Timeline July 1900

Events in July 1900 6

• 1844 – 1900 Umberto I (1844-1900) Died 29 July 1900, aged 56 King of Italy from 1878, Umberto I was shot and killed in Monza by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci, who said he was avenging victims of an earlier crackdown on protesters. His assassination brought his son Victor Emmanuel III to the throne. It was one of several anarchist killings of European heads of state around the turn of the century.
• 1900 Graduates — and cannot find a job Two years of rejected applications Einstein passed his final examinations in July 1900 but was the only one of his group not offered an assistantship, having annoyed most of his professors. He spent two years tutoring and writing letters to physicists across Europe. None of them replied with work.
• 1900 Wimbledon 1900 Men: Reginald Doherty · Women: Blanche Bingley Hillyard
• 1900 First flight of the Zeppelin LZ 1 Maiden voyage of the first rigid airship Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's first airship flew over Lake Constance in southern Germany, staying aloft for about 18 minutes. The flight demonstrated the viability of rigid-frame airship design. It launched a line of Zeppelin craft used for both civilian travel and military reconnaissance.
• 1900 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act receives royal assent Legislation federating the Australian colonies The British Parliament passed the act uniting six separate colonies into the federated Commonwealth of Australia, to take effect on 1 January 1901. Queen Victoria gave royal assent on 9 July 1900. It remains the founding constitutional document of modern Australia.
• 1900 Paris Métro opens First line of the Paris underground railway begins service Line 1 of the Paris Métro opened between Porte Maillot and Porte de Vincennes to coincide with the World's Fair. The system used a distinctive design of cast-iron station entrances by Hector Guimard. It grew into one of the busiest metro networks in the world.