1900s

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. It was the decade which spanned the 19th century and the 20th century.

Events

• 1903 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States.

World leaders

• 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)

1. Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, 1896–1907
2. Mohammad Ali Shah, 1907–1909
3. Ahmad Shah Qajar, 1909–1925

Births

for more information, see Category:1900s births.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1900s deaths.