1901 q1January01 - Australia is federated as an independent nation under an act of the British Parliament.
01 - A new film studio for the Edison Co. in New York is completed; this is the nation's first indoor, glass-enclosed studio.
01 - Ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69.
10 - Oil discovered in Texas.
13 - Carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66.
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14 - Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76.
14 - Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian, dies at 57.
14 - Charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78.
16 - Hiram Revels, dies at 73.
17 - Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, dies at 87.
18 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Graves De Communi Re.
21 - Clyde Fitch's "Climbers," premieres in NYC.
22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Alexandrine r.1837-1901, dies at 81.
22 - After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series.
24 - Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68.
24 - Sports 1st games played in baseball's American League.
31 - Boer general John Smuts & De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal.
31 - Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater.
February02 - Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization.
05 - Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot.
07 - Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64.
07 - Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
11 - Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56.
12 - Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed.
14 - Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82.
18 - H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner.
20 - 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes.
25 - George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son," premieres in NYC.
27 - NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes.
March02 - Hawaii's 1st telegraph company opens.
03 - Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Dept of Commerce.
04 - George H. White gave up his congressional seat. No African-American would serve in Congress for the next 28 years.
04 - President William McKinley b.jan 29 1843-d.sep 14 1901 inaugurated for 2nd term as president.
04 - Term of George H White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends.
08 - Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64.
08 - Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66.
10 - Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer, dies at 38.
12 - Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds).
15 - Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th.
17 - Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69.
17 - Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands.
23 - Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast.
25 - 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa.
31 - John Stainer, composer, dies at 60.
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