Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters premieres at Moscow Art Theatre in Russia Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters (1901) is a poignant drama that explores themes of longing,…
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24 October 1901
Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher from Michigan, became the…
12 October 1901
President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the “Executive Mansion” to the White House. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of…
19 January 1901
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81. Queen Victoria, who reigned as…
8 November 1901
Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
10 December 1901
The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize’]
2 February 1901
The funeral of Queen Victoria takes place. The funeral of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, occurred…
16 December 1901
Beatrix Potter publishes The Tale of Peter Rabbit. On December 16, 1901, Beatrix Potter published The Tale of Peter Rabbit. It was privately published and…
27 November 1901
The US Army War College is established. Established from the principles learned in the Spanish–American War, the College was founded by Secretary of War Elihu…