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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 from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999 (the years beginning with "19").
Jul 21, 2009 · April 18: The San Francisco earthquake devastates the city. Estimated at a 7.9 magnitude, the quake kills up to 3,000 people and destroys as much as 80% of the city. May 19: The first section of the Simplon Tunnel through the Alps is completed, connecting Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy.
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Buffalo Bill Cody (1846–1917) and his Wild West Show, a sensation in the nineteenth century, toured America. Smaller circuses visited towns big and small. But a new media began to take hold in the 1900s: film.
The 1900s Lifestyles and Social Trends: Overview. The United States shed many of its nineteenth-century styles, traditions, and beliefs as it entered the modern era. America in 1900 was vastly different from the rural, farm-based economy populated largely by Anglo-Saxons of a hundred years before.
May 19, 2022 · Change was afoot, as an ancient European monarch died, pivotal inventions and discoveries were made, and warfare took a more modernized, destructive direction that would serve as a warm-up to The Great War a decade later. Here are 7 historical events that took place in the 1900s (1900-1909).
Women's Suffrage in the Progressive Era During the late 1800s and early 1900s, women and women's organizations not only worked to gain the right to vote, they also worked for broad-based economic and political equality and for social reforms.
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Humanities › History & Culture. Early 1900s. The 1900s and 1910s saw the death of Queen Victoria, the founding of the NAACP, and, of course, the first World War. Learn about the most important figures and events from the early 20th century. People & Events. Fads & Fashions. Early 20th Century. The 20s. The 30s. The 40s. The 50s. The 60s. The 80s.
