WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1911
Find out what all happened January to April 1911

Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity. (8. April 1911)

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

Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. (18. January 1911)

The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place. (21. January 1911)

In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. (25. March 1911)

The first official flight with air mail 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. (18. February 1911)

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

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

The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census. (2. April 1911)

The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm. (29. March 1911)

The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba. (30. January 1911)

Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University. (5. January 1911)

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. (3. January 1911)

Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate. (27. April 1911)

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 (Skenderbeg). (6. April 1911)

International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. (8. March 1911)

Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. (26. January 1911)

Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control. (1. January 1911)

A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill. (2. January 1911)

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