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Centuries: 19th century - '''20th century''' - 21st century Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s - '''1900s''' - 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s Years: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 ==Events and Trends== ===Technology=== * Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft * Mass production of automobile * Wide popularity of home phonograph ===Science=== * Planck's law of black body radiation * Einstein's theory of special relativity * Einstein explains Brownian motion and the photoelectric effect ===War, peace and politics=== * The New Imperialism * Demand of Home Rule for Ireland * Second Boer War ends * Australia becomes independent * Russo-Japanese War establishes Japan as a world power * UK and France sign Entente Cordiale ===Economics=== ===Culture, religion=== * Emergence of Cubist and Futurist art ===Others=== * Panama Canal ==World Leaders== * Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary) * Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Canada) * Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany) * King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy) * Pope Leo XIII * Pope Pius X * Emperor Nicholas II (Russia) * Queen Victoria (United Kingdom) * King Edward VII (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister Lord Salisbury (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (United Kingdom) * President William McKinley (United States) * President Theodore Roosevelt (United States) ==Important Personalities== * Sigmund Freudbg:1900-те cy:1900au da:1900'erne de:1900er et:1900. aastad es:Aos 1900 fr:Années 1900 it:Anni 1900 hu:1900-as évek nl:1900-10 ja:1900年代 pl:Lata 1900-1909 ro:Anii 1900 ru:1990-е sl:1900. fi:1900-vuosikymmen sv:1900-talet (decennium)
