FIFA World Cup - Olympic Sport
Time: 1900
Place: Switzerland
Details: As football began to increase in popularity, it was contested as an IOC-recognised Olympic sport at the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 1906 Intercalated Games, before becoming an official FIFA-supervised Olympic competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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FIFA World Cup-First World Cup Televised
 Wednesday Jun 16, 1954  - Switzerland


Chocolate-Conching Machine
 1879  - Switzerland

Battle of Nancy
 Friday Jan 5, 1477  - Switzerland


German revolutions of 1848–1849-Wagner left Dresden for Switzerland to avoid arrest
 Wednesday May 9, 1849  - Central Europe (Present-Day Switzerland)


Igor Stravinsky-Moving to Switzerland
 Sep, 1910  - Switzerland


Chocolate-Milk Chocolate
 1875  - Switzerland


Benito Mussolini-Mussolini emigrated to Switzerland
 1902  - Switzerland


Revolutions of 1848-Sonderbund War
 Thursday Mar 11, 1847  - Switzerland


Disasters with highest death tolls-2003 European Heat Wave
 Jul, 2003  - France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Luxemburg, Ireland


Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Covid crosses 48M cases and 1.2M deaths
 Friday Nov 6, 2020  at 12:22:00 AM  - Zurich


Garry Kasparov-Kasparov lost the presidential election
 Aug, 2014  - Switzerland


Bart Millard-To Switzerland
 1990s  - Switzerland


Coverture-In Switzerland
 1988  - Switzerland

johann sulzer Birth
 Monday Sep 18, 1752  - Aargau


Spiez Castle-The great hall and the northern buildings were expanded and renovated
 1600  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-The Bubenberg-appointed vogt took orders from Bern
 1340  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-The Castle built
 933  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-Johannes sold the castle, town, church and surrounding villages to Johann II von Bubenberg
 1338  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-New Castle
 17th Century  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-French invasion of Switzerland
 1798  - Switzerland


Spiez Castle-The castle passed through several owners until a foundation bought the castle and associated church
 1875  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-King Albert I of Habsburg was murdered at Windisch on the Reuss
 1308  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-The Freiherr von Strättligen was co-owner of the castle
 1289  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-The castle was listed as an Imperial fief under Vogt Richard de Corbières
 1280  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-Castle shield walls and main tower were built
 12th Century  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-The castle and surrounding land remained with the Bubenberg family until their extinction
 1506  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-Battle of Sempach
 1386  - Spiez, Switzerland


Spiez Castle-Von Erlach family retained ownership of the castle
 1875  - Spiez, Switzerland


Benito Mussolini-Mussolini was the editor of "Avanti"
 1912  - Italy


Holy Roman Empire-The House of Habsburg
 11th Century  - Central Europe


IKEA-The First Store outside Scandinavia
 1973  - Spreitenbach, Switzerland


Zlatan Ibrahimović-Winning the 2013 FIFA Puskás Award
 Monday Jan 13, 2014  - Zürich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-Investigators' Announcement
 Friday Sep 25, 2015  - Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-Sexual Assault Allegations
 Friday Nov 10, 2017  - Switzerland


Chocolate-Lindt & Sprüngli AG
 1845  - Zurich, Switzerland


Albert Einstein-First scientific papers
 Sunday Apr 30, 1905  - Zürich, Switzerland


Cristiano Ronaldo-2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or
 Tuesday Oct 29, 2013  - Zürich, Switzerland


Lionel Messi-World Player of the Year of 2009
 Monday Dec 21, 2009  - Kongresshaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland


Audrey Hepburn-Marriage
 Saturday Sep 25, 1954  - Switzerland


Lionel Messi-2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or
 Monday Jan 10, 2011  - Zürich, Switzerland


Lionel Messi-2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or
 Monday Jan 9, 2012  - Zürich, Switzerland


Albert Einstein-Marriage
 Jan, 1903  - Bern, Switzerland


Lionel Messi-2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or
 Monday Jan 7, 2013  - Zürich, Switzerland


