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Platt Amendment limits the autonomy of Cuba in exchange for withdrawal of American troops. -
The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal. -
The Germany German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send Wireless telegraphy
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Philippine–American War: -
Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State. -
The Reichstag called Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the
German navy. -
The Imperial Chinese Army begins a Siege of the International Legations called 55-day siege -
In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the Anarchism or anarchist Gaetano Bresci. -
Boxer Rebellion defeated by international coalition. They impose heavy financial sanctions on China. -
Filipino people Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat United States Americans -
Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses. -
The Australian colonies federate. -
Unification of Saudi Arabia begins. -
: Edward VII becomes King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India upon the
death of Queen Victoria. -
Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal. -
Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. -
Willis Carrier invents the first modern electrical air conditioning unit. -
Cuba given independence by the United States. -
Second Boer War ends in British victory. -
Assassination of William McKinley. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes office as President of the -
The first teddy bear is invented. -
July 1: The first Tour de France is held. -
Pius X becomes Pope. -
King Alexander I of Serbia and his wife Queen Draga are assassinated in a military coup. -
Independence of Panama, the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama. -
First controlled heavier-than-air flight of the Wright Brothers. -
: A Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts the Russo-Japanese War. -
Entente cordiale signed between Britain and France. -
Trans-Siberian railway is completed. -
The Revolution of 1905 in Russia erupts. -
The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence. -
Albert Einsteins formulation of special relativity. -
The Russo-Japanese War ends in Japanese victory. -
The British Indian Province of Bengal, partitioned by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, despite strong
opposition. -
December 5: Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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An earthquake in San Francisco, California, magnitude 7.9, kills 3,000. -
Alfred Dreyfus is exonerated and reinstated as a major in the French Army; the Dreyfus Affair ends. -
The US begins the Second Occupation of Cuba. -
An earthquake in Valparaíso, Chile, magnitude 8.2, kills 20,000. -
Brazilian inventor Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off and flies his 14-bis to a crowd in Paris. -
The Muslim League is formed by Nawab Salimullah Khan of Dacca. -
Elections to the new Parliament of Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as
the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied. -
July 24: Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907. -
Liberal H. H. Asquith becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. -
A British company strikes oil in Persia (now Iran). -
Bonaparte ordered DOJ attorneys to refer most investigative matters to the Chief Examiner, Stanley W. Finch
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Tunguska event, enormous explosion that is estimated to have occurred at 7:14
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They led a rebellion against the absolute rule of Sultan Abdulhamid II ( r. 1876–1909) in the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. -
On October 1, 1908, the first production Model T Ford is completed at the company's Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit -
Bulgaria proclaimed its full independence from the Ottoman Empire on September 22 (October 5), 1908 -
Emperor of China (1908–1912) Chosen by Empress Dowager Cixi, Puyi became emperor at the age of 2 years and 10 months in December 1908 after the Guangxu Emperor -
75,000 people were killed in the city and suburbs. -
Named after Viceroy Lord Minto and Secretary of State John Morley, the act introduced elections to legislative councils and admitted Indians to councils -
Feb 9, 2010 — A former associate of Peary, Cook claimed he had already reached the pole by dogsled the previous year. A major controversy followed -
William Howard Taft was inaugurated as 27th president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1913. Taft, was a Republican from Ohio. The protégé and -
Bangkok Treaty signed on March 10, 1909, with ratifications exchanged in London on July 9, 1909. -
The 31 March incident (Turkish: 31 Mart Olayı) was a political crisis within the Ottoman Empire in April 1909, during the Second Constitutional Era. -
16 July 1909, the parliament voted to place Mohammad Ali Shah's 11-year-old son, Ahmad Shah on the throne -
On February 8, 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia -
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. George V. -
four colonies were joined together to create the Union of South Africa, -
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro proclaimed the Kingdom of Montenegro in Cetinje on 28 August 1910, elevating the country from the rank of Principality -
Annexation of the Korean Empire by the Empire of Japan · August 22, 1910 · August 29, 1910 · August 15, 1945 (1945-08-15), de facto September 2, 1945 -
the overthrow of the centuries-old Portuguese monarchy and its replacement by the First Portuguese Republic -
Francisco Madero writes "Plan of San Luis Potosí" in San Antonio, Texas, calling for all Mexicans to rise up against the dictator on November 20, 1910. -
ugene B. Ely piloting his Curtiss Model D biplane ... San Francisco Bay, California on January 18, 1911. This was the first time an airplane landed on a ship -
Nine days later, the Italian ambassador in Istanbul gave an ultimatum to the Ottoman government -
The Wuchang Uprising was an armed rebellion against the ruling Qing dynasty that took place in Wuchang -
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-American race car driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911. -
On 12th December, 1911, at the historic Delhi Durbar, the George V, the Emperor of the British Empire proclaimed the shifting of the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi. After announcement of Delhi as the Capital of India, the preparation for the building a new city started with majesty, pomp and show. -
At around 3pm on 14 December 1911, Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the South Pole. -
The ANC was founded on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein and is the oldest liberation movement in Africa. -
A provisional government was established in his place, ending 267 years of Manchu rule in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule. -
February 14, 1912 Arizona became the 48th state in the Union -
France established a protectorate over Morocco as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Fez on March 30, 1912. -
RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City -
Japan had developed within less than 30 years from a feudal country into the preeminent Asian power -
On October 8, 1912, Montenegro declared war on Turkey -
After the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution and the founding of the Republic of China, the Kuomintang was formally established on 25 August 1912 at the Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing where the Revolutionary Alliance and several smaller revolutionary groups joined to contest the first National -
The Ten Tragic Days (Spanish: La Decena Trágica) during the Mexican Revolution is the name given to the multi-day coup d'état in Mexico City by opponents of Francisco I. Madero, the democratically elected president of Mexico, between 9-19 February 1913. -
The 1913 Ottoman coup d'état (January 23, 1913), also known as the Raid on the Sublime Porte -
The first inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as the 28th president of the United States was held on Tuesday, March 4, 1913, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 32nd inauguration and marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Woodrow Wilson as president and Thomas R. -
the Ottoman Empire lost almost all of its remaining European territory, including all of Macedonia and Albania. Albanian independence was insisted upon by the European powers, and Macedonia was to be divided among the Balkan allies. -
The work's premiere on May 29, 1913, at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, was scandalous -
Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line. -
Treaty of Bucharest. -
The Federal Reserve System is created.