The Krupp Works, a famous armaments factory in Essen, Germany, becomes a public company.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen begins the first successful voyage through the Northwest Passage, the narrow sea connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He completes the journey in 1906.

Willem Einthoven, a Dutch physiologist, develops the string galvanometer, a forerunner of his electrocardiogram (EKG).

Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov reports for the first time on his experiments in behavior and "conditioned reflexes."

The first Tour de France bicycle race is won by M. Garin of France.

The Nobel Prize for literature is awarded to Norwegian writer Bjornstjerne Bjornson.

Jan.

A border dispute between Canada and the United States over Alaska is resolved.

19 Jan.

The first radio message is transmitted from the United States to England.

20 Mar.

The paintings of Henri Matisse are exhibited at the Salon des Independants.

Apr.

In a three-day pogrom in Kishinev, Bessarabia, forty-five...