WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1909
Find out what all happened February to July 1909

Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society. (23. March 1909)

The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner. (13. May 1909)

The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. (13. April 1909)

Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. (20. February 1909)

The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. (26. June 1909)

Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom) in 37 minutes. (25. July 1909)

Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina. (31. March 1909)

The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. (23. February 1909)

The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens. (30. March 1909)

New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. (12. February 1909)

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole. (6. April 1909)

Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London. (26. February 1909)

The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. (22. February 1909)

The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250. (15. February 1909)

The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act. (9. April 1909)

A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia. (14. April 1909)

Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. (2. June 1909)

Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. (15. June 1909)

By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates. (10. March 1909)

Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. (16. July 1909)