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Events


January

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January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
 – A decade after federation, the
Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
and the
Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. ...
are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
**
1911 Kebin earthquake The 1911 Kebin earthquake, or Chon-Kemin earthquake, struck Russian Turkestan on 3 January. Registering at a moment magnitude of 8.0, it killed 452 people, destroyed more than 770 buildings (which was almost all of the city) in Almaty, Kazakhs ...
: An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near
Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. **
Siege of Sidney Street The siege of Sidney Street of January 1911, also known as the Battle of Stepney, was a Shootout, gunfight in the East End of London between a combined police and army force and two Latvians, Latvian revolutionaries. The siege was the culminati ...
in London: Two Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force.
Home Secretary The secretary of state for the Home Department, otherwise known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. The home secretary leads the Home Office, and is responsible for all national ...
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
arrives to oversee events. *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
 – Egypt's
Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...
is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. *
January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
 –
Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen bega ...
's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the
Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...
. *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
 –
Eugene B. Ely Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 – October 19, 1911) was an American aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft take off and landing. Background Ely was born in Williamsburg, Iowa, and raised in Davenport, Iowa. Having ...
lands on the deck of the USS ''Pennsylvania'' stationed in
San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
harbor, the first time an aircraft has landed on a ship. *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – ...
 – The United States and Canada announce the successful negotiation of their first reciprocal trade agreement.


February

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February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
** The
Missouri State Capitol The Missouri State Capitol is the home of the Missouri General Assembly and the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Missouri. Located in Jefferson City at 201 West Capitol Avenue, it is the third capitol to be built in the city. ( ...
building in
Jefferson City, Missouri Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of Missouri, United States. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, ranking as the 15th most populous city in the state. It is also the county seat of Cole County and the princip ...
is destroyed by fire after a bolt of lightning strikes the dome. ** The revolution in
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
is suppressed after the leader, General Montreuil Guillaume, is captured by government troops and shot. General Millionard is executed two days later. *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
 – The first "quasi-official" airmail flight occurs, when Fred Wiseman carries three letters between
Petaluma Petaluma (Miwok: ''Péta Lúuma'') is a city in Sonoma County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its population was 59,776 according to the 2020 census. Petaluma's name comes from the Miwok village nam ...
and
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name for Saint Rose. Santa Rosa may also refer to: Places Argentina *Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city * Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca * Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca *Santa Rosa, La Pampa * Sa ...
, California. *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. * 1268 &ndas ...
** The first official air mail flight, second overall, takes place in British India from
Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...
to Naini when Henri Pequet carries 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km. ** A serious earthquake causes a landslide that creates
Lake Sarez Sarez Lake (russian: Сарезское озеро; tg, Сарез кӯл, Sarez Kūl) is a lake in Rushon District of Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan. Length about , depth few hundred meters, water surface elevation about above sea lev ...
in modern-day
Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
.


March

* March 19 –
International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against wom ...
is celebrated for the first time across Europe. *
March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
 – The
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The ...
in New York City kills 146 people. * March 29 – The United States Army adopts a new service pistol, the M1911, designed by
John Browning John Moses Browning (January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms many of which are still in use around the world. He m ...
(it remains the U.S. service pistol for 74 years).


April

* April 3 –
Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest com ...
conducts the première of his '' Symphony No. 4'', in
Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
. *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
 –
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. He exploited the Hampson–Linde cycle to investigate how materials behave when cooled to nearly absolute zero and later to liquefy helium f ...
discovers
superconductivity Superconductivity is a set of physical properties observed in certain materials where electrical resistance vanishes and magnetic flux fields are expelled from the material. Any material exhibiting these properties is a superconductor. Unlike ...
; he presents his findings on April 28. *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
: Rebels take Agua Prieta on the
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
border; government troops take the town back
April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
, when the rebel leader "Red" López gets drunk. *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. * 1428 – Peace of Ferrara betw ...
 – , a 5,557-ton Portuguese passenger liner en route from
Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
to
Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
, strikes Bellows Rock just off
Cape Point Cape Point ( af, Kaappunt) is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula, a mountainous and scenic landform that runs north-south for about thirty kilometres at the extreme southwestern tip of the African continent in South Afri ...
and sinks. *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
:
Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and Public figure, statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in Ten Tragic Da ...
's troops besiege
Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju ...
, but General Juan J. Navarro refuses his surrender demand. *
April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern ...
 – A passenger train from
Port Alfred A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ha ...
to
Grahamstown Makhanda, also known as Grahamstown, is a town of about 140,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about northeast of Port Elizabeth and southwest of East London, Eastern Cape, East London. Makhanda is the lar ...
, South Africa derails on the Blaauwkrantz Bridge, and plunges into the ravine below, killing 31 and seriously injuring 23.''The South African Railways – Historical Survey''. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 24. * April 26 –
HŠK Građanski Zagreb HŠK Građanski (alternatively spelled ''Gradjanski'' or ''Gradanski''), also known as 1. HŠK Građanski or fully ''Prvi hrvatski građanski športski klub'' ( en, First Croatian Citizens' Sports Club), was a Croatian football club established in ...
(predecessor of
GNK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...
), a Croatian Association football club, is founded in
Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...
. *
April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
 – Huanghuagang Uprising: In China, rebels take five villages in an attempt to create a power base to fight Imperial rule; those who die are remembered as "The 72 Martyrs" (the event is also called the "Second Guangzhou Uprising" and the "Yellow Flower Mound Revolt").


