Meanwhile…

New Zealand legally introduces the eight-hour workday

eind 19e eeuw

The Hundred Days' Reform and its downfall

1898

Rise of social housing and public housing policy

ca. 1900-1920

The Spanish-American War

1898

The Russo-Japanese War

1904-1905

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

industrialization and urbanization

ca. 1800 - 1900

Construction of the 's-Hertogenbosch railway network and industrial growth

circa 1900

Formalization of modern mathematics

1874-1931

The 'Annus Mirabilis': four revolutionary papers

1905

sewage systems spread to cities worldwide

eind 19e eeuw

The rise of the automobile and the airplane

circa 1900

Construction of the Panama Canal

1904-1914

First modern Olympic Games in Athens

1896-04-06

1900 Paris Olympic Games

mei-oktober 1900

1904 St. Louis Olympics

juli-november 1904

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Work at the patent office in Bern

1902

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw