The year 1911 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1911 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.
World Events
Important Historical Events of the Year 1911 in World ⚡
Date | Incident/Event |
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03 january | A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroyed the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. |
19 march | Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. |
25 march | The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City killed more than 140 sweatshop workers, many of whom could not escape because the doors to the stairwell and exits had been locked. |
29 march | The M1911 single-action, semi-automatic pistol developed by American firearms designer John Browning became the standard-issue side arm in the United States Army. |
02 april | The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted the country's first national census. |
08 april | Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity. |
22 april | Tsinghua University , one of the leading universities in mainland China, was founded, funded by an unexpected surplus in indemnities paid by the Qing Dynasty to the United States as a result of the Boxer Rebellion. |
27 april | Following the resignation of William P. Frye, a compromise was reached in the United States Senate to rotate the office of the President pro tempore of the United States Senate. |
19 may | Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. |
21 may | Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionaryFrancisco Madero signed the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end tothe fighting between the forces of both men, and thus concluding theinitial phase of the Mexican Revolution. |
29 may | English dramatist W. S. Gilbert of the songwriting duo Gilbertand Sullivan died while saving a young woman from drowning in his lake. |
30 may | American race car driver Ray Harroun won the first running ofthe Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. |
31 may | The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic was launched. RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. The sinking resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers and crew, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. |
16 june | IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York. The International Business Machines Corporation (commonly referred to as IBM) is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. |
22 june | George V and Mary of Teck were crowned King and Queen of theUnited Kingdom at Westminster Abbey in London. |
01 july | The German gunboat Panther arrived in the Moroccan port ofAgadir, sparking the Agadir Crisis between Germany, Great Britain, andFrance. |
07 july | Four countries- Britain, Russia, Japan and USA signed a treaty on banning open water seal hunting. The treaty was known as North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911. It was the 1st treaty of world which was aimed to preserve environment and private. |
21 august | Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by amuseum employee and was not recovered until two years later. |
28 august | The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emergedfrom the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European Americansociety. |
14 september | Prime Minister of Russia Pyotr Stolypin was mortally shot atthe Kiev Opera House. |
24 september | His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, waswrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness. |
25 september | An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battle ship Liberté detonated the forward ammunition magazinesand destroyed the ship. |
10 october | The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, markingthe beginning of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishmentof the Republic of China. |
13 october | Prince Arthur, a son of Queen Victoria, became the only Governor General of Canada of royal descent. |
14 october | Prince Arthur, a son of Queen Victoria, became the only Governor General of Canada of royal descent. |
09 december | A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 minersdespite a well-organized rescue effort led by the United States Bureauof Mines. |
14 december | Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the firstpeople to reach the South Pole. |
27 december | Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India, was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. |
29 december | Sun Yat-sen was elected in Nanjing as the Provisional President Of the Republic of China. |
16 June | IBM company was founded in New York. Earlier it was named Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. |
22 June | Kink George V was made King of England. |
23 September | Earl Owington became the first Air Mail pilot. |
29 September | Italy declared war against the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). |
04 November | The agreement between France and Germany on the African countries of Morocco and Congo was signed. |
20 August | The first telegram sent from the US New York Times office reached the whole world. |
02 December | George V and Queen Mary became the first king and queen of Britain to visit India. Gateway of India was built in memory of his arrival (Bombay now Mumbai). |
12 December | The capital of India, Calcutta (now Kolkata) was replaced by Delhi. |
14 December | Norwegian explorer Roald Emondson became the first person to reach the South Pole. |
21 December | The first indigenous bank, Central Bank of India, was founded by Sorabji Pochkhanwala. |
27 December | Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time during the session of the Indian National Congress, Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
29 December | Sun Yat Sen was declared President of the new Republic of China. The general public and communist activists in China consider him the father of the Republic of China. |
31 December | Marie Curie received her second, Nobel Prize for Chemistry. |
30 January | The Canadian Naval Service was renamed the Royal Canadian Navy. |
06 February | The first old age home opened in Arizona, USA. |
18 February | The work of sending mail for the first time was done in India. The first official flight of Air Mail took place in Allahabad. 10 km In this flight of 6500 letters were taken to Naini. |
07 March | Famous Hindi writer Sachchidananda Hiranand Vatsyayan Agyeya was born in Uttar Pradesh. |
08 March | International Women's Day was celebrated for the first time in Europe. |
20 April | Famous flute player Pannalal Ghosh passed away. |
12 January | More than 250 people died due to an earthquake in Russia's city of Vienna. |
06 February | Pluto Powder Company explosion in Michigan killed 10 laborers. |
03 March | The us The Army built the first dental corps, with sixty dentists involved. |
03 April | Draft registration became compulsory for all boys aged 14 to 20 in New Zealand. |
06 May | The first international sanitation exhibition opened in Dresden and attracted five million visitors from the German city. |
21 June | The ship RMS Olympics completed its first transatlantic voyage to New York after traveling for 5 days, 16 hours and 42 minutes. |
02 July | The United States also closed its diplomatic relations with Colombia and closed the consulate there. |
30 August | Sir William Ramsay predicts that Britain's coal supply will end by 2086 |
09 September | 14 people died in a motorboat accident on a lake in Italy, Trasimene |
26 October | China's first civil code was introduced in the imperial court. |
08 November | The legislature of Anhui Province voted to secede from Imperial China. |
06 December | Western Union introduced discounted rates for its trans-Atlantic cable service between New York and London. |
India Events
Important Historical Events of the Year 1911 in India ⚡
Date | Incident/Event |
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30 may | American race car driver Ray Harroun won the first running ofthe Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. |
27 december | Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India, was first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. |
02 December | George V and Queen Mary became the first king and queen of Britain to visit India. Gateway of India was built in memory of his arrival (Bombay now Mumbai). |
12 December | The capital of India, Calcutta (now Kolkata) was replaced by Delhi. |
21 December | The first indigenous bank, Central Bank of India, was founded by Sorabji Pochkhanwala. |
27 December | Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time during the session of the Indian National Congress, Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
18 February | The work of sending mail for the first time was done in India. The first official flight of Air Mail took place in Allahabad. 10 km In this flight of 6500 letters were taken to Naini. |
Notable Birthday
Notable birthdays of the year 1911 😀
Day | Month | Name/Category/Country |
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08 | October | Ram Dass Katari / male / Indian Navy Admiral / India |
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