| 1900 | Europe • France
| The Exposition Universelle (International Exposition) opens in Paris |
| 1901 | Europe • Great Britain | Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) transmits radio messages from England to Canada. |
| 1902 | Europe • France
| Georges Méliès shows his film A Trip to the Moon in Paris.
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| 1903 | North America • USA | The first flight of a Wright brothers powered airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. |
| 1905 | North America • USA | The first cinema, the Nickelodeon, opens in Pittsburgh. |
| 1906 | North America • USA
| An earthquake destroys San Francisco and the resulting fires devastate the city. It is photographed by Edward Rodgers (San Francisco Morning Call), George Parmenter (San Francisco Examiner), George Haley (Chronicle) and a number of commercial photographers including Arnold Genthe take memorable pictures. |
| 1908 | North America • USA | The Ford Model T motor car is sold. |
| 1909 | Europe | Louis Blériot (1872–1936) flies across the English Cannel in his plane. |
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