This is a timeline of the 20th century. 1900s 1901 January 1: The Australian colonies federate. January 22: Edward VII became King of England and Emperor of India after Queen Victoria's death. March 2: The Platt Amendment provides for Cuban independence in exchange for the withdrawal of American troops. June: Emily Hobhouse reports on the poor conditions in 45 British internment camps for Boer women and children in South Africa. September 6: The assassination of William McKinley ushered in office Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after McKinley's death on September 14. September 7: The Eight-Nation Alliance defeats the Boxer Rebellion, and imposes heavy financial penalties on China. December 10: First Nobel Prizes awarded. December 12: Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal. 1902 January 13: The Unification of Saudi Arabia begins. May 20: Cuba given independence by the United States. May 31: Second Boer War ends...