1900s

For the century, see 20th century.

1900s Media

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  June 30, 1908: The Tunguska event

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  Ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in United States history

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  A sketch of Leon Czolgosz shooting U.S. President William McKinley.

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  During 1905 the physicist Albert Einstein published four articles – each revolutionary and groundbreaking in its field.

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  The first ascent of LZ1 over Lake Constance (the Bodensee) in 1900.

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  A diesel engine built by MAN AG in 1906

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  Gilmore's second, larger plane

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  Ford Model A was the first car produced by Ford Motor Company beginning production in 1903.

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  A replica of Pearse's monoplane

Millennium:	2nd millennium
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
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1900s began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1909. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''191st decade''' which began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 1910. It was the first decade of the 20th century.

Events

• 1901 – Independence of Australia.
• 1903 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States.
• 1904-1905 – Russo-Japanese War.
• 1905 – First Russian Revolution.

World leaders

• Prime Minister Edmund Barton (Australia)
• Prime Minister Alfred Deakin (Australia)
• Prime Minister Chris Watson (Australia)
• Prime Minister Sir George Reid (Australia)
• President William McKinley (United States)
• President Theodore Roosevelt (United States)
• President William Howard Taft (United States)

• Shahs of Persia (Qajar dynasty)

1. Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, 1896–1907
2. Mohammad Ali Shah, 1907–1909
3. Ahmad Shah Qajar, 1909–1925