attack Belgians, in the Fengtai railway station. May 29 – N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy, by French commander Émile Gentil. May 31 – Boxer Rebellion: Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China, where they join with Japanese forces. June June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. June 5 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria. June 14 – The Reichstag approves the second of the German Naval Laws allowing expansion of the Imperial German Navy. June 17 – Boxer Rebellion – Battle of Dagu Forts: Naval forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture the Taku Forts, on the Hai River estuary in China. June 20 – Boxer Rebellion: Boxers gather about 20,000 people near Peking, and kill hundreds of European citizens, including the German ambassador. June 25 – The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China, where they have been sealed since the early 11th century. June 30 – Hoboken Docks fire: A wharf fire at the docks in Hoboken, New Jersey, owned by the North German Lloyd Steamship line, spreads to German passenger ships , , and . The fire engulfs the adjacent piers and nearby ships, killing 326 people. July July 2 – The first zeppelin flight is carried out over Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen, Germany. July 12 – A German cruise liner, the SS Deutschland, breaks the record for the Blue Riband for the first time with an average speed of . July 23–25 – The First Pan-African Conference is held in London. July 29 – King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci in Monza. August August — The first Michelin Guide is published in France. August 14 – Boxer Rebellion: An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees the European hostages. September September 8 – The 1900 Galveston hurricane kills about 6,000–12,000 people. September 12 – Admiral Fredrik von Otter becomes Prime Minister of Sweden. September 13 – Philippine–American War – Battle of Pulang Lupa: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a detachment of American soldiers. September 17 – Philippine–American War – Battle of Mabitac: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat the Americans, under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham. October October 9 – The Cook Islands become