What happened in 1911
32 entries recorded for 1911, listed by date. That was 115 years ago.
1911 at a glance
- Years ago
- 115 (as of 2026)
- Century
- 20th century
- Decade
- 1910s
- Generation born
- Greatest Generation
- Entries here
- 32
- Breakdown
- 32 historical events
January
- January 3
1911 Kebin earthquake
An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw destroyed Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
- January 3
Siege of Sidney Street
A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the operational involvement of Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary.
- January 14
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
- January 29
Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.
March
- March 19
Clara Zetkin
Established by Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, and others, International Women's Day was first observed.
- March 25
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City killed 146 sweatshop workers, many of whom could not escape because the doors to the stairwells and exits had been locked.
April
- April 2
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted the first national census of the country.
- April 8
Winsor McCay
American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.
- April 27
Second Guangzhou Uprising
The Second Canton Uprising took place but was suppressed in Guangzhou, China.
May
- May 3
Edith Maryon
Edith Maryon's statuette The Dance of Anitra (pictured), one of the few of her works known to survive in private hands, was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts.
- May 15
Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution: A force of Maderistas captured Torreón and proceeded to massacre 303 of the city's Chinese residents.
- May 21
Porfirio Díaz
Mexican president Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco I. Madero signed the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to end hostilities between each other's forces, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
- May 22
Uruguayan Regional Workers' Federation
The Uruguayan Regional Workers' Federation declared a general strike in solidarity with trolley workers in Montevideo.
- May 29
W. S. Gilbert
English dramatist W. S. Gilbert of the songwriting duo Gilbert and Sullivan died while saving a young woman from drowning in his lake.
June
- June 22
George V
King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
- June 28
Nakhla meteorite
The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.
July
- July 7
North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911
Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.
- July 28
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began with the departure of SY Aurora from London.
- July 29
Will P. Brady
In a case later termed a "legal lynching", Will P. Brady obtained a guilty verdict and death sentence against 15-year-old León Martínez Jr., five days after his arrest for killing a white woman.
August
- August 1
Harriet Quimby
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.
- August 21
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.
- August 29
Yana people
The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.
September
- September 1
Saline Valley salt tram
Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.
- September 24
HMA No. 1
His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, was wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
- September 25
Propellant
An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonated the forward ammunition magazines and destroyed the ship.
October
- October 10
1911 Revolution
The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.
- October 13
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Arthur, a son of Queen Victoria, became the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent, as well as the first Prince of Great Britain and Ireland to hold that position.
November
- November 12
Corozal (dredger)
The Corozal, the most powerful dredger built to that time, was launched in London for service in construction of the Panama Canal.
December
- December 9
Cross Mountain Mine disaster
A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 miners despite a well-organized rescue effort led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
- December 10
Calbraith Perry Rodgers
Calbraith Perry Rodgers completed the first transcontinental flight across the United States.
- December 14
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.
- December 21
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Moscow)
Moscow's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was consecrated.
Questions about 1911
What happened in 1911?
This site records 32 entries for 1911, including 1911 Kebin earthquake on January 3. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 1911?
115 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 1911 turns 115 this year.
Which century is 1911 in?
1911 falls in the 20th century, in the 1910s.
Which generation was born in 1911?
Greatest Generation (1901–1927). Grew up in the Depression and fought in the Second World War.
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