first reliable, census of the British Raj. March 2 – The United States Congress passes the Platt Amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops. March 4 – Second inauguration of William McKinley as President of the United States. March 5 – Irish nationalist demonstrators are ejected by police from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London. March 6 – In Bremen, an assassination attempt is made on Wilhelm II, German Emperor. March 11 – The United Kingdom rejects the amended Hay–Pauncefote Treaty. March 17 – A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 10 years after his death, creates a sensation. March 31 A 7.2 Black Sea earthquake occurs off the northeast coast of Bulgaria, with a maximum intensity of X (Extreme). A destructive tsunami affects the province of Dobrich. The United Kingdom Census 1901 is taken. The number of people employed in manufacturing is at its highest-ever level. April April 29 – Anti-Jewish rioting breaks out in Budapest. May May 5 – The Caste War of Yucatán in Mexico officially ends, although Mayan skirmishers continue sporadic fighting for another decade. May 9 – The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne. May 17 – Panic of 1901: The New York Stock Exchange crashes. May 24 – 81 miners are killed in an accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd in South Wales. May 25 – The Club Atlético River Plate is founded in Argentina. May 27 – In New Jersey, the Edison Storage Battery Company is founded. May 28 – D'Arcy Concession: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar of Persia grants British businessman William Knox D'Arcy a concession giving him an exclusive right to prospect for oil. June June 2 – Katsura Tarō becomes Prime Minister of Japan. June 12 – Cuba becomes a United States protectorate. June 15 – is the first Cunard Line ship to receive a wireless radio set. June 18 – British peace campaigner Emily Hobhouse reports on the high mortality and cruel conditions in the Second Boer War concentration camps June 24 – Paris sees first Picassos: the young Spanish artist exhibits his work at Ambroise Vollard's gallery for the first time. July–August July 1 – The first United Kingdom Fingerprint Bureau is established at Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police headquarters in London, by Edward Henry. July 4 The 1,282 foot (390 m) covered bridge crossing