Editing 1901 (section)

=== May ===
{{Main|May 1901}}
* [[May 5]] &ndash; The [[Caste War of Yucatán]] in Mexico officially ends, although [[Maya peoples|Maya]]n skirmishers continue sporadic fighting for another decade.
* [[May 9]] &ndash; The first [[Australian Parliament]] opens in [[Melbourne]].
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Panic of 1901]]: The [[New York Stock Exchange]] crashes.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; 81 miners are killed in an accident at Universal Colliery, [[Senghenydd]] in [[South Wales]].
* [[May 25]] &ndash; The [[Club Atlético River Plate]] is founded in [[Argentina]].
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[D'Arcy Concession]]: [[Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar]] of Persia grants British businessman [[William Knox D'Arcy]] a concession giving him an exclusive right to prospect for oil.