Editing 1900s (section)

== Politics and wars ==
{{See also|List of sovereign states in the 1900s}}
[[File:China imperialism cartoon.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A shocked [[Mandarin (bureaucrat)|mandarin]] in [[Manchu people|Manchu]] robe in the back, with [[Queen Victoria]] ([[British Empire]]), [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Wilhelm II]] ([[German Empire]]), [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] ([[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]]), [[Marianne]] ([[French Third Republic]]), and a [[samurai]] ([[Empire of Japan]]) stabbing into a [[king cake]] with ''Chine'' ("China" in French) written on it. A portrayal of New Imperialism and its effects on [[Qing Empire|China]].]]

===Major political changes===
*[[New Imperialism]]
* The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] and the [[French Third Republic]] sign [[Entente Cordiale]]

===Wars===
{{Main|List of wars: 1900–1944#1900–1919}}

* [[Second Boer War]] ends.
* [[Philippine–American War]] takes place (1899–1902).
*The [[Kuwaiti–Rashidi war]] takes place (1900–1901).
*[[Battle of Riyadh (1902)|Battle of Riyadh]]  was a minor battle of the [[Unification of Saudi Arabia]] (1902).
* [[Russo-Japanese War]] establishes the [[Empire of Japan]] as a world power (1904–1905).
* The Ottomans [[Ottoman invasion of Persia (1906)|invade Persia]] and capture a strip of territory (1906).
* [[Battle of Dilam]] was a major battle of the [[Unification of Saudi Arabia|Unification War]] between [[Rashidi dynasty|Rashidi]] and [[Ibn Saud|Saudi]] rebels (1903–1907).
* [[Saudi–Rashidi War (1903–1907)|First Saudi–Rashidi War]] was engaged between the [[Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia|Saudi loyal forces]] of the newborn [[Emirate of Riyadh]] versus the [[Emirate of Ha'il]] (1903–1907).

===Internal conflicts===

* The [[Boxer Rebellion]] ends.
* The [[Russian Revolution of 1905]].
* The [[1906 Mesopotamia uprising|Mesopotamia uprising of 1906]].
* Demand for [[Irish Home Rule Movement|Home Rule]] for Ireland.
* [[Herero and Namaqua Genocide]] in German [[South-West Africa]] (modern Namibia).
* Kurdish [[Bitlis uprising (1907)|uprising in Bitlis]] against the Ottoman Empire in 1907.

===Colonization===
* January 1, 1901, British colonies in Australia [[Australian Federation|federate]], forming the [[Commonwealth of Australia]].

===Decolonization===
* May 20, 1902 – [[Cuba]] gains independence from the United States
* June 7, 1905 – The [[Stortinget|Norwegian Parliament]] declares the union with Sweden [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905|dissolved]], and Norway achieves full independence.
* October 5, 1908 – [[Bulgaria]] [[Bulgarian Declaration of Independence|declares its independence]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]].

=== Prominent political events ===
*January 22, 1901, the death of [[Queen Victoria]]. 
*August 9, 1902, the [[coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra]], as king and queen of the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[British Dominions]].