1901

Year 1901 () was a (link will display calendar) of the  (or a of the 13-day-slower ).

It was the first year and start of the.

January





 * - The first day of the.
 * World celebrates what is regarded by some as the start of the new century.
 * The of, , , ,  and   as the .  becomes first.
 * becomes a protectorate
 * play their first Test against the New Zealand.
 * play their first Test against the New Zealand.
 * - breaks out in  jail, the first of two typhoid outbreaks in USA during the year.
 * - is released from prison after serving 18 years for
 * - The first great gusher,  discovered at  in
 * - After reigning for almost 64 years, longer than any other British monarch, died at the age of 81. Her eldest son, Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales becomes King, reigning as  until . His son,  becomes.
 * - 's declares itself a

February

 * - The legislature of convenes for the first time.
 * - incorporates the.

March

 * - The  passes the, limiting the autonomy of  as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
 * -  begins second term.
 * - In an  attempts to kill.
 * - A showing of 71 paintings in, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.

April

 * - becomes the first to require  s.

May

 * - begins in.
 * - Official end of the, although skirmishers will continue sporadic fighting for the next decade.
 * - opens its first  in.
 * - The crashes for the first time. This is also the 6th worst crash.
 * - is founded in Argentina.
 * - In, the is founded.

June

 * - becomes
 * - becomes US

July

 * - The 1,282 foot (390 meters) covered bridge crossing the St.John River at, opens. It is the longest  in the world.
 * - is released from prison in  after serving three years for  from the First National Bank in.

August

 * - sets the first  recognised   of 24ft 11¾ins. The record will stand for 20 years.
 * - The Motor Company formed in, USA

September

 * -  utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a " at the.
 * - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed ), is formed in.
 * - American anarchist shoots and fatally wounds US President  at the  in . McKinley dies there eight days later.
 * - The in  officially ends with the signing of the.
 * With the death of, succeeds him as.
 * , martial arts practitioner, defeated all four of his challengers, one from France, Britain, Russia, and Japan.
 * - The 16th President,, is exhumed and reinterred in concrete several feet thick.
 * - The 16th President,, is exhumed and reinterred in concrete several feet thick.

October

 * - 's first launched at Barrow.
 * - The American yacht ' defeats the Irish ' in the yachting race.
 * - U.S. President invites  leader  to the . The American South reacts angrily to the     visit, and racial violence increases in the region.
 * - celebrates its.
 * - Michigan schoolteacher goes down  in a barrel and survives.
 * In, nurse is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of.
 * , the assassin of US President, is executed by electrocution.
 * , the assassin of US President, is executed by electrocution.

November

 * - was founded in ,
 * -, becomes  and.
 * patents, a heavy prototype
 * was founded at
 * - is established.
 * - The of  disenfranchises black voters via s and the.
 * - The of  disenfranchises black voters via s and the.

December

 * - US President delivers a 20,000-word speech to the  asking Congress curb the power of   "within reasonable limits".
 * - receives doctorate. The first  ceremony is held in  on the fifth anniversary of 's death.
 * - receives the first trans-  signal in, ; it is  for the letter "S."
 * - The final spike is driven to complete the in what is now,.

Undated

 * In the, puts an end to child labour under 12.
 * enters the
 * In Germany, makes the first known  to a Polish noblewoman
 * creates a archive
 * founded, under the name "Cleveland Blues".
 * is isolated by.
 * First prototype created
 * discovered (previously known only to local natives)
 * Independent Maya of Eastern surrender to
 * first published.
 * established in.
 * , American evangelist enters ministry.
 * begins his.
 * (Shang Tai), the last king of the in modern, , dies.

January-February

 * -, 1st President of South Vietnam (d. )
 * -, Trinidad-born writer and journalist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * , Cuban leader (d. )
 * , American inventor (d. )
 * -,  (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American football team owner (d. )
 * -, Canadian business tycoon (d. )
 * -, German race car driver (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Lithuanian violinist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Portuguese Bullfighter (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, Argentine horse trainer (d. )
 * -, American chemist, recipient of the and  (d. )
 * -, American chemist, recipient of the and  (d. )

March-April

 * , American bridge player (d. )
 * , Malagasy/French poet (d. )
 * -, American film composer (d. )
 * -, German politician (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * , American cartoonist (d. )
 * , German politician (d. )
 * ,, recipient of the (d. )
 * , Australian poet (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur
 * -, American spy (d. )
 * -, English snooker and billiards player (d. )
 * -, American songwriter (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born economist, laureate (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born economist, laureate (d. )

May-June

 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Dutch chess player (d. )
 * , American bandleader (d. )
 * , American film producer (d. )
 * , Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright film (d. )
 * -, American conductor, and composer (d. )
 * -, Chinese military leader (d. )
 * -, first  (d. )
 * -, English World War II hero (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American singer and actor (d. )
 * -, American basketball player and salesmen (d. )
 * -, American basketball player and salesmen (d. )

July-August

 * -, Japanese film director and special effects designer, creator of and  (d. )
 * -, English novelist (d. )
 * -, Polish poet (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American businessman and philanthropist
 * -, French painter (d. )


 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Italian scientist (d. )
 * -, French writer and philosopher (d. )
 * -, Italian writer, laureate (d. )
 * , American general (d. )
 * , Chinese military commander and politician (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )

September-October

 * , English percussionist (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * -, Canadian comedian and actor (d. )
 * -, British civil engineer (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Czech writer, laureate (d. )
 * , American entertainer (d. )
 * , American business man (d. )
 * , Italian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (d. )
 * , Italian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (d. )
 * , Italian philosopher, poet, and activist (d. )


 * -, French singer (d. )
 * -, Swiss sculptor (d. )
 * -, Polish-born dancer and actress (d. )

November-December

 * - (d. )
 * -, Crown Princess of Korea (d. )
 * -, Irish painter and illustrator (d. )
 * -, American statistician and opinion pollster (d. )
 * -, Spanish composer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * , American psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. )
 * , American animator and film producer (d. )
 * , German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American cultural anthropologist (d. )
 * -, German inventor (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * date unknown -, second wife of (d. )
 * date unknown -, second wife of (d. )

Deaths

 * (See 1901 list of deaths by name: .)

January - June

 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, Swiss artist (b. )
 * -, American inventor and appliance manufacturer (b. )
 * -, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * - King of Serbia (b. )
 * -, Irish mathematician (b. )
 * -, 23rd (b. )
 * -, English impresario (b. )
 * - Italian assassin (b )
 * -, Canadian missionary (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )

July - December

 * -, German linguist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * - - Italian Prime Minister
 * -, American nurse (b. )
 * -, Slovenian physicist (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, 25th (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar, Emir of Afghanistan (b. )
 * -, president of (b. )
 * -, Danish financier and industrialis (b. )
 * - assassin of U.S. President  (b. )
 * -, Chinese general (b. )
 * -, English explorer (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (tuberculosis) (b. )