1910s

The 1910s began on January 1, 1910 and ended on December 31, 1919. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''192st decade''' which began on January 1, 1911 and ended on December 31, 1920.

Events

Balkan Wars
Mexican Revolution
1911-12: The Republic of China overthrew the Qing Dynsty.
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

Lenin Giving a Speech to a Crowd in 1917

Prime Minister Andrew Fisher (Australia)
Prime Minister Joseph Cook (Australia)
Prime Minister Billy Hughes (Australia)
Emperor Franz Joseph I (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