History in the 1910s

The following events occurred in the decade beginning in 1910. These are the events that shaped the world during the lives of your ancestors, both here in the United States and throughout the world. If you've ever wondered who your ancestors voted for, what their primary mode of transportation was, and how they received the news of their day — this may give you a clue.

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• 1/1910 - Residents of Paris, France suffer from extensive flooding
• 4/1910 - Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) dies at age 74 (30Nov1835 - 21Apr1910)
• 5/1910 - King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria, dies suddenly at the age of 68
• 5/1911 - Ray Harroun, national driving champion, wins the first Indianapolis 500
• 6/1911 - King George V crowned in ceremony at Westminster Abbey, London England
• 8/1911 - Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, is stolen from the Louvre
• 4/1912 - White Star Line, Titanic, sinks in North Atlantic on maiden voyage to America
• 7/1912 - Stockholm plays host to the 1912 Summer Olympic Games
• 10/1912 - Boston Red Sox win Baseball's World Series over the New York Giants
• 10/1913 - Henry Ford establishes first moving assembly line, revolutionizing auto manufacturing
• 1/1915 - Earthquake strikes central Italy, killing nearly 30,000 - Abruzzo is hardest hit Province
• 5/1915 - Lusitania shot by German torpedoes, sinks killing more than 120 Americans
• 3/1917 - Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne
• 4/1917 - U.S. enters 'the Great War' (later World War I)
• 11/1918 - Armistice signed by Germans, war ends on 11th hour of 11th day of 11th month

1790 • 1800 • 1810 • 1820 • 1830 • 1840 • 1850 • 1860
1870 • 1880 • 1890 • 1900 • 1910 • 1920 • 1930