May

*
May 8 Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
: Pancho Villa launches an attack against government troops in
Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju ...
without Madero's permission; the government troops surrender on
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
. *
May 13 Events Pre-1600 *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''. * 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...
15 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
: Torreón massacre – Over 300
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
residents are massacred by the revolutionary forces of
Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and Public figure, statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in Ten Tragic Da ...
, in the Mexican city of
Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340. The metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the ...
. *
May 15 Events Pre-1600 * 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. * 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...
 –
Standard Oil Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911. At its height, Standard Oil was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co-f ...
is dissolved by the
Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
into 34 separate oil companies including
Exxon ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on November 30, ...
,
Mobil Mobil is a petroleum brand owned and operated by American oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil. The brand was formerly owned and operated by an oil and gas corporation of the same name, which itself merged with Exxon to form ExxonMobil in 1999. ...
,
Chevron Chevron (often relating to V-shaped patterns) may refer to: Science and technology * Chevron (aerospace), sawtooth patterns on some jet engines * Chevron (anatomy), a bone * ''Eulithis testata'', a moth * Chevron (geology), a fold in rock lay ...
,
Texaco Texaco, Inc. ("The Texas Company") is an American Petroleum, oil brand owned and operated by Chevron Corporation. Its flagship product is its Gasoline, fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owned the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an Indepe ...
, and others due to violation of the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (, ) is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce. It was passed by Congress and is named for Senator John Sherman, its principal author. Th ...
* May 17 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
:
Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...
is convinced to resign, but does not do so yet. * May 21 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
: In
Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju ...
, a peace treaty is signed between Madero's rebels and government troops. *
May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...
 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
: Government troops fire at anti-Diaz demonstrators in Mexico City, killing about 200 (officials claim only 40). * May 25 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
:
Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...
signs his resignation and leaves for
Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
; on May 31 he leaves for exile in France. *
May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
 – The very first
Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...
automobile race is held in the United States, won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.59 miles per hour. * May 31 – The hull of the is launched in
Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, on the same day starts her sea trials.


June

* June 7 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
:
Francisco Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in February 1 ...
arrives in Mexico City, just after the
1911 Michoacán earthquake The 1911 Michoacán earthquake occurred on June 7 at 04:26 local time (11:02 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC). The epicenter was located near the coast of Michoacán, Mexico. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale. 45 ...
. * June 14 – departs Southampton, England, for her maiden voyage, with a first call at Cherbourg, France. * June 15 – RMS ''Olympic'' arrives in Queenstown, Ireland, to discharge and take up passengers. *
June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...
 – arrives in New York at the end of her maiden voyage. She proceeds to her quarantine station off Staten Island, which she leaves at 7:45 a.m., and is saluted on her way up
New York Harbor New York Harbor is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York Bay near the East River tidal estuary, and then into the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of the United States. It is one of the largest natural harbors in t ...
by all kinds of craft as she steams to Pier 59 in the North River. With the assistance of twelve tugs, ''Olympic'' is safely moored at 10 a.m. * June 22 –
George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri ...
and
Mary of Teck Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 186724 March 1953) was List of British royal consorts, Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 Janua ...
are crowned
King and Queen of the United Kingdom The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy, constitutional form of government by which a hereditary monarchy, hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United ...
and the British Dominions, at
Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...
in London. Moored at Pier 59 of New York Harbor, is decorated for the occasion. *
June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
 –
Frank C. Mars Franklin Clarence Mars (; September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Mars Sr., Forrest Edward Mars developed M& ...
starts the Mars Candy Factory in Tacoma, Washington, origin of Mars, Incorporated, the global confectionery and pet food brand. * June 25 – The Polish Football Union (PFU), later absorbed into the Polish Football Association (Polish: ''Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej'', PZPN), is founded. * June 28 ** departs New York for her maiden eastbound voyage home to Southampton, England. ** The Nakhla meteorite falls in the Abu Hummus region of Egypt, providing evidence of water on Mars. * June – The Sixth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance is held in Stockholm, Sweden.


July

* July 1 – The presence of the German warship ''SMS Panther, Panther'' in the Moroccan port of Agadir triggers the Agadir Crisis. * July 4 – , having crossed the Atlantic, discharges passengers and mails off Plymouth, England. * July 5 – arrives in Southampton, England, ending her maiden eastbound voyage from New York. * July 24 – Hiram Bingham III, Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu in Peru. * July 28 – The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora, SY ''Aurora'' departed London.


August

* August 17–August 20, 20 – Britain's National Railway strike of 1911, its first national strike of railway workers; on August 19 it leads to the Llanelli riots of 1911, Llanelli riots in Wales which result in 6 deaths. * August 21 – Leonardo da Vinci's ''Mona Lisa'' is stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris by Vincenzo Peruggia; the painting is returned in 1913. * August 27 – CSKA Moscow, a professional multi-sports club in Russia, is officially founded.


September

* September 20 – collides with HMS Hawke (1891), HMS ''Hawke'' in The Solent, causing considerable damage to both ships. * September 25 – French battleship Liberté, French battleship ''Liberté'' explodes at anchor in Toulon, France, killing around 300 onboard and in the surrounding area. * September 29 – Kingdom of Italy, Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.


October

* October 4 – Qing dynasty, China adopts "Cup of Solid Gold" as its first national anthem. However, it is never performed publicly and is replaced a few months later with a new composition. * October 7 – Liberal leader Karl Staaff returns as Prime Minister of Sweden after a Riksdag election victory based on the promises of defense cuts and social reforms. * October 10 – The Wuchang Uprising starts the Xinhai Revolution, that leads to the founding of the Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China. * October 16 –
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
: Félix Díaz (politician), Felix Diaz, nephew of
Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...
, occupies the port of
Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
, as a sign of rebellion against Madero. * October 26 – In American baseball, the Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants, 13–2, to win the 1911 World Series in 6 games. The game is tied 1–1 after three innings, but with four runs in the fourth, and seven runs in the seventh, the A's demolish the Giants. The most unusual play of the game is an inside-the-park home run made by the A's Jack Barry, on a Bunt (baseball), bunt.


