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Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 - 1905 - 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Births
- February 2 - Ayn Rand, Author
- February 11 - Elizabeth Vuyk, Dutch/Indonesian writer.
- May 15 - Joseph Cotten, actor
- May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet
- September 18 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress.
Deaths
Events
- February 11 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
- HMS Dreadnought is launched, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
- Abortive Russian Revolution of 1905, in response to Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War
- Albert Einstein writes four papers that will change physics forever.
- June 7 - Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved.
- October 26 - Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union with Norway