2. HISTORY
• The twentieth century began in the
midst of great technological
advances, including elautomóvil
prominently. Ford AméricaHenry
forward in a true revolution in the
industry production system was
tested with the production of its
Model T.
3. • Historical Events
1900
Boxer Rebellion.
Assassination of King of Italy Umberto I.
"The Interpretation of Dreams" by Sigmund
Freud.
"The Century of Children" Ellen Key.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin: Rigid Airship.
Max Planck: Quantum Theory.
Walter Reed: Discover the origin of yellow fever.
First edition of the Davis Cup, won by the USA.
blood groups were discovered.
4. 1901
assassination of U.S. president,
William McKinley.
Guglielmo Marconi: The Birth of
transatlantic communication.
Karl Landsteiner: Classification
of blood groups.
First Awards Nobel (Sweden).
5. • 1902
Alfonso XIII reaches adulthood and
becomes king of Spain.
It was completed, was inaugurated
and blessed the Flatiron Building in
New York, considered the first
skyscraper in the United States.
Founding of the Brotherhood of
Sorrows (Rota), from the former
Serviette VOT.
6. • 1903
The brothers Wilbur and Orville
Wright: First flight of a sustained and
propelled aircraft engine.
Panama seceded from Colombia.
1904
1904-1905 - Russo-Japanese War.
Russia and the United Kingdom
agree to the Entente Cordial.
7. • 1905
Albert Einstein: Special Theory of
Relativity.
Start the revolutionary process in
Russia.
defeat of Russia in the Russo-
Japanese.
1906
Earthquake Chicago.
8. • 1907
Oklahoma state how the United States.
Coalition leading to the Triple Entente.
• Agreement between France, Britain and the
Russian Empire.
• 1908
In Lisbon (Portugal) die in an attack on King
Carlos I and Crown Prince Luis Felipe.
Young Turk Revolution.
In Siberia (Russia) drops a huge meteorite,
known as the "Tunguska Event".
9. • 1909
Panama seceded from Colombia and is
recognized worldwide as an independent
state.
On the island of Tenerife (Spain),
municipality of Santiago del Teide , the
volcano erupts Chinyero .
Scientific and technical
Zeeman Effect
Photoelectric Effect
Millikan Experiment
Industrial production Model T
10. SCIENCE:
• April 26 - Guglielmo Marconi patents the tuned
circuit.
• December 7 - Max Planck states his quantum
hypothesis and law of black body radiation,
marking the birth of quantum physics.
• December 23 - Reginald Fessenden,
experimenting with a high-frequency spark
transmitter, successfully transmits speech over a
distance of about 1.6 kilometers (one mile),
from Cobb Island, Maryland, which appears to
have been the first audio radio transmission.
11. IMPORTANT PEOPLE:
• Booker T. WashingtonSupporter of industrial
education for blacks. Was invited to the White
House to eat with President Roosevelt.
• William McKinleyThe 25 President of the United
States, who was assginated in his second term. The
dominate issue during his presidency was the
currency
• Theodore RooseveltPresident after McKinley was
shot, becoming the youngest president at age 43.
He lead the nation to a progressive era and was a
“steward to the people.”
12. POPULAR MUSIC:
• January 14 – Giacomo Puccini's Tosca premieres in
Rome.
• February 2 – Gustave Charpentier's
opera Louise premieres in Paris; Mary
Garden makes her public debut in the title role in
April.
• October 3 – Edward Elgar's The Dream of
Gerontius is premiered in Birmingham
• The Philadelphia Orchestra is founded.
• The Honolulu Symphony Orchestra is founded.
13. MAJOR WORKS OF LITERATURE:
• The year 1900 in literature involved some
significant new books and publications, as
well as the deaths of several highly
prominent writers, including among them
the late Irish poet Oscar Wilde and the
German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
• The highly influential American author L.
Frank Baum wrote the first and most famous
of his Oz books, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,
in 1900.
