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: 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 - 1903 - 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
This year has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years. This is because of there hasn't been a leap year for 7 years or a century leap year since 1600 in the Gregorian calendar.
Births:
- February 11 - Hans Redlich, composer.
- February 11 - Rex Lease, American actor.
- June 19 - Lou Gehrig, (baseball player)
- July 2 - Olav V, (King of Norway)
- John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician
- November 7 - Konrad Lorenz
Deaths:
Events
- February 11 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna.
- December 7 - Orville Wright flies the first aircraft with a petrol engine.
- Medicine - Niels Ryberg Finsen
- Literature - Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson
- Peace - William Randal Cremer