1901
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Events
- Britain appeases U.S. with the Hay-Paunceforte Treaty that waived Britain's objection to U.S. control and fortification of the Panama Canal.
- Rich oil fields are discovered in east Texas.
Timeline
- January 16: Ruben Fulgencio Batista Zaldivar is born into abject poverty in Banes in northeastern Oriente Province, Cuba.
- February 14: Peter Kropotkin assassinates reactionary Russian Education Minister N.P. Bogolepov.
- April 29: Hirohito 裕仁, the future Japanese Emperor Shōwa 昭和天皇, is born Aoyama Palace in Tokyo.
- November 20-December 4: U.S. military occupy the Isthmus of Panama, then part of Columbia.