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20th_century

- 21st_century 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s Years: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 - 1901 - 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 ---- See also:
  • 1901_in_film
  • 1901_in_literature
  • 1901_in_music
  • 1901_in_science
  • 1901_in_sports

    Events

  • January_1 - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. (Zero-ists' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide.
  • January 1 - The six colonies that make up Australia are federated as under an act of the British Parliament, though full independence is a gradual process (see Australian_Constitutional_History).
  • January 1 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorate
  • January_7 - Alferd_Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism
  • January_10 - The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont,_Texas
  • January_22 - Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom, dies. His own son Prince George, Duke_of_York becomes Duke_of_Cornwall and Rothesay.
  • February_20 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • February_25 - J.P._Morgan incorporates the United_States_Steel_Corporation.
  • March_2 - The United_States_Congress passes the Platt_amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
  • March_6 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm_II_of_Germany.
  • March_17 - A showing of 71 Vincent_van_Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
  • April_25 - New_York state becomes the first to require automobile license_plates.
  • May_9 - Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
  • May_27 - In New_Jersey, the Edison_Storage_Battery_Company is founded.
  • June_24 - First exhibition of Pablo_Picasso opens.
  • July_4 The 1,282 foot (390 meters) covered bridge crossing the St.John River at Hartland, New_Brunswick, Canada opens. It is the longest Covered_bridge in the world.
  • July_24 - O._Henry is released from prison in Austin,_Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • September_5 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor_League_Baseball), is formed in Chicago,_Illinois.
  • September_6 - American anarchist Leon_Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William_McKinley at the Pan-American_Exposition in Buffalo,_New_York. McKinley dies there eight days later.
  • September_7 - The Boxer_Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Peking_Protocol.
  • September_14 - With the death of William_McKinley, Theodore_Roosevelt succeeds him as President_of_the_United_States
  • October_29 - In Amherst,_Massachusetts nurse Jane_Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
  • October 29 - , the assassin of US President William_McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
  • November_9 - Prince George, Duke_of_Cornwall becomes Prince_of_Wales and Earl_of_Chester.
  • December_3 - US President Theodore_Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
  • December_12 - Guglielmo_Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal in Newfoundland, Canada; it is Morse_code for the letter "S."
  • Cleveland_Indians founded
  • Europium discovered by Eugéne Demarcay
  • First prototype Harley-Davidson created
  • Okapi discovered (previously known only to local natives)
  • Katsura_Taro becomes Prime_Minister_of_Japan
  • The first Nobel_Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm
  • End of Boxer_Rebellion in China
  • Independent Maya of Eastern Yucatan surrender to Mexico

    Year in topic

  • 1901_in_film
  • 1901_in_literature
  • 1901_in_music
  • "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Rachmaninoff
  • 1901_in_sports
  • between their champions, which would be first held in 1903.

