1901

The year 1901 held landmarks in time that have continually shaped the present world, as we know it. A bit of history will keep us grounded as to where we are from and where we are journeying.

1901

The art legend that is Van Gogh a Dutch artist received his first exhibition in March 17 and his artistic genius revealed to the world, eleven years after his death. The Bernheim-Jeune art gallery in Paris was the host of this iconic exhibition of 71 original works. Van Gogh had moved to France from the Netherlands where he met and was highly impressed by postimpressionist painters, the likes of Camille Pissarro. The jury is out on how he met the injury in his abdomen.

We cannot change the past, but the lessons and experiences of the past inspire the lesson for coming generations to create a brighter future. Nobel Prize Laureates are individuals from across the world that has made significant strides in the fields of physics, chemistry, literature, medicine and peace. The first Nobel Prize ceremony happened on December 10, 1901, five years after the death of Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite. Alfred had declared that most of his vast wealth to be distributed annually to those who had conferred significant benefits to humankind in the preceding year. Historians believe that Alfred’s contributions to war inventions pushed him to create the prize out of moral obligations. Two days later, on December 12, Marconi received a message from Newfoundland, Canada. Despite critics claiming that radio waves could not travel for more than 200 miles due to the curvature of the earth, Marconi did manage to get a radio signal across the Atlantic. The radio signal bound for space, when in the ionosphere; was reflected back to earth and received in Canada. This achievement won him a joint Nobel Prize in Physics with Ferdinand Braun, a German Radio inventor. This transatlantic transmission was to be the basis of further research on the laws of radio waves. To progress into the future, one must have an idea where we are from in our history. We have the present to work persistently hard towards creating a better tomorrow for the generations to come and for all humanity.

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Nobel Prize

Nobel Prizes

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Peace Prize

  • Henry Dunant
  • Frédéric Passy

Literature

  • Sully Prudhomme

Physics

  • Wilhelm Röntgen

Chemistry

  • Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Physiology or Medicine

  • Emil Adolf von Behring
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Top #1 songs in the USA

  • - In the Shade of the Palm
  • - American Patrol

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Pan-American Exposition by Night

Pan-American Exposition by Night

Release year: 1901

The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train

Release year: 1901

Directed by: Walter Forde

Forward

Forward

Release year: 1901

Directed by: Henry Bedwell

Another Job for the Undertaker

Another Job for the Undertaker

Release year: 1901

Photographing a Country Couple

Photographing a Country Couple

Release year: 1901

Directed by: Edwin S. Porter

1901 Chinese Zodiac and Horoscope

According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1901 is the year of the Ox

