Year by year · 20th century

1911

1911 in world history: 16 events, 19 births, 17 deaths, 2 works, 2 states founded and 3 that came to an end. 746 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 25 March

    Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 in New York

    Fire swept through a garment factory near Washington Square, and locked doors trapped workers, mostly young immigrant women. The disaster led to new fire safety and labour laws.

    New York

  2. 24 July

    Hiram Bingham reaches the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu

    Guided by local farmer Melchor Arteaga, Yale lecturer Hiram Bingham climbed to Machu Picchu, already known to local families. His photographs made the Inca site world-famous.

  3. 21 August

    The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre

    Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre with the Mona Lisa under his smock. The theft made the painting world-famous; it was recovered in Florence in 1913.

    FlorenceLouvre

  4. 10 October

    The Wuchang Uprising sparks the Chinese revolution

    Revolutionary soldiers mutinied at Wuchang, beginning the Xinhai Revolution. Within months the Qing dynasty abdicated, ending more than two thousand years of imperial rule in China.

    Qing EmpireXinhai RevolutionWuchang

  5. 12 December

    George V announces the move of India's capital to Delhi

    At the Delhi Durbar, attended by hundreds of thousands, King-Emperor George V announced that the capital of British India would move from Calcutta to Delhi. New Delhi was inaugurated in 1931.

    British India

  6. 14 December

    Roald Amundsen's party reaches the South Pole

    Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and four companions became the first people to reach the South Pole. Robert Falcon Scott's British party arrived 34 days later to find the Norwegian tent and flag.

  7. Crisis

    Agadir Crisis

    The Agadir Crisis, or Second Moroccan Crisis, began in July 1911 when Germany sent the gunboat Panther to the Moroccan port of Agadir in protest against the French occupation of Fez.

  8. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Da'an

    The Treaty of Da'an was an agreement concluded in 1911 at Da'an, north-west of Sanaa, between the Ottoman Empire and the Zaydi imam Yahya Hamid al-Din.

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In the profiles

  • Italian EmpireThe Italo-Turkish War begins, bringing coastal Libya and the Dodecanese under Italian control
  • Wadai EmpireSultan Dud Murra surrenders after years of resistance from the countryside
  • Republic of HondurasManuel Bonilla invades with mercenaries financed by Samuel Zemurray
  • Republic of ChinaThe Wuchang Uprising on 10 October begins the Xinhai Revolution
  • British RajGeorge V announces the move of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi

Wars and longer events

Born in 1911 19

Died in 1911 17

Works 2

States founded 2

States that came to an end 3

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