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| *The [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]] held in Paris in 1900 announced [[Art Nouveau]] as a significant new style in architecture and design. | *The [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]] held in Paris in 1900 announced [[Art Nouveau]] as a significant new style in architecture and design. | ||
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| - | *"[[The Road to Hell]]" by [[Alfred Kubin]] | + | *"[[The Road to Hell]]" by Alfred Kubin |
| - | * "[[The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton]]" by [[Thomas Eakins]] | + | * "[[The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton]]" by Thomas Eakins |
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| *''[[The Diary of a Chambermaid (novel)|The Diary of a Chambermaid]]'' by Octave Mirbeau | *''[[The Diary of a Chambermaid (novel)|The Diary of a Chambermaid]]'' by Octave Mirbeau | ||
| ===Films=== | ===Films=== | ||
| - | *''[[The Enchanted Drawing]]'' by [[J. Stuart Blackton]] | + | *''[[The Enchanted Drawing]]'' by J. Stuart Blackton |
| - | * ''[[The Two Blind Men]]'' directed by [[Georges Méliès]] | + | * ''[[The Two Blind Men]]'' directed by Georges Méliès |
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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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Art and culture
- The 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 by Arthur Schnitzler
- The Diary of a Chambermaid by Octave Mirbeau
Films
- The Enchanted Drawing by J. Stuart Blackton
- The Two Blind Men directed by Georges Méliès
Births
- April 13 - Pierre Molinier, French outsider artist (d. 1976)
- January 5 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955)
- February 4 - Jacques Prévert, French lyricist and author (d. 1977)
- February 11 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)
- February 22 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish film director (d. 1983)
- 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)
Deaths
- January 20 - John Ruskin, English writer and social critic (b. 1819)
- June 5 - Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871)
- July 29 - Henry Spencer Ashbee, British book collector and writer (b. 1834)
- August 25 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer (b. 1844)
- November 30 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b. 1854)
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