Thursday, June 20, 1901. Boers proclaim for independence.

South African President Schalk Burger and Orange Free State President Marinus Theunis issued a proclamation that neither nation would accept a settlement with the British resulting in the loss of independence of their countries.

Pittsburgh Pirate Honus Wagner became the first major league baseball player to "steal home" twice during the same game.

The Philippine Commission voted to make English and Spanish the official languages of the Philippines.

A court decided in favor of viewing rights to Lake Michigan.

June 20, 1901 -- Chicago Lake Front Sees Another Lawsuit

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Tuesday, June 18, 1901. Insulting the Chinese, Anastasia born.

Labels: 1900s, 1901, Boxer Rebellion, China (Beijing), Chinese Army, Eight Nation Alliance, Monarchy, Qing Dynasty, Russia

Tuesday, May 31, 1910. Union of South Africa created.

The Union of South Africa was created from a merger of the British Cape Colony and Colony of Natal, and the conquered Boer  republics.

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Wednesday, May 25, 1910. Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright flew on the same plane for the only time, Wilbur made his last flight as a pilot.

Labels: 1900s, 1910, Aircraft

Saturday, October 6, 1900. Orange.

The flag of the Orange Free State.

The Orange Free State was officially annexed to the British Empire and became the unwilling Orange River Colony.

A short lived rebellion broke out in Huizhou,  China, after a call for revolution by Sun Yat-sen.

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Wednesday, October 3, 1900. Prime Minister released, novelist born.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, 1930s, 1937, 1938, Modernist, Nazi Germany, Philippines, The American South, The written word, Writers

Monday, May 28, 1900. Annexing the Orange Free State.

The British Empire annexed the Orange Free State.

A total eclipse of the sun darkened a path that ran through Mexico and the southeastern United States and on to Spain.

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Sunday, May 27, 1900. The Vietnamese Martyrs.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, 1980s, 1988, Apostolic Christianity, Catholic, Christianity, Pope Leo XIII, Pope St. John Paul II, religion, Vietnam

Tuesday, March 13, 1900. Bloemfontein

The House passed the Gold Standard Act.

The British marched into Bloemfontein.

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Monday, March 12, 1900. Surrender of the Orange Free State.Labels: 1900, 1900s, Boer War, British Army, Orange Free State

Monday, March 12, 1900. Surrender of the Orange Free State.

General John French gave the leaders of the Orange Free State 11 hours to surrender, which they did.

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Wednesday, March 7, 1900. Withdrawing some troops.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, Philippine Insurrection, Philippines, William McKinley

Wednesday, February 14, 1900. Invading the Orange Free State.

British troops invaded the Orange Free State.

Elon Musk is probably still mad about it.

Congress approved the restoration of the USS Constitution, which was barely seaworthy.

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Monday, February 12, 1900. Not Running for VP.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, Politics, Theodore Roosevelt

Thursday, October 12, 1899. Battle of Kraaipan and a Homecoming in Vermont.

The Boer Potchefstroom and Lichtenburg commandos attacked and captured the British garrison and railway siding at Kraaipan between Vryburg and Mafeking.

Admiral Dewey was welcomed home to his native Vermont in what was declared as Dewey Day.

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Wednesday October 11, 1899. The Boer War Commences.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, Boer War, British Army, British Empire, Cape Colony, Mining, Orange Free State, South African Republic (Transvaal), The Boer Republics, United Kingdom

Wednesday October 11, 1899. The Boer War Commences.

The Boer Republics' deadline having expired, the Boer War commenced with a formal declaration of war.

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Tuesday, October 10, 1899. Isaac R. Johnson patented the modern bicycle frame.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, Bicycles, Ethnicities, technology, Transportation

Monday, October 9, 1899. Boer ultimatum.

The South African Republic (Transvaal) andthe Orange Free State issued an ultimatum to the United Kingdom declaring that a state of war would exist if the British did not remove their troops from their respective borders.

Alexander Merensky, “Original map of the Transvaal or South-African Republic,” HIST 1952, accessed October 9, 2024, https://hist1952.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/179.

With war approaching, the first first British troops reached Durban, South Africa.  The theoretical cause of the war was the Boer treatment of the foreign gold miners in the the Witwatersrand Gold Rush, most specifically the deprivation of the franchise.

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Sunday, October 8, 1899. Marines take Noveleta, Luzon.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, It was because of World War One, Luzon, Philippine Insurrection, Philippines, United States Marine Corps