March 12, 1900 (Monday)
- At 5:00 p.m., British General John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, gave the leaders of the Orange Free State eleven hours to surrender. General French had arrived within five miles of the capital, Bloemfontein. President Martinus Steyn fled the capital ahead of the invasion force. The city leaders capitulated the next morning.
- William A. Young, U.S. Representative for Virginia's 2nd Congressional District since March 4, 1899, was removed from office following a contest of the 1898 election, by a vote of 132–128. Richard A. Wise, Young's opponent in the elections of 1896 and 1898, was seated on April 26. Wise died on December 21, 1900.
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“‘Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,
Play the Dead March as you carry me along;
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o’er me,
For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong.”
—Unknown. As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo (l. 5–8)