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| 1 | 1383 | - 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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| 2 | 1832 | - 4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle
Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
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| 3 | 1850 | - 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
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| 4 | 1863 | - 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
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| 5 | 1890 | - 5 Feb 1890—15 Nov 1907: Indian Territory Organized
The most of the area that is present day Oklahoma was divided into Oklahoma and Indian Territory
- 5 Feb 1890—15 Nov 1907: Oklahoma Territory Organized
The most of the area that is present day Oklahoma was divided into Oklahoma and Indian Territory
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| 6 | 1898 | - 7 Jul 1898—20 Aug 1959: Territory of Hawaii was Oraganized
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| 7 | 1901 | - 14 Sep 1901—4 Mar 1909: Theodore Roosevelt
 Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Presidenc
- 9 1901—4 Mar 1909: Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, vice president under William McKinley, sworn in as president upon death of McKinley
- 1 1901—6 May 1910: Edward VII
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark
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| 8 | 1904 | - 1904—1904: Leeds University established
- 1904—1904: Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan
- 1904—1904: Benjamin Holt invents a tractor
- 1904—1904: John A Fleming invents a vacuum diode or Fleming valve
- 8 Apr 1904—8 Apr 1904: France and UK sign the Entente Cordiale
- 4 May 1904—4 May 1904: America takes over construction of the Panama Canal from the French
(completed 1914)
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| 9 | 1905 | - 1905—1905: Germany lays down the first Dreadnought battleship
- 1905—1905: Aliens Act in Britain: Home Office controls immigration
- 1905—1905: The title 'Prime Minister' noted in a royal warrant for the first time - placed the Prime
Minister in order of precedence in Britain immediately after the Archbishop of York
- 1905—1905: Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2
- 1905—1905: Mary Anderson receives a patent for windshield wipers
- 9 Jan 1905—1 Sep 1905: Alberta and Saskatchewan join Canada
Alberta and Saskatchewan become Canada's eighth and ninth provinces
- 11 Apr 1905—11 Apr 1905: Einstein publishes Special Theory of Relativity
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| 10 | 1906 | - 1906—1906: Introduction of free school meals for poor children
- 1906—1906: Amundsen traverses the North-West Passage
- 1906—1906: William Kellogg invents Cornflakes
- 1906—1906: Lewis Nixon invents the first sonar like device
- 1906—1906: Lee Deforest invents electronic amplifying tube (triode)
- 10 Feb 1906—10 Feb 1906: Launching of HMS Dreadnought, first turbine-driven battleship
- 15 Mar 1906—15 Mar 1906: Rolls-Royce Ltd registered
- 26 May 1906—26 May 1906: Vauxhall Bridge opened in London
- 20 Sep 1906—20 Sep 1906: Launching of Cunard's RMS Mauretania on the Tyne
- 6 1906—24 Jun 1906: Census of Northwest Provinces
Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Quinquennial censuses instituted
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| 11 | 1907 | - 1907—1907: Lumiere develops a process for colour photography
- 1907—1907: First airship flies over London
- 1907—1907: New Zealand becomes a Dominion
- 1907—1907: Imperial College, London, is established
- 1907—1907: Leo Baekeland invents the first synthetic plastic called Bakelite
- 1907—1907: Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere
- 1907—1907: The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu
- Jul 1907—Jul 1907: Leo Hendrik Baekeland patents Bakelite, the first plastic invented that held its
shape after being heated
- 1 Aug 1907—1 Aug 1907: Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island
- 9 Nov 1907—9 Nov 1907: The Cullinan Diamond presented to Edward VII on his birthday
- 11 1907—16 Nov 1907: Oklahoma
46th State. The area that had been Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were united to become one state.
