July 21, 1900 (Saturday)
- Martyr Saints of China – St. Alberic Crescitelli
- Sir Arthur Sullivan made his last public appearance, attending the performance at Crystal Palace of the song, The Absent-Minded Beggar, Rudyard Kipling's poem, which he had set to music. Sullivan died four months later.
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