Germany
- August 25 - Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher, writer; in Germany
- November 30 - Oscar Wilde, British author, playwright; in Paris, France
Events
- Summer Olympic Games in Paris France
- Boxer Rebellion in China against Europeans
Science
- December 14 - Max Planck uses quantization to explain black body radiation.
Literature & the Arts
- Lafcadio Hearn's book Shadowings published
1900 is also the title of a film by Bernardo Bertolucci
1900 released in 1976 followed two men from different classes in Italy from 1900 to 1945. It shows the rise of fascism and communism and their effects on the main characters. It is an epic film by anybody's standards, in that in its original release it was over 6 hours in length although it was cut to 4 hours for release in the USA.