What is 1901?
{{Year nav|1901}} {{Year in various calendars|1901}} '''1901''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMI]]) was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Monday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == * On [[January 1]], [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Western Australia]], and [[Tasmania]] form the [[Commonwealth]] of [[Australia]]. [[John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow]] becomes the first Governor-General and [[Edmund Barton]] becomes the 1st [[Prime Minister of Australia]]. The first [[Australia]]n [[parliament]] meets in [[Melbourne]] on [[May 9]]. * In the [[United Kingdom]], on [[January 22]], [[Queen Victoria]] dies at the age of 81, having reigned for 63 years, 7 months and 2 days, longer than any British [[monarch]] before her. In the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[British Empire]], her death marks the end of the [[Victorian era]]. Her 59-year-old son succeeds her as King [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom]]. * In [[China]], the [[Boxer Rebellion]] is crushed and [[China]] is forced to accept [[Peace]] terms decided by Western Powers, [[Japan]] and [[Russia]]. * 25th [[President of the United States]], [[William McKinley]], is shot by [[Leon Czolgosz]] at the Pan-American exposition in [[Buffalo, New York]] and dies 8 days later. [[Theodore Roosevelt]] succeeds him as president. * The first [[Nobel Prize]]s are given in [[Stockholm]] on [[December 10]], the 5th anniversary of [[Alfred Nobel]]'s death. [[Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen]] wins the Prize in [[Physics]] for the discovery of [[X-ray]]s, and the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] is shared between [[Frederic Passy]] and [[Jean-Henri Dunant]], founder of the [[International Red Cross]]. == Events == === January - June === [[File:edward vii england.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Edward VII of the United Kingdom]] becomes King after the death of his mother, [[Queen Victoria]].]] [[File:Opening of the first parliament.jpg|thumb|180px|right|The first [[Australia]]n parli