January 1, 1901
1901 Italian Football Championship — sports season
Battle during the Second Boer War
Purported Time Traveling occurence
The kidnapping of Ellen Maria Stone and Katerina Cilko by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Assassination of William McKinley — 1901 assassination in Buffalo, New York, US
Boxer Protocol — Diplomatic protocol, final agreement between China and eleven countries on compensation for the 1900 riots
Christian riots in Greece in 1901
1901 treaty between the United States and Great Britain