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1910s facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s – 1910s – 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 1910s was the decade that started on January 1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919.
Contents
Events
- 1912: The ship RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and sinks on its first voyage.
- 1912: Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1914–1918: World War I 15,000,000 people die
- 1917: The October revolution in Russia. Communists get rid of the king (Tsar)
- 1918–1919: Influenza (the spanish flu) spreads through Europe killing 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 people.
World leaders
- Prime Minister Andrew Fisher (Australia)
- Prime Minister Joseph Cook (Australia)
- Prime Minister Billy Hughes (Australia)
- Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
- Emperor Karl (Austria-Hungary)
- Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden (Canada)
- Emperor Henry Pu Yi of the Qing Dynasty (China)
- Sun Yat-sen, President of the Republic of China
- Yuan Shikai, President of the Republic of China and briefly Emperor.
- Xu Shichang, President of the Republic of China
- Emperor Wilhelm II (German Empire)
- Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (German Empire)
- King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
- Pope Pius X
- Pope Benedict XV
- Sultan Vahidettin (Ottoman Empire)
- Ahmad Shah Qajar of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
- Emperor Nicholas II (Russia)
- Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
- King Alfonso XIII (Spain)
- Prime Minister José Canalejas (Spain)
- Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier (Spain)
- King George V (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister H. H. Asquith (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
- President William Howard Taft (United States)
- President Woodrow Wilson (United States)
Births
- 1911 – Ronald Reagan
- 1912 – Alan Turing
- 1912 – John Cage
- 1912 – Pope John Paul I
- 1913 – Richard Nixon
- 1913 – Gerald Ford
- 1914 – Richard Widmark
- 1916 – Gregory Peck
- 1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African prisoner of conscience and president
- 1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio host
- 1919 – Eva Perón
Deaths
- 1914 – Adlai E. Stevenson, American politician
- 1914 – John Philip Holland, early submarine designer
- 1919 – Emiliano Zapata