FormationThe 1900s

Formation in the 1900s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 1900s — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 1901 to 1907. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
4
Nations
4
Earliest
1901
Latest
1907
Asia
1
Europe
1
North America
1
Oceania
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Oceania

    Australia

    Federation creates the Commonwealth of Australia

    Six self-governing colonies federated under a written Constitution to form the Commonwealth of Australia, a new federal nation with a parliament in which power was shared between the Commonwealth and the states.

    Era: Federation and the new nation

    Sources: Defining Moments: Federation · National Museum of Australia, The Federation of Australia · National Archives of Australia, Australia (country) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. North America

    Cuba

    Republic of Cuba proclaimed

    The United States ends its occupation and the Republic of Cuba is installed under Tomas Estrada Palma, its first president.

    Era: The Republic: Occupation, Platt, Machado, and Batista

    Sources: A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country: Cuba · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Tomas Estrada Palma · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Europe

    North Macedonia

    The Kruševo Republic

    During the uprising the insurgents proclaimed a short-lived republic in the town of Kruševo, which the Ottoman army overran after about ten days.

    Era: Ottoman Rule and the Macedonian Question

    Sources: Ilinden Uprising in Macedonia · EBSCO Research Starters

  4. Asia

    Bhutan

    Ugyen Wangchuck crowned first king

    An assembly at Punakha Dzong unanimously elects Ugyen Wangchuck, penlop of Tongsa, as the first hereditary Druk Gyalpo, ending the dual system and founding the Wangchuck dynasty.

    Era: Founding of the Wangchuck Monarchy

    Sources: Bhutan — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Nepal and Bhutan: Country Studies · Federal Research Division, Library of Congress