Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s

Years: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

Contents

1 Events and Trends 1.1 Technology 1.2 Science 1.3 War, peace and politics 1.4 Culture, religion 2 People 2.1 World Leaders 2.2 Important Personalities

Events and Trends

Technology

• Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft
• Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft
• Mass production of automobile
• Wide popularity of home phonograph
• Panama Canal is built by the United States

Science

• Planck's law of black body radiation
• Einstein's theory of special relativity
• Einstein explains Brownian motion and the photoelectric effect

War, peace and politics

• The New Imperialism
• Demand for Home Rule for Ireland
• Second Boer War ends
• British colonies in Australia federate, forming the Commonwealth of Australia
• Russo-Japanese War establishes Japan as a world power
• UK and France sign Entente Cordiale

Culture, religion

• Emergence of Cubist and Futurist art

People

World Leaders

• Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
• Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Canada)
• Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany)
• King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
• Pope Leo XIII
• Pope Pius X
• Emperor Nicholas II (Russia)
• Queen Victoria (United Kingdom)
• King Edward VII (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Lord Salisbury (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (United Kingdom)
• President William McKinley (United States)
• President Theodore Roosevelt (United States)

Important Personalities

• Sigmund Freud

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