November

* November 1 – The world's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya, during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Kingdom of Italy, Italy drops several small bombs. * November 3 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in the United States, in competition with the Ford Model T. * November 4 – The Treaty of Berlin brings the Agadir Crisis to a close. This treaty leads Morocco to be split between France (as a protectorate) and Spain (as the colony of Spanish Sahara), with Germany forfeiting all claims to Morocco. In return, France gives Germany a portion of the French Congo (as Kamerun) and Germany cedes some of German Kamerun to France (as Chad). * November 5 – Italy annexes Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli and Cyrenaica (confirmed by an act of the Italian Parliament on February 25, 1912). * November 17 – Omega Psi Phi fraternity is founded on the campus of Howard University, in Washington, D.C.


December

* December 1 – Outer Mongolia, the forerunner of modern-day Mongolia, is declared independent from the Qing dynasty, Chinese Empire. * December 2 – Australasian Antarctic Expedition sets sail from Hobart. * December 9 – A Cross Mountain Mine disaster, mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee kills 84 miners, despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines. * December 12 – The Delhi Durbar#Durbar of 1911, Delhi Durbar is held to mark the coronation of
George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri ...
and Mary of Teck, Queen Mary as Emperor of India, Emperor and Empress of India, and the transfer of the capital of Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India from Calcutta to Delhi. * December 14 –
Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen bega ...
's expedition reaches the South Pole. * December 18 – The first exhibition by Der Blaue Reiter group of painters opens in Munich. * December 18–December 28, 28 – George V's 1911 hunting trip in Nepal. * December 24 – Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. * December 29 – Sun Yat-sen is elected Provisional President of the Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China.


Date unknown

* The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition is published under American management in England, by Cambridge University Press. * New Zealand-born British physicist Ernest Rutherford deduces the existence of a compact atomic nucleus from experiments involving Rutherford scattering, proposing the Rutherford model of the atom. * The first suffrage organisation in Romania, ''Liga Drepturile si Datoriile Femeii'', is founded. * The Air Intelligence of Russia, Air Intelligence branch of Russia's Airforce is created.


Births


January

*
January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
** Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986) ** Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist (d. 2012) * January 2 – Pavel Rychagov, Soviet air ace, air force general (d. 1941) *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
 – Al Sack, American conductor, composer and violinist (d. 1947) *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (d. 2001) * January 7 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995) * January 10 ** Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi revolutionary (d. 2013) ** Norman Heatley, British biologist (d. 2004) * January 11 ** Brunhilde Pomsel, German broadcaster and secretary (d. 2017) ** Zenkō Suzuki, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004) * January 13 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005) * January 15 * January 16 – Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician, 29th President of Chile (d. 1982) * January 17 ** John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (d. 1981) ** George Stigler, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
** José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet and anthropologist (d. 1969) ** Danny Kaye, American actor, comedian (d. 1987) * January 19 ** Ken Nelson (United States record producer), Ken Nelson, American record producer, music executive (d. 2008) ** Choor Singh, Singaporean judge (d. 2009) * January 22 – Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990) * January 25 – Kurt Maetzig, German director (d. 2012) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – ...
 – Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993) * January 28 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic, author and Yad Vashem recipient (d. 2018) * January 29 – Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1986) * January 30 ** Roy Eldridge, American jazz musician (d. 1989) ** Hugh Marlowe, American film, television, stage and radio actor (d. 1982) * January 31 ** Eddie Byrne, Irish actor (d. 1981) ** Baba Vanga, blind Bulgarian mystic, clairvoyant and herbalist (d. 1996)


February

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February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960) * February 6 – Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States and actor (d. 2004) * February 8 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979) * February 10 – Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel, Venezuelan classical musician (d. 1986) * February 12 ** Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (Carroll Daly), 5th President of Ireland (d. 1978) ** Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968) * February 13 – Jean Muir (actress), Jean Muir, American actress (d. 1996) * February 14 – Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch inventor (d. 2009) *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
– Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (d. 1984) * February 19 ** Bill Bowerman, American track athlete, co-founder of Nike, Inc. (d. 1999) ** Merle Oberon, British actress (d. 1979) * February 24 – Eduardo Vañó Pastor, Spanish cartoonist (d. 1993) * February 27 – Fanny Edelman, Argentine politician (d. 2011) * February 28 – Otakar Vávra, Czech director (d. 2011)


March

* March 1 – Mike Gilbert (rugby player), Mike Gilbert, New Zealand rugby union player (d. 2002) * March 3 – Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937) * March 5 – Wolfgang Larrazábal, 52nd President of Venezuela (d. 2003) * March 6 – Nikolai Baibakov, Soviet statesman (d. 2008) * March 8 – Alan Hovhaness, American composer (d. 2000) * March 12 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979) * March 13 – L. Ron Hubbard, American author, founder of Scientology (d. 1986) * March 16 ** Pierre Harmel, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2009) ** Josef Mengele, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1979) * March 18 – Al Benton, American baseball player (d. 1968) * March 20 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1991) * March 24 ** Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (d. 2006) ** Jane Drew, English architect (d. 1996) ** Ephraim Engleman, American rheumatologist (d. 2015) *
March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
 – Jack Ruby, American mobster, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967) * March 26 ** Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) ** Tennessee Williams, American playwright (d. 1983) * March 27 – Erich Heller, British philosopher (d. 1990) * March 29 – Brigitte Horney, German-born actress (d. 1988) * March 31 ** Freddie Green, American jazz musician (d. 1987) ** Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (d. 1986)


