1900s
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 1900s was the decade that started on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909.
Events[change | change source]
- 1901 – Independence of Australia.
- 1903 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States.
- 1904-1905 – Russo-Japanese War.
- 1905 – First Russian Revolution.
World leaders[change | change source]
- Prime Minister Edmund Barton (Australia)
- Prime Minister Alfred Deakin (Australia)
- Prime Minister Chris Watson (Australia)
- Prime Minister Sir George Reid (Australia)
- President William McKinley (United States)
- President Theodore Roosevelt (United States)
- President William Howard Taft (United States)
- Shahs of Persia (Qajar dynasty)
- Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, 1896–1907
- Mohammad Ali Shah, 1907–1909
- Ahmad Shah Qajar, 1909–1925