Rulers:
• William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (1897-1901)
• Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
• Victoria, Empress of India (1876-1901)
Events:
• Art Gallery of Ontario established in Toronto.
• Museum of Fine Arts established in Houston.
• Petit Palais opened in Paris.
Births:
• Buñuel, Luis (1900-1983)
• Hayes, Helen (1900-1993)
• Hessling, Catherine (1900-1979)
• Lawson, Wilfrid (1900-1966)
• LeRoy, Mervyn (1900-1987)
• Mitchell, Margaret (1900-1949)
• Moorehead, Agnes (1900-1974)
• Negulesco, Jean (1900-1993)
• Siodmak, Robert (1900-1973)
• Tracy, Spencer (1900-1967)
• Truman, Ralph (1900-1977)
• Vidor, Charles (1900-1959)
• Young, Victor (1900-1956)
Deaths:
• Henriot, Jane (1878-1900)
• Laurent, Méry (1849-1900)
• Monginot, Charles (1825-1900)
• Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900)
• Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)
Literature:
• Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924): Lord Jim (1900)
• Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910): The Living Corpse (1900)
Art:
• Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907): Fleurs blanches dans un vase (c.1884-1904)
• Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914): Le Bain (c.1900)
• Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916): Portrait de Mlle Quivoron (1860-1914)
• Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906): Le matin en Provence (c.1900-06)
• Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906): Les Grandes Baigneuses (c.1894-1905)
• Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906): Nature morte avec pommes sur un buffet (1900-06)
• Claudel, Camille (1864-1943): Aurore (c.1900)
• Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903): L’idole à la coquille (c.1900)
• Hassam, Childe (1859-1935): Bricklayers (c.1900)
• Hassam, Childe (1859-1935): Late Afternoon, New York, Winter (1900)
• Hassam, Childe (1859-1935): September Moonrise (1900)
• Monet, Claude (1840-1926): Le Jardin de l’artiste à Giverny (1900)
• Monet, Claude (1840-1926): Le Parlement, Symphonie en rose (1900)
• Monet, Claude (1840-1926): Pont de Charing Cross, temps couvert (1900)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): Enfant aux cheveux blonds (1895-1900)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): Jean Renoir cousant (1899-1900)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): La baigneuse (c.1900)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): Le bleu rivière (c.1890-1900)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): Richard Wagner (c.1900)
• Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): Versailles (1900-1905)
• Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910): La Seine à Meudon (1897-1905)
• Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955): Scène de rue (1900s)
• Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917): A Mermaid (1900)
• Whistler, James (1834-1903): George W. Vanderbilt (1897-1903)
• Whistler, James (1834-1903): Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian (c.1900)