Editing 1900s (section)

==Popular culture==
===Literature===
{{See also|List of years in literature#1900s|Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1900s}}
[[File:Portrait of Winston Churchill.jpg|thumb|upright|150px|4 out of 10 best-selling American books in the 1900s were written by [[Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill]] (1871 – 1947)]]
The best selling books of the decade were ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' (1908) and ''[[The Tale of Peter Rabbit]]'' (1902), which sold 50 million<ref>{{Cite news|last=Paskin|first=Willa|date=2017-04-27|title=The Other Side of Anne of Green Gables|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/magazine/the-other-side-of-anne-of-green-gables.html|access-date=2020-04-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and 45 million<ref>Worker's Press</ref> copies respectively. [[Serbian language|Serbian writers]] used the [[Belgrade]] literary style, an [[Ekavian]] writing form which set basis for the later standardization of the Serbian language. [[Theodor Herzl]], the founder of political [[Zionism]], published ''[[The Old New Land]]'' in 1902, outlining Herzl's vision for a Jewish state in the [[Land of Israel]].

Below are the best-selling books in the United States of each year, as determined by ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006|title=Annual Bestsellers, 1900-1909|url=http://www3.isrl.illinois.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/best00.cgi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016093451/http://www3.isrl.illinois.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/best00.cgi|archive-date=2011-10-16|url-status=live}}</ref>

* 1900: ''[[To Have and to Hold (Johnston novel)|To Have and to Hold]]'' by [[Mary Johnston]]
* 1901: ''[[The Crisis (novel)|The Crisis]]'' by [[Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill]]
* 1902: ''[[The Virginian (novel)|The Virginian]]'' by [[Owen Wister]]
* 1903: ''[[Lady Rose's Daughter (novel)|Lady Rose's Daughter]]'' by [[Mary Augusta Ward]]
* 1904: ''[[The Crossing (Churchill novel)|The Crossing]]'' by [[Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill]]
* 1905: ''[[The Marriage of William Ashe]]'' by [[Mary Augusta Ward]]
* 1906: ''[[Coniston (novel)|Coniston]]'' by [[Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill]]
* 1907: ''[[The Lady of the Decoration]]'' by [[Frances Little]]
* 1908: ''[[Mr. Crewe's Career]]'' by [[Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill]]
* 1909: ''[[The Inner Shrine (novel)|The Inner Shrine]]'' by Anonymous ([[Basil King]])

=== Art ===
[[File:Portrait de Picasso, 1908.jpg|thumb|upright|150px|[[Pablo Picasso]] in 1908, who, along with [[Henri Matisse]], was considered a leader in [[modern art]]]]
* [[Pablo Picasso]] paints ''[[Les Demoiselles d'Avignon]]'', considered by some to be the birth of modern art.
*[[Art Nouveau]] art movement peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century (1890–1905).
* [[Cubism]] art movement peaked in popularity in France between 1907 and 1911.
* [[Fauvism]] art movement peaked in popularity between 1905 and 1907.

===Film===
{{See also|1900s in film}}
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[[File:Great train robbery still.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Justus D. Barnes]] in [[Edwin Porter]]'s film ''[[The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)|The Great Train Robbery]]'', 1903]]
* September 18, 1900 – [[Robert W. Paul]] releases a short movie called ''[[Army Life; or, How Soldiers Are Made: Mounted Infantry]]'''.'''''
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* April 2, 1902 – ''Electric Theatre'', the first [[movie theater]] in the United States, opens in [[Los Angeles]].
* The first huge success of American cinema, as well as the largest experimental achievement to this point, was the 1903 film ''[[The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)|The Great Train Robbery]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]].
* December 26, 1906 – The world's first feature film, ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'' is released on December 26, 1906, in [[Melbourne]], Australia.
* May 12, 1909 – [[Mr. Flip]] is released, the first film to feature [[Pieing|someone being hit in the face with a pie]].

