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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").
1900 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 ...
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It was the first decade of the 20th century. It is distinct from the decade known as the 191st decade which began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 1910. Quick Facts. Close. Events. 1901 – Independence of Australia. 1903 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States.
Apr 17, 2017 · 7. The words "nineteen-hundreds" to me mean strictly 1900–1909. I've noticed several times that people, invariably North American, use these words to mean "the twentieth century", or 1900–1999, or something like that. Similarly for "the eighteen hundreds" used to mean "the nineteenth century" and so on.
- Although people do use it mean 1900–1909, it isn't a misuse to use it to mean 1900–1999. Another way to refer to the first decade would be "just af...
- I think of any "hundreds" term as representing the entire century and depending on the specificity demanded in the situation use "early nineteen hu...
- I've never known "nineteen hundreds" to mean anything but the 20th century. I come from a Computer Science background, so I understand why logicall...
- In the US at least, there's enough variation in the use of this term as to render it imprecise to the point of being useless.
- There appears to be an astonishing lack of references as to which period the 1900s refer to. 1900s (decade) Wikipedia claims that the term 1900s...
- At least here in America it is clear to me that "the twelve hundreds" means 1200 to 1299. And similarly up to the 1800s. If "the nineteen hundred...
- In my readings I've never found "nineteen hundreds" to be intended to refer to 1900-1909. Generally, writers will specify the date range as I have...
- The figure supplied in the mind is always the one before all the zeros, so the late 1460s = the last years before 1470, the late 1400s = the last y...
- There seems to be continuing confusion about the use of the term 1900s , and an increasing tendency even among people who are well-read to use it...
Events. World leaders. 1900s. The 1900s was a decade in the Anno Domini and Common Era in the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1909. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''191st decade''' which began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 1910. It was the first decade of the 20th century.
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas.
Conquest and colonization. Latin America. Caribbean. Frank Baum introduces children to Oz, in his book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Go to Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful (1900) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century. 20th century.