April

* April 3 ** Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-born athlete (d. 1980) ** Sir Michael Woodruff, British/Australian surgeon (d. 2001) * April 4 – Narciso J. Alegre, Filipino civil liberties advocate (d. 1980) * April 5 – Hédi Amara Nouira, Tunisian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Tunisia (d. 1993) * April 6 – Feodor Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
** Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) ** Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. 1995) ** Ichirō Fujiyama, Japanese composer, singer (d. 1993) * April 10 – Maurice Schumann, French politician (d. 1998) *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
 – Donald Leslie, American creator of the Leslie speaker (d. 2004) * April 15 – Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi, Egyptian jurist (d. 1998) *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. * 1428 – Peace of Ferrara betw ...
 – Maurice Goldhaber, Austrian-American physicist (d. 2011) * April 23 ** Józef Cyrankiewicz, Polish communist politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1989) ** Ronald Neame, British film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director (d. 2010) * April 26 – Paul Verner, German politician (d. 1986) *
April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– Antonio Sastre, Argentine footballer (d. 1987) * April 28 ** Lee Falk, American writer, theater director and producer (d. 1999) ** Luigi Ferrando (cyclist), Luigi Ferrando, Italian bicycle racing, racing cyclist (d. 2003)


May

* May 5 – Andor Lilienthal, Hungarian chess Grandmaster (d. 2010) * May 6 – Frank Nelson (actor), Frank Nelson, American actor (d. 1986) * May 7 – Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director (d. 1993) *
May 8 Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
 – Robert Johnson, American guitarist, singer (d. 1938) *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
 – Bel Kaufman, German-born American author (d. 2014) * May 11 – Phil Silvers, American actor, comedian (d. 1985) * May 12 – Dorothy Rungeling, Canadian aviator (d. 2018) *
May 15 Events Pre-1600 * 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. * 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...
 – Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991) * May 16 – Tunku Puan Besar Kurshiah, Malayan queen (d. 1999) * May 17 ** Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish model (d. 1992) ** André Jaunet, French-born flutist (d. 1988) ** Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. 1998) * May 18 – Big Joe Turner, African-American singer (d. 1985) * May 20 – Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986) * May 22 – Anatol Rapoport, Russian-born American mathematical psychologist (d. 2007) *
May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...
 – Carleen Hutchins, American violin maker (d. 2009) * May 25 – Eric P. Newman, American numismatist (d. 2017) * May 27 ** Hubert Humphrey, American politician, List of Vice Presidents of the United States, 38th Vice President of the United States (d. 1978) ** Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician, mayor of Jerusalem (d. 2007) ** Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993) * May 31 – Maurice Allais, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)


June

* June 3 – Ellen Corby, American actress (d. 1999) * June 4 – Milovan Đilas, Yugoslavian Marxist (d. 1995) * June 5 – Neel E. Kearby, American fighter ace (d. 1944) * June 9 – Hawley Pratt, American film director, animator and illustrator (d. 1999) * June 13 ** Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988) ** Prince Aly Khan, Indian-born Pakistani imam of Ismaili Shi'a Islam (d. 1960) * June 15 – Wilbert Awdry, English children's writer (d. 1997) * June 16 – Paulo Gracindo, Brazilian actor (d. 1995) * June 19 – Dudley Senanayake, 2nd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1973) * June 20 – Paul Pietsch, German racer, magazine magnate (d. 2012) *
June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...
** Irving Fein, American television, film producer (d. 2012) ** Wonderful Smith, African-American comedian (d. 2008) * June 22 ** Marie Braun, Dutch swimmer (d. 1982) ** Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, wife of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse and sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (d. 1937) ** Michel Dens, French baritone singer (d. 2000) ** Vernon Kirby, South African tennis player (d. 1994) ** Kenneth Mather, Sir Kenneth Mather, British geneticist and botanist (d. 1990) *
June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
** Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov, Russian aeronautical engineer (d. 1995) ** Horace Law, Admiral Sir Horace Rochfort Law, British naval officer and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (Royal Navy), Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (March 1970 – May 1972) (d. 2005) ** David Ogilvy (businessman), David Ogilvy, British advertising executive (d. 1999) ** Hannah Weinstein, American journalist, publicist and left-wing political activist who became a television producer in Britain (d. 1984) * June 24 ** Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (d. 1995) ** Norman Lessing, American television screenwriter, producer, playwright, chess master and chess writer (d. 2001) ** Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer (d. 2011) ** Portia White, Canadian opera singer (d. 1968) * June 25 ** Reed Hadley, American actor (d. 1974) ** William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980) * June 26 ** Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet (d. 2013) ** Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete, golfer (d. 1956) * June 27 ** Ben Alexander (actor), Ben Alexander, American actor (d. 1969) ** Marion M. Magruder, American officer (d. 1997) * June 28 ** Donald Douglas (surgeon), Sir Donald Macleod Douglas, Scottish surgeon (d. 1993) ** Thalia Mara, American ballet dancer, educator and author (d. 2003) ** David Wanklyn, Lieutenant Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn, British naval officer (MIA 1942) * June 29 ** Bernard Herrmann, American composer (d. 1975) ** Lucien Lauk, French racing cyclist (d. 2001) ** Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, German-born Prince Consort of the Netherlands (1948–1980) (d. 2004) * June 30 ** Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) ** Nagarjun, Indian poet (d. 1998)