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| 12 | 1908 | - 1908—1908: Lord Baden-Powell starts the Boy Scout movement
- 1908—1908: Separate courts for juveniles established in Britain
- 1908—1908: Coal Mines Regulation Act in Britain limits men to an eight hour day
- 1908—1908: Border Ports established
Ports of entry established for customs and immigration
- 1908—1908: The gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Sperry
- 1908—1908: Cellophane invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger
- 1908—1908: Model T first sold
- 1908—1908: J W Geiger and W Müller invent the geiger counter
- 1908—1908: Fritz Haber invents the Haber Process for making artificial nitrates
- 1 Jul 1908—1 Jul 1908: SOS became effective as an international signal of distress
- 12 Aug 1908—12 Aug 1908: First 'Model T' Ford made
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| 13 | 1909 | - 1909—1909: First commercial manufacture of Bakelite - start of the plastic age
- 1909—1909: Peary reaches the north pole
- 1909—1909: Beveridge Report prompts creation of labour Exchanges
- 1909—1909: Instant coffee invented by G. Washington
- 1 Jan 1909—1 Jan 1909: Old Age Pensions Act came into force
- 16 Jan 1909—16 Jan 1909: Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
- 7 Feb 1909—2 Jul 1909: 16th Amendment passed by Congress
- 4 Mar 1909—4 Mar 1913: William Howard Taft
 William Howard Taft U.S. Presidency
- 15 Mar 1909—15 Mar 1909: Selfridges department store opens in London
- 3 Apr 1909—4 Mar 1913: William Taft
- 25 Jul 1909—25 Jul 1909: Bleriot flies across the Channel (36 minutes, Calais to Dover)
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| 14 | 1910 | - 1910—1910: Halley's comet reappears
- 1910—1910: Tango becomes popular in North America and Europe
- 1910—1910: Madame Curie isolates radium
- 1910—1910: Dr Crippen caught by radio telegraphy; hanged 23 Nov at Pentonville
- 1910—1910: Constitutional crisis in Britain
- 1910—1910: Railway strike and coal strikes in Britain
- 1910—1910: Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture
- 1910—1910: Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris
- 6 May 1910—6 May 1910: Edward VII dies - George V becomes King
- 5 Jun 1910—20 Jan 1936: George V
House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
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| 15 | 1911 | - 1911—1911: Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers (1911-1912)
- 1911—1911: Rutherford: theory of atomic structures
- 1911—1911: First British Official Secrets Act
- 1911—1911: British MPs receive a salary
- 1911—1911: Parliament Act in Britain reduces the power of the House of Lords
- 1911—1911: Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system
- 6 Jan 1911—1 Jun 1911: Census of Canada
Census of 9 Provinces and 2 Territories counts 7,206,643 individuals
- 2 Apr 1911—2 Apr 1911: Census: Population - England and Wales: 36 Million; Scotland: 4.6 Million; N Ireland: 1.25 Million
- 22 Jun 1911—22 Jun 1911: Coronation of George V
- 14 Dec 1911—14 Dec 1911: National Insurance introduced in Britain
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| 16 | 1912 | - 1912—1912: Britain nationalises the telephone system
- 1912—1912: Discovery of the 'Piltdown Man' - hoax, exposed in 1953
- 1912—1912: Irish Home Rule crisis grows in Britain
- 1912—1912: Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras
- 1912—1912: The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole
- 1912—1912: Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912
- 18 Jan 1912—18 Jan 1912: Captain Scott's last expedition - he and his team reach the south pole on Jan
18th; all die on the way back, their bodies found in November
- 14 Apr 1912—14 Apr 1912: The 'unsinkable' Titanic sinks on maiden voyage - loss of 1,513 lives
- 13 May 1912—13 May 1912: Royal Flying Corps (later the RAF) founded in Britain
- 1 Jun 1912—6 Jan 1912: New Mexico
47th State
- 5 1912—13 May 1912: 17th Amendment passed by Congress
- 2 1912—14 Feb 1912: Arizona
48th State
- 8 1912—2 Jan 1959: Alaska Territory Organized
- 6 1912—30 Jun 1912: Saskatchewan tornado
The worst tornado in Canadian history claims 28 lives in Regina
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| 17 | 1913 | - 1913—1913: Geiger invents his counter to measure radioactivity
- 1913—1913: Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley of Sheffield
- 1913—1913: Trade Union Act in Britain establishes the right to use Union funds for political
purposes
- 1913—1913: Suffragette demonstrations in London - Mrs Pankhurst imprisoned
- 1913—1913: Third Irish Home Rule Bill rejected by House of Lords - threat of civil war in Ireland -
formation of Ulster Volunteers to oppose Home Rule
- 1913—1913: The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne
- 1913—1913: The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now know as, ecstasy
- 1913—1913: Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra
- 1913—1913: Gideon Sundback invents the modern zipper
- 2 Mar 1913—3 Feb 1913: 16th Amendment ratified
- 4 Mar 1913—4 Mar 1921: Woodrow Wilson
 Woodrow Wilson U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1913—3 Mar 1921: Woodrow Wilson
- 4 Jun 1913—4 Jun 1913: Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the
Epsom Derby and dies
- 4 Aug 1913—8 Apr 1913: 17th Amendment ratified
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| 18 | 1914 | - 1914—1914: Chaplin and De Mille make their first films
- 1914—1914: Irish Home Rule Act provides for a separate Parliament in Ireland; the position of Ulster
to be decided after the War
- 1914—1918: World War One
Canadian forces fight in Europe during World War 1
- 1914—1914: Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask
- 6 Jan 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
- 28 Jun 1914—28 Jun 1914: Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
- 4 Aug 1914—4 Aug 1914: Britain declares war on Germany, citing Belgian neutrality as reason
- 5 Aug 1914—5 Aug 1914: British cableship Telconia cut through all five of Germany's undersea telegraph
links to the outside world
- 15 Aug 1914—15 Aug 1914: Panama Canal opened, the Canal cement boat 'Ancon' making the first official
transit (plans for a grand opening were cancelled due to the start of WW1)
- Oct 1914—Oct 1914: Battle of Ypres - beginning of trench warfare on western front
- 27 Nov 1914—27 Nov 1914: First policewoman goes on duty in Britain
- 16 Dec 1914—16 Dec 1914: German battleships bombard Hartlepool and Scarborough
- 6 1914—19 Jun 1914: Alberta coal mine disaster
The worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history claims 189 lives in Hillcrest
- 5 1914—30 May 1914: Empress of Ireland sinks
1,014 lives are lost when ship sinks in Gulf of St. Lawrence
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1904 - 1914 (9 years)