WORLD HISTORY · 1910 日本語
Events of 1910Meiji 43 (Japan) · Year of the Dog
What happened in 1910?
In 1910 (Meiji 43 in Japan's calendar), the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty was signed, and Japan's first powered airplane flight succeeded at Yoyogi in Tokyo. Around the world, the Mexican Revolution began and the Union of South Africa was established.
- Japanese submarine No. 6 sinks during drillsAsia
- Halley's Comet approach sparks false rumorsWorld
- Miyashita Takichi and others arrested in Kotoku IncidentAsia
- Union of South Africa establishedAfrica
- Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty signedAsia
- Portuguese royal family flees into exile after revolutionEurope
- Mexican Revolution beginsLatin America
- Japan's first powered flight succeedsAsia
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1910 at a glance
| Japanese era | Meiji 43 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Dog |
| Age of people born in 1910 | Turn 116 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 1911 (Meiji 44) |
| Events | 47 |
| AP World History | Unit 7 (Global Conflict) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 7 |
Famous people born in 1910
Our birthday pages list 364 people born in 1910. Here are some of them.
- Akira KurosawaBorn March 23 · turns 116 this year · Japanese film director of Rashomon and Seven Samurai, the first Japanese filmma…
- Jacques CousteauBorn June 11 · turns 116 this year · French ocean explorer and filmmaker who co-invented the Aqua-Lung and brought u…
- Frank LoesserBorn June 29 · turns 116 this year · American songwriter and composer behind the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and Ho…
- Mother TeresaBorn August 26 · turns 116 this year · Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity to serve the poor and rece…
- Frenchy BordagarayBorn January 3 · turns 116 this year
- Jack LovelockBorn January 5 · turns 116 this year
- Kid ChocolateBorn January 6 · turns 116 this year
- Wright MorrisBorn January 6 · turns 116 this year
- Orval FaubusBorn January 7 · turns 116 this year
- Galina UlanovaBorn January 8 · turns 116 this year
- Jean MartinonBorn January 10 · turns 116 this year
- Arthur LambournBorn January 11 · turns 116 this year
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- Shane PaltridgeBorn January 11 · turns 116 this year
- Luise RainerBorn January 12 · turns 116 this year
- Patsy KellyBorn January 12 · turns 116 this year
- Yannis TsarouchisBorn January 13 · turns 116 this year
- Dizzy DeanBorn January 16 · turns 116 this year
- Kenneth E. BouldingBorn January 18 · turns 116 this year
- Joy AdamsonBorn January 20 · turns 116 this year
- Albert RoselliniBorn January 21 · turns 116 this year
- Hideo ShinojimaBorn January 21 · turns 116 this year
- Károly TakácsBorn January 21 · turns 116 this year
- Rosa KellnerBorn January 21 · turns 116 this year
- Django ReinhardtBorn January 23 · turns 116 this year
- Doris HaddockBorn January 24 · turns 116 this year
- Edgar V. SaksBorn January 25 · turns 116 this year
- Jean ImageBorn January 26 · turns 116 this year
- Edvard KardeljBorn January 27 · turns 116 this year
- John BannerBorn January 28 · turns 116 this year
- Chidambaram SubramaniamBorn January 30 · turns 116 this year
- Ngapoi Ngawang JigmeBorn February 1 · turns 116 this year
- Charles Philippe LeblondBorn February 5 · turns 116 this year
- Francisco VaralloBorn February 5 · turns 116 this year
- Carlos MarcelloBorn February 6 · turns 116 this year
- Irmgard KeunBorn February 6 · turns 116 this year
- Roman CzerniawskiBorn February 6 · turns 116 this year
- Jacques MonodBorn February 9 · turns 116 this year
- Dominique PireBorn February 10 · turns 116 this year
- William ShockleyBorn February 13 · turns 116 this year
- Irena SendlerBorn February 15 · turns 116 this year
Events of 1910 (timeline · 47)
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Captain David Beatty is promoted to rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 99 m (325 ft).
The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from water runway Étang le Barre, near Marseille.
SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
The two-day Slocum massacre commences in Texas, a race riot in which more than 100 African Americans are murdered.
Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2) and killing 87 people.
The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
In Washington, D.C., George Owen Squier demonstrated the first system to allow multiplexing of telephone transmissions, sending a message between two laboratories of the U.S. Signal Corps.
The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.
The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.
Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
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FAQ
What year was 1910 in the Japanese calendar?
1910 was Meiji 43 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1910?
1910 is the Year of the Dog.
How old is someone born in 1910?
They turn 116 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 1910?
In 1910 (Meiji 43 in Japan's calendar), the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty was signed, and Japan's first powered airplane flight succeeded at Yoyogi in Tokyo. Around the world, the Mexican Revolution began and the Union of South Africa was established.
Dates and events are based on Wikipedia and other references. Summaries and regions are written by the site editors.