Explore 747 historical events from 1910–1919.
Seán Mac Diarmada, also known as Seán MacDermott, was an Irish republican political activist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916,…
Seán Mac Diarmada, executed Irish rebel leader (born 1883)
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a Jewish author and playwright who wrote in Yiddish and lived in the Russian Empire and in the Un…
Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (born 1859)
Prince Boris Borisovich Golitsyn was a prominent Russian Empire physicist who invented the first electromagnetic seismograph in 1906. He was one of the founders of modern seismolog…
Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (born 1862)
Chen Qimei, courtesy name Yingshi (英士) was a Chinese revolutionary activist and key figure of the Green Gang, close political ally of Sun Yat-sen, and an early mentor of Chiang Kai…
Chen Qimei, Chinese revolutionary (born 1878)
Ivan Yakovych Franko PhD was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, ethnographer, and the author of the first …
Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (born 1856)
Irish republicanism is the political movement which advocates the establishment of an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encomp…
Irish republicans led by Patrick Pearse began the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, and proclaimed the Iris
Irish War News was a republican publication in Dublin during the Easter Rising. The first issue of Irish War News was published by the Gaelic Press on 25 April 1916, the second day…
The first issue of Irish War News was published in Ireland
Jesse Washington was a 17-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching. Wa…
Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Russian forces began their successful Brusilov offensive against the Central Powers
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 as a Royal Mail Ship. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her running mat…
RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic
The Beiyang government was the internationally recognized government of the Republic of China between 1912 and 1928, based in Beijing. It was dominated by Yuan Shikai and the other…
The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Ch
The May 14 Revolt (1915) was a politico-military uprising led by Álvaro de Castro and General Sá Cardoso which started in Lisbon, Portugal, with the objective of taking power from …
The May 14 Revolt takes place in Lisbon, Portugal
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Se
HMS Princess Irene was a 5,394 GRT ocean liner which was built in 1914 by William Denny and Brothers Ltd, Dumbarton, Scotland for the Canadian Pacific Railway. She was requisitione…
HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives
Joseph Jacob Foss was a United States Marine Corps Major and a leading Marine fighter ace in World War II. He received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his role in air combat d…
Joe Foss, American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (died 2003)
Regina Tadevosi Ghazaryan was an Armenian painter and public figure. Known as a friend and benefactor of Yeghishe Charents, she is credited with saving many of the poet's manuscrip…
Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter (died 1999)
Helen Joy Davidman was an American poet and writer. Often referred to as a child prodigy, she earned a master's degree from Columbia University in English literature at age twenty …
Joy Davidman, Polish-Ukrainian American poet and author (died 1960)
The deportation of Armenian intellectuals is conventionally held to mark the beginning of the Armenian genocide. Leaders of the Armenian community in the Ottoman capital of Constan…
The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian,
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included …
World War I: Italy secretly signs the Treaty of London pledging to join the Allied Powers
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambin…
Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, t…
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: The SY Aurora breaks loose from its anchorage during a gale, beginning a 312-day or
Joseph Wolpe was a South African psychiatrist and one of the most influential figures in behavior therapy.
Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist and physician (died 1997)