Secular and religious observers marked the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th, under the technical calculation of such matters in which the "01" date marks the beginning of the century.
In spite of the way we tend to think of it, based on our own lifespans, 100 years is really not a long time. Considering that, the 19th Century was a really remarkable century, particularly in North America. The US had been a faction of the size it was in 1900, compared to 1800. It's the same size now as it was in 1900. The Indian Wars, which ran nearly the entire span of the 1800s, had come to an end. The US had fought its first major overseas war. Weaponry began to enter its current form.
The Frontier had been declared closed in 1890, bringing about a shock to American life and culture, although in 1900 the Homestead Act was still up and running and had another three decades to go. That symbolized, however, that the United States itself was entering its modern form. It wasn't the US of today. . . but you could see it from there, and vice versa.
On events of the day, other than as noted, Su-Hai, identified as the man who had killed Clemens von Ketteler, Germany's minister to China, on June 20, became the last prominent person to die in the 19th century, dying by execution.
William McKinley, a late 19th Century figure, was President. Republican DeForest Richards, who had what could almost be regarded as Wyoming Freedom Caucus views, was Governor of Wyoming. The Johnson County War was, of course, a memory, albeit a tense one, but the Sheep War in Wyoming was ongoing. Overseas, the Philippine Insurrection was also ongoing.
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