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| 1 | 1613 |
- 21 Feb 1613—15 Mar 1917: The Romanov Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, begins when 16 year old Mikhail Romanov is elected as Czar.Russiapedia Hillwood
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| 2 | 1837 |
- 20 Jun 1837—22 Jan 1901: Victoria. Ruler of England 1837-1901. House of Hanover: Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort.HistoricUK
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| 3 | 1898 |
- 15 Feb 1898: "Remember the Maine!" The U.S.S. Maine explodes in Havana harbor after striking a mine. 260 sailors are lost leading to the Spanish-American War.SIMag LoC
- 17 Mar 1898: John P. Holland launches what will become the U. S. Navy's first modern submarine.NavHist USSNautilus
- 21 Apr 1898: The U. S. declares war on Spain.NPS MoAGI
- 25 Apr 1898—Jul 1902: Spanish-American War: War is formally declared between the United States and Spain.LoC PBS
- 30 May 1898: Superman beware, Krypton is discovered.JLab NIH
- 1 Jul 1898: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders make the charge up San Juan Hill.PBS USArmy
- 30 Jul 1898: William Kellogg, understanding the value of the flaked cereal served at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, invents Cornflakes.TiS WCSA
- 29 Aug 1898: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is incorporated.Goodyear OHC
- 26 Nov 1898—27 Nov 1898: New England experiences a a severe storm, The Portland Gale.HazeGray NOAA
- 18 Dec 1898: The first recorded land speed record is set when Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat travels 39.252 miles per hour in a Jeantaud, a French electric automobile.WoS AC
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| 4 | 1899 |
- 10 Jan 1899: David Misell receives a patent for his "electric device" - better known as the flashlight, which is still almost unchanged from its original design.FF USPTO
- 14 Mar 1899: Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin receives a United States patent for his rigid airship design.W I R E D AW
- 13 Sep 1899: The first U. S. traffic fatality occurs after Henry Bliss is struck by a cab in New York City.W I R E D SIMag
- 2 Nov 1899—7 Sep 1901: The Boxer Rebellion, an uprising against foreigners in China, occurs.TW GoogleBooks
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| 5 | 1900 |
- 14 Mar 1900: Gold becomes the official standard of United States currency.NYTimes POLITICO
- 11 Apr 1900: The U. S. Navy acquires its first modern submarine, the Holland, designed by Irish immigrant John P. Holland, propelled by gasoline while on the surface and by electricity when submerged.LoC DoD
- 2 Jul 1900: Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, with five passengers, flies the world's first untethered rigid airship, the LZ-1 near Lake Constance in Germany.Airships CoF
- 8 Sep 1900: A hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing over 6000 people.1900Storm NPS
- 15 Oct 1900: Boston Symphony Hall is opened.BSO NET
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| 6 | 1901 |
- 10 Jan 1901: The oil industry gets underway in Texas with the Spindletop well.TXAlmanac TSHA
- 22 Jan 1901—6 May 1910: Edward VII. Ruler of England 1901-1910. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark.HistoricUK
- 21 May 1901: Connecticut enacts the first speed limit law for automobiles in the U. S..W I R E D CTHist
- 6 Sep 1901: U. S. President William McKinley is shot while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.LoC BN
- 14 Sep 1901: Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States of America upon the death of President McKinley. He serves 1901 - 1909.LoC NCC
- 10 Dec 1901: The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.NP NPP
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| 7 | 1902 |
- 4 Mar 1902: The American Automobile Association is established in Chicago.AAA C&R
- 6 Mar 1902: The permanent United States Census Bureau is established through a legislative act.Census USFR
- 20 Apr 1902: Marie and Pierre Curie successfully isolate radioactive radium salts from the mineral pitchblende in their laboratory in Paris.SN DTE
- 9 Jun 1902: The first fast food restaurant in the United States, the Automat, opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.W I R E D PE
- 10 Jun 1902: Americus F. Callahan of Chicago receives a patent for the window envelope.NDM GooglePatents
- 17 Jul 1902: Willis Carrier completes the design for the world's first successful air-conditioning system.WC W I R E D
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| 8 | 1903 |
- 18 Jan 1903: The first two-way transatlantic wireless communication occurs.CapeCod TRC
- 15 Feb 1903: The first Teddy bears go on sale.History.com Politico
- 23 Feb 1903: The Treaty of Cuba is signed by President Roosevelt giving the United States the right to Guantanamo Bay.Avalon USState
- 15 Jul 1903: The newly formed Ford Motor Company takes its first order.Ford HF
