The following events occurred in May 1901:
May 1, 1901: Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo
May 2, 1901: Glasgow International Exposition opens in Scotland
May 9, 1901: The first Parliament of Australia is opened by the Duke of Cornwall and York, the Crown Prince George
May 3, 1901: Jacksonville, Florida, destroyed
The following events occurred in January 1901:
January 22, 1901: Queen Victoria, ruler of the British Empire, dies after a reign of 63 years
Spindletop
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown
King Edward VII