Era · Twentieth century
Twentieth century
1901–2000
The years 1901 to 2000. This page gathers the entries filed under those years. It is not a full history of the century.
Era 9 of 10 · 1901–2000
Two world wars, the Russian and Chinese revolutions, the Cold War and the end of most colonial empires fall in this century. It also brings mass air travel, nuclear weapons, antibiotics and computers.
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Facts
- Span used here
- 1901 to 2000. Counting from year 1, the century begins in 1901, although popular usage often takes 1900 to 1999 instead. This page follows the first count.
- Source: Calendar convention: there is no year 0 in the AD count
- Entries in this era
- China: the Chinese Civil War, the Long March, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the People's Republic of China, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek.
- Source: Keep the Tale index
The record
The entries filed under this era are about China. They run from the start of the civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists in 1927 to the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.
That is a small part of the century; the rest is not covered here. Each entry carries its own dates and sources. This page only gathers them.
Connected
Links in both directions: what this page points to, and what points here.
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