June 1900
june 1 – american temperance agitator carrie nation begins crusade demolish saloons.
june 5 – second boer war: british soldiers take pretoria.
june 14 – reichstag approves second law allows expansion of imperial german navy
june 17 – boxer rebellion: battle of dagu forts: naval forces of eight-nation alliance capture taku forts on hai river estuary in china.
june 20 – boxer rebellion: boxers gather 20,000 people near peking , kill hundreds of european citizens, including german ambassador.
june 25 – taoist monk wang yuanlu discovers dunhuang manuscripts in mogao caves of dunhuang, china, have been sealed since 11th century.
june 30 – hoboken docks fire: wharf fire @ docks in hoboken, new jersey, owned north german lloyd steamship line spreads german passenger ships saale, main, , bremen. fire engulfs adjacent piers , nearby ships, killing 326 people.
july 9: australia, founded.
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