This year marked the second year of WWI, and the bloodiest, with the Battle of Verdun alone seeing a total of over 700,000 deaths. In the USA, the Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson successfully defeats the incumbent President William Howard Taft. It also saw the death of Japan’s Emperor Meiji and his succession by Emperor Taisho. The year also saw the 20th century’s biggest volcanic eruption the eruption of the Novarupta Volcano in Alaska. Despite claims of being unsinkable, the Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks with over 1,500 of its passengers. The First Balkan War also erupts in 1912, with Montenegro attacking the Ottomans to drive them from the region.īy far, however, 1912’s most infamous highlight is the Titanic, one of the world’s biggest trans-oceanic passenger liners. It also saw the Italo-Turkish War raging on, as the Italians fight to drive the Turks from Libya to claim it as their colony. Activists in South Africa also form the African National Congress (ANC), which campaigns for rights and reforms on behalf of non-whites in the country. This year saw the fall of the ancient Chinese Empire, with the formation of the Republic of China. Read also: Why Do Painters Wear White 1912 China also saw the ascension of its last Emperor, Puyi of the Qing Dynasty. In the USA, Henry Ford introduces modern industrial mass production with the world’s first-ever affordable automobile, the Ford Model T.ġ908 also sees Republican candidate William Howard Taft defeat incumbent US President William Jennings Bryan. Britain also hosts the 1908 Olympics, originally meant to take place in 1906 in Rome, only to get postponed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Oil is discovered in the Middle East, in Southwestern Persia, with the British beginning exploitation later in the year. Delagrange later flies with the first female plane passenger, Therese Peltier. On a more peaceful note, French aviation pioneer Henri Farman makes the first-ever flight with a passenger, Leon Delagrange. The year 1908 also saw the mysterious Tunguska Explosion in Siberia, with most scientists theorizing its cause as a meteor exploding in the lower atmosphere. Ironically, Korean nationalists also assassinated an American diplomat, Durham Stevens, in 1908 over American support for the Japanese colonization of Korea. Similarly, the USA blocked immigration from Japan this year.
The year starts ominously, with the assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal in Lisbon. The year 1904 also saw President Teddy Roosevelt win reelection against the Democratic challenger, Alton B. The Third Olympic Games also takes place in the USA in 1904, in St. Meanwhile, in the Americas, the USA finally begins work on the Panama Canal. On a more peaceful note, 1904 also saw the founding of FIFA in Paris, France. The stage also gets set for WWI, when Britain and France formed the Entente Cordiale against Germany. Britain also narrowly avoids getting dragged into the Russo-Japanese War, after Russian warships accidentally open fire on British fishing boats in the North Sea. Meanwhile, in the Far East, a surprise Japanese attack on Port Arthur marks the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War. This year saw the beginning of two wars, first the Herero-German Wars in the German colony of Southwest Africa. The German physicist Max Planck also conceptualizes light quanta, and with his discovery of black-body radiation, develops the field of quantum physics. Germany also saw a zeppelin successfully complete a flight for the first time, over Lake Constance in 1900. In Europe, one of Germany’s most successful football teams, FC Bayern, also dates its founding back to 1900. The Philippine-American War also rages on in Southeast Asia. President William McKinley also won his reelection bid in 1900, defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan.Įlsewhere around the world, the Second Boer War rages on in South Africa, along with the Boxer Rebellion in China. The USA also sees its first-ever epidemic of the bubonic plague in San Francisco, with the epidemic only ending in 1904. Highlights of the year include the launch of the world’s first electric bus, as well as the USA’s adoption of the Open Door Policy over China.
Although the year seems part of the 20th century, 1900 actually makes up the last year of the 19th century and the 1890s both.
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