From The World Is A Vampire
- Paris - La Belle Époque
- 1900
- 13 February – Whistles are issued to Paris traffic policemen.
- 24 February – The first newsreel films, of the Boer War, are shown at the Olympia Theater.
- 14 April – The opening of the Exposition Universelle (1900), including the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais, and the Pont Alexandre III. Before it closes on 12 November, the Exposition attracts more than fifty million visitors.[80]
- 13 May – Right wing candidates win the municipal elections, after twenty years of domination by the left.
- 14 May – The opening of the 1900 Summer Olympics, Olympiad II, held in Paris—the first Olympic games held outside Greece.
- 19 July – The opening of the first line of the Paris Métro between Porte de Versailles and Porte Maillot.
- 15 September – automatic ticket gates for the metro are replaced by ticket agents, because of the high number of people jumping the gates.
- 4 December – Law passed permitting women to practice law.
- 1901
