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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 |
- 25 Apr 1898—Jul 1902: Spanish-American War: War is formally declared between the United States and Spain.LoC PBS
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| 4 | 1899 |
- 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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| 18 | 1913 |
- 2 Feb 1913: Grand Central Terminal opens.GCT PBS
- 13 May 1913: Igor Sikorsky's Ilya Mourometz, the world's first 4-engine airplane, takes flight.AFMag SA
- 13 Aug 1913: The first stainless steel is produced.W I R E D QSeals
- 7 Oct 1913: Ford debuts the assembly line to speed up Model-T production.BI Hemmings
- 31 Oct 1913: The first transcontinental highway, the Lincoln Highway, is dedicated.DOT ILH
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| 19 | 1914 |
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| 20 | 1915 |
- 19 Jan 1915: The first air raid against civilian targets takes place when German Zeppelins attack Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn, England.1stWW WHO
- 27 Mar 1915: Mary Mallon - Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in her final quarantine at Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island, where she would remain for the rest of her life.PBS AH
- 7 May 1915: The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat.1stWW LoC
- 17 Aug 1915: Charles F. Kettering, co-founder of DELCO in Dayton, Ohio, is issued a patent for his "engine-starting device".OAC AN
- 6 Sep 1915: The first military tank rolls off the assembly line.ACA USArmy
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| 21 | 1916 |
- 11 Feb 1916: Emma Goldman, an American anarchist and feminist, advocate of free speech, the eight-hour work day and birth control, is arrested in New York City before giving a lecture on family planning.LoC PBS
- 15 Mar 1916: General John Pershing leads an invasion of Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa.1stWW USArmy
- 24 Apr 1916—29 Apr 1916: Easter Rising - Ireland rises up against British rule and proclaims its independence.B B C IC
- 6 Jul 1916: "Uncle Sam" is created by James Montgomery Flagg as the cover of Leslie's Weekly.TIME DoD
- 15 Sep 1916: Tanks are introduced into battle for the first time.SA MotAGI
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| 22 | 1917 |
- 24 Feb 1917: The Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany offers United States western territory to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the U. S., is presented to Woodrow Wilson, effectively bringing America into the war.USNA OurDocs
- 18 May 1917: The U. S. passes the Selective Service Act.NAF USNA
- 15 Oct 1917: Mata Hari is executed for spying.
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- 6 Nov 1917: The Bolshevik Revolution begins (October 24th, old style calendar).IWM MSU
- 26 Nov 1917: The National Hockey League is founded.NHL
- 6 Dec 1917: The Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes in Halifax, Nova Scotia harbor after a collision, killing over 1800, injuring 9000 and entirely obliterating parts of the city.SIMag CanGeo
- 12 Dec 1917: Father Flanagan founds Boys Town.BoysTown
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| 23 | 1918 |
- 6 Jan 1918: The Bolsheviks take control of the Russian government.UoS UCA
- 9 Jan 1918: The last battle of the American Indian Wars occurs at the Battle of Bear Valley.RCH BYU
- Feb 1918—Dec 1920: The Spanish Flu pandemic kills at least 3% of the World's population.VLib npr
- 21 Feb 1918: The last known Carolina Parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.Audubon USC
- 11 Mar 1918: At Fort Riley in Kansas, one of the first cases of what will become known as the Spanish Flu is recorded.WHO ACEP
- 12 Mar 1918: Moscow becomes the capital of the Soviet state of Russia.BYPLib TASS
- 19 Mar 1918: Time Zones and Daylight Savings Time are established by the Standard Time Act.POLITICO USDoD
- 21 Apr 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, is shot down and killed in the skies over the Somme River in France.PBS CoF
- 16 May 1918: The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed curtailing the free speech rights of U. S. citizens during time of war.ZEP MTSU
- 27 Aug 1918: U. S. Army forces trade shots with Mexican troops and their German advisors in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.BYU Tucson
- 26 Sep 1918—1 Oct 1918: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins.1stWW USArmy
- 29 Sep 1918: Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line.NCDCR AWM
- 8 Oct 1918: Acting Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 Germans and takes 132 of them as prisoners in the Battle of the Argonne.GWPDA SgtYork
- 7 Nov 1918: Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid-propellant rockets at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, the forerunners to the bazooka.ESA AFHF
- 11 Nov 1918: Germany signs the Armistice.GHDI LoC
- 27 Dec 1918: Greater Poland Uprising - Poles begin their push for independence from Prussian control in the city of Poznań, which quickly spreads.PolandIn PC
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