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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 | 1837 | - 6 1837—22 Jan 1901: Victoria
House of Hanover: Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort
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| 4 | 1850 | - 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
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| 5 | 1863 | - 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
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| 6 | 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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| 7 | 1897 | |
| 8 | 1898 | - 7 Jul 1898—20 Aug 1959: Territory of Hawaii was Oraganized
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| 9 | 1899 | - 1899—1899: J.S. Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner
- 1899—1899: I.R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
- 6 Mar 1899—6 Mar 1899: Aspirin first marketed by Bayer
- 2 Jun 1899—4 Jul 1902: Philippine-American War
 Philippine-American War
- 11 Oct 1899—11 Oct 1899: Start of Second Boer War
- 2 Nov 1899—7 Sep 1901: Boxer Rebellion
 Boxer Rebellion
- 10 1899—30 Oct 1899: Boer War
Canadian troops sent overseas for the first time to fight in the Boer War, but this is opposed by Quebec
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| 10 | 1900 | - 1900—1900: School leaving age in Britain raised to 14 years
- 1900—1900: Central Line opens in London: underground is electrified
- 1900—1900: Escalator shown at Paris exhibition
- 1900—1900: The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
- 1900—1900: Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's escalator and invented the modern escalator
- 9 Feb 1900—9 Feb 1900: Davis Cup tennis competition established
- 27 Feb 1900—27 Feb 1900: Labour Party formed
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| 11 | 1901 | - 1901—1901: Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner
- 1901—1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded
- 1901—1901: King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor
- 1901—1901: The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission
- 1901—1901: Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner
- 22 Jan 1901—22 Jan 1901: Queen Victoria dies - Edward VII king
- 2 Feb 1901—2 Feb 1901: Queen Victoria's funeral - interred beside Prince Albert in the Frogmore
Mausoleum at Windsor Great Park
- Jun 1901—Jun 1901: Denunciation of use of concentration camps by British in Boer War
- 14 Sep 1901—4 Mar 1909: Theodore Roosevelt
 Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Presidenc
- 2 Oct 1901—2 Oct 1901: Britain's first submarine launched
- 12 Dec 1901—12 Dec 1901: First successful radio transmission across the Atlantic, by Marconi - Morse
code from Cornwall to Newfoundland
- 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
- 3 1901—31 Mar 1901: Census of Canada
counts 5,371,315 individuals
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| 12 | 1902 | - 1902—1902: Marie Curie discovers radioactivity
- 1902—1902: Cremation Act - cremation can only take place at officially recognised establishments,
and with two death certificates issued
- 1902—1902: Balfour's Education Act provides for secondary education
- 1902—1902: Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner
- 1902—1902: French physicist George Claude invents neon light
- 1902—1902: The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie
- 1902—1902: The birth of the Teddy Bear
- 24 May 1902—24 May 1902: Empire Day (later Commonwealth Day) first celebrated
- 31 May 1902—31 May 1902: Treaty of Vereeniging ends Second Boer War
- 9 Aug 1902—9 Aug 1902: Coronation of Edward VII
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| 13 | 1903 | - 1903—1903: Women's Social and Political Union formed in Britain by Emmeline Pankhurst
- 1903—1903: Henry Ford sets up his motor company
- 1903—1903: Workers' Education Association (WEA) formed in Britain
- 1903—1903: Canada loses the Alaska Boundary Dispute to the USA
- 1903—1903: Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons
- 1903—1903: Bottle-making machinery invented by Michael J. Owens
- 1903—1903: The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane
- 1903—1903: Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers
- 1903—1903: William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in lightbulbs
- 14 Dec 1903—14 Dec 1903: First flight of Wilbur & Orville Wright
- 4 1903—29 Apr 1903: Frank Slide, Alberta
Turtle Mountain landslide, caused by mining, buries town and population of Frank in Alberta
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1899 - 1903 (4 years)
William McKinley U.S. Presidency