Black Friday-Swiss retailer Manor was the first to launch a special Black Friday promotion
 2015  - Switzerland


Warren Buffett-Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re)
 2009  - Zurich, Switzerland


Cristiano Ronaldo-2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or
 Monday Jan 12, 2015  - Zürich, Switzerland


Lothar Meyer-Lothar studied medicine at the University of Zurich
 1851  - Zurich, Switzerland


Benito Mussolini-Mussolini invited for general strike
 Thursday Mar 19, 1903  - Switzerland


Albert Einstein-Lecturer at Bern
 1908  - Bern, Switzerland


SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-FIFA moves women's world cup to USA
 Saturday May 3, 2003  - Zurich, Switzerland


Diego Maradona-Best goal ever scored in a World Cup
 2002  - Zurich, Switzerland


Diego Maradona-Two-month ban
 Friday Jan 15, 2010  - Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-FIFA Reduce The Suspension
 Wednesday Feb 24, 2016  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-2011 Election
 Wednesday Jun 1, 2011  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-2002 Election
 Tuesday May 28, 2002  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-Blatter's announcement that he would resign from the post of FIFA president
 Tuesday Jun 2, 2015  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-General Secretary
 1981  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-2013 FIFA Ethics Committee investigation
 Monday Apr 29, 2013  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-2007 Election
 Thursday May 31, 2007  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-1998 Election
 Monday Jun 8, 1998  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-The Ban
 Monday Dec 21, 2015  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-The 65th FIFA Congress In Zürich
 Friday May 29, 2015  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA extended the ban
 Wednesday Jun 5, 1985  - Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-Blatter Was Suspended From FIFA For 90
 Thursday Oct 8, 2015  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA announced that English clubs were also free to play friendly games in Europe
 Dec, 1985  - Zurich, Switzerland


Sepp Blatter-Technical Director
 1975  - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland


Visa Inc.-Visa Inc. announced the plan to acquire Visa Europe
 Thursday Nov 5, 2015  - Europe


Sepp Blatter-Born
 Tuesday Mar 10, 1936  - Visp, Canton of Valais, Switzerland

Avalanches in Switzerland (1718)
 Monday Jan 17, 1718  - Leukerbad

Raphael Weiss Birth
 Friday Mar 10, 1713  - Wangen

Louis d'Affry Birth
 Friday Feb 8, 1743  - Freiburg


Carlos Slim-Cigatam
 2007  - Neuchâtel, Switzerland
1900


Vladimir Lenin-Iskra
 1900  - Pskov, Russian Empire


Pablo Picasso-1st Trip to Paris
 1900  - Paris, France


Albert Einstein-The Federal Polytechnic teaching diploma
 1900  - Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire, Germany


The Wright brothers-To Kitty Hawk
 1900  - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.


Xinhai Revolution-The Foreign Invasion of Beijing
 1900  - China


Marie Curie-Curie became The First Woman Faculty Member at The École Normale Supérieure
 1900  - Paris, France


Second Boer War-The Largest force Britain had ever sent overseas
 Jan, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Second phase of war
 1900  - South Africa


Cameras-Brownie
 1900  - U.S.


Nikola Tesla-Tesla lived at the Waldorf Astoria
 1900  - New York City, New York, U.S.


Second Boer War-Battle of Spion Kop
 Tuesday Jan 23, 1900  - Ladysmith, South Africa


Second Boer War-British troops captured the summit by surprise
 Wednesday Jan 24, 1900  - Ladysmith, South Africa


Winston Churchill-Churchill briefly rejoined the army as a lieutenant in the South African Light Horse regiment
 Jan, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Roberts launched his main attack
 Saturday Feb 10, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Cavalry division under Major General John French launched a major attack to relieve Kimberley
 Wednesday Feb 14, 1900  - Kimberley, South Africa


Second Boer War-Battle of the Tugela Heights
 Wednesday Feb 14, 1900  - Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