July

* July 1 ** Guy Raymond, American actor (d. 1997) ** Sergey Sokolov (commander), Sergei Sokolov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 2012) * July 2 ** Fred Beaver, Muscogee Creek-Seminole painter and muralist (d. 1980) ** Diego Fabbri, Italian playwright (d. 1980) ** Dorothy M. Horstmann, American epidemiologist, virologist and pediatrician (d. 2001) ** Reg Parnell, British racing driver and manager (d. 1964) * July 3 ** Herbert E. Grier, American electrical engineer (d. 1999) ** Joe Hardstaff Jr, English cricketer (d. 1990) * July 4 ** Mitch Miller, American singer, television personality (d. 2010) ** Elizabeth Peratrovich, American civil rights activist (d. 1958) ** Frederick Seitz, American scientist (d. 2008) * July 5 ** Costantino Nivola, Italian sculptor (d. 1988) ** Giorgio Borġ Olivier, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1980) ** Georges Pompidou, President of France (d. 1974) * July 6 ** LaVerne Andrews, American singer (d. 1967) ** Annibale Frossi, Italian football player, manager (d. 1999) ** June Gale, American actress (d. 1996) * July 7 ** Hubert de Bèsche, Swedish fencer (d. 1997) ** Gretchen Franklin, English actress, dancer (d. 2005) ** Shunpei Hashioka, Japanese-Chinese boxer (d. 1978) ** Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born American composer (d. 2007) ** Joan Perry, American film actress, model and singer (d. 1996) * July 8 ** John Ball (novelist), John Dudley Ball Jr., American novelist (d. 1988) ** Vicente Gómez (composer), Vincente Gomez, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 2001) ** Fred Kohler Jr., American actor (d. 1993) * July 9 ** Aleksandrs Laime, Latvian-born explorer (d. 1994) ** Mervyn Peake, British writer, illustrator (d. 1968) ** Svetislav Valjarević, Serbian Yugoslav international football player (d. 1996) ** John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (d. 2008) * July 10 – Amalia Solórzano, First Lady of Mexico (d. 2008) * July 11 ** Hyacinth Gabriel Connon, American-Filipino De La Salle Brothers, Lasallian Brother, president of De La Salle University in Manila (1950–1959 and 1966–1978) (d. 1978) ** Olive Cotton, Australian photographer (d. 2003) * July 14 – William Norris (CEO), William Norris, American business executive (d. 2006) * July 15 ** Max Seela, German lieutenant colonel in the Waffen-SS (d. 1999) ** Hans von Luck, German Nazi Wehrmacht officer (d. 1997) ** Paul Zoll, American cardiologist (d. 1999) * July 16 ** Ginger Rogers, American actress, dancer (d. 1995) ** Gabriele Wülker, German social scientist, civil servant (d. 2001) * July 17 – Yang Jiang, Chinese playwright, author and translator (d. 2016) * July 18 ** Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (d. 2003) ** Arch MacDonald, American broadcast journalist, television pioneer (d. 1985) * July 19 – Ben Eastman, American middle-distance runner (d. 2002) * July 21 – Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. 1980) * July 22 – José María Lemus, 33rd President of El Salvador (d. 1993) * July 26 – Jerry Burke, American musician (d. 1965) * July 28 – Ann Doran, American actress (d. 2000) * July 29 – Ján Cikker, Slovak composer (d. 1989) * July 31 – George Liberace, American musician (d. 1983)


August

* August 2 – Rusty Wescoatt, American actor (d. 1987) * August 3 – Manuel Esperón, Mexican musician, composer (d. 2011) * August 5 – Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969) * August 6 ** Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and co-owner of Desilu Productions (d. 1989) ** Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (d. 2014) ** Constance Fecher Heaven, British romance writer (d. 1995) * August 7 – Nicholas Ray, American director (d. 1979) * August 8 – Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002) * August 9 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) * August 10 ** Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer (d. 2011) ** A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (d. 1993) * August 11 ** William H. Avery (politician), William H. Avery, American politician (d. 2009) ** Thanom Kittikachorn, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004) * August 12 – Cantinflas, Mexican actor (d. 1993) * August 13 – Roy Pinney, American herpetologist, photographer, war correspondent and writer (d. 2010) * August 15 – Anthony Salerno, American gangster (d. 1992) * August 17 ** Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (d. 1995) ** Martin Sandberger, German military officer (d. 2010) * August 18 – Amelia Boynton Robinson, African-American civil rights activist (d. 2015) * August 23 ** Betty Robinson, American Olympic athlete (d. 1999) ** Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (d. 1998) * August 25 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, General of the Vietnam People's Army (d. 2013) * August 29 – John Charnley, English orthopaedic surgeon, pioneer of hip replacement operation (d. 1982) * August 31 – Ramón Vinay, Chilean operatic tenor (d. 1996)


September

* September 1 – Kōmei Abe, Japanese composer (d. 2006) * September 2 – Romare Bearden, American artist (d. 1988) * September 6 – Harry Danning, American baseball player (d. 2004) * September 7 – Todor Zhivkov, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1998) * September 8 – Byron Morrow, American actor (d. 2006) * September 9 ** Paul Goodman, American author (d. 1972) ** John Gorton, Sir John Gorton, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2002) * September 10 ** Nelly Omar, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2013) ** Renée Simonot, French actress (d. 2021) * September 13 – Bill Monroe, American musician (d. 1996) * September 15 – Joseph Pevney, American director (d. 2008) * September 19 – William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993) * September 24 ** Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1985) ** Ed Kretz, American motorcycle racer (d. 1996) * September 25 – Eric Williams, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981) * September 27 – John Harvey (actor), John Harvey, American actor (d. 1982) * September 29 – Charles Court, Australian politician (d. 2007) * September 30 ** Bernd von Brauchitsch, German air force officer (d. 1974) ** Ruth Gruber, American journalist and writer (d. 2016)


