The U. S. United Fruit Company ( UFC ) started becoming a major force in Guatemala in 1901, during the long presidencies of Manuel José Estrada Cabrera and General Jorge Ubico.

The term Greater London was used well before 1965, particularly to refer to the area covered by the Metropolitan Police District ( such as in the 1901 census ), the area of the Metropolitan Water Board ( favoured by the London County Council for statistics ), the London Passenger Transport Area and the area defined by the Registrar General as the Greater London Conurbation.

* Henning von Tresckow ( 1901 – 1944 ), Major General in the German Wehrmacht, active in the military resistance

This led the 3rd General Conference on Weights and Measures ( CGPM ) of 1901 to officially declare " The word weight denotes a quantity of the same nature as a force: the weight of a body is the product of its mass and the acceleration due to gravity ", thus distinguishing it from mass for official usage.

On October 9, 1901, the park was renamed Grant Park in honor of American Civil War commanding General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant.

General Palmer would continue as president of the Utah line until retirement ( due to company re-organization ) in 1901.

Works such as Ildefons Cerda's General Theory of Urbanization ( 1867 ), Camillo Sitte ’ s City Planning According to Artistic Principles ( 1889 ), and Robinson ’ s The Improvement of Cities and Towns ( 1901 ) and Modern Civic Art ( 1903 ), all were primarily concerned with urban design, as did the later City Beautiful movement in North America.

The Gilbert General Store, built in 1901, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name Mays Store.

Built on former reservation lands of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, Lawton was founded on August 6, 1901, and was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action in the Philippine – American War.

* Philander C. Knox ( 1853 – 1921 )-American lawyer and politician who served as United States Attorney General ( 1901 – 1904 ), a Senator from Pennsylvania ( 1904 – 1909, 1917 – 1921 ) and Secretary of State ( 1909 – 1913 ).

The first Scout companies were organized by the US in 1901 to combat the Philippine Revolution led at that time by General Emilio Aguinaldo.

The insurgency collapsed in March 1901 when the leader Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by General Frederick Funston and his Macabebe allies.

General William Crozier became Chief of Ordnance of the Army in 1901.

Today, in accordance with the General Conference on Weights and Measures, standard gravity is usually taken to be 9. 80665 m / s < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 32. 174 049 ft / s < sup > 2 </ sup >).< ref > In 1901 the third CGPM declared ( second resolution ) that:

Daniel Adams Butterfield ( October 31, 1831 – July 17, 1901 ) was a New York businessman, a Union General in the American Civil War, and Assistant U. S. Treasurer in New York.

He was elected as Attorney General of Arkansas and served from 1898 to 1901.

In 1901, Bush returned to Columbus to be General Manager of Buckeye Steel Castings Company, which manufactured railway parts.

In 1901 he was appointed a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General.

The first General Conference for United Free Will Baptists convened at St. John's church in Kinston, North Carolina, on May 8, 1901.

The General Conference of United Free Will Baptists was formed in 1901.

Shooting season notices ceased listing the Huia as a protected species in 1901, and a last-ditch attempt to reinforce government protection failed when the Solicitor General ruled that there was no law to protect feathers.

General Maxwell Davenport " Max " Taylor ( August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987 ) was a United States Army four star general and diplomat of the mid-20th century, who served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after having been appointed by the President of the United States John F. Kennedy.

On March 29, 1900, Pateros became one of the towns in the newly-created province of Rizal, by virtue of General Order No. 40, Act No. 137 of the Philippine Commission, which was promulgated on June 11, 1901.

From then until 7 November 1901, the company conducted patrols to track the movement of the insurgent General Cailles.

* 1835 – Elisha Gray, American inventor and businessman, co-founded Western Electric ( d. 1901 )

Incorporated in 1901, Fairport Electric provides electric power to its customers at lower rates than those charged by neighboring utilities.

The Souderton, Skippack & Fairview Electric Railway Co. was formed in 1901 to provide a trolley service from Trooper to Souderton.

* 1901 – acquires Bryant Electric Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, which continues operation as a subsidiary

In 1901, the city contracted an electric plant with steam engines running two 75 kW generators, and in 1909 the Cedarburg Electric Light Commission was formed to run the utility.

Electric hackney carriages appeared before the introduction of the internal combustion engine to vehicles for hire in 1901.

In Nova Scotia, the Cape Breton Electric RCompany operated interurban services between Sydney, Glace Bay and New Waterford from 1901 to 1947, and the Pictou County Electric Company operated interurban services between the five towns of Pictou County from 1904 to 1931.

1901 Cowen developed the first Lionel train — a battery-powered “ Electric Express .”

Elisha Gray ( August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901 ) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company.

Inspired by Nicola Tesla's 1896 project at Niagara Falls, " Frazer's Scheme " proposed a head-race canal ending at Doonass, and was sanctioned by the 1901 " Shannon Water and Electric Power Act ".

* 1901 April 4: Opened the Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways

After a 1901 journey across Russia on the then not-quite-completed Trans-Siberian Railway, Hill settled in 1902 in Seattle, Washington, where he had major interests in the Seattle Gas and Electric Company, which was focused mainly in the coal gas business.

In 1901 the Western Electric Coil Co. was formed.

The battery was developed by Thomas Edison in 1901, and used as the energy source for electric vehicles, such as the Detroit Electric and Baker Electric.

From its earliest involvement in the formation of Edison General Electric Company in 1882 and United States Steel Corporation in 1901, to its present work with leaders of the global economy in the 21st century, the firm has been closely involved in the affairs of some of America's, and now the world's, greatest industrial, commercial and financial enterprises.

The B & PCR was controlled by the Metropolitan District Railway ( MDR, now the District line ) from 1898, and was sold in 1901 to Charles Yerkes ' Metropolitan District Electric Traction Company, which built the station to provide power to the MDR.

Electric motor car of the GBS, built in 1901

The first commercially produced Christmas tree lamps were manufactured in strings of nine sockets by the Edison General Electric Company of Harrison, New Jersey and advertised in the December 1901 issue of the Ladies ' Home Journal.

In 1901 Ottawa Electric Railway Company built a 2000 foot canal just north of the Britannia Boathouse Club to generate Hydroelectric power on the Deschênes Rapids.

Meanwhile the CCE & HR, now part of the London Electric Railway ( Underground Group ), was using plans dating back to 1901 for the Edgware and Hampstead Railway to construct an extension of its line from Golders Green through Hendon to a new station at Edgware where it would be in direct competition with the LNER line.