January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death February 15, 1901
The temperature on February 15, 1901 was between -12.9 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (79%). Source: KNMI
April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
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