October

* October 3 – Edgar Sanabria, Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat and politician, Interim President of Venezuela (d. 1989) * October 4 – Mary Two-Axe Earley, Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (d. 1996) * October 5 **Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist (d. 2011) **Brian O'Nolan, Irish humorist (d. 1966) * October 9 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006) * October 10 – Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (d. 2017) * October 12 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (d. 1987) * October 13 ** Tadeusz Chyliński, Polish designer and constructor (d. 1978) ** Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001) * October 14 – Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1990) * October 15 – James H. Schmitz, German-born American science fiction writer (d. 1981) * October 21 ** Dick Harris (Australian rules footballer), Dick Harris, Australian rules footballer (d. 1993) ** William A. Mitchell, American food chemist, inventor (d. 2004) * October 26 ** Sid Gillman, American football coach (d. 2003) ** Mahalia Jackson, African-American Gospel music, gospel singer (d. 1972) * October 27 – Leif Erickson (actor), Leif Erickson, American actor (d. 1986) * October 30 ** Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005) ** Eileen Whelan, British cricketer (d. 2021)


November

* November 1 ** Henri Troyat, French writer (d. 2007) ** Sidney Wood, American tennis player (d. 2009) * November 2 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) * November 5 – Roy Rogers, American singer, actor (d. 1998) * November 7 ** Yolande Beekman, French-born World War II heroine (d. 1944) ** Ángeles Santos Torroella, Spanish painter (d. 2013) * November 12 ** Yehoshua Rabinovitz, Israeli politician (d. 1979) ** Chad Varah, British priest and humanitarian (d. 2007) * November 13 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player, manager (d. 2006) * November 15 – Kay Walsh, British actress (d. 2005) * November 24 – Erik Bergman, Finnish composer (d. 2006) * November 25 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984) * November 26 – Robert Marchand (cyclist), Robert Marchand, French cyclist (d. 2021) * November 27 ** David Merrick, American theater producer (d. 2000) ** Fe del Mundo, Filipino paediatrician (d. 2011) * November 28 – Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (d. 1973) * November 30 – Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)


December

* December 1 – Walter Alston, American baseball player, manager (d. 1984) * December 3 – Nino Rota, Italian composer (d. 1979) * December 5 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist, memoirist (d. 2000) * December 8 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976) * December 9 – Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986) * December 10 – Chet Huntley, American television reporter (d. 1974) * December 11 ** Val Guest, British film director (d. 2006) ** Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) ** Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (d. 2009) * December 13 ** Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) ** Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (d. 1972) * December 14 ** Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish athlete, Resistance member (d. 1943) ** Spike Jones, American musician (d. 1965) ** Hans von Ohain, German physicist, designer of the first operational jet engine (d. 1998) * December 15 – Stan Kenton, American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (d. 1979) * December 17 – André Claveau, French singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1958 winner (d. 2003) * December 18 – Jules Dassin, American director (d. 2008) * December 20 – Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009) * December 21 – Josh Gibson, African-American baseball player (d. 1947) * December 23 – Niels Kaj Jerne, English-born immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) * December 25 – Louise Bourgeois, French-born American artist (d. 2010) * December 26 ** Steve Kordek, American pinball innovator (d. 2012) ** Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu of Japan (d. 2004) * December 27 ** Abdul Halim (Indonesia), Abdul Halim, Indonesian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Indonesia (d. 1987) ** Anna Russell, British comedian and singer (d. 2006) * December 28 – Sam Levenson, American humorist and author (d. 1980) * December 29 – Klaus Fuchs, German theoretical physicist, spy (d. 1988)


Deaths


January

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January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
 – John I. Curtin, American general (b. 1837) *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
** 'Abd al-Ahad Khan, Emir of Bukhara (b. 1859) ** Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek poet (b. 1851) * January 4 ** Stefano Bruzzi, Italian painter (b. 1835) ** Francesco Segna, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1836) *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
** Walter Beatty, Canadian political figure (b. 1836) ** Marcelina Darowska, Polish Roman Catholic nun, saint (b. 1827) * January 6 – Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet, English civil engineer (b. 1833) * January 8 – Pietro Gori, Italian lawyer, journalist and poet (b. 1865) * January 12 – Georg Jellinek, Austrian legal philosopher (b. 1851) * January 13 – Władysław Czachórski, Polish painter (b. 1850) * January 15 – Carolina Coronado, Spanish poet (b. 1820) * January 17 – Sir Francis Galton, British explorer, biologist (b. 1822) * January 23 – Edmund Beswick, English rugby football player (b. 1858)


February

* February 1 – Charles Stillman Sperry, American admiral (b. 1847) * February 2 – Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria (b. 1852) * February 4 – Piet Cronjé, Boer general (b. 1836) * February 8 – Joaquín Costa, Spanish politician, lawyer, economist and historian (b. 1846) * February 10 – Gustavo Maria Bruni, Italian childhood Roman Catholic servant of God (b. 1903) * February 14 – David Boyle (archaeologist), David Boyle, Canadian archaeologist (b. 1842) * February 15 ** Theodor Escherich, German-born Austrian pediatrician (b. 1857) ** Pavel Grigorievich Dukmasov, Russian general (b. 1838) * February 16 – Alice Morse Earle, American historian (b. 1851) *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. * 1268 &ndas ...
 – Buttons Briggs, American baseball player (b. 1875) * February 21 – Isidre Nonell, Spanish painter (b. 1873) * February 23 ** Richard Henry Beddome, British military officer, naturalist (b. 1830) ** Giuditta Vannini, Italian Roman Catholic religious professed, blessed (b. 1859) * February 25 – Fritz von Uhde, German painter (b. 1848)


