October 1900 - October 6, 1900 (Saturday)

October 6, 1900 (Saturday)

• The Orange Free State was declared to be annexed to the British Empire as the Orange River Colony.
• On the Principle of Homotyposis and Its Relation to Heredity was submitted by Karl Pearson to the Royal Society, advancing his theory of heredity.
• Phi Mu Alpha, "the professional fraternity for men in music", was founded in New York.
• In China, revolution broke out in Huizhou, in the Guangdong Province, after Sun Yat-sen called on the Revive China Society (Xingzhonghui) to begin an insurrection. Several hundred men, under the command of Zheng Shilian, began the attack on government offices in Shenzhoutian, and the revolt spread to Shawan and Zhenlong. The rebels were defeated by October 23.