What happened in 1901

19 events　World 4, North America 5, Europe 6, USSR / Russia 1, Asia 1, Oceania 2

Highlights of 1901

Jan 31USSR / RussiaAnton Chekhov's play Three Sisters (Три сeстры, Tri sestry) is premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre.
Feb 12AsiaViceroy of India Lord Curzon creates the new North-West Frontier Province in the north of the Punjab region, bordering Afghanistan.
May 9OceaniaThe first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne.
Sep 6North AmericaAssassination of William McKinley: American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots U.S. President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies 8 days later.
Sep 7WorldThe Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
DecEuropeFirst Nobel PrizesPrizes created by the will of Nobel, who had made his fortune with dynamite. The first Prize in Physics went to Röntgen, who discovered X-rays.

Aug 14The first claimed powered flight is made, by German-born American aviator Gustave Whitehead, in his Number 21, in Connecticut.
Sep 5The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball), is formed in Chicago.
Sep 7The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
Nov 18The Hay–Pauncefote Treaty is signed by the United Kingdom and United States, allowing the U.S. to build the Panama Canal under its sole control.

Feb 25U.S. Steel is incorporated by industrialist J. P. Morgan, as the first billion-dollar corporation.
Sep 6Assassination of William McKinley: American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots U.S. President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies 8 days later.
Sep 14Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States, upon President William McKinley's death.
Oct 29Leon Czolgosz is executed in the electric chair for the assassination of William McKinley in Buffalo, New York on September 6.
American retail pharmacy Walgreens is founded in Chicago.

Jan 1The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minister of Australia.
Jan 22Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. She is 81 years old and, having ruled for nearly 64 years, will be the second longest-reigning monarch in British history. Her eldest son, Prince Albert Edward, "Bertie", the longest-serving Prince of Wales to this time, succeeds his mother at the age of 59, reigning as King Edward VII, of the United Kingdom and in innovation the British Dominions and also becoming Emperor of India.
Feb 2The State funeral of Queen Victoria, held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, UK, is attended by many European royals, including Kaiser Wilhelm II and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
Aug 6Discovery Expedition: Robert Falcon Scott sets sail from Britain on the RRS Discovery to explore the Ross Sea in Antarctica.
DecFirst Nobel PrizesPrizes created by the will of Nobel, who had made his fortune with dynamite. The first Prize in Physics went to Röntgen, who discovered X-rays.
The Bulgarian Women's Union is founded.

Jan 31Anton Chekhov's play Three Sisters (Три сeстры, Tri sestry) is premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre.

Feb 12Viceroy of India Lord Curzon creates the new North-West Frontier Province in the north of the Punjab region, bordering Afghanistan.

May 9The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne.
Dec 3The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 is passed by the new Parliament of Australia as the basis of a White Australia policy.