March

* March 1 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) * March 6 ** Mary Anne Barker, English author (b. 1831) ** Thierry, Count of Limburg Stirum, Belgian historian (b. 1827) * March 11 – Théotime Blanchard, Canadian farmer, teacher, merchant and politician (b. 1844) * March 18 ** Richard Chaffey Baker, Richard Baker, Australian politician (b. 1842) ** Anna Brackett, American feminist, educator (b. 1836) * March 21 – Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi, Indian Islamic scholar (b. 1857) * March 22 – William Collins (bishop), William Collins, British Anglican bishop (b. 1867) * March 24 ** Rodolphe-Madeleine Cleophas Dareste de La Chavanne, French jurist (b. 1824) ** Dragan Tsankov, Bulgarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1828) * March 27 – Margarita Savitskaya, Russian actress (b. 1868) * March 28 – Samuel Franklin Emmons, American geologist (b. 1841) * March 30 ** Pellegrino Artusi, Italian businessman (b. 1820) ** Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist (b. 1842)


April

* April 5 – Charles Frederic Moberly Bell, British journalist and newspaper editor (b. 1847) * April 9 – Manuel Aguirre de Tejada, Spanish politician and lawyer (b. 1827) * April 10 – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian artist and composer (b. 1875) * April 12 – James Mathers (missionary), James Mathers, Irish missionary (b. 1854) * April 14 ** Addie Joss, American baseball player, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member (b. 1880) ** Denman Thompson, American actor, playwright (b. 1833) * April 25 – Emilio Salgari, Italian writer (b. 1862) * April 26 – Pedro Paterno, Filipino politician (b. 1857) * April 29 – Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1846)


May

* May 6 – Robert Alden, American author (b. 1836) * May 9 – Thomas Wentworth Higginson, American Unitarian minister and abolitionist (b. 1823) * May 16 – Gheorghe Manu, 17th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1833) * May 18 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. 1860) * May 21 – Williamina Fleming, Scottish astronomer (b. 1857) * May 23 – John Douglas (English architect), John Douglas, English architect (b. 1830) *
May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...
 – Dezső Bánffy, 12th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1843) * May 25 ** Vasily Klyuchevsky, Russian historian (b. 1841) ** William Ridley (bishop), William Ridley, British missionary (b. 1836) * May 27 – Thursday October Christian II, Pitcairn Islands leader (b. 1820) * May 29 ** Benjamin Broomhall, British advocate (b. 1829) ** Daniel W. Burke, American soldier (b. 1841) ** Stephanus Jacobus du Toit, South African nationalist, theologian, journalist and politician (b. 1847) ** W. S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836) *
May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
 – Milton Bradley, American businessman and board game pioneer (b. 1836)


June

* June 1 – Claudio Brindis de Salas Garrido, Cuban violinist (b. 1852) * June 2 – Axel Olof Freudenthal, Finnish philologist, politician (b. 1836) * June 5 – Édouard Bague, French aviator (b. 1879) * June 7 ** William Gordon (bishop of Leeds), William Gordon, British Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1831) ** Maurice Rouvier, French statesman, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842) * June 9 – Carrie Nation, American temperance activist (b. 1846) * June 16 – Joshua H. Berkey, American publisher, minister and political activist (b. 1852) * June 20 – Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, linguist and public figure (b. 1840) *
June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
 – Cecrope Barilli, Italian painter (b. 1839) * June 25 – Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (b. 1843) * June 26 – Lucy Hughes Brown, American physician (b. 1863)


July

* July 2 ** José Dias Correia de Carvalho, Portuguese Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1830) ** Mary M. Cohen, American social economist (b. 1854) ** Clement A. Evans, American Confederate general (b. 1833) * July 5 ** Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen consort of Portugal (b. 1847) ** George Johnstone Stoney, Irish physicist (b. 1826) * July 6 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (b. 1830) * July 8 – Henry Perrine Baldwin, American businessman (b. 1842) * July 11 – Laura Jacinta Rittenhouse, American temperance activist and juvenile literature author (b. 1841) * July 14 – Ignaz von Peczely, Hungarian scientist, physician and homeopath (b. 1826) * July 15 ** Carlo Ademollo, Italian painter (b. 1824) ** Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1832) * July 16 – August Harambašić, Croatian writer (b. 1861) * July 17 – Rufino José Cuervo, Colombian linguist, philologist and writer (b. 1844) * July 19 – Manuel Iradier, Spanish explorer and Africanist (b. 1854) * July 20 – Caleb Cook Baldwin, American Presbyterian missionary (b. 1820) * July 25 ** Edmund Bogdanowicz, Polish poet, writer and journalist (b. 1857) ** Carmen Salles y Barangueras, Spanish Roman Catholic religious professed and saint (b. 1848) * July 26 – José Alves de Cerqueira César, Brazilian politician (b. 1835)


August

* August 1 ** Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter (b. 1852) ** Konrad Duden, German philologist (b. 1829) * August 6 – Florentino Ameghino, Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1853) * August 7 ** Elizabeth Akers Allen, American poet and journalist (b. 1832) ** José Rafael Balmaceda, Chilean politician, diplomat (b. 1850) * August 11 ** Isabela de Rosis, Italian Roman Catholic religious sister, servant of God and Venerable (b. 1842) ** Albert Ladenburg, German chemist (b. 1842) * August 12 – Jules Brunet, French military leader (b. 1838) * August 14 – Henry Rathbone, Union Army officer and diplomat (b. 1837) * August 15 – William R. Badger, American pioneer aviator (b. 1886) * August 16 – Patrick Francis Moran, Australian cardinal, Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Sydney, Archbishop of Sydney (b. 1830) * August 17 – Petro Nini Luarasi, Albanian activist (b. 1854) * August 29 – Mahbub Ali Khan of Hyderabad (b. 1886) * August 31 – Benjamin Grierson, American Civil War general (b. 1826)


