Editing 1900s (section)

==Assassinations and attempts==
Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
!Year
!Date
!Name
!Position
!Culprits
!Country
!Description
!Image
|-
|1900
|February 3
|[[William Goebel]]
|[[governor of Kentucky]]
|unknown 
|[[History of the United States|United States]]
|Either five or six shots were fired from the nearby State Building, one striking Goebel in the chest, seriously wounding him.
|[[File:HW Goebel Assassination.png|frameless]]
|-
|1900
|July 29
|[[Umberto I of Italy|Umberto I]] 
|[[King of Italy|King]]
|[[Gaetano Bresci]]
|[[History of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italy]]
|Assassinated by anarchist [[Gaetano Bresci]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Duggan |first=Christopher |title=The Force of Destiny. A History of Italy Since 1796. |publisher=Allen Lane |year=2007 |isbn=9780713997095 |pages=349}}</ref>
|[[File:Bresci killing.jpg|frameless|175x175px]]
|-
|1901
|March 6
|[[William II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
|[[Kaiser]]
|Deidrich Weiland
|[[History of Germany|Germany]]
|Attempted assassination in [[Bremen]] by Deidrich Weiland.<ref>"Kaiser Hit by a Missile Thrown into His Carriage", ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', March 7, 1901, p. 1.</ref><ref>"Kaiser Suffers from His Wound— Injuries Received by German Emperor More Serious than First Reported— Details of the Assault", ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', March 8, 1901, p. 2.</ref>
|[[File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|frameless|204x204px]]
|-
|1901
|September 6
|[[William McKinley]]
|[[President of the United States|President]]
|[[Leon Czolgosz]]
|[[History of the United States|United States]]
|Dies 8 days after being shot at the [[Pan-American Exposition]] in [[Buffalo, New York]], by American anarchist [[Leon Czolgosz]].
|[[File:McKinleyAssassination.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1902
|April 15
|[[Dmitry Sipyagin]]
|Russian [[MVD|Interior Minister]]
|[[Stepan Balmashov]]
|[[Russian Empire]]
|Sipyagin was assassinated in the [[Mariinsky Palace]] by [[Socialist-Revolutionary Party|Socialist-Revolutionary]] [[Stepan Balmashov]]. 
|[[File:Dmitry Sipyagin.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1902
|September 29
|[[Émile Zola]]
|novelist and journalist
|unknown 
|[[France]]
|Zola was killed by [[carbon monoxide poisoning]] caused by an improperly ventilated chimney. 
|[[File:Zola mort.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1902
|November 4
|[[Hale Johnson]]
|Mayor of [[Newton, Illinois]]
|Harry Harris
|[[History of the United States|United States]]
|Hale was Killed while attempting to collect a debt owed to him by Harry Harris who shot him.
|[[File:Hale Johnson (1847-1902) (10506934603) (3).jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1903
|March 31
|[[Grigoriy Shcherbina]]
|Russian consul
|an unknown Albanian Ottoman officer
|[[Ottoman Empire]]
|According to Durham. A year later, the 35-year-old Consul died of bullet wounds sustained in the assassination attempt by an Albanian soldier.
|[[File:Grigoriy Shcherbina 2023 stamp of Serbia.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1903
|June 11
|[[Aleksandar Obrenović]], and [[Draga Mašin]]
|King of Serbia, and Queen Consort
|Army officers led by [[Dragutin Dimitrijević]]
|[[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbia]]
|Killed in the [[Stari dvor|royal palace]] as part of the [[May Overthrow]].
|[[File:King Alexander I Obrenović of Serbia and Queen Draga, ca. 1900.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1903
|June 11
|[[Lazar Petrović]]
|[[Adjutant]] to King Aleksandar Obrenović
|unknown assassin 
|[[Kingdom of Serbia]]
|Killed as part of the [[May Overthrow]].
|[[File:General Lazar Petrović 01.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1903
|June 11
|[[Dimitrije Cincar-Marković]]
|[[Prime Minister of Serbia]]
|rioters from the  [[May Coup (Serbia)|May Coup]]
|[[Serbia]]
|Markovic was killed in the [[May Coup (Serbia)|May Coup]].
|[[File:General Dimitrije Cincar Marković.jpg|frameless|191x191px]]
|-
|1904
|November 26
|[[José Francisco Chaves]]
|Superintendent of Public Instruction (former congressman and territory politician)
|unknown 
|[[History of the United States|United States]]
|Jose was shot by a unknown assassin in Pinoswells, New Mexico.
|[[File:JosFChaves.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1904
|June 16
|[[Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov|Nikolai Bobrikov]]
|[[Governor-General of Finland|Governor-General]]
|[[Eugen Schauman]]
|[[Governor-General of Finland|Finland]]
|Assassinated by nationalist nobleman [[Eugen Schauman]].
