20th Century History Timeline - Decade by Decade
20th Century History
Decade by Decade
Every decade of the twentieth century had its own personality. This personality was formed by both the people and the events that dominated it. Learn more about the century by exploring its decades.
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Still from the 1903 film, The Great Train Robbery. Picture in the public domain.
1900s
Photograph from the National Archives and Records Administration.
1910s
The Coffinette for the Viscera of Tutankhamun on display during the press viewing of the 'Tutankhamun & The Golden Age of the Pharaohs' exhibition on November 13, 2007 in Greenwich, London, England. Picture by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images.
1920s
Picture courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
1930s
Adolf Hitler poses with a group of SS members soon after his appointment as Chancellor. Picture courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.
1940s
While countries from around the world sent troops to Europe to fight World War II, the Nazis continued their blitzkrieg tactics to take over Europe, country by country, while also murdering millions of Jews and Gypsies.