Second Boer War-Pincer movement involving both French's cavalry and the main British force attempted to take the entrenched position
 Saturday Feb 17, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Battle of Paardeberg
 Sunday Feb 18, 1900  - Paardeberg Drift, South Africa


Second Boer War-Buller used all his forces in one all-out attack for the first time and at last succeeded in forcing a crossing of the Tugela
 Monday Feb 26, 1900  - Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


Second Boer War-Siege lasting
 Tuesday Feb 27, 1900  - Ladysmith, South Africa


Second Boer War-Final phase of war
 Mar, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Battle of Poplar Grove
 Wednesday Mar 7, 1900  - Poplar Grove, South Africa


Second Boer War-Roberts then advanced into the Orange Free State from the west, putting the Boers to flight at the Battle of Poplar Grove and capturing Bloemfontein
 Tuesday Mar 13, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Lord Roberts proclaimed an amnesty for all burghers, except leaders
 Thursday Mar 15, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Sanna's Post
 Saturday Mar 31, 1900  - Bloemfontein, South Africa


Hot Dog-The use of the complete phrase hot dog in reference to sausage
 1900  - New York, U.S.


Eiffel Tower-1900 Exposition Universelle
 1900  - Paris, France


W. E. B. Du Bois-Paris Exhibition of 1900
 Saturday Apr 14, 1900  - Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Paris Métro in Paris, France


Joseph Stalin-May day 1900
 Tuesday May 1, 1900  - Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire Or Georgia


Second Boer War-The First successes of the Boer guerrilla strategy
 May, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Relief of Mafeking
 Friday May 18, 1900  - Mafeking, South Africa


Second Boer War-Orange Free State was annexed and renamed the Orange River Colony
 Monday May 28, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-The Capital was captured
 Tuesday Jun 5, 1900  - Pretoria, South Africa


Audrey Hepburn-Mother Ella
 Tuesday Jun 12, 1900  - Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands


Carter G. Woodson-Woodson was selected as the principal of Douglass High School
 1900  - Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.


Nikola Tesla-The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
 Jun, 1900  - New York City, New York, U.S.


Martin Bormann-Born
 Sunday Jun 17, 1900  - Wegeleben, Germany (Then  Prussia)


Nobel Prize-Forming the Nobel Foundation
 Friday Jun 29, 1900  - Stockholm, Sweden


Josip Broz Tito-Primary school at Kumrovec
 Jul, 1900  - Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (Now Croatia)


Second Boer War-General Archibald Hunter set out from Bloemfontein
 Jul, 1900  - Bloemfontein, South Africa


W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois attended the First Pan-African Conference
 Monday Jul 23, 1900  - London, England, United Kingdom


Wind turbine-Large spread in Denmark
 1900  - Denmark


Xinhai Revolution-The Independence Army Uprising
 Thursday Aug 23, 1900  - China


Second Boer War-Broke the last defensive position
 Sunday Aug 26, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-British were nominally in control of both Republics, with the exception of the northern part of Transvaal
 Sep, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-Roberts declared the war
 Monday Sep 3, 1900  - South Africa


Winston Churchill-Churchill rented a flat in London's Mayfair
 1900  - London, England, United Kingdom


Winston Churchill-Churchill stood again as one of the Conservative candidates
 Oct, 1900  - Oldham, England, United Kingdom


The Wright brothers-First tests
 Wednesday Oct 3, 1900  - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.


Heinrich Himmler-Birth
 Sunday Oct 7, 1900  - Munich, Germany


Xinhai Revolution-Sun Yat-sen Ordered The Launch of The Huizhou Uprising
 Monday Oct 8, 1900  - Huizhou, Guangdong, China


Winston Churchill-Churchill published Ian Hamilton's March
 Oct, 1900  - England, United Kingdom


Second Boer War-Christiaan de Wet returned to the Orange Free State
 Nov, 1900  - South Africa


Second Boer War-De la Rey and Christiaan Beyers attacked and mauled a British brigade at Nooitgedacht
 Dec, 1900  - South Africa


W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois emerged as a spokesperson for his race
 1900  - U.S.
