Events in year of 1911
- 01-01South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
- 01-02Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000
- 01-03US postal savings bank inaugurated
- 01-05Portuguese expel Jesuits
- 01-05San Francisco has its 1st air meet
- 01-071st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, San Francisco
- 01-07Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam
- 01-101st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
- 01-10Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
- 01-13Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay
- 01-16Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
- 01-17Failed assassination attempt on Premier Briand in French Assembly
- 01-181st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
- 01-26Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego
- 01-28Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
- 01-301st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
- 01-31Congress names SF as Panama Canal opening celebration site
- 02-05Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam
- 02-061st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona
- 02-06Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople / Istanbul Turkey
- 02-08US helps overthrow President Miguel Devila of Honduras
- 02-171st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)
- 02-25Opera "Natoma, " premieres in Philadelphia
- 03-031st US federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens in Missouri
- 03-04Victor Berger (Wisc) becomes 1st socialist congressman in US
- 03-07US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
- 03-07Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker
- 03-13Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ont), 7-4
- 03-16Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4
- 03-18North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
People born in year of 1911
- 01-01Hank Greenberg: Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
- 01-03John Sturges: United States -- Director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)
- 01-06Eduardo Frei Montalva: President of Chile (1964-70)
- 01-06Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov: Actor (Telegram, Town People)
- 01-06Yannis Andreou Papaioannou: Composer
- 01-08Andrej Ocenas: Composer
- 01-08Butterfly McQueen [Thelma]: Tampa, Florida -- Actress (Gone With the Wind)
- 01-09Stafford William Somerfield: British newspaper editor
- 01-10Jan Boon [Tjalie Robinson]: Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong)
- 01-13Johannes Bjelke-Petersen: Premier (Queensland)
- 01-14George Amadee Tremblay: Composer
- 01-14Helmut Degen: Composer
- 01-15Cy Feuer: NYC, New York -- Broadway producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line)
- 01-15Wim Kan: Dutch cabaretier
- 01-16Gilbert Gadoffre: French Scholar
- 01-16Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean: HOF baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals)
- 01-17Hermann Pfrogner: Austria -- Musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus)
- 01-18Gabor Darvas: Composer
- 01-21Stanley William Reed: Cineaste
- 01-22Bruno Kreisky: Austria -- Bandleader / chancellor (1970-83)
- 01-22Roberto Garcia Morillo: Composer
- 01-23Dan Smith: Harmonica / gospel singer
- 01-24C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore: United States -- Sci-fi author (Judgment Night)
- 01-25Julia Frances Smith: Composer
- 01-26Norbert Schultze: Composer
- 01-26Polykarp Kusch: United States -- Nuclear physicist (Nobel 1955)
- 01-27Benay Venuta: San Francisco, California -- Actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister)
- 01-30Alexander George Ogston: Biochemist
- 01-30Roy Eldridge: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw)
- 01-31A G Ogston: President (Trinity College-Oxford)
People died in year of 1911
- 01-09Edwin Arthur Jones: Composer, dies at 57
- 01-15Wilhelm Berger: Composer, dies at 49
- 01-17Francis Galton: English scholar, dies at 88
- 01-24Carl Eilhardt: Composer, dies at 67
- 01-26Charles Wentworth Dilke: English Undersecretary of State, dies at 67
- 02-04Peter A "Piet" Cronje: South African Boer General, dies at about 75
- 02-11Albert von Rothschild: Baron / Austrian banker, dies at 66
- 02-20Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov: Composer, dies at 56
- 02-20Peter Nicolai von Wilm: Composer, dies at 76
- 03-07Antonio Fogazzarro: Italian writer / Poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
- 03-13Jacob M van Bemmelen: Dutch physicist / chemist, dies at 80
- 03-20Jean-Theodore Radoux: Composer, dies at 75
- 03-24Matthew Stanley Robison: President (Cardinals)
- 03-29Felix Alexandre Guilmant: Composer, dies at 74
- 04-10Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis: Composer, dies at 35
- 04-15Georg Knorr: German engineer
- 05-28Stephanus J du Toit: So Afr Theologist / journalist (Afr Bond)
- 05-29William Schwenck Gilbert: Engl writer (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74
- 06-09Carry Amelia Moore Nation: American temperance leader
- 06-14Johan Severin Svendsen: Composer, dies at 70
- 06-18Franjo Zaver Kuhac: Composer, dies at 76
- 07-02Felix Mottl: Composer, dies at 54
- 07-05George J Stoney: Irish physicist, dies at 85
- 07-25Filippo Capocci: Composer, dies at 71
- 08-01Konrad Duden: German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon)
- 08-10Carl Christian Lumbye: Composer, dies at 70
