What is 1900?
{{Year nav|1900}} {{Year in various calendars|1900}} '''1900''' ([[Roman numerals|MCM]]) was an [[Century common year|exceptional common year]] [[Common year starting on Monday|starting on Monday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. It was last year of the [[19th century]]. The Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar as of the start of the year. The year 1900 was also the year of the rat on the Chinese calendar. == Art, music, theatre, literature == * [[May 17]] – ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' by [[L. Frank Baum]] is published. == Events == * [[February 9]] – The [[Boers]] defeat the British at Ladysmith, South Africa. * The [[Olympic Games]] took place in [[Paris]]. == Births == === January === * [[January 1]] – [[Mieczysław Batsch]], Polish footballer (d. [[1977]]) * [[January 1]] – [[Paola Borboni]], Italian actress (d. [[1995]]) === February === [[File:Luis Buñuel.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Luis Buñuel]]]] * [[February 22]] – [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish director (d. [[1983]]) === March === * [[March 10]] – [[Violet Brown]], Jamaican supercentenarian, oldest Jamaican ever (d. [[2017]]) * [[March 29]] – [[John McEwen]], 18th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. [[1980]]) === April === [[File:Spencer tracy state of the union.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Spencer Tracy]]]] [[File:CharlesRichter.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Charles Francis Richter]]]] * [[April 5]] – [[Spencer Tracy]], American actor (d. [[1967]]) * [[April 26]] – [[Charles Richter]], American geophysicist and inventor (d. [[1985]]) === May === [[File:Pridi Banomyong-portrait.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Pridi Banomyong]]]] * [[May 11]] - [[Pridi Banomyong]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (d. [[1983]]) === June === * [[June 17]] – [[Martin Bormann]], Nazi-German politician (d. [[1945]]) === July === * [[July 19]] – [[Arno Breker]], German sculptor (d. [[1991]]) === August === [[File:Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother portrait.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]]] * [[August 4]