Editing 1900 (section)

=== January ===
{{Main|January 1900}}
[[File:BoxerSoldiers.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Boxer soldiers]]
* [[January 2]] – [[U.S. Secretary of State]] [[John Hay]] announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote American trade with [[China]].
* [[January 6]] – [[Second Boer War]]: [[Boer]]s attempt to end the [[Siege of Ladysmith]], which leads to the [[Battle of Platrand]].
* [[January 14]]
** [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s opera ''[[Tosca]]'' premieres in Rome.
** The [[U.S. Senate]] accepts the British-[[German Empire|German]] Treaty of [[1899]], in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the [[American Samoa]] portion of the [[Samoan Islands]].
[[File:Boers at Spion Kop, 1900 - Project Gutenberg eText 16462.jpg|thumb|[[Second Boer War]]: Boers at [[Battle of Spion Kop|Spion Kop]]]]
* [[January 24]] – [[Second Boer War]]: [[Battle of Spion Kop]] – Boer troops defeat the [[British Army]].
* [[January 27]] – [[Boxer Rebellion]]: Foreign diplomats in [[Peking]], [[Qing dynasty]] China, demand that the Boxer rebels (who oppose foreign interests in the country) be disciplined.
* [[January 31]] – Datu Muhammad Salleh, leader of the [[Mat Salleh Rebellion]] in [[North Borneo]], is shot dead in [[Tambunan]].