From left, clockwise: The Wright brothers achieve the first manned flight by airplane, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina | Kitty Hawk in 1903 ; U. S. President William McKinley is William McKinley assassination | assassinated in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition ; An 1906 San Francisco earthquake | earthquake on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, killing at least 3, 000 in 1906 ; United States | America gains control over the Philippines in 1902, after the Philippine – American War ; Rock being moved to construct the Panama Canal ; Admiral Heihachiro Togo | Togo before the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, part of the Russo-Japanese War, leading to Japanese victory and their establishment as a great power.

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.

The insurgent First Philippine Republic was formally established with the proclamation of the Malolos Constitution on January 21, 1899 in Malolos, Bulacan and endured until the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo by the American forces on March 23, 1901 in Palanan, Isabela, which effectively dissolved the First Republic.

A Philippine Constabulary was organized in 1901 to deal with the remnants of the insurgent movement and gradually assume the responsibilities of the United States Army.

The Philippine Constabulary ( PC ) was established on August 8, 1901, under the general supervision of the Civil Governor, by authority of Act.

The Philippine Scouts was a military organization of the United States Army from 1901 until the end of World War II.

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 11th and 12th Philippine Scout Battalions ( 12th PS ) had been formed in the Philippines in 1901.

Fort William McKinley, was established in the Philippines during the Philippine – American War in 1901 just south of Manila ( Luzon, the Philippines ).

On April 9, 1901, the Second Philippine Commission under the Chairmanship of William H. Taft, arrived in Dumaguete.

" These are the Republic of Real de Kakarong de Sili ( 1896 ) in Pandi, the Republic of Biak-na-Bato ( 1897 ) and the very first Philippine Republic in Malolos ( 1899 – 1901 ).

In Ferbruary 27, 1901, The Philippine Commission officially transferred the Seat of Government to Malolos, and the Casa Real de Malolos was the seat of the Provincial Governor from 1900-1930 until he completion of the Capitol Building at the Brgy Guinhawa, Malolos City.

The second Philippine Commission went to what was then Nueva's provincial capital, San Isidro, on June 8 1901 to begin proceedings for establishing the local and provincial governments.

A report of the United States ' Philippine Commission in 1900 showed, only 10 out of 23 municipalities in Nueva Ecija had a public school established during the Spanish times and according to the Philippine Commission figures by 1902, 37 public primary schools were established, and 63 Novo Ecijano teachers supported by 16 American " Thomasites ," part of the larger group of some 500 pioneer American teachers who arrived aboard the USS Thomas in September 1901, to help establish an American public school system in the Philippines.

The Education Act No. 74 approved by the Philippine Commission in 1901 proved to be the catalyst that made Novo Ecijanos rally behind the local and American teachers to make sure as many children as possible benefitted from the public school system.

1901 The Balangiga massacre occurred during the Philippine – American War.

* First Philippine Republic ( 1899 – 1901 )

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.

The Philippine Commission gave the city of Manila its charter in 1901, while the city of Baguio was established by the Philippine Assembly which was composed by elected members instead of appointed ones.

In 1935, the Philippine Army Air Corps was established as part of the gradual decision by the United States to establish the Philippines as an independent nation ( Its Army counterpart, the Philippine Scouts had been established by the Army in 1901 ).

The first secular normal school was founded in 1901 by the Thomasites, the Philippine Normal School.

The Rabbinical Assembly was founded in 1901 as the Alumni Association of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ( JTS ).

In 1901 the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba changed the University Act so that the university could do its own teaching, and in 1905 a building in downtown Winnipeg became its first teaching facility with a staff of six science professors.

The community was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on January 29, 1901.

After his return, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly as member for West Perth on 24 April 1901.

On 24 April 1901 he was elected to the seat of Subiaco in the Legislative Assembly, and resigned his position on the municipal council a month later.

The seat of South Murchison was abolished in 1901, and Rason won the Legislative Assembly seat of Guildford in the general elections of April 1901.

In 1901, Moore contested the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Bunbury, but was unsuccessful.

He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1900 as a Liberal, and again at the general elections of 1901.

He moved to provincial politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1901 becoming minister of mines.

He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1901 to 1907, and as Speaker of the Assembly from 1903 to 1907.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1901 to 1902.

In early 1900, when the Iowa General Assembly exercised its former power to choose a U. S. Senator ( for the Class 2 seat, to serve from 1901 to 1909 ), Cummins was the opponent of incumbent Republican John H. Gear, but withdrew when it appeared he lacked the votes to win.

By that time, he had already become involved in state politics, having been elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for the rural electorate of Gunnedah in 1901.

Brand was born in Dongara, Western Australia, the eldest of four children of Albert John Brand, a farmer, and his wife Hilda, née Mitchell, whose father Samuel Mitchell was a prominent geologist and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council from 1884 to 1885 and later represented Murchison in the Legislative Assembly, from 1897 to 1901.

Stokes was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1891, and was a member of the New Jersey Senate from Cumberland County between 1893 and 1901.

He was a member in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1896 to 1899, and the Australian House of Representatives from 1901 to 1917.

A Protectionist, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 1888 – 99 and was an appointed member of the Legislative Council of Queensland 1899 – 1901.

The school was founded as a seminary in 1901 by the Korean Presbyterian General Assembly.

St Andrew's has hosted the Presbyterian General Assembly in 1879 1901, 1910, 1929, 1951, and 1997, and before 1875, the Church of Scotland Synod in 1859 and 1874.

It was in 1828 that senatorial districts were established and the number of senators revised to between eight and twenty-four ; the number was altered to between twenty-four and thirty-six in 1901, with the General Assembly setting it at thirty-six immediately.

However, no clear winner emerged from the April 1901 state election, and rather than test his support in the Assembly, Throssell and the Ministry he led resigned on 27 May 1901, allowing the Leake Ministry led by Opposition Leader George Leake to take office.