Major Events
- June 2, 1899: Filipino Rebellion began the Philippine–American War
- November 21, 1899: Vice President Garret Hobart died
- January 8, 1900: President McKinley placed Alaska under military rule.
- January 17, 1900: Brigham H. Roberts was refused a seat in the United States House of Representatives because of his polygamy.
- February 5, 1900: Britain and the United States signed a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal through Nicaragua.
- February 16, 1900: The United States, Germany and Great Britain ratified the Tripartite Convention partitioning the Samoan Islands.
- November 6, 1900: U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley was reelected by defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan
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