1900s

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This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1900s.

1900[]

• Atlas Academy is founded.^[1][2][3]
• The New York Yankees are established.^[4][5][6]
• The Dodge Brothers Company, later known as Dodge, is founded.^[4][7][8]
• GMC is founded.^[4][9]

April[]

2nd[]

• Vincent Beckers is born in Belgium.^[10]

24th[]

• The Daily Express is established.^[4][11]

May[]

17th[]

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published, featuring the character Dorothy.^[4][12]

June[]

11th[]

• The Mack Brothers Company, later known as Mack Trucks, is founded.^[4][13]

25th[]

• Prince Louis of Battenberg, later known as Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, is born.^[14][15]

30th[]

• The Tottenham Court Road station is opened.^[4][16]

August[]

4th[]

• Louis Armstrong is born.^[14][17]

October[]

7th[]

• Heinrich Himmler is born.^[14]

1901[]

• The Batesville Clarion is founded.^[18]
• The Boston Americans, later known as the Boston Red Sox, are founded.^[4][19]
• Wade in the Water is published.^[4][8]
• The Manhattan Bridge begins construction.^[4][20][21]

January[]

21st[]

• Queen Victoria dies.^[4][22]

June[]

24th[]

• Chuck Taylor is born.^[14][23]

September[]

6th[]

• The Council of Nine orchestrates the assassination of United States President William McKinley.^[24] Vice President Theodore Roosevelt then takes his place.^[25][4]

December[]

5th[]

• Walt Disney is born.^[14][26]

10th[]

• The Nobel Peace Prize is first awarded.^[4][27]

1902[]

• Sovereign Bank, later known as Santander Bank, is founded.^[4][28]
• The Hound of the Baskervilles is published.^[4][29]

January[]

11th[]

• The first issue of Popular Mechanics is released.^[4][30][25]

February[]

1st[]

• Langston Hughes is born.^[14][31]

June[]

13th[]

• 3M is founded.^[4][25]

24th[]

• Goodfellow Dry Goods, later known as the Target Corporation, is founded.^[4][32][33]

August[]

22nd[]

• Cadillac is founded.^[4][34][35]

December[]

29th[]

• "The Entertainer" is published.^[36][4]

1903[]

• The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois is published.^[4][37]
• The New York Yankees are established.^[4][38]
• Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company is established.^[39][40]
• Harley-Davidson is founded.^[39][41]

June[]

16th[]

• Ford Motor Company is founded.^{[4][42][34][43][44][35][45][46]}

19th[]

• Construction begins on the Grand Central Terminal.^[4][47]

25th[]

• Eric Arthur Blair, later known as George Orwell, is born.^[14][46]

July[]

1st[]

• The first edition of the Tour de France takes place.^[4][48]

December[]

17th[]

• The Wright Brothers successfully achieve the first sustained and manned flight.^[4][49]

1904[]

• Canada Dry is introduced.^[4][50][15]
• Garnier is founded.^[4][28]
• The Chilton Company is founded.^[39][51]

March[]

2nd[]

• Theodor Seuss Geisel, later known as Dr. Seuss, is born.^[14][52]

October[]

9th[]

• Werner Reinhardt is born in Arnsberg, Germany.^[53]

December[]

27th[]

• Peter and Wendy is published, introducing the characters Peter Pan, Wendy Darling, and Tinker Bell, as well as the Lost Boys. In the story, Tinker Bell is in love with Pan but is unable to be with him.^[4][54]

1905[]

• Popsicle is introduced.^[4][6][50]
• La mer by Claude Debussy is finished.^[4][55]
• Gotham Hotel, later known as The Peninsula New York, is opened.^[4][28]
• Rolex is founded.^[4][56]

March[]

19th[]

• Albert Speer is born.^[14][22]

April[]

28th[]

• A member of the Monster Hunting Cabal kills a monster and the creature's head is hung in the Bloodstone Manor.^[57]

30th[]

• The Netherlands national football team is formed.^[4][46]

July[]

27th[]

• Leo Duracher is born.^[14][22]

1906[]

• Gerald R. Cragg is born.^[14][29]
• Harry Kellar adds a magic trick which he calls "The Great Butterfly" to his performance.^[4][58]
• Porter-Cable is founded.^[39][51]

February[]

19th[]

• Kellogg's is founded.^[4][59]

June[]

30th[]

• The Arena Club is founded as a social club for wealthy white males.^[60]
• The Food and Drug Administration is founded.^[4][61]

November[]

3rd[]

• The Alzheimer's disease is discovered.^[4][27]

1907[]

• The Swan premieres.^[4][62]

March[]

• Jacob Howell MacDougall dies and is buried in the Bloodstone Manor's mausoleum.^[63][64]

April[]

18th[]

• The Fairmont San Francisco opens.^[4][65]

May[]

26th[]

• John Wayne is born.^[14][66]

August[]

28th[]

• The United Parcel Service is founded.^[4][67]

1908[]

• A family, which will later include Sam and Sarah Wilson, begins banking with Merchant & Treasury Service.^[68][69]

January[]

27th[]

• Oran Thaddeus Page, later known as Hot Lips Page, is born.^[14][70]

February[]

• Converse is founded.^[4][23]

25th[]

• H&M Railroad, later known as PATH, begins operation.^[4][71]

May[]

20th[]

• James Stewart is born.^[14][66]

July[]

2nd[]

• Thurgood Marshall is born.^[14][72][73]

26th[]

• The Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, is formed.^{[4][74][75][50][76]}

November[]

29th[]

• Adam Clayton Powell Jr. is born.^[14][77][78]

December[]

17th[]

• Willard Libby is born.^[14][79]

1909[]

• Frederick Frank is born.^[14][9]

March[]

24th[]

• Clyde Chestnut Barrow is born.^[14][80]

May[]

28th[]

• Don Von Elsner is born.^[14][81][80]

July[]

4th[]

• MI6 is formed.^[4][16]

16th[]

• Audi is founded.^[4][46]

17th[]

• Pauline Gregg is born.^[14][16]

29th[]

• Chester Himes is born.^[14][52]

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