Explore 2221 historical events from 1910–1919.
Thomas John Thomson was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century. During his short career, he produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels and approximately 50 …
Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (born 1877)
Octave Lapize was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.
Octave Lapize, French cyclist (born 1887)
Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka was a Polish-German composer and teacher of music. He was the older brother of Xaver Scharwenka.
Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (born 1847)
Ignaz Stanislaus Sowinski was a Polish architect and journalist who was active in Galicia from the middle of the 1880s and until the outbreak of World War I.
Ignaz Sowinski, Galician architect (born 1858)
Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery o…
Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1841)
Francis Edward Ledwidge was a 20th-century Irish poet. From Slane, County Meath, and sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was later also known as a First World War w…
Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (born 1881)
Hedd Wyn was a Welsh-language poet who was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele during World War I. He was posthumously awarded the bard's chair at the 1917 Natio…
Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (born 1887)
Jaan Mahlapuu was an Estonian fighter pilot for the Imperial Russian Air Service in World War I. He is known for being the first ace of Estonian origin who flew over Riga where he …
Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (born 1894)
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius was a German mathematician, best known for his contributions to the theory of elliptic functions, differential equations, number theory, and to group theo…
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (born 1849)
Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning, DSC, of the British Royal Naval Air Service, was the first pilot to land an aircraft on a moving ship.
Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (born 1891)
Jaan Mahlapuu was an Estonian fighter pilot for the Imperial Russian Air Service in World War I. He is known for being the first ace of Estonian origin who flew over Riga where he …
Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian WW1 military pilot (born 1894
Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and expert on fermentation, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.
Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
Thomas J. Higgins was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who was a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Ba…
Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1831)
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist who synthesized indigo and developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds. He was ennobled in the Kingdom of Bavaria i…
Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1835)
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Several French army corps began a massive assault against the German-occupied Chemin des Dames ridge, south
Pope Benedict XV was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social, and h…
Pope Benedict XV (pictured) promulgated the Pio-Benedictine Code, the first official comprehensive codification of Latin
Alexander was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death on 25 October 1920.
Alexander (pictured) was crowned King of Greece, succeeding his father Constantine I, who had abdicated
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the gra…
The Imperial War Graves Commission was established by royal charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places o
The Leeds Convention was a socialist meeting in Leeds, England, held on 3 June 1917. It was organised by the British Socialist Party and Independent Labour Party in the wake of the…
A socialist convention in Leeds, United Kingdom, called for an end to the First World War and the establishment of Worke
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest
Nikola Pašić was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat. During his political career, which spanned almost five decades, he served five times as prime minister of Serbia an…
Serbian prime minister Nikola Pašić and Yugoslav Committee president Ante Trumbić signed the Corfu Declaration,…
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for Afr…
In New York City, the NAACP and church and community leaders organized a silent march of at least 8,000 people to…
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Eu…
First World War: The Battle of Passchendaele began near Ypres, Belgium, with the Allies aiming to force German troops…
Martyrs' Square, historically known as "Al Burj" or "Place des Cannons", is the historical central public square of Beirut, Lebanon.
Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha