WORLD HISTORY · 1911 日本語
Events of 1911Meiji 44 (Japan) · Year of the Pig
What happened in 1911?
In 1911, Japan signed a revised commerce and navigation treaty with the United States that restored its tariff autonomy, and it promulgated the Factory Act. Around the world, China's Xinhai Revolution began, and Roald Amundsen's expedition became the first to reach the South Pole.
- Kotoku Shusui and others executed in High Treason IncidentAsia
- Revised U.S.–Japan commerce and navigation treaty signedAsia
- Factory Act, Japan's first labor law, promulgatedAsia
- Hiram Bingham finds Machu PicchuLatin America
- Hiratsuka Raicho and others launch feminist journal SeitoAsia
- Italy declares war on the Ottoman EmpireEurope
- Xinhai Revolution begins in ChinaAsia
- Amundsen expedition first to reach South PoleOceania
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1911 at a glance
| Japanese era | Meiji 44 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Pig |
| Age of people born in 1911 | Turn 115 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 1910 (Meiji 43) ／ 1912 (Meiji 45 / Taisho 1) |
| Events | 64 |
| AP World History | Unit 7 (Global Conflict) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 7 |
Famous people born in 1911
Our birthday pages list 333 people born in 1911. Here are some of them.
- Ronald ReaganBorn February 6 · turns 115 this year · 40th president of the United States, a former Hollywood actor who also served a…
- Hank GreenbergBorn January 1 · turns 115 this year · Hall of Fame first baseman and slugger for the Detroit Tigers who won two Ameri…
- Vincent PriceBorn May 27 · turns 115 this year · American actor famous for his elegant, menacing roles in classic horror films s…
- Ginger RogersBorn July 16 · turns 115 this year · American actress and dancer famed for her ten film musicals with Fred Astaire a…
- Lucille BallBorn August 6 · turns 115 this year · American comedian and actress who starred in the classic sitcom I Love Lucy and…
- Mahalia JacksonBorn October 26 · turns 115 this year · American gospel singer known as the "Queen of Gospel," famed for her powerful v…
- Zenkō SuzukiBorn January 11 · turns 115 this year
- Audrey WurdemannBorn January 1 · turns 115 this year
- Basil DeardenBorn January 1 · turns 115 this year
- Roman TotenbergBorn January 1 · turns 115 this year
- Jean-Pierre AumontBorn January 5 · turns 115 this year
- Gypsy Rose LeeBorn January 8 · turns 115 this year
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- Binod Bihari ChowdhuryBorn January 10 · turns 115 this year
- Norman HeatleyBorn January 10 · turns 115 this year
- Nora HeysenBorn January 11 · turns 115 this year
- Tommy DuncanBorn January 11 · turns 115 this year
- Joh Bjelke-PetersenBorn January 13 · turns 115 this year
- Anatoly RybakovBorn January 14 · turns 115 this year
- Eduardo Frei MontalvaBorn January 16 · turns 115 this year
- Ivan BarrowBorn January 16 · turns 115 this year
- Roger LapébieBorn January 16 · turns 115 this year
- George StiglerBorn January 17 · turns 115 this year
- John S. McCain Jr.Born January 17 · turns 115 this year
- Danny KayeBorn January 18 · turns 115 this year
- José María ArguedasBorn January 18 · turns 115 this year
- Choor SinghBorn January 19 · turns 115 this year
- Dick GarrardBorn January 21 · turns 115 this year
- Lee Yoo-hyungBorn January 21 · turns 115 this year
- Bruno KreiskyBorn January 22 · turns 115 this year
- Norbert SchultzeBorn January 26 · turns 115 this year
- Polykarp KuschBorn January 26 · turns 115 this year
- Johan van HulstBorn January 28 · turns 115 this year
- Roy EldridgeBorn January 30 · turns 115 this year
- Jack PizzeyBorn February 2 · turns 115 this year
- Jehan AlainBorn February 3 · turns 115 this year
- Jussi BjörlingBorn February 5 · turns 115 this year
- Elizabeth BishopBorn February 8 · turns 115 this year
- Esa PakarinenBorn February 9 · turns 115 this year
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Events of 1911 (timeline · 64)
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A gun battle in the East End of London leaves two dead. It sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third-oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy 16 kilometres (10 miles) from Havana, Cuba.
The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
The Second Canton Uprising takes place in Guangzhou, Qing China, but is suppressed.
More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
The Uruguayan Regional Workers' Federation declares a general strike in solidarity with trolley workers in Montevideo.
At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
Germany dispatches the gunboat SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by president William Howard Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston.
Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California.
French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.
His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire, In this war , Italy gains Libya which ends Ottoman rule in North Africa .
An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution.
The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
The Italo-Turkish War sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.
Orville Wright remains in the air for nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
The Xinhai Revolution spreads to Guangzhou, where the Qing general Fengshan is assassinated by the Chinese Assassination Corps.
World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
The Doom Bar in Cornwall claims two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
"Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
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FAQ
What year was 1911 in the Japanese calendar?
1911 was Meiji 44 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1911?
1911 is the Year of the Pig.
How old is someone born in 1911?
They turn 115 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 1911?
In 1911, Japan signed a revised commerce and navigation treaty with the United States that restored its tariff autonomy, and it promulgated the Factory Act. Around the world, China's Xinhai Revolution began, and Roald Amundsen's expedition became the first to reach the South Pole.
Dates and events are based on Wikipedia and other references. Summaries and regions are written by the site editors.