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August 25, 1900: Friedrich Nietzsche dies at age 55
August 4, 1900: Troops of the Eight Nation Alliance march toward Beijing
August 2, 1900: Shah of Persia saved from assassination by his prime minister
August 14, 1900: Corporal Titus begins the rescue of diplomats trapped in Beijing

The following events occurred in August 1900:

August 1, 1900 (Wednesday)

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August 2, 1900 (Thursday)

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Persia's Vizier Ali Asghar Khan

August 3, 1900 (Friday)

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August 4, 1900 (Saturday)

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  • In China, a force of 20,000 soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance began their march from Tianjin to Beijing to relieve the besieged envoys in the Chinese capital. The group was composed of 9,000 Japanese, 4,800 Russians, 2,900 Britons, 2,500 Americans, 1,200 French and a few hundred Austrian, German and Italian troops. At the same time, Chinese imperial troops were on their way from Beijing to resist the Allied troops.[11]
  • Born:
    • Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian and the last remaining survivor of the 19th century in Kikai, Kagoshima. She became the oldest person on Earth from September 15, 2017 when the last survivor of the 1800s, Violet Brown of Jamaica, died. Tajima would die on April 21, 2018, aged 117.
    • Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Consort during the reign of her husband King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II (d. 2002)

August 5, 1900 (Sunday)

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  • In a seven-hour-long battle at Peit-sang, Chinese imperial troops fought against the advancing allied troops. The Allies had an estimated 1,200 killed and wounded, while the Chinese lost 4,000 killed and wounded.[12]
  • Died: James Augustine Healy, 70, the first African-American Catholic Church bishop, and Bishop of Portland (Maine) since his appointment in 1875 by Pope Pius IX. Healy's father was a white Irish immigrant and plantation owner, while his mother had been an African-American slave of mixed race and he was born in Macon, Georgia. Under the laws of that state, he was regarded as a "Negro". (b. 1830)

August 6, 1900 (Monday)

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Tuesday, August 7, 1900

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August 8, 1900 (Wednesday)

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  • The Allied troops routed Chinese defenders at Tsi-nin, clearing the way for the liberation of foreign envoys at Beijing.[12]

August 9, 1900 (Thursday)

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August 10, 1900 (Friday)

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August 11, 1900 (Saturday)

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  • Violence broke out on Laysan in the Territory of Hawaii, after the 41 Japanese miners on the small (1.5 by 1 mile) island confronted the four white American managers of Pacific Guano & Fertilizer Company. In response, manager Joseph Spencer pulled two pistols and announced that the first person to step forward would die. When the group charged en masse, Spencer fired away, killing two of the Japanese and wounding three others. The next day, the 39 survivors were arrested and imprisoned on the ship Ceylon, and on August 16, everyone sailed back to Honolulu. Spencer was acquitted after a ten-day trial, and the other men were fired.[20]
  • Born: Philip Phillips, American archaeologist; in Buffalo, New York[21] (d. 1994)

August 12, 1900 (Sunday)

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August 13, 1900 (Monday)

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Tuesday, August 14, 1900

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August 15, 1900 (Wednesday)

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August 16, 1900 (Thursday)

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  • A German excavation at the Tel Amran ibn Ali, near the Babylonian temple at Etemenanki (near modern Al Hillah, Iraq), German excavators unearthed a glazed amphora with 10,000 coins dating from the 7th century BC.[32]

August 17, 1900 (Friday)

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August 18, 1900 (Saturday)

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August 19, 1900 (Sunday)

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August 20, 1900 (Monday)

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Tuesday, August 21, 1900

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August 22, 1900 (Wednesday)

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August 23, 1900 (Thursday)

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August 24, 1900 (Friday)

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  • Transvaal Army Lieutenant Hans Cordua was executed by firing squad, three days after having been found guilty of a conspiracy to kidnap the British commander, Lord Roberts.[51]

August 25, 1900 (Saturday)

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August 26, 1900 (Sunday)

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  • The "unidentified French coxswain" became the youngest Olympic medalist in history, helping the team of François Brandt and Roelof Klein win the first gold medal ever for the Netherlands. After the original coxswain, Hermanus Brockmann, proved to be so heavy that he was slowing the pair down, the Dutchmen located a boy who could serve as the third person on the team. The identity of the young man, estimated to be 10 years old, has remained a mystery, but a photograph of him was published by Brandt in a 1926 book.[59][60]
  • Born: Hellmuth Walter, German engineer; in Wedel (d. 1980)

August 27, 1900 (Monday)

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Tuesday, August 28, 1900

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Taylor

August 29, 1900 (Wednesday)

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  • Robert Leroy Parker (aka Butch Cassidy), Harry Longabaugh (aka the Sundance Kid) and other members of "The Wild Bunch" staged their third train robbery, taking control of Union Pacific train No. 3 at Tipton, Wyoming, robbing the express car of $45,000 and successfully escaping.[64]
  • Gaetano Bresci, who had assassinated Italy's King Umberto a month earlier, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment after a one-day-long trial. Bresci was found dead in his cell on May 22, 1901, an apparent suicide.[65]

August 30, 1900 (Thursday)

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August 31, 1900 (Friday)

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