1910s

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

Contents

1 Events and trends

1.1 Science
1.2 War, peace and politics
1.3 Culture, religion
1.4 Others

2 World leaders

Events and trends

Science

Einstein's theory of general relativity
Max von Laue discovers the diffraction of x-rays by crystals
Alfred Wegener puts forward his theory of continental drift

War, peace and politics

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary leads to World War I
October Revolution in Russia leads to the first Communist government; assassination of Emperor Nicholas II and the royal family
Romania is unified with Transylvania and Bessarabia
Easter Rising against the British in Ireland; eventually leads to Irish independence

Culture, religion

Radio programming becomes popular

Others

The ocean liner RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks on its maiden voyage

World leaders

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 (Germany)
Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (Germany)
King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
Pope Pius X
Emperor Nicholas II (Russia)
Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
King George V (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
President William Howard Taft (United States)
President Woodrow Wilson (United States)

Entertainers

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