Year 1911 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1911

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
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
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.