August 12th, 1900
Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (born in 1836) dies on August 12, 1900. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around August 12, 1900
August 14th, 1900 | Event | A joint European-Japanese-United States force (Eight-Nation Alliance) occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China. |
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