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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 | ||
| - | ==New books== | + | ===Literature=== |
| - | *[[L. Frank Baum]] | + | *''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' by Sigmund Freud |
| - | **''[[The Magical Monarch of Mo|A New Wonderland]]'' | + | *''[[La Ronde (play)|La Ronde]]'' by Arthur Schnitzler |
| - | **''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' | + | *''[[The Diary of a Chambermaid (novel)|The Diary of a Chambermaid]]'' by Octave Mirbeau |
| - | *[[Mary Elizabeth Braddon]] — ''[[The Infidel]]'' | + | ===Films=== |
| - | *[[G. K. Chesterton]] — ''The Wild Knight and Other Poems'' | + | *''[[The Enchanted Drawing]]'' by J. Stuart Blackton |
| - | *[[Joseph Conrad]] — ''[[Lord Jim]]'' | + | * ''[[The Two Blind Men]]'' directed by Georges Méliès |
| - | *[[Marie Corelli]] — ''[[The Master Christian]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Stephen Crane]] — ''[[Whilomville Stories]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Gabriele D'Annunzio]] — ''[[Il Fuoco]]'' (''The Flame of Life'') | + | |
| - | *[[Theodore Dreiser]] — ''[[Sister Carrie]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Robert Grant (novelist)|Robert Grant]] — ''[[Unleavened Bread]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Jerome K. Jerome]] — ''[[Three Men on the Bummel]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Rudyard Kipling]] — ''[[Baa Baa, Black Sheep]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Emilio Salgari]] — ''[[Le tigri di Mompracem]]'' (''Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem'') | + | |
| - | *[[Booth Tarkington]] — ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Mary Augusta Ward]] — ''[[Eleanor (Novel)|Eleanor]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[H. G. Wells]] — ''[[Love and Mr Lewisham]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Mary E. Wilkins Freeman]] — ''[[The Heart's Highway]]'' | + | |
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| - | ==New drama== | + | |
| - | *[[Anton Chekhov]] — ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[August Strindberg]] — ''[[The Dance of Death]] (Dödsdansen)'' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==Poetry== | + | |
| - | *''[[Oxford Book of English Verse]] 1250-1900'' (edited by [[Arthur Quiller-Couch]]) | + | |
| - | *[[Ismail Hossain Shiraji]] - ''Anal Prabaha'' | + | |
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| - | ==Non-fiction== | + | |
| - | *[[Arthur Conan Doyle]] — ''[[The Great Boer War]]'' | + | |
| - | *''[[The Nuttall Encyclopaedia]]'' (edited by [[James Wood (encyclopedist)|James Wood]]) | + | |
| - | *[[Sigmund Freud]] — ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' | + | |
| ==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]]) | ||
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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]]) | ||
| * [[June 5]] - [[Stephen Crane]], American author (b. [[1871]]) | * [[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]]) | * [[August 25]] - [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], German philosopher and writer (b. [[1844]]) | ||
| * [[November 30]] - [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish writer (b. [[1854]]) | * [[November 30]] - [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish writer (b. [[1854]]) | ||
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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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