|[[File:Schauman shoots Bobrikov.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1904
|July 28
|[[Vyacheslav von Plehve]]
|Russian [[MVD|Interior Minister]]
|Yegor Sazonov
|[[Russian Empire|Russia]]
|Plehve was Killed by a bomb thrown by a member of the [[SR Combat Organization]]
|[[File:The assassination of Vyacheslav von Plehve, Le Patriote Illustré.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1905
|February 6
|[[Eliel Soisalon-Soininen]]
|[[Chancellor of Justice]]
|Lennart Hohenthal 
|[[Finland]]
|Assassinated in his apartment in [[Helsinki]] by Lennart Hohenthal.
|[[File:Eliel Soisalon-Soininen Nyblin.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1905
|February 17 
|[[Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia]]
|[[Governor-General]] of [[Moscow]]
|[[Ivan Kalyayev]]
|[[Russian Empire]]
|Alexandrovich was killed in a by a bomb Organized by the [[SR Combat Organization]].
|[[File:Покушение Сергея Александровича.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1905
|April 24
|[[John M. Pinckney|John McPherson Pinckney]]
|Texas Representative
|J. N. Brown
|[[History of the United States|United States]]
|John was Killed during riot instigated by opponents of alcohol prohibition.
|[[File:John McPherson Pinckney.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1905
|June 13
|[[Theodoros Diligiannis]]
|[[Prime Minister of Greece|Prime Minister]]
|Antonios Gherakaris
|[[History of Greece|Greece]]
|Killed by gambler Antonios Gherakaris, reportedly for measures taken against gambling places.
|[[File:Achille Beltrame - Assassination of Greek Prime Minister Deliyannis.jpg|frameless|223x223px]]
|-
|1905
|October 21
|[[Tomasso Petto]]
|[[New York City|New York]] [[Gangster|mobster]]
|unknown assassin 
|[[United States]]
|The New York [[mobster]] and leading [[hitman]] in the [[Morello crime family]] was shot multiple times while walking to his home in [[Browntown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Browntown]].
|[[File:Detective Lt. Joseph Petrosiino( left) , Inspector Carey and Inspector McCafferty escorting Mafia hitman Petto the Ox (Tomasso Petto, second from left) LCCN2007686607.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1905
|December 30
|[[Frank Steunenberg]]
|[[List of Governors of Idaho|Governor]]  of [[Idaho]]
|[[Harry Orchard]]
|[[United States]]
|The [[List of Governors of Idaho|fourth governor]] of the [[U.S. state|State]] of [[Idaho]] was shot by a former miner after Frank left his office.
|[[File:Franksteunenberg.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1907
|March 8
|[[Marinos Antypas]]
|socialist politician
|Kyriakou
|[[Greece]]
|A group of farmers paid 30,000 drachmas to a supervisor named Kyriakou to kill Antypas, which he did on March 8, 1907. Kyriakou was never convicted for the crime.
|
|-
|1907 
|March 11
|[[Dimitar Petkov]]
|[[Prime Minister of Bulgaria|Prime Minister]]
|Aleksandar Petrov
|[[History of Bulgaria (1878–1946)|Bulgaria]]
|Killed by an anarchist.
|[[File:D. Petkov (W Le Queux).jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1907
|August 31
|[[Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan|Amin al-Soltan]]
|[[Prime Minister of Iran|Prime Minister]]
|unknown assassin 
|[[History of Iran|Iran]]
|Killed in front of the Parliament.
|[[File:MirzaAliAsgharKhanAtabak.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1908
|February 1
|[[Carlos I of Portugal|Carlos I]]
|[[List of Portuguese monarchs|King]]
|[[Alfredo Luís da Costa]] and [[Manuel Buíça]]
|[[History of Portugal (1834–1910)|Portugal]]
|Assassinated in Lisbon, Portugal.
|[[File:King Carlos I of Portugal - National Portrait Gallery.png|frameless]]
|-
|1909
|October 26
|[[Itō Hirobumi]]
|[[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]
|[[An Jung-geun]]
|[[History of Japan|Japan]]
|Also [[Resident-General of Korea]], assassinated by [[Ahn Jung-geun]] at the [[Harbin]] train station in [[Manchuria]], for many grievances against Japan, including the assassination of [[Empress Myeongseong]] of [[History of Korea|Korea]].
|[[File:Ito's death.jpg|frameless]]
|-
|1909
|November 14
|[[Ramón Lorenzo Falcón]]
|Chief of Police
|[[Simón Radowitzky]]
|[[Argentina]] 
|Falcon was killed when a bomb was planted on his carriage by [[Simón Radowitzky]]
|[[File:Falcon Attentat.jpg|frameless]]
|}