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[[Centuries]]: [[Year in Review 20th Century]] ([[19th century]] - '''[[20th century]]''' - [[21st century]])
[[Decades]]: [[1850s]] [[1860s]] [[1870s]] [[1880s]] [[1890s]] - '''[[1900s]]''' - [[1910s]] [[1920s]] [[1930s]] [[1940s]] [[1950s]]
Years: [[1896]] [[1897]] [[1898]] [[1899]] [[1900]] - '''1901''' - [[1902]] [[1903]] [[1904]] [[1905]] [[1906]]
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'''Events'''
* [[January 1]] - [[Australia]] is federated as an independent nation under an act of the [[British]] Parliament.
*The first [[Nobel Prize]] ceremony is held in [[Stockholm]]
* [[Baseball]] (US) : The American and National Leagues agree to peacefully coexist and organise a [[Baseball/World Series | World Series]] between their champions, which would be first held in [[1903]].
* Change of [[United States/President|US presidency]] from [[William McKinley]] ([[1897]]-[[1901]]) to [[Theodore Roosevelt]] ([[1901]]-[[1909]])
** In September, President of the [[United States]] [[William McKinley]] is shot by [[Leon Czolgosz]], an [[anarchist]], in [[Buffalo]], [[New York]]. McKinley dies eight days later. [[Theodore Roosevelt]] takes the Oath of Office.
*[[December 12]] - [[Guglielmo Marconi]] recieves the first trans-[[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] [[radio]] signal in [[Newfoundland]], [[Canada]]; it is [[Morse code]] for the letter "S."
'''Births'''
* [[May 5]] - [[Blind Willie McTell]], [[blues]] singer.
* [[May 20]] - [[Max Euwe]], Dutch world champion chess 1935-1937
* [[October 10]] - [[Alberto Giacometti]], Italian sculptor
* [[March 27]] - [[Carl Barks]], [[Donald Duck]] illustrator
* [[September 29]] - [[Enrico Fermi]], [[physicist]]
* [[December 5]] - [[Werner Heisenberg]], [[physicist]]
'''Deaths'''
* [[February 11]] - [[Milan I]], king of Serbia.
* [[Queen Victoria]] monarch of the [[United Kingdom]]
'''[[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prizes]]'''
* [[Nobel Prize/Physics|Physics]] - [[Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen|Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen]]
* [[Nobel Prize/Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff]]
* [[Nobel Prize/Physiology or medicine|Medicine]] - [[Emil Adolf von Behring]]
* [[Nobel Prize in literature|Literature]] - [[Sully Prudhomme]]
* [[Nobel Prize/Peace|Peace]] - [[Jean Henri Dunant]], [[Frederic Passy|Frédéric Passy]]
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Revision as of 00:46, 27 January 2002
Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 - 1901 - 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Events
- January 1 - Australia is federated as an independent nation under an act of the British Parliament.
- The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm
- Baseball (US) : The American and National Leagues agree to peacefully coexist and organise a World Series between their champions, which would be first held in 1903.
- Change of US presidency from William McKinley (1897-1901) to Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
- In September, President of the United States William McKinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies eight days later. Theodore Roosevelt takes the Oath of Office.
- December 12 - Guglielmo Marconi recieves the first trans-Atlantic radio signal in Newfoundland, Canada; it is Morse code for the letter "S."
Births
- May 5 - Blind Willie McTell, blues singer.
- May 20 - Max Euwe, Dutch world champion chess 1935-1937
- October 10 - Alberto Giacometti, Italian sculptor
- March 27 - Carl Barks, Donald Duck illustrator
- September 29 - Enrico Fermi, physicist
- December 5 - Werner Heisenberg, physicist
Deaths
- February 11 - Milan I, king of Serbia.
- Queen Victoria monarch of the United Kingdom
- Physics - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- Chemistry - Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff
- Medicine - Emil Adolf von Behring
- Literature - Sully Prudhomme
- Peace - Jean Henri Dunant, Frédéric Passy