WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1911
Find out what all happened January to October 1911

United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death. (14. August 1911)

Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku is hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice. (24. January 1911)

The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy. (30. January 1911)

The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees. (12. January 1911)

Germany despatched the gunship Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis. (1. July 1911)

Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded. (22. April 1911)

Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane. (26. January 1911)

Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". (24. July 1911)

Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. (29. August 1911)

Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. (14. January 1911)

The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic is launched. (31. May 1911)

The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China. (10. October 1911)

An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire (9. October 1911)

A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn. (16. June 1911)

The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution. (31. May 1911)

The Kowloon-Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton. (5. October 1911)

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor-General of Canada of royal descent. (13. October 1911)

Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House. (18. September 1911)

The Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded. (19. June 1911)

White Star Line's RMS Olympic collides with British warship HMS Hawke. (20. September 1911)

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