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-{{Template}}+[[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This reproduction of a [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]]
- +[[Image:Paris at the 1900 World Fair.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Paris]] at the [[1900]] [[World's Fair]]: [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]]]]
 +[[Image:Sea and Sand, Domburg by Whistler.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Sea]] and [[Sand]], [[Domburg]]'' ([[1900]]) by [[James McNeill Whistler]]]]
 +[[Image:Eugene Atget.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Rue de la Colonie'' ([[1900]]) - [[Eugène Atget]]]]
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 +'''Year 1900''' (MCM) was the 1900th year of the Anno Domini or the Common Era designation, the 900th year of the [[2nd millennium]], the last year of the [[19th century]] and the first year of the [[1900s]].
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
 +*The [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]] held in Paris in 1900 announced [[Art Nouveau]] as a significant new style in architecture and design.
 +===Visual arts ===
 +*[[The Road to Hell]] by Alfred Kubin
 +*[[The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton]] by Thomas Eakins
 +
 +===Literature===
 +*''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' by Sigmund Freud
 +*''[[La Ronde (play)|La Ronde]]'' by Arthur Schnitzler
 +*''[[The Diary of a Chambermaid (novel)|The Diary of a Chambermaid]]'' by Octave Mirbeau
 +*''[[Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic]]'' by Henri Bergson
 +*''[[Der Marquis de Sade und seine Zeit]]'' by Iwan Bloch
 +===Films===
 +*''[[The Enchanted Drawing]]'' by J. Stuart Blackton
 +* ''[[The Two Blind Men]]'' directed by Georges Méliès
==Births== ==Births==
 +* [[April 13]] - [[Pierre Molinier]], French outsider artist (d. [[1976]])
* [[January 5]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (d. [[1955]]) * [[January 5]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (d. [[1955]])
* [[February 4]] - [[Jacques Prévert]], French lyricist and author (d. [[1977]]) * [[February 4]] - [[Jacques Prévert]], French lyricist and author (d. [[1977]])
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* [[February 22]] - [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish film director (d. [[1983]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish film director (d. [[1983]])
* [[March 23]] - [[Erich Fromm]], German-born psychologist and philosopher (d. [[1980]]) * [[March 23]] - [[Erich Fromm]], German-born psychologist and philosopher (d. [[1980]])
 +*[[June 8]] - [[George Antheil]], American avant-garde composer and pianist (b. [[1959]]).
 +* [[June 22]] - [[Oskar Fischinger]], German filmmaker (d. [[1967]])
* [[July 4]] - [[Robert Desnos]], French poet (d. [[1945]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Robert Desnos]], French poet (d. [[1945]])
-* [[July 6]] - [[Frederica Sagor Maas]], American playwright, essayist and author 
-* [[July 13]] - [[George Lewis (clarinetist)|George Lewis]], American jazz clarinetist (d. [[1968]]) 
-* [[July 29]] - [[Eyvind Johnson]], Swedish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1976]]) 
-* [[August 3]] - [[Ernie Pyle]], American journalist (d. [[1945]]) 
-* [[August 4]] - [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]], queen of [[George VI of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[2002]]) 
-* [[August 6]] - [[Cecil H. Green]], British-born geophysicist and businessman (d. [[2003]]) 
-* [[August 10]] - [[Arthur Espie Porritt]], New Zealand politician and athlete (d. [[1994]]) 
-* [[August 11]] - [[Philip Phillips (archaeologist)|Philip Phillips]], American archaeologist (d. [[1994]]) 
-* [[August 18]] - [[Glenn Albert Black]], American archaeologist (d. [[1964]]) 
-* [[August 19]] - [[Colleen Moore]], American actress (d. [[1988]]) 
-* August 19 - [[Gilbert Ryle]], British philosopher (d. [[1976]]) 
-* [[August 22]] - [[Sergei Ozhegov]], Russian lexicographer (d. [[1964]]) 
-* [[August 25]] - Sir [[Hans Adolf Krebs]], German physician and biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1981]]) 
-* [[August 26]] - [[Hellmuth Walter]], German engineer and inventor (d. [[1980]]) 
-* [[September 3]] - [[Urho Kekkonen]], [[President of Finland]] (d. [[1986]]) 
-* [[September 6]] - [[W.A.C. Bennett]], Canadian politician (d. [[1979]]) 
-* [[September 22]] - [[Paul H. Emmett]], American chemical engineer (d. [[1985]]) 
-* [[September 23]] - [[Louise Nevelson]], Ukrainian-born American sculptor (d. [[1988]]) 
-* [[September 28]] - [[Boris Efimov]], Russian political cartoonist and propaganda artist 
-* [[September 29]] - [[Auguste van Pels]], German-Dutch mother of [[Peter van Pels]], housemate of [[Anne Frank]] (d. [[1945]]) 
-* [[October 1]] - [[Tom Goddard]], English cricketer (d. [[1966]]) 
-* [[October 6]] - [[Stan Nichols]], English cricketer (d. [[1961]]) 
-* [[October 7]] - [[Heinrich Himmler]], Nazi official (d. [[1945]]) 
-* [[October 30]] - [[Ragnar Granit]], Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1991]]) 
