10 June 1900Seymour ExpeditionGuido von Usedom
Commands German sailors in Seymour's relief column.
Historical records for Germany in 1900, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Commands German sailors in Seymour's relief column.
German naval forces support the capture of Taku.
Since Kaiser Wilhelm IIs minister to China, Baron Clemens von Ketteler, was murdered by the Boxers, the Germans "claimed a certain priority in the crusade against Chinese barbarism". Murdered by a mob in response to the Allied Siege of the legations in Peking
Murdered by a mob in response to the Allied Siege of the legations in Peking
Is shot while travelling to the Zongli Yamen.
Confronts rising danger to the foreign legations.
Becomes Bezirksamtmann in Kaufbeuren and assumes responsibility for district administration.
Urges German troops to avenge Ketteler's death.
Present at Bremerhavan when 4,000 German soldiers set sail for China
Compares his army to the Huns & himself as Moses leading the Israelites in China
Beijing, Tianjin, and other cities in northern China were occupied for more than one year by the international expeditionary force under the command of German General Alfred Graf von Waldersee
The Allies capture Tientsin. Beijing, Tianjin, and other cities in northern China were occupied for more than one year by the international expeditionary force under the command of German General Alfred Graf von Waldersee
Is appointed commander of the international expeditionary force.
The Allies attack the central gates of Peking
Arrives after Beijing has already been relieved.
Birth of Heinrich Himmler, near Munich, son of a Schoolmaster
Directs punitive expeditions in northern China.
German naval expansion reflects lessons drawn during the Boer War.
Since Kaiser Wilhelm IIs minister to China, Baron Clemens von Ketteler, was murdered by the Boxers, the Germans "claimed a certain priority in the crusade against Chinese barbarism"
Birth of Hans-Georg Gadamer
Birth of Rudolph Hoess
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Serves as Allied Supreme Commander in China in 1900-1901. Proposed by the Tsar of Russia, and seconded by the Japanese, as the first Allied Supreme Commander of modern times
Serves as Allied Supreme Commander in China in 1900-1901
Publication of "Demokratie und Kaisertum"
Obtains a doctorate for his thesis on the Berlin beer industry
Models conduction in metals as the motion of mobile charged particles and lays foundations for the classical electron theory of conductivity.
German naval expansion reflects lessons drawn during the Boer War.
Publication of "Logical Investigation"
Appointed Minister President of Prussia
On several occasions Waldersee accompanied Prince Wilhelm, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, on trips abroad, representing the princes grandfather Kaiser Wilhelm I
Purchases the Caroline Islands & Samoa
Purchases the Caroline Islands & Samoa
Purchases the Caroline Islands & Samoa
Purchases the Caroline Islands & Samoa
German naval expansion reflects lessons drawn during the Boer War.
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