1901

1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1901st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 901st year of the 2nd millennium, the 1st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1901, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

December 13 of this year is the beginning of signed 32-bit Unix time, and is scheduled to end in January 19, 2038.

Summary

Political and military

1901 started with the unification of multiple British colonies in Australia on January 1 to form the Commonwealth of Australia after a referendum in 1900, Subsequently, the 1901 Australian election would see the first Australian prime minister, Edmund Barton. On the same day, Nigeria became a British protectorate.

Following this, the Victorian Era would come to an end after Queen Victoria died on January 22 after a reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than those of any of her predecessors. Her son, Edward VII, succeeded her to the throne.

In the United States, although President William McKinley won reelection in the previous year's presidential election to a second term, he became the third president to be assassinated in office when he was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz on September 6, dying eight days later. His vice president, Theodore Roosevelt would succeed him.

Events

January

January 1

The 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.