Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
George Nēpia was a New Zealand Māori rugby union and rugby league player. He is remembered as an exceptional full-back and one of the most famous Māori rugby players. He was induct…
George Nēpia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (died 1986)
Jean Vigo was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter (died 1934)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–e…
Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane…
The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
The Partition of Bengal in 1905, also known as the First Partition of Bengal, was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency in British India, implemented by the authori…
The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917, during the Russian Revolution. A member of the Romanov dynasty, he oversaw the Russian…
Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the…
Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, literary critic and professor at Yale University. He was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of th…
Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (died 1989)
John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m. Earlier that year he set two more wo…
John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (died 1986)
Sergey Mikhailovich Nikolsky was a Soviet and Russian mathematician.
Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2012)
Henry Koster was a German-born film director. He was the husband of actress Peggy Moran.
Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
Charlotte Armstrong Lewi was an American writer. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine she wrote 29 novels, as well as short stories, plays, and screenplays. She als…
Charlotte Armstrong, American author (died 1969)
Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1924 through 1947. He played for the Boston Red…
Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach (died 1986)
Clarence Albert Poindexter, known best as Al Dexter, was an American country musician and songwriter.
Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984)
Arthur Floyd Gottfredson was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip, which he worked on from 1930 until his retirement in 1975. His…
Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (died 1986)
Sir John Philip Baxter was a British-Australian chemical engineer. He was the second director of the University of New South Wales from 1953, continuing as vice-chancellor when the…
Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (died 1989)
Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and jazz bandleader. He was one of the most prolific and influential jazz musicians in the late 1920s and earl…
Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1965)
Lise Marie Jeanette de Baissac MBE CdeG, code names Odile and Marguerite, was a Mauritian agent in the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization …
Lise de Baissac, Mauritian SOE agent, war hero (died 2004)
Catherine Krouse Bauer Wurster was an American public housing advocate and educator of city planners and urban planners. A leading member of the "housers," a group of planners who…
Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (died 1964)
Alexander A. Schomburg, born Alejandro Schomburg y Rosa, was a Puerto Rican commercial artist and comic-book artist and painter whose career lasted over 70 years.
Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican artist and illustrator (died 1998)
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1974 to 1977.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (died 1977)
Jean-Guenolé-Marie Daniélou was a French Jesuit and cardinal, an internationally well known patrologist, theologian and historian and a member of the Académie française.
Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian (died 1974)
Herbert Morrison was an American journalist whose charged radio report on the Hindenburg disaster is recognized as a landmark in broadcasting. Decades on from his 1937 report, he b…
Herbert Morrison, American journalist (died 1989)
Delesio Antonio Berni was an Argentine figurative artist. He is associated with the movement known as Nuevo Realismo, an Argentine extension of social realism. His work, including …
Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (died 1981)
Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philad…
Joseph Cotten, American actor (died 1994)