    Births

  • January_3 - Ngo_Dinh_Diem, President of South_Vietnam (d. 1963)
  • January_26 - Stuart_Symington, politician (d. 1988)
  • January_27 - Willy_Fritsch, actor (d. 1973)
  • January_29 - Allen_Du_Mont, television pioneer
  • January 29 - E._P._Taylor, Canadian business tycoon (d. 1989)
  • January_30 - Rudolf_Caracciola, driver of racing cars (d. 1959)
  • January_31 - Marie_Luise_Kaschnitz, writer (d. 1974)
  • February_1 - Clark_Gable, American actor
  • February_2 - Jascha_Heifetz, musician (d. 1987)
  • February_10 - Stella_Adler, acting teacher (d. 1992)
  • February_16 - Wayne_King, band leader ("The Waltz King")
  • February_25 - Zeppo_Marx, comedian, The_Marx_Brothers (d. 1979)
  • February_27 - Horatio_Luro, Hall of Fame horse trainer (d. 1991)
  • February_28 - Linus_Pauling, the only winner of Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry 1954 and Peace 1962 (d. 1994)
  • March_4 - Charles_Goren, bridge expert
  • March_11 - Leopold_III_of_Belgium
  • March_21 - Karl_Arnold, politician (d. 1958)
  • March_24 - Ub_Iwerks, cartoonist (d. 1971)
  • March_27 - Carl_Barks, Donald_Duck illustrator
  • March 27 - Erich_Ollenhauer, politician (d. 1963)
  • April_1 - Whittaker_Chambers, spy (d. 1961)
  • April_29 - Emperor_Hirohito_of_Japan
  • May_5 - Blind_Willie_McTell, blues singer.
  • May_7 - Gary_Cooper, actor (d. 1961)
  • May_17 - Werner_Egk, composer (d. 1983)
  • May_20 - Max_Euwe, Dutch world champion chess 1935-1937
  • May_21 - Horace_Heidt, band leader (d. 1986)
  • May 21 - Sam_Jaffe, actor (d. 2000)
  • June_17 - F._F._E._Yeo-Thomas, WW II SOE agent and hero (d. 1964)
  • June_18 - Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia
  • June_24 - Harry_Partch, microtonal composer
  • July_20 - Heinie_Manush, Baseball_Hall_of_Famer (d. 1971)
  • July_31 - Jean_Dubuffet, painter
  • August_4 - Louis_Armstrong, jazz musician (d. 1971)
  • September_9 - James_Blades, English percussionist
  • September_28 - Ed_Sullivan, American TV show host
  • September_29 - Enrico_Fermi, Italian physicist
  • September_29 - Lanza_del_Vasto, philosopher, poet and non-violent activist
  • October_2 - Kiki, singer
  • October_10 - Alberto_Giacometti, Italian sculptor
  • November_22 - Joaquin_Rodrigo, composer (d. 1999)
  • December_5 - Walter Elias Disney, later known as Walt_Disney, American animator and film producer.
  • December_5 - Werner_Heisenberg, German physicist
  • December_16 - Margaret_Mead, cultural anthropologist
  • December_19 - Rudolf_Hell, inventor
  • December_25- Her Royal Highness Princess_Alice,_Duchess_of_Gloucester
  • Nadezhda_Alliluyeva-Stalin, later second wife of Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin.

    Deaths

  • January_22 - Queen_Victoria monarch of the United_Kingdom,dies after the longest reign on the throne in English/British thrones.
  • January_27 - Giuseppe_Verdi, Italian grand opera composer
  • February_11 - Milan_I, king of Serbia.
  • February_22 - George_Francis_FitzGerald, mathematician
  • March_13 - Benjamin_Harrison, 23rd President_of_the_United_States
  • April_3 - Richard_D'Oyly_Carte, impresario
  • June_2 - George_Leslie_Mackay, missionary
  • July_4 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist
  • August_5 - The Empress Frederick, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and mother of German Emperor Wilhelm II
  • September_9 - Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec, painter
  • September_14 - William_McKinley US President
  • Abdur_Rahman_Khan, amir of Afghanistan

    Nobel_Prizes

  • Physics - Wilhelm_Conrad_Röntgen
  • Chemistry - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
  • Medicine - Emil_Adolf_von_Behring
  • Literature - Sully_Prudhomme
  • Peace - Jean_Henri_Dunant, Frédéric Passy

    Heads of State

  • China - Guāngxù Emperor_of_China, Qing_Dynasty (1875-1908)
  • Denmark - Christian IX, King_of_Denmark (1863-1906)
  • France - Émile_Loubet, President_of_France (1899-1906)
  • Germany - Wilhelm II, German Kaiser (1888-1918)
  • Holy_See - Pope_Leo_XIII, Bishop of Rome (1878-1903)
  • Japan - Mutsuhito, Meiji Emperor (1867-1912)
  • Norway - Oscar II, King_of_Sweden and Norway (1872-1905)
  • Ottoman_Empire - Abdul_Hamid_II, Sultan_of_the_Ottoman_Empire (1876-1909)
  • Russia - Nicholas II, Tsar_of_Russia (1894-1917)
  • Spain - Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain, King_of_Spain (1886-1931)
  • Sweden - Oscar II, King_of_Sweden and Norway (1872-1905)
  • United_States -
  • # William_McKinley, President_of_the_United_States (1897-1901)
  • # Theodore_Roosevelt, President of the United States (1901-1909)
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