WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1911
Find out what all happened August to December 1911

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

French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum. (7. September 1911)

King George V and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India. (12. December 1911)

Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (11. November 1911)

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

Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India. (12. December 1911)

Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912. (29. December 1911)

After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. (5. November 1911)

First use of aircraft in war: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during the Turco-Italian War. (23. October 1911)

Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (24. December 1911)

Mongolia gains independence from the Qing Dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia. (29. December 1911)

The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain. (19. November 1911)

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

"Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. (27. December 1911)

The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship. (1. September 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)

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)

Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston (25. September 1911)

The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee. (21. August 1911)

The first dropping of a bomb from an aircraft in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War. (1. November 1911)