- 11 Aug 1903: The first patent in the United States for instant coffee is received by Chicago chemist Satori Kato.W I R E D GooglePatents
- 1 Oct 1903—13 Oct 1903: The first baseball World Series begins - the Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates.MLB BA
- 17 Dec 1903: The Wright brothers fly the first gas-powered, human-controlled, heavier-than-air aircraft.NASA LoC
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| 9 | 1904 |
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| 10 | 1905 |
- 25 Jan 1905: The world's largest diamond is found in a South African mine.GIA IS
- 5 Aug 1905: Teddy Roosevelt gathers up the Russian and Japanese peace delegates in Oyster Bay, herds them aboard the yacht Mayflower, and heads off to Portsmouth.GoogleBooks GLIAH
- 5 Sep 1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth ends the Russo-Japanese War.MMN PPT
- 27 Sep 1905: Albert Einstein publishes the Theory of Relativity and makes famous the equation, E = mc2.Dummies EarthSky
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| 11 | 1906 |
- 18 Apr 1906: San Franciscans are shaken out of bed by the Great San Francisco Earthquake. The city is further destroyed by an uncontrolled inferno the rages for four days and nights.USGS USNA
- 21 Apr 1906: The Canada-Alaska border is established.GoogleBooks USNA
- 24 Sep 1906: President Roosevelt establishes the first National Monument, Devils Tower in Wyoming.NPS NPF
- 3 Nov 1906: The distress signal S.O.S. becomes the worldwide standard at the 2nd International Radiotelegraphic Convention.SIMag GA&C
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| 12 | 1907 |
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| 13 | 1908 |
- 30 Jun 1908: A large meteorite, presumed to be about 120 feet across, enters the atmosphere above Siberia and explodes, destroying about 80 million trees and lighting up the sky. NASA EarthSky
- 26 Jul 1908: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is founded.FBI USNA
- 3 Aug 1908: The first nearly complete skeleton of a Neanderthal is found.LS PNAS
- 16 Sep 1908: General Motors is founded by William "Billy" Durant.AH Forbes
- 6 Oct 1908: Henry S. Winzeler founds the Ohio Art Company, makers of the Etch-A-Sketch.GoogleNews
- 29 Dec 1908: A patent is granted for a 4-wheel automobile braking system.365DoM BH
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| 14 | 1909 |
- 16 Jan 1909: Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.W I R E D EarthSky
- 5 Feb 1909: The first synthetic plastic, Bakelite, is announced to the world by its inventor, Leo Baekeland, during a presentation to the American Chemical Society in New York City.PN NYTimes
- 12 Feb 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,or NAACP, is founded.NAACP LoC
- 7 Apr 1909: Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first non-native men to reach the North Pole.USNA Bowdoin
- 19 Aug 1909: The first automobile race is held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IMS FSS
- 30 Aug 1909: Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institute discovers the Burgess Shales, one of the world's richest fossil troves.ESCONI tCE
- 3 Nov 1909: William Howard Taft is elected 27th president of the United States of America, 1909 - 1913.USEA
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| 15 | 1910 |
- 13 Jan 1910: The first public radio broadcast takes place with a live performance at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. SIMag WQXR
- 8 Feb 1910: The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.LoC BSA
- 28 Mar 1910: Engineer Henri Fabre takes off in the Canard, the first airplane to lift off from water under its own power.SI W I R E D
- 6 May 1910—20 Jan 1936: George V. Ruler of England 1910-1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.HistoricUK
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| 16 | 1911 |
- 17 Feb 1911: The first electric "self-starter" is installed in a Cadillac.Hemmings EC
- 23 May 1911: The New York Public Library opens.NYPL LoC
- 30 May 1911: The first Indianapolis 500 is run.AH IN
- 16 Jun 1911: The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, the precursor to IBM, is founded in New York.IBM CHM
- 4 Jul 1911: The highest temperature recorded in Vermont is 105°F at Vernon.NetState CW
- 4 Jul 1911: The highest temperature recorded in New Hampshire is 106°F at Nashua.NetState CW
- 10 Jul 1911: The highest temperature recorded in Maine is 105°F at North Bridgton.NetState RCS
- 24 Jul 1911: The ancient city of the Incas, Machu Picchu, is discovered by Hiram Bingham, a professor at Yale University.TiC Andina
- 25 Sep 1911: Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston.MLB
- 23 Oct 1911: An airplane is used for the first time in war.W I R E D A&SMag
- 14 Dec 1911: Raold Amundsen and four others are the first to reach the South Pole.SP SA
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| 17 | 1912 |
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1898 - 1912 (~ 13 years)