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The 1900s was the decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the
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 a samurai (Empire of Japan) stabbing into a king cake with Chine ("China" in French) written on it. A portrayal of New Imperialism and its effects on China.
Ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in United States history
During 1905 the physicist Albert Einstein published four articles – each revolutionary and groundbreaking in its field.
The first ascent of LZ1 over Lake Constance (the Bodensee) in 1900.
From 1885 to 1908, many atrocities were committed in the Congo Free State under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. These atrocities were particularly associated with the labour policies,
1900s
…Empire, alongside the French Empire conquering Borno, the German Empire conquering the Adamawa Emirate, and the Portuguese Empire conquering the Ovambo. Atrocities in the Congo Free State were committed by private companies and the Force Publique, with a resultant population decline of 1 to 15 million. From 1904 to 1908, German colonial…
Mutilated children in the Congo Free State
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.
Congolese labourers tapping rubber near Lusambo in Kasai
Posed photo of a man being flogged with a sjambok (chicotte) by a Congo State soldier ca.1905