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Any year, all at once

Pick a year and see the world as our collections record it: the nearest reconstructed map, the people, the wars, the landmarks and the days.

1900

Reconstructed world borders, 1900 snapshot — Reconstruction · 1900 snapshot, same year

Alive in 1900

Overlap Same years; not influence 24 people in our collections

Adolf Hitler1889–1945turned 11 this year

The same year, everywhere

On the calendar

Entries from Today, placed on their days.

Show as a list

Wars running

Plus view — Years from 500 CE onward are part of Plus

Anglo-Ashanti Wars 1824–1900Open on the Map
Dutch–Aceh War 1873–1914Open on the Map
Banana Wars 1898–1934Open on the Map
Boxer Rebellion 1899–1901Open on the Map
Philippine-American War 1899–1902Open on the Map
Second Boer War 1899–1902Open on the Map
Thousand Days' War (Colombia) 1899–1902Open on the Map
Wadai War (French Conquest of Chad) 1899–1913Open on the Map
Somaliland Campaign (Dervish War) 1899–1920Open on the Map
Boxer Protocol and Eight-Nation Alliance 1900–1901Open on the Map

Standing

A selection of landmarks from our collection, not a full list.

Great Pyramid of Giza about 4,459 years old
Great Wall of China about 2,599 years old
Petra about 2,199 years old
Colosseum about 1,820 years old
Chichen Itza about 1,300 years old
Machu Picchu about 450 years old
Taj Mahal about 268 years old

Take it further

Plus view — Years from 500 CE onward are part of PlusOpen 1900 on the Map

Plus view — Years after 1850 CE are part of PlusSee 1900 on the Timeline

Ask someone alive in 1900