Year by year · 20th century

1910

1910 in world history: 13 events, 13 births, 11 deaths, 5 states founded and 8 that came to an end. 757 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 8 March

    Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first licensed woman pilot

    The Aéro-Club de France issued licence no. 36 to the French aviator. She set altitude records before dying in a crash in 1919.

  2. 28 March

    Henri Fabre makes the first seaplane flight

    The French engineer took off from the Étang de Berre near Marseille in his float-equipped Hydravion. It was the first powered aircraft to take off from water.

  3. 6 May

    Edward VII dies and George V becomes king

    Edward VII died at Buckingham Palace after a nine-year reign. Known for his diplomacy and support for the Entente Cordiale, he gave his name to the Edwardian era.

  4. 19 June

    First Father's Day is held in Spokane

    Sonora Smart Dodd organised the celebration to honour her father, a widower who raised six children. Father's Day became a permanent US national holiday in 1972.

  5. 3 December

    Georges Claude shows neon lighting at the Paris Motor Show

    At the Paris Motor Show, the French engineer Georges Claude displayed glowing tubes of neon gas. Neon signs soon became a fixture of advertising and city nightlife worldwide.

    Paris

  6. Treaty

    Treaty of Punakha

    The Treaty of Punakha was signed in January 1910 between Bhutan and British India.

  7. Battle

    Battle of Dorothé

    The Battle of Dorothé was fought on 9 November 1910 in Dar Masalit, on the border of Darfur and Chad, between Masalit forces of Sultan Taj al-Din and a French colonial column.

  8. Revolt

    Bhumkal rebellion

    The Bhumkal rebellion was an uprising of Adivasi communities in the princely state of Bastar, central India, in 1910.

ProfileState689 states with a known seat in 1910Open the atlas at 1910 →

In the profiles

  • MexicoFrancisco I. Madero’s call to revolt begins the Mexican Revolution
  • Kingdom of PortugalA revolution on 5 October ends the monarchy
  • Cape ColonyThe colony becomes the Cape Province of the Union of South Africa
  • Union of South AfricaThe Union of South Africa is proclaimed, with Louis Botha as prime minister

Wars and longer events

Born in 1910 13

Died in 1910 11

States founded 5

States that came to an end 8

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