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1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1901st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 901st year of the 2nd millennium, the 1st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1901, the ...
The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. [1] The fair occupied 350 acres (0.55 sq mi) of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood Avenue and northward to Great Arrow Avenue.
February 25 – U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and at some time the world's largest producer of steel, is incorporated by industrialist J. P. Morgan. March 2 The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
On June 24, 1901, the first major exhibition of Pablo Picasso's artwork opened at a Paris gallery. According to History.com, The 19-year-old Spaniard was relatively unknown outside Barcelona, but ...
17 June – F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, World War II hero (died 1964) 23 June – Richard Ripley, 400 m runner (died 1996) 9 July – Barbara Cartland, novelist (died 2000) 13 July – Eric Portman, film actor (died 1969) 20 July – Dilys Powell, film critic (died 1995) 29 August – Anna Zinkeisen, Scottish-born artist (died 1976) 15 September
→ → Australia – Commonwealth of Australia (from 1 January 1901) Capital: Melbourne (de facto seat of government) Widely recognized state from 1 January 1901. [4] Australia is a federation of six states and three territories, and is autonomous but still dependent from the United Kingdom.
March 4, 1901 – President McKinley begins second term; Roosevelt becomes the 25th vice president. September 6, 1901 – McKinley is shot, in Buffalo, New York. September 14, 1901 – President McKinley dies, Vice President Roosevelt becomes the 26th president [1] 1901 – U.S. Steel founded by John Pierpont Morgan; 1901 – Hay–Pauncefote ...
The 1901 Nobel Peace Prize was the first peace prize resulting from Alfred Nobel's will to recognize in the preceding year those who "have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."