WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1912
Find out what all happened February to March 1912

Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. (25. February 1912)

Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911. (7. March 1912)

The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates. (12. February 1912)

Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. (1. March 1912)

Lawrence Oates, an ill member of Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition, left his tent to die, saying: "I am just going outside and may be some time." (16. March 1912)

The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. (12. March 1912)

Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. (5. March 1912)

Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. (14. February 1912)

In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned. (14. February 1912)

Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate. (30. March 1912)