===Music===
[[File:El choclo.jpg|thumb|''El Choclo'' by Ángel Villoldo]]
Popular songs of the 1900s include "[[Lift Every Voice and Sing]]" and "[[What Are They Doing in Heaven?]]", which have been featured in 42<ref>{{cite web|title=Lift Every Voice and Sing|url=https://hymnary.org/text/lift_every_voice_and_sing#instances|website=Hymnary.org}}</ref> and 16<ref name="hymnary">{{cite web|title=What Are They Doing in Heaven?|url=http://www.hymnary.org/text/i_am_thinking_of_friends_whom_i_used_to_|website=hymnary.org|accessdate=August 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Albert Tindley 1851{{ndash}}1933|url=http://nethymnal.org/bio/t/i/tindley_ca.htm|website=nethymnal.org|accessdate=August 24, 2015}}</ref> [[hymnal]]s respectively.
** [[January 23|January 23, 1900]] - The [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]] makes its [[Carnegie Hall]] debut with [[Victor Herbert]] conducting.
** [[February 3|February 3, 1900]] – [[Adonais]], overture by [[George Whitefield Chadwick]] is premiered by the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]].
** [[December 15|December 15, 1900]] – The second and third movements of [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Concerto No.2 in C Minor for Piano]] by [[Sergei Rachmaninov]] receive their world premiere in Moscow, with Rachmaninov playing the solo part.
** [[March 29]]th, [[1901]] - [[Jean de Reszke]]'s final performance of the season with the [[Metropolitan Opera]] turns into his farewell performance with that company as he sings the title role in [[Richard Wagner|Wagner's]] [[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]].
** [[October 27|October 27, 1901]] – [[Claude Debussy]]'s ''Trois Nocturnes'' is given in its first complete performance as [[Camille Chevillard]] conducts the [[Lamoureux Orchestra]] in Paris.
** [[November 9]], [[1901]] - First complete performance of [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto no. 2]] in [[C minor|C Minor]] in [[Moscow]] with Rachmaninoff playing the solo part.
** [[December 16]]th, [[1902]] - [[Scott Joplin]]'s [[Signature song|signature]] [[Rag (music)|rag]], "[[The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer]]", is released.
** 1903 - ''[[El Choclo]]'' one of the most popular tangos of all time, composed by [[Ángel Villoldo]] is premiered.
** [[October 18|October 18, 1904]] – [[Gustav Mahler]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]]'' is premiered by the [[Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne]] with Mahler conducting.
** 1905 - ''La Morocha,'' the first successful sung [[Tango music|tango]] by Ángel Villoldo and Enrique Saborido is published.
** [[1905]] - [[Claude Debussy]] releases his masterpiece and [[signature song]], "[[Clair de lune (Debussy)|Clair de Lune]]".
** [[January 27]], [[1907]] – Executives of the [[Metropolitan Opera]] removes [[Richard Strauss]]'s [[Salome]] from the [[repertoire]] following [[protest]]s that the [[opera]] was indecent.
** [[January 26|January 26, 1908]] – [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 2]] receives its première.
** [[March 15|March 15, 1908]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Rapsodie espagnole]]'' receives its première in Paris.
** [[April 11|April 11, 1908]] – [[Spyridon Samaras]]'s opera ''Rhea'' is premiered in [[Florence]] (Teatro Verdi)
** [[September 19|September 19, 1908]] – Première of [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 7]] in Prague.
** [[January 25|January 25, 1909]] – [[Richard Strauss]]'s opera [[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]] receives its debut performance at the [[Semperoper|Dresden State Opera]]
** [[February 19]], [[1909]] – First production [[Bedřich Smetana]]'s opera ''[[Prodaná nevěsta]]'' (The Bartered Bride) in the USA v [[Metropolitan Opera]], conducted by [[Gustav Mahler]] with [[Ema Destinová]] in the titul role.
** [[February 22|February 22, 1909]] – [[Thomas Beecham]] conducts the first concert with his newly established Beecham Symphony Orchestra in the UK.
** [[November 8|November 8, 1909]] – [[Boston Opera House (1909)|Boston Opera House]] in the United States opens with a performance of ''[[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]]'' starring [[Lillian Nordica]] and [[Louise Homer]].
** [[November 28|November 28, 1909]] – [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 3]] is premièred in New York City.
** [[December 18|December 18, 1909]] – [[George Enescu]]'s [[Octet (Enescu)|Octet for Strings]] and Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major are premiered together on a program also featuring his ''Sept chansons de Clement Marot'', Op. 15, at the Salle des agriculteurs in Paris, as part of the "Soirées d'Art" concert series.

===Fashion===
{{See also|1900s in fashion}}

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===Historic events===

* [[Agustín Lizárraga]] discovers [[Machu Picchu]] on July 14, 1902.
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===Sports===
[[File:Bocajuniors-primerafoto.jpg|thumb|The first recorded photo of Boca Juniors taken in 1906, after winning the Liga Central championship.]]
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* [[Club Atlético River Plate]] is founded in 1901.
* The [[Tour de France]] starts for the first time in 1903.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDF/HISTO/us/index.html|title=Home|work=Tour de France 2015|access-date=2011-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027083912/http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDF/HISTO/us/index.html|archive-date=2010-10-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Racing Club de Avellaneda]] is founded in 1903.
* [[Club Atlético Independiente]] is founded in 1905.
* [[Boca Juniors|Club Atlético Boca Juniors]] is founded in 1905.

===Food===
* U.S. [[New Haven, Connecticut]] Louis Lassen of [[Louis' Lunch]] makes the first modern-day [[hamburger]] [[sandwich]]. According to family legend, one day in 1900 a local businessman dashed into the small New Haven lunch wagon and pleaded for a lunch to go. According to the Lassen family, the customer, Gary Widmore, exclaimed "Louie! I'm in a rush, slap a meatpuck between two planks and step on it!".<ref name="bbq">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/stevenraichlensb0000raic | url-access=registration | quote=Louis Lunch. | title=BBQ USA: 425 Fiery Recipes from All Across America | publisher=Workman Publishing | date=2003 | access-date=28 May 2014 | author=Raichlen, Steven | pages=[https://archive.org/details/stevenraichlensb0000raic/page/336 336]–337| isbn=9780761120155 }}</ref><ref name="colin">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHEbAgAAQBAJ&q=Louis+Lunch&pg=PA108 | title=Legendary Locals of New Haven | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | author=Caplan, Colin | year=2013 | pages=108–109| isbn=9781467100960 }}</ref>  Louis Lassen, the establishment's owner, placed his own blend of ground steak trimmings between two slices of toast and sent the gentleman on his way, so the story goes, with America's alleged first hamburger being served.<ref name="ctm">{{cite web | url=http://www.ctmuseumquest.com/?page_id=4954 | title=Burger at Louis' Lunch | publisher=Connecticut Museum Quest | access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref>