What Happened In February 1900 - Historical Events 1900 February

Historical Events for February, 1900

3rd » Governor of Kentucky William Goebel dies of wound sustained in an assassination attempt three days earlier in Frankfort, Kentucky.
5th » The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal.
6th » The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
7th » Second Boer War: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland named British troops fail in their Battle of Vaal Krantz known as third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
9th » The Davis Cup competition is established.
14th » Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland named British troops invade the Orange Free State.
18th » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday (1900) known as Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
27th » Second Boer War: In South Africa, United Kingdom or British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
27th » The Labour Party (UK) e.g British Labour Party is founded.
27th » FC Bayern Munich known as Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
28th » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.

2nd » Willie Kamm, American baseball player (d. 1988)
3rd » Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984)
4th » Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (d. 1977)
5th » Adlai Stevenson II named Adlai Stevenson, American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois (d. 1965)
8th » Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Russian animator and director (d. 1987)
11th » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)
11th » Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (d. 1958)
12th » Roger J. Traynor, American jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (d. 1983)
13th » Roy Harrod, English economist (d. 1978)
17th » Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998)
21st » Madeleine Renaud, French actress (d. 1994)
22nd » Luis Buñuel, Spanish director and producer (d. 1983)
22nd » Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish author (d. 1991)
22nd » James Sisnett, Barbadian super-centenarian (d. 2013)
25th » Richard Indreko, Estonian archeologist and historian (d. 1961)
26th » Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (d. 1989)
26th » Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (d. 1988)
28th » Wolf Hirth, German pilot and engineer, co-founded Schempp-Hirth (d. 1959)

18th » Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)
21st » Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun maker (b. 1853)