* The Georgian period also includes a William (IV, btw Britain's most tattooed monarch) before the throne passed to his niece, Victoria, in 1837. Then we have, duh, the Victorian period, until 1901.
But we're not quite a hundred years away. The immediate post-Victorian, pre-war phase is known as the
Edwardian era, named after Victoria's son, Edward VII.
100 years ago...
I'd probably steer clear of the Western Front...
I'd be tempted to pop over and see how the Russian revolution was lurching from crisis to crisis. Maybe I'd visit the Grand Fleer at Scapa Flow.
Maybe go see New York in its heyday. Travel to India... Singapore... Shanghai...