1900
Nineteen hundred years
The year 1900 marks the turn from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, often evoking the late Victorian or Edwardian era.
References to 1900 typically suggest a simpler, pre-modern time: Back in 1900, there were no airplanes.
The 1900s usually means the decade 1900–1909, though it sometimes refers to the entire twentieth century.
Boned, laced bodice garments
- bustlesPadded skirt extenders
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
- parasolsLightweight umbrellas for shade
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
carriages · top hats · penny dreadfuls · etiquette · gentility · aristocracy · debutante · chaperone
Time near 1900 or 2000
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- fin de siècleCentury's closing cultural moment
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- Progressive EraUS social reform period
Meiji · colonialism · suffrage · reform · innovation · invention · exploration · emancipation
Reddish-brown pigment
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- gramophoneDisc-playing sound machine
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- tintypePhotograph on metal sheet
penny-farthing · horse-drawn · steamer · telegram · vaudeville · barbershop · zeppelin · bygone
Industrial production facility
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
steel · iron · textiles · machinery · assembly line · mass production · labor · telegraph
Stretched or strained state
- armamentsCollective military weapons
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- ententeInformal international understanding
militarism · nationalism · powder keg · rivalry · sovereignty · ultimatum · dreadnought · fortifications
corsets
Boned, laced bodice garments
- bustlesPadded skirt extenders
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
- parasolsLightweight umbrellas for shade
gaslight · carriages · top hats · penny dreadfuls · etiquette · gentility · aristocracy · debutante · chaperone · servitude
turn-of-the-century
Time near 1900 or 2000
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- fin de siècleCentury's closing cultural moment
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
Progressive Era · Meiji · colonialism · suffrage · reform · innovation · invention · exploration · emancipation · exposition
sepia
Reddish-brown pigment
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- gramophoneDisc-playing sound machine
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
tintype · penny-farthing · horse-drawn · steamer · telegram · vaudeville · barbershop · zeppelin · bygone · heirloom
factory
Industrial production facility
- smokestacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
coal · steel · iron · textiles · machinery · assembly line · mass production · labor · telegraph · electricity
tension
Stretched or strained state
- armamentsCollective military weapons
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
entente · militarism · nationalism · powder keg · rivalry · sovereignty · ultimatum · dreadnought · fortifications · imperialism
19002024
Current calendar year
the present · today · 2100 · antiquity · ancient times