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The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a 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 of years from 1900 to 1999. The
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See moreThere are several main varieties of how individual years of the decade are pronounced. Using 1906 as an example, they are "nineteen-oh-six", "nineteen-six", and "nineteen-aught-six". Which variety is most prominent depends
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See moreMajor political changes
• New Imperialism
• The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign Entente Cordiale
Wars
• Second Boer War...
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• September 8, 1900 – A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas, USA killing about 8,000....
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• March 17, 1905 – Annus Mirabilis papers – Albert Einstein publishes his paper "On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light", in which he explains the photoelectric effect, using the notion of...
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The best selling books of the decade were Anne of Green Gables (1908) and The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), which sold 50 million and 45 million...
See moreProminent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include:
• July 29, 1900 – King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• March 6, 1901 – In Bremen,...
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1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1900th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 900th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1900, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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