Timeline September 1901

Events in September 1901 11

• 1843 – 1901 William McKinley 25th President — led US into imperialism William McKinley (Jan 29, 1843 – Sep 14, 1901) was the 25th President 1897-1901. He led the US to victory in the Spanish-American War (1898), acquiring Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. He was assassinated in 1901.
• 1864 – 1901 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Post-Impressionism · France Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (November 24, 1864 – September 9, 1901) was a French Post-Impressionist painter who captured the nightlife of Montmartre with vivid immediacy. His posters for the Moulin Rouge defined the Art Nouveau aesthetic.
• 1897 – 1901 McKinley presidency 25th President — assassinated 1901 William McKinley served as the 25th President from March 4, 1897 until his assassination on September 14, 1901. He won the Spanish-American War, gaining overseas territories and establishing the US as a world power.
• 1899 – 1901 The Boxer Rebellion Eight armies in Peking A movement of village martial artists the foreign press calls Boxers rises against Christian missionaries and foreign concessions, and the Qing court under Empress Dowager Cixi throws its weight behind them. The legations in Peking are besieged for fifty-five days until an eight-nation expedition — Japanese, Russian, British, French, American, German, Italian and Austro-Hungarian — fights its way in and loots the city. The Boxer Protocol imposes an indemnity of 450 million taels, roughly the Qing government's annual revenue several times over, and the dynasty never recovers its authority.
• 1901 Boxer Protocol Signed Peace settlement ends the Boxer Rebellion in China On 7 September 1901 the Qing government signed the Boxer Protocol with eleven foreign powers, ending the Boxer Rebellion. China agreed to pay a large indemnity, allow foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing, and execute officials who had supported the uprising. The settlement deepened foreign control over Chinese affairs.
• 1901 – 1909 T. Roosevelt presidency 26th President — 1901 to 1909 Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency on September 14, 1901 after McKinley's assassination, serving until March 4, 1909. He was the youngest president ever at 42, and won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President Youngest US president takes office after McKinley's assassination Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the 26th President of the United States on 14 September 1901, hours after President William McKinley died from an assassin's gunshot wounds. At 42, Roosevelt became the youngest person to hold the office. His presidency brought an assertive foreign policy and a program of trust-busting and conservation.
• 1901 – 1999 Robert Bresson (1901-1999) Died 18 December 1999, aged 98 Robert Bresson was a French film director renowned for a spare, austere style that influenced generations of art-house filmmakers. His works include Diary of a Country Priest and Au Hasard Balthazar. He was widely regarded as one of cinema's most important auteurs.
• 1901 – 1980 George Raft (1901-1980) American actor and dancer, the coin-flipping gangster of Scarface.
• 1901 George Raft born in New York George Raft is born in New York.
• 1901 – 1954 Enrico Fermi Architect of the Nuclear Age Nobel Prize-winning physicist who created the first nuclear reactor.