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Popular names

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Historical Events

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Events

  • 01 Jan 1901 Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
  • 08 Jan 1901 New South Wales score 918 all out versus South Australia in 560 minutes.
  • 09 Jan 1901 New South Wales (918) defeat South Australia (157 and 156) by innings and 605.
  • 10 Jan 1901 The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
  • 18 Jan 1901 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Graves De Communi Re.
  • 22 Jan 1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series.
  • 24 Jan 1901 Emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein.
  • 31 Jan 1901 Boer General John Smuts and De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal.
  • 02 Feb 1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization.
  • 05 Feb 1901 Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp.
  • 07 Feb 1901 Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
  • 18 Feb 1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner.
  • 20 Feb 1901 The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • 25 Feb 1901 US Steel Corp organizes under directorship of J P Morgan.
  • 04 Mar 1901 President William McKinley inaugurated for second term as President.
  • 11 Mar 1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black second baseman Charlie Grant.
  • 15 Mar 1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race March 16th.
  • 17 Mar 1901 Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in the Netherlands
  • 23 Mar 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast.
  • 25 Mar 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derails near Marshalltown, Iowa.
  • 07 Apr 1901 SDAP demands general voting right / abolishing First Chamber
  • 19 Apr 1901 James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon
  • 24 Apr 1901 1st AL game, Chicago beats Cleveland Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out
  • 25 Apr 1901 In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score ten runs to win one of the greatest comebacks in baseball (first game in Detroit).
  • 29 Apr 1901 27th Kentucky Derby Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75.
  • 01 May 1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox.
  • 03 May 1901 Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville Florida.
  • 08 May 1901 In their long-delayed American League home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4.
  • 09 May 1901 Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
  • 12 May 1901 President McKinley visits San Francisco.
  • 16 May 1901 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Priory School
  • 23 May 1901 Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent.
  • 24 May 1901 Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
  • 28 May 1901 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2.
  • 30 May 1901 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
  • 02 Jun 1901 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday
  • 09 Jun 1901 New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13.
  • 11 Jun 1901 Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand.
  • 14 Jun 1901 1st golf championship is played
  • 15 Jun 1901 7th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts
  • 20 Jun 1901 Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a US college
  • 24 Jun 1901 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
  • 02 Jul 1901 Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner, Montana
  • 12 Jul 1901 Cy Young wins his 300th game
  • 15 Jul 1901 New York Giants Christy Mathewson no-hits Saint Louis, 5-0.
  • 22 Jul 1901 Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro
  • 24 Jul 1901 O. Henry is released from prison in Austin, Texas after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • 29 Jul 1901 The Socialist Party of America is founded.
  • 31 Jul 1901 Abraham Kuyper becomes Premier of the Netherlands
  • 01 Aug 1901 Burial within San Francisco City limits prohibited.
  • 05 Aug 1901 Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11 3/4 ins. The record will stand for 20 years.
  • 06 Aug 1901 Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • 10 Aug 1901 Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners.
  • 12 Aug 1901 Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony
  • 14 Aug 1901 SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska and sinks killing 70
  • 15 Aug 1901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro.
  • 20 Aug 1901 Fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony
  • 21 Aug 1901 21st US Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright
  • 22 Aug 1901 Cadillac Co forms
  • 28 Aug 1901 Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
  • 30 Aug 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner
  • 01 Sep 1901 Construction begins on New York Stock Exchange
  • 02 Sep 1901 VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, Speak softly & carry a big stick
  • 03 Sep 1901 Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
  • 05 Sep 1901 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed.
  • 06 Sep 1901 Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
  • 07 Sep 1901 Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
  • 12 Sep 1901 Arabs attack Gedara Palestine.
  • 14 Sep 1901 US President William McKinley dies in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier.
  • 17 Sep 1901 Battle at Elands River Port: Boer General Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers
  • 19 Sep 1901 11 baseball games canceled due to funeral of President William McKinley
  • 24 Sep 1901 Theodore Roosevelt inaugeration as President of the USA.
  • 26 Sep 1901 Boer General Botha captures Fort Itala in Natal
  • 30 Sep 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner.
  • 02 Oct 1901 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow
  • 12 Oct 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the ''Executive Mansion'' to the White House.
  • 19 Oct 1901 Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower.
  • 24 Oct 1901 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel
  • 26 Oct 1901 1st use of getaway car occurs after holding up a shop in Paris
  • 29 Oct 1901 Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
  • 30 Oct 1901 Battle at Bakenlaagte: Lieutenant Colonel Bensons unit vs. Boers
  • 01 Nov 1901 Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
  • 08 Nov 1901 Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
  • 13 Nov 1901 The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
  • 15 Nov 1901 James J Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
  • 27 Nov 1901 Gerhart Hauptmanns Der rote Hahn, premieres in Berlin
  • 29 Nov 1901 East 182nd Street in the Bronx is paved and opened.
  • 02 Dec 1901 Gillette patents 1st disposable razor
  • 03 Dec 1901 Milwaukee Brewers is dropped from the American League and replaced by Saint Louis Browns.
  • 11 Dec 1901 Marconi sends first transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Newfoundland.
  • 12 Dec 1901 Marconi receives first transatlantic radio signal, England to US.
  • 13 Dec 1901 Test debut of S F Barnes versus Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, took 5-65 in first innings.
  • 16 Dec 1901 Boer general Kritzinger captured
  • 25 Dec 1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack British.