18961934

1896–1934 is a historical span used to denote the period from the late 19th century into the early 1930s. It encompasses rapid industrial growth, scientific innovation, and social change, as well as political upheaval that helped shape the modern world.

Technological and scientific advances include electrification expanding across industries, the mass production and adoption of automobiles, the development of commercial aviation, and the emergence of cinema and radio as mass media. In science, relativity and quantum mechanics transformed physics, while medicine advanced with vaccines and the discovery of penicillin in 1928.

Political and social developments include World War I (1914–1918), its aftermath and redrawing of borders, the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the creation of international organizations such as the League of Nations. The period saw the spread of suffrage movements and social reforms in many countries, followed by economic instability after the 1929 stock market crash and the onset of the Great Depression. The early 1930s also witnessed the rise of authoritarian movements in several regions.

Culturally, modernism and avant-garde movements influenced literature, visual arts, and architecture, while jazz, cinema, and radio reshaped entertainment and daily life.

The era’s legacy lies in its rapid modernization, the trauma of global conflict and economic crisis, and the political realignments that helped define the interwar years and set the stage for World War II.