1900s
Sign in to saveFile:1900s decademontage2.png|335px|thumb|right|From left, clockwise: the Wright brothers achieve the first manned flight with a motorized airplane, in Kitty Hawk in 1903; a missionary points to the severed hand of a Congolese villager, symbolic of Belgian atrocities in the Congo Free State, which ended in 1908; the 1908 Messina earthquake kills 75,000–82,000 people and becomes the most destructive earthquake ever to strike Europe; the United States gains control over the Philippines in 1902, after the Philippine–American War; rock being moved to construct the Panama Canal in 1907; Admiral Tog
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The 1900s was a decade marked by significant technological breakthroughs like the Wright brothers' first powered flight in 1903 and major infrastructure projects like the Panama Canal, alongside major historical events including colonial conflicts, natural disasters, and imperial expansion. It matters because this period established many of the technological, geopolitical, and social foundations that shaped the modern world.
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- Pronunciation varieties
- Demographics
- Politics and wars
- Major political changes
- Wars
- Internal conflicts
- Colonization
- Decolonization
- Prominent political events
- Disasters
- Natural disasters
- Non-natural disasters
- Assassinations and attempts
- Economics
- Science and technology
- Science
- Technology
- Popular culture
- Literature
- Art
- Film
- Music
- Fashion
- Historic events
- Sports
- Food
- People
- Modern artists
- Other notable people
- Sports figures
- Baseball
- Boxing
- Cricket
- Last survivors
- See also
- Timeline
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
File:1900s decademontage2.png|335px|thumb|right|From left, clockwise: the Wright brothers achieve the first manned flight with a motorized airplane, in Kitty Hawk in 1903; a missionary points to the severed hand of a Congolese villager, symbolic of Belgian atrocities in the Congo Free State, which ended in 1908; the 1908 Messina earthquake kills 75,000–82,000 people and becomes the most destructive earthquake ever to strike Europe; the United States gains control over the Philippines in 1902, after the Philippine–American War; rock being moved to construct the Panama Canal in 1907; Admiral Togo before the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, part of the Russo-Japanese War, leading to Japanese victory and their establishment as a great power, while Russia's defeat eventually led to the 1905 Revolution. rect 2 2 249 161 Wright Flyer rect 253 2 497 161 Atrocities in the Congo Free State rect 250 165 497 334 1908 Messina earthquake rect 250 338 497 488 Philippine–American War rect 2 338 246 488 Panama Canal rect 2 165 123 334 Russo-Japanese War rect 125 165 246 334 1905 Russian Revolution
The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was the decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the entire century from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999 (the years beginning with "19").