September

* September 4 – John Francon Williams, Welsh-born journalist, writer, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854) * September 7 – Friedrich Breitfuss, Russian philatelist (b. 1851) * September 12 – William Alexander (bishop), William Alexander, Irish Anglican bishop, Primate of All Ireland (b. 1824) * September 15 – Joel Benton, American writer, poet and lecturer (b. 1832) * September 16 – Edward Whymper, British explorer, mountaineer (b. 1840) * September 18 – Pyotr Stolypin, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (assassinated) (b. 1862) * September 20 – Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet, British diplomat (b. 1835) * September 23 – John Arthur Barry, British-born Australian journalist, author (b. 1850) * September 25 – Emma Helen Blair, American journalist, editor (b. 1851) * September 29 – Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, 3rd Governor-General of Australia (b. 1846) * September 30 – Herbert Hope Risley, Sir Herbert Risley, British ethnographer and colonial administrator (b. 1851)


October

* October – Blanche Atkinson, British novelist (b. 1847) * October 1 – Wilhelm Dilthey, German psychologist, sociologist and philosopher (b. 1833) * October 2 – Winfield Scott Schley, American admiral (b. 1839) * October 3 – Carolina Beatriz Ângelo, Portuguese physician (b. 1878) * October 5 – William Astley, Australian writer (b. 1855) * October 7 ** John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835) ** Elmer McCurdy, American outlaw (b. 1880) * October 8 – Lee Batchelor, Australian politician (b. 1865) * October 9 ** Cornelius Newton Bliss, American merchant, politician and collector (b. 1833) ** Antonio Borrero, 10th President of Ecuador (b. 1827) * October 11 ** Dimitar Agura, Bulgarian historian (b. 1849) ** Henry Broadhurst, British trade unionist, politician (b. 1840) ** Elena Arellano Chamorro, Nicaraguan pioneer educator (b. 1836) * October 13 – Miguel Malvar, Filipino general (b. 1865) * October 14 – John Marshall Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1833) * October 17 – José López Domínguez, Spanish military officer, politician and 24th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1829) * October 18 – Alfred Binet, French psychologist (b. 1857) * October 19 – Eugene Burton Ely, American aviation pioneer (b. 1886) * October 24 – Ida Lewis (lighthouse keeper), Ida Lewis, American lighthouse keeper (b. 1842) * October 27 – Arthur Lloyd (missionary), Arthur Lloyd, British Anglican missionary (b. 1852) * October 28 – Clement V. Rogers, Cherokee politician, father of Will Rogers (b. 1839) * October 29 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-born newspaper publisher, journalist (b. 1847)"Joseph Pulitzer Dies Here," ''Charleston [S.C.] News & Courier'', October 30, 1911, p. 1 * October 30 – Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness Herbert of Lea, English Catholic writer, translator, philanthropist and social figure (b. 1822) * October 31 – John Joseph Montgomery, American glider pioneer (b. 1858)


November

* November 2 – Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850) * November 3 – George Chrystal, British mathematician (b. 1851) * November 7 ** Constantin Budisteanu, Romanian soldier, politician (b. 1838) ** Nathaniel Bull, Australian politician (b. 1842) * November 8 – Oscar Bielaski, American baseball player (b. 1847) * November 9 – Howard Pyle, American artist and fiction writer (b. 1853) * November 10 – Christian Lundeberg, Swedish politician, 10th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1842) * November 11 – Josef Roman Lorenz, Austrian naturalist (b. 1825) * November 14 – Francis Buxton, British barrister and politician (b. 1847) * November 19 ** Billy Beaumont, English football player (b. 1883) ** Ramón Cáceres, 31st President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1866) * November 20 – Sophia Frances Anne Caulfeild, British needlework artist (b. 1824) * November 22 ** William George Aston, British consular official (b. 1841) ** John Sanford Barnes, American businessman (b. 1836) * November 23 ** James George Bell, American businessman, settler (b. 1831) ** Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (b. 1865) * November 25 – Paul Lafargue, French Marxist theorist, activist (b. 1842) * November 26 ** Komura Jutarō, Japanese statesman (b. 1855) ** Nikola Hristić, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1818) * November 28 – Preston Jacobus, American developer, businessman and politician (b. 1864) * November 29 – Stanley Calvert Clarke, British army officer, courtier


December

* December 1 – Vassily Maximov, Russian painter (b. 1844) * December 2 ** George Davidson (geographer), George Davidson, English-born American geodesist, astronomer, geographer, surveyor and engineer (b. 1825) ** Eugène Alphonse Dyer, Canadian merchant, farmer and political figure (b. 1838) * December 7 – Robert Maitland Brereton, English railway engineer (b. 1834) * December 9 – Blessed Bernard Mary of Jesus, Italian Roman Catholic priest, blessed (b. 1831) * December 10 – Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (b. 1817) * December 11 – Thomas Ball (artist), Thomas Ball, American sculptor, musician (b. 1819) * December 13 – Nikolay Beketov, Russian chemist (b. 1827) * December 19 – John Bigelow, American lawyer, statesman (b. 1817) * December 20 – Rose Eytinge, American actress (b. 1835) * December 21 ** Catharine H. T. Avery, American author and editor (b. 1844) ** Emilio Estrada Carmona, 18th President of Ecuador (b. 1855) * December 22 ** Mary Jane Coggeshall, American suffragist (b. 1836) ** Odilon Lannelongue, French surgeon (b. 1840) * December 24 – Hyacinth (Jacek) Gulski, American Roman Catholic priest (b. 1847) * December 25 – Arthur F. Griffith, American calculating prodigy (b. 1880)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Wilhelm Wien * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Marie Curie * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Allvar Gullstrand * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Maurice Maeterlinck * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Tobias Asser


References


Further reading


''New International year book: 1911'' comprehensive, global coverage online

''Britannica year-book, 1913'' (1913) covers 1911 and 1912, global coverage
* Gilbert, Martin. ''A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900-1933'' (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp 225–44. {{DEFAULTSORT:1911 1911,