- March 10
- Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri. [1]
- March 18
- Enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record. [1]
- March 25
- Irving W Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine. [1]
- April 2
- First motion picture theater opens (Los Angeles, California, USA). [1]
- April 4
- Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund is established with US$10 million. [1]
- April 5
- Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25. [1]
- April 7
- Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms. [1]
- April 8
- Sipyagain, Russian minister of interior/headed Secret Service, is assassinated. [1]
- April 11
- Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa. [1]
- April 15
- Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical On the Church in the US. [1]
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- April 18
- Denmark is first country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals. [1]
- April 20
- Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium. [1]
- April 27
- The Philippine War ends. [1194.156]
- May 2
- The first science fiction film, A Trip To The Moon, is released. [1]
- May 6
- British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die. [1]
- Zulu assault at Holkrantz, South Africa. [1]
- May 7
- Soufriere volcano on Saint Vincent kills 2-5,000. [1]
- May 8
- Mount Pelée erupts, wipes out Saint Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000. [1]
- May 15
- Lyman Gilmore is first person to fly a powered craft. [1]
- Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola. [1]
- May 19
- The Colorado African Colonization Company is formed in Denver, Colorado, to promote blacks returning to West Coast of Africa. [1057.662]
- May 20
- US military occupation of Cuba (since January 1, 1899) ends. [1]
- May 24
- Empire Day first celebrated in Britain. [1]
- May 31
- Boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal. [1] [666.124]
- June 16
- Military rule in the Philippines is replaced by civilian government. [1194.156]
- June 26
- England establishes Order of Merit. [1]
- July 1
- US Congress establishes a Mint at Manilla for the Philippines. [446.58]
- A fireball is observed over Saint Petersburg, Russia, crashing on to the shore of Ladoga Lake in region of Marialachti Bay. Pallasite-type fragments are distributed over 50m radius, largest found is 22.7kg. [526.119]
- July
- US President Theodore Roosevelt declares conflict in Philippines ended. [985.351]
- August 9
- Edward VII of England is crowned King. [1] [474.30]
- September 1
- World's first science-fiction film, George Méliés' Le Voyage Dans La Lune debuts in Paris, France. [1383.8]
- November 15
- A meteorite falls to earth, landing in Sharpsburg, Kentucky, USA. The main piece weighs 181 pounds. [416.89]
- November 21
- Treaty of Wisconsin ends the Thousand Days war (Los Mil Dias) in Colombia. [989.752]
- December 14
- The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii. [5]
- December 31
- Boers and British army sign peace treaty. [1]
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