1.
Albert Einstein unveils the
Special Theory of Relativity.
2.
Bloody Sunday. The troops of
Czar Nicholas II kill 100 protestors, inspiring strikes and acts of revolution, most notably the mutiny on the battleship
Potempkin. Nicholas is forced to concede a number of freedoms to the
Russian people.
3.
Russia loses the
Russo-Japanese War.
4. Infamous spy
Mata Hari makes her debut as an
exotic dancer.
5. The
American Bison Society forms to protect the rapidly disappearing
buffalo.
6.
Sinn Féin is formed amid a spirit of
Gaelic cultural revival.
7. The
Industrial Workers of the World (the "
Wobblies") is formed in
Chicago.
8. Architect
Charles Rennie Mackintosh designs a masterpiece, the west wing of the
Glasgow School of Art.
9. German physician
Robert Koch wins the
Nobel Prize for discovering the
tuberculosis germ.
10. The debut of
Henri Matisse and the
Fauves at the
Salon d’Automne.
11.
Franz Léhar’s
operetta The Merry Widow.
12.
Ballet dancer
Anna Pavlova debuts her signature piece,
The Dying Swan.
- Our Times: The Illustrated History of the 20th century