1901

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January 1 - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century. (Zero-ists' argument that new century should be celebrated in 1900 rejected worldwide.
January 1 - Australia is federated as an independent nation under an act of the British Parliament.
January 1 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorate
January 7 - Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism
January 10 - The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas
January 22 - Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.
February 20 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
February 25 - J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
March 2 - The United States Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
March 6 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.
June 24 - First exhibition of Pablo Picasso opens.
July 4 The 1,282 foot (390 meters) covered bridge crossing the St.John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada opens. It is the longest covered bridge in the world.
December 12 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal in Newfoundland, Canada; it is Morse code for the letter "S."

Cleveland Indians founded
Europium discovered by Eugéne Demarcay
First prototype Harley-Davidson created
Okapi discovered (previously known only to local natives)
Katsura Taro becomes Prime Minister of Japan
The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm
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.
End of Boxer Rebellion in China
Independent Maya of Eastern Yucatan surrender to Mexico

Art, Culture & Fashion

1901 in film
1901 in literature
1901 in music
- "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Rachmaninoff
1901 in sports
- 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.

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