1901
Key events from 1901
1901
- Queen Victoria dies after 63 years on the throne, ending the Victorian era and ushering in the Edwardian age under King Edward VII.
- President William McKinley is assassinated at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, making Theodore Roosevelt the youngest U.S. president at age 42.
- Guglielmo Marconi successfully transmits the first transatlantic radio signal, proving wireless communication across vast distances is possible.