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)