-* [[November 4]] - [[Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu]], Romanian communist activist and sociologist (d. [[1954]]) 
-* [[November 5]]  
-**[[Martin Dies, Jr.]], American politician (d. [[1972]]) 
-**[[Natalie Schafer]], American actress (d. [[1991]]) 
-* [[November 8]]  
-**[[Charlie Paddock]], American athlete (d. [[1943]]) 
-**[[Margaret Mitchell]], American writer (d. [[1949]]) 
-* [[November 11]] - [[Halina Konopacka]], Polish athlete (d. [[1989]]) 
-* [[November 13]] - [[David Marshall Williams]], American inventor (d. [[1975]]) 
-* [[November 14]] - [[Aaron Copland]], American composer (d. [[1990]]) 
-*[[November 16]] - [[Nikolai Pogodin]], Soviet playwright (d. [[1962]]) 
-* [[December 3]]  
-**[[Ulrich Inderbinen]], Swiss mountain guide (d. [[2004]]) 
-**[[Richard Kuhn]], Austrian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1967]]) 
-* [[December 4]] - [[John Axon]], British railwayman (d. [[1957]]) 
-* [[December 12]] - [[Sammy Davis, Sr.]], American dancer (d. [[1988]]) 
-* [[December 20]] - [[Marinus van der Goes van Naters]], Dutch politician, At the time of his death in Wassenaar at the age of 104 he was the longest lived politician on record in the world.(d. [[2005]]) 
==Deaths== ==Deaths==
-::''(See 1900 list of deaths by name: [[:Category:1900 deaths]].)'' 
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-===January - June=== <!-- DEATHS --> 
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* [[January 20]] - [[John Ruskin]], English writer and social critic (b. [[1819]]) * [[January 20]] - [[John Ruskin]], English writer and social critic (b. [[1819]])
-* [[January 31]] - [[John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry]], Scottish nobleman and boxer (b. [[1844]]) 
-* [[February 18]] - [[Clinton L. Merriam]], American politician (b. [[1824]]) 
-* [[March 6]] - [[Gottlieb Daimler]], German inventor and automotive pioneer (b. [[1834]]) 
-* [[March 6]] - [[Bechstein|Carl Bechstein]], [[Germany|German]] [[pianoforte]] maker. (b. [[1826]]) 
-* [[April 5]] - [[Joseph Louis François Bertrand]], French mathematician (b. [[1822]]) 
-* [[April 19]] - [[James Dawson]], Aboriginal Guardian (b. [[1806]]) 
-* [[April 24]] - [[George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll]], British politician (b.[[1823]]) 
-* [[April 30]] - [[Casey Jones]], American railway engineer (b. [[1864]]) 
-* [[May 18]] - [[Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien]], French philosopher (b. [[1813]]) 
-* [[June 3]] - [[Mary Kingsley]], English explorer and writer (b. [[1862]]) 
* [[June 5]] - [[Stephen Crane]], American author (b. [[1871]]) * [[June 5]] - [[Stephen Crane]], American author (b. [[1871]])
-* [[June 11]] - [[Belle Boyd]], American Confederate spy and actress (b.[[1843]])+* [[July 29]] - [[Henry Spencer Ashbee]], British book collector and writer (b. [[1834]])
- +
-===July - December===+
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-*[[July 8]] - [[Henry D. Cogswell]], American philanthropist (b. [[1820]])+
-* [[July 29]] - [[Umberto I of Italy|Umberto I]], [[King of Italy]] (assassinated) (b. [[1844]])+
-* [[July 31]] - [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], second eldest son of [[Queen Victoria]] (b. [[1844]])+
-* [[August 10]] - [[Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen]], [[Lord Chief Justice of England]] (b.[[1832]])+
-* [[August 12]] - [[Wilhelm Steinitz]], Austrian-born chess player (b. [[1836]])+
-* [[August 16]] - [[José Maria Eça de Queiroz]], Portuguese writer (b. [[1845]])+
* [[August 25]] - [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], German philosopher and writer (b. [[1844]]) * [[August 25]] - [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], German philosopher and writer (b. [[1844]])
-* [[August 25]] - [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1840]]) 
-* [[September 23]] - [[William Marsh Rice]], American philanthropist and university founder (murdered) (b. [[1816]]) 
-* [[September 29]] - [[Samuel Fenton Cary]], American politician (b. [[1814]]) 
-* [[October 15]] - [[Zdeněk Fibich]], Czech composer (b. [[1850]]) 
-* [[October 22]] - [[John Sherman (politician)|John Sherman]], American politician (b.[[1823]]) 
-* [[November 22]] - [[Arthur Sullivan|Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. English composer (b. [[1842]]) 
* [[November 30]] - [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish writer (b. [[1854]]) * [[November 30]] - [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish writer (b. [[1854]])
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This reproduction of a 1900 minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co., shows the transformation from white to "black".
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This reproduction of a 1900 minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co., shows the transformation from white to "black".
Rue de la Colonie (1900) - Eugène Atget
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Year 1900 (MCM) was the 1900th year of the Anno Domini or the Common Era designation, the 900th year of the 2nd millennium, the last year of the 19th century and the first year of the 1900s.

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