1895 to 1905
Your Twenties
Under Construction
If you had been born in 1875, just as this the period covered by is course began, then you would have been in your twenties during this decade.
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course Decades of Biggest Change 1875 to 1945
Session 4 Topics
Topic 1 Theodore Roosevelt
Topic 2 Young Winston
Topic 3 South Africa
Topic 4 Japan Expands
Topic 5 The Russian Revolution
Other Sessions
One| |Two| |Three| |Four| |Five| |Six| |Seven| |Eight| |Nine| |Ten
Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 1896 | Ethiopia: Italians Driven Out |
| 1896 | Paris: Radioactivity Discovered |
| 1896 | Athens: First Modern Olympics Held |
| 1897 | New York City: Katzenjammer Kids (first American comic strip) |
| 1897 | University of Cambridge: J.J. Thomson Discovers Electron |
| 1897 | Basel, Switzerland: First Zionist Congress |
| 1898 | Fashoda, Sudan: Kitchener Meets Marchand |
| 1898 | : Spanish-American War |
| 1898 | Sedalia, Missouri: Scott Joplin Plays “Maple Leaf Rag” |
| 1898 | Paris: Pierre and Marie Curie Discover Radium and Polonium |
| 1899 | Istanbul: Germany Secures Baghdad Railroad Contract |
| 1899 | Paris: Retrial of Dreyfus Results in No Verdict |
| 1899 | Paris Exhibition: First Magnetic Recording of Sound Demonstrated |
| 1900 | China: Boxer Uprising |
| 1900 | South Africa: Boer War: British Capture Boer Capitals |
| 1900 | Austrailia: Proclaimed Dominion |
| 1900 | Vienna: Sigmund Freud’s “The Interpretation of Dreams” Published |
| 1901 | Panama: Canal Treaty with USA |
| 1901 | Burwash, East Sussex: Rudyard Kipling Wrote the Novel “Kim” |
| 1901 | : Marconi Transmits Radio Messages from England to New Foundland |
| 1902 | Panama Canal Zone: USA Acquires Perpetual Control |
| 1902 | Nile River, Egypt: Aswan Dam Opened |
| 1902 | London: “Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter Published |
| 1903 | Nigeria: British Conquered the Country |
| 1903 | London: Russian Social Democratic Party Splits into Menshiviks vs. Bolsheviks |
| 1903 | Kitty Hawk, North Carolina: Wright Brothers Flew First Powered Airplane |
| 1903 | USA: First Coast-to-Coast Trip by Car Completed (65 days) |
| 1904 | London: Winston Churchill Abandons Conservatives; Joins Liberals |
| 1904 | New York City: George M. Cohan Performs His Song “Give My Regards to Broadway” |
| 1904 | France: 10 Hour Work Day Enacted |
| 1905 | Manchuria: Russo-Japanese War Ends |
| 1905 | St. Petersburg: Czar Survives Revolution |
| 1905 | Bern, Switzerland: Albert Einstein Produces “Special Theory of Relativity” |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1048 | Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy | Ferdinand Gregorovius| |Joseph Darras |
| 1054 | Orthodox, Catholics Split | Henry F. Tozer| |Joseph Deharbe |
| 1066 | Battle of Hastings | Sir Edward Creasy |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |