Editing 1900 (section)

=== February ===
{{Main|February 1900}}
[[File:LabourPartyPlaque.jpg|thumb|200px|Plaque recording the location of the formation of the [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] in 1900.]]
* [[February 5]] – The United Kingdom and the United States sign a treaty for the building of a [[Nicaragua Canal|Central American shipping canal]] across Central America in [[Nicaragua]].
* [[February 6]] – The International Arbitration Court at [[The Hague]] is created, when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an [[1899]] [[peace conference]] decree.
* [[February 8]] – [[Second Boer War]]: British troops defeat the [[Boer]]s at [[Ladysmith, South Africa]].
* [[February 15]] – [[Second Boer War]]: The [[Siege of Kimberley]] is lifted.
* [[February 16]] &ndash; The [[Southern Cross expedition]] led by [[Carsten Borchgrevink]] achieves a new [[Farthest South]] of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the [[Ross Ice Shelf|Great Ice Barrier]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Hugh Robert Mill|last=Mill|first= Hugh Robert|title= The Siege of the South Pole|publisher=[[Alston Rivers]]|location= London|year= 1905 |pages=402}}</ref>
* [[February 17]] – [[Second Boer War]]: [[Battle of Paardeberg]] – British troops defeat the Boers.
* [[February 27]]
** The [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] is officially established, at a meeting in the [[Congregational Memorial Hall]] in [[London]], and [[Ramsay MacDonald]] is appointed as its first secretary.
** [[Second Boer War]]: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General [[Piet Cronjé]].
** [[FC Bayern Munich|FC Bayern]], Germany's most successful [[association football|football]] club, is founded in [[Munich]].