Explore 1013 historical events from 1910–1919.
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ was a Turkish archeologist, librarian, writer, and supercentenarian who specialised in the study of Hittites and Sumerian civilization.
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Turkish archaeologist and academic (died 2024)
Charles William Post was an American businessman. He was the founder of what became Post Consumer Brands.
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Efraín Huerta Roma was a Mexican poet and journalist. Born and raised in the state of Guanajuato, he moved to Mexico City initially to start a career in art. Unable to enter the Ac…
Efraín Huerta, Mexican poet (died 1982)
George William Hill was an American astronomer and mathematician. Working independently and largely in isolation from the wider scientific community, he made major contributions to…
George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (born 1838)
Charles Sanders Peirce was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss…
Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician and philosopher (born 1839)
Ida Freund was the first woman to be a university chemistry lecturer in the United Kingdom. She is known for her influence on science teaching, particularly the teaching of women a…
Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (born 1863)
Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muck-raking" journalist, and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in…
Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (born 1849)
Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving was an English dramatist and actor, and the son of actor Henry Irving. He died along with his wife, Mabel Hackney, in the Empress of Ireland disaste…
Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (born 1871)
Sir Henry Seton-Karr was an English explorer, hunter and author and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906.
Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (born 1853)
Ödön Lechner was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vi…
Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (born 1845)
Adolphus Frederick V was reigning grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1904 to 1914.
Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1848)
Major Julien-Alexandre Félix was the director of manoeuvres in the French Military Aviation School, École militaire de Pau. He set the altitude record on August 5, 1911 in Étampes …
Julien Félix, French military officer and aviator (born 1869)
Adlai Ewing Stevenson I was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A mem…
Adlai Stevenson I, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (born 1835)
The Colorado National Guard consists of the Colorado Army National Guard and Colorado Air National Guard, forming the state of Colorado's component to the United States National Gu…
A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Mass
The Franck–Hertz experiment was the first electrical measurement to clearly show the quantum nature of atoms. It was presented on 24 April 1914, to the German Physical Society in a…
The Franck–Hertz experiment, the first electrical measurement to clearly demonstrate quantum mechanics, was presented to
The Protocol of Corfu, signed on 17 May 1914, was an agreement between the representatives of the Albanian Government and the Provisional Government of Northern Epirus, which offic…
Under the Protocol of Corfu, the Principality of Albania officially recognized Northern Epirus as an autonomous self-gov
RMS Aquitania was a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line from 1914 to 1950. She was designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland.…
RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City
A ball was held at Kenwood House, London, by Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia on 11 June 1914. The ball was held in honour of Michael's daughters Anastasia and Nadejda and…
Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social even
The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire, was a state that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early…
As part of the Ottoman Empire's policies of ethnic cleansing, Turkish irregulars began a six-day massacre in the predomi
The Woolworth Building is a 792-foot-tall (241 m) residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Designe…
The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers o…
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot
The Greek–Serbian Alliance of 1913 was signed at Thessaloniki on 1 June 1913, in the aftermath of the First Balkan War, when both countries wanted to preserve their gains in Macedo…
The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War
The Natives Land Act, 1913 was an Act of the Parliament of South Africa that was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land. It largely prohibited the sale of land from whites to …
Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented
Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 Indian silent film directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is often considered the first full-length Indian feature film. Raja Harishchandra feat…
Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film ind