It’s 1900s, not 1900’s. You only use an apostrophe when you’re omitting the first two digits: ‘90s, not 90’s or ‘90’s.

Why YSK: It’s an incredibly common error and can detract from academic writing as it is factually incorrect punctuation.

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    d̶̞̩̑ͧ̍̎̌̋o͆͑͊͒̇̑́n̘̼̞ͫͮ͊̑ͥ͜’͉̗̥͇͎͔̋̃t̯̳͉͇̘̑̀ ͚̹͔̖l̻̮̅̒ͭ̂i̬̼͎̝̘̺̋ͯͬͮs̝͈͉͚ͣ̈́ͦ͒ͥͪ̈́ṱ̖̮̙̟̂ͅén̤̣̼͘ ̢̖͍̩͕͎͎̳t̐ͭ̆̽o̦̤̥̼̦ͮ̒̈̂̋̒͘ ̤̥̘͐ͨ̚t͎̀́͑̋̈́̊̇h̻̔́ͫe̷̦̫ͪ̊̊̅̐m̉͜.̓̈́ ̨̱͍̼̺͈̩̀ͩa͕̗̎̽̾̓ḷ̩̓ͣ̇w̰ͨ̐̈́ͩa̩̐y̧͖̞̮̦̱͙̮ͥ̓̆̏ͦͧ̾s̱̼͙ͪ ̺̮̠̹̀ǘ̜̝̼͙͊̿̾̿ͤͅs̷̹̥̘͓̣ͪͩ͛̍͐ͅe̱̿͊̈́̽̑͢ ̻͕̺̦͉͒̆̕o̦̬̖̹̒̽ͤͬ͠x̨͕̻̲͔̲̭̀͛̍̋̚ͅf͈̺̰̫̾̄́ͯͬ͋ͅoͤ͑̏̇̓͜r̜̺̳͕̒́̾͆d͚̰͚̻̞͓̭͌̽ͣ͒̑ ̝̯̍̌͂̅͟c̼͍͐͊̎͐̎̅o̞̪̙͈̳m̻̬̄́m̠̰̪̱͙̍ͫ̊́͝a̸ͦ̈̾̊̋s̰ͩ̒ͫͥͦ