1901

Events

Real World: January 1. The Commonwealth of Australia is officially formed, and Edmund Barton becomes its first Prime Minister.

Real World: January 22. Queen Victoria of England dies, and is succeeded by King Edward VII.

Real World: February 25. The United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) is incorporated by J.P. Morgan.

Real World: March 2. The Platt Amendment, which requires limited autonomy for Cuba in exchange for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, is passed by the U.S. Congress.

Real World: April 25. New York becomes the first state to require license plates for automobiles.

Real World: May 5. The independent Maya of the Yucatan surrender to Mexico.

Real World: May 9. Australia's first Parliament convenes in Melbourne.

Real World: June 12. Cuba becomes a protectorate of the United States.

Real World: September 6. U.S. President William ~McKinley is shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.

Real World: September 7. The signing of the Peking Protocol officially ends the Boxer Rebellion in China.

Real World: September 14. William ~McKinley dies from his wounds; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeds him as President of the United States.

Real World: December 3. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a speech to Congress in which he asks them to limit the power of business trusts.

Real World: December 10. The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.

Real World: December 12. The first trans-Atlantic radio signal is received by Guglielmo Marconi in Newfoundland, Canada.

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

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