- 08-12Petrus H Hugenholtz: Dutch reformist vicar (Levenslicht), dies at 79
- 08-16Karl Munzinger: Composer, dies at 68
- 09-16Edward Whymper: English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn)
- 09-21Arab Pasha: "al-Misri" [Pasha Ahmad Arab), Egyptian minister
Events in year of 1912
- 01-01Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
- 01-03South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free
- 01-04Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr
- 01-051st National Hockey Association game (Victoria)
- 01-06New Mexico becomes 47th state
- 01-09US marines invade Honduras
- 01-10Caillaux government in France resigns
- 01-17Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen
- 01-18English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before
- 01-29Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts
- 02-02Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)
- 02-072nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig wins (11:40)
- 02-081st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Florida
- 02-09US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
- 02-12China adopts Gregorian calendar
- 02-141st US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton, Connecticut
- 02-14Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state
- 02-16VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
- 02-22J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph - 161.29 km/h
- 02-26Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03 / 01)
- 02-27Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway
- 03-01Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane
- 03-01Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, New York City
- 03-05Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die
- 03-07Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
- 03-111st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep
- 03-12Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane
- 03-12Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
- 03-12Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St, New York City
- 03-13Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games
People born in year of 1912
- 01-01Kim Philby: British spy / Soviet mole
- 01-01Victor Reuther: Wheeling, West Virginia -- Labor leader
- 01-02Andre Ameller: Composer
- 01-02Anna Lee: Ightham, England -- Actress (Scruples, Lila- General Hospital)
- 01-02Barbara Pentland: Winnipeg, Manitoba -- Composer
- 01-02Renato Guttuso: Italian painter (Flight from Etna, Crucifixion)
- 01-05Frank Pace, Jr.: US Secretary of Army (1950-53)
- 01-06Jacques Cesar Ellul: Writer
- 01-08Rudolf G Escher: Dutch composer (True Face of Peace)
- 01-09Ralph Tubbs: Architect
- 01-11Donald Barry: Houston, Texas -- Actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak)
- 01-11Roger Lewis: Aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am)
- 01-11Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe: Waco, Texas -- Pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
- 01-12Peter Pooley: Broadcaster
- 01-16Franz Tumler: Austria -- Author / Novelist (Cloak, Aufruf)
- 01-17Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov: Composer
- 01-18Charles Moeller: Belgian theologist (Humanism et saintete)
- 01-18William Sansom: English writer (Loving Eye)
- 01-19Francis David Charteris: Earl of Wemyss and March / Scottish landowner
- 01-19Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans: Dutch Social Democratic Party Chairman (1965-69)
- 01-19Leonid V Kantorovich: St. Petersburg, Russia -- Economist (Nobel)
- 01-20Christopher Casson: Irish actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita)
- 01-21Konrad Bloch: Germany -- Biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964)
- 01-23Ank van der Moer: Actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy)
- 01-25Lucius E Burch, Jr.: US lawyer / civil rights leader
- 01-26Cora Baird: NYC, New York -- Puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
- 01-28Jackson Pollock: Cody, Wyoming -- Expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)
- 01-28William "Bill" Henson: English diplomat (Prague 1939)
- 01-29Jacob "Jaap" Balk: Journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon)
- 01-30Barbara Tuchman: United States -- Historian / author (Pulitzer, Guns of August)
People died in year of 1912
- 01-03Felix Dahn: Writer, dies at 77
- 01-14Otto Liebmann: German philosopher (Kant & Epigones), dies at 71
- 01-16Georg Heym: Writer, dies at 24
- 01-29Hermann Bang: Writer, dies at 54
- 02-10Joseph Lister: 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic)
- 02-16Edgar Evans: British explorer (Antarctica)
- 02-17Aloys von Aerenthal: Foreign Minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57
- 02-17L Oates: British explorer (Antarctica)
- 03-29Robert F Scott: British pole explorer (Antarctica)
- 03-30Karl May: German writer (Winnetou / Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
- 04-12Clara Barton: Organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90
- 04-20Bram Stoker: Irish theater manager / writer (Dracula)
- 04-30Frantisek Kmoch: Composer
- 05-14August Strindberg: Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
- 05-14Frederik VIII C W K: King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
- 05-26Jan Blockx: Belgian opera Composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
- 05-30Wilbur Wright: US aviation pioneer
- 06