March 1901

The following events occurred in March 1901:

March 1, 1901 (Friday)

• The United Kingdom, Germany and Japan protest at the Sino-Russian agreement on Manchuria.
• 1901 Census of India taken, the fourth, and first reliable, census of the British Raj.

March 2, 1901 (Saturday)

• The United States Congress passes the Platt Amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
• Born:Theodor Seuss Geisel, American writer and illustrator best known for authoring popular children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss (died 1991)

March 3, 1901 (Sunday)

• Born:Claude Choules, British WWI veteran and last combat veteran from any nation (died 2011)

March 4, 1901 (Monday)

• President of the United States William McKinley begins his second term. Theodore Roosevelt becomes Vice President of the United States.
• Born:
  • Charles Goren, American bridge player (died 1991)
  • Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French poet (died 1937)

March 5, 1901 (Tuesday)

• Irish nationalist demonstrators are ejected by police from House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London.

March 6, 1901 (Wednesday)

• In Bremen, an assassination attempt is made on Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

March 11, 1901 (Monday)

• The United Kingdom rejects the amended Hay–Pauncefote Treaty.

March 13, 1901 (Wednesday)

• Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, dies of pneumonia at age 67.

March 17, 1901 (Sunday)

• A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
• Student riots in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
• Born:Alfred Newman, American film composer (died 1970)

March 18, 1901 (Monday)

• Patrick Donahoe, businessman and publisher of the Boston Catholic newspaper The Pilot, dies aged 90.

March 21, 1901 (Thursday)

• Born:
  • Karl Arnold, German politician (died 1958)
  • Carmelita Geraghty, American actress (died 1966)

March 22, 1901 (Friday)

• Born:Greta Kempton, American artist (died 1991)

March 24, 1901 (Sunday)

• Born:Ub Iwerks, American cartoonist (died 1971)

March 27, 1901 (Wednesday)

• Born:
  • Carl Barks, American cartoonist and screenwriter (died 2000)
  • Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (died 1963)
  • Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer (died 1951)
  • Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1975)
  • Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (died 1971)

March 28, 1901 (Thursday)

• Born:Jack Weil, American entrepreneur (died 2008)

March 31, 1901 (Sunday)

• 1901 Black Sea earthquake of 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale.
• The United Kingdom Census 1901 is taken. The number of people employed in manufacturing is at its highest-ever level.

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