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==Events and trends==
==Events and trends==
===Technology===
===Technology===
[[Image:Wrightflyer.jpg|thumb|300px|First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903.]]
[[Image:14bis2.jpg|thumb|300px|First unaided flight by Santos Dumont, November 12, 1906.]]
* [[Lawrence Hargrave]] makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air [[aircraft]]
* [[Lawrence Hargrave]] makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air [[aircraft]]
* Mass production of [[automobile]]
* Mass production of [[automobile]]

Revision as of 17:10, 3 December 2006

This article is about the decade starting in 1900 and ending in 1909. For century starting in 1900 and ending in 1999, see 20th century.
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Technology

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First unaided flight by Santos Dumont, November 12, 1906.

Science

Literature and art

War, peace and politics

A shocked mandarin in Manchu robe in the back, with Queen Victoria (British Empire), Wilhelm II (German Empire), Nicholas II (Imperial Russia), Marianne (French Third Republic), and Emperor Meiji (Empire of Japan) stabbing into a pie with Chine ("China" in French) written on it. A portrayal of New Imperialism and its effects on China.

People

World leaders

  1. Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, 1896-1907
  2. Mohammad Ali Shah, 1907-1909
  3. Ahmad Shah Qajar, 1909-1925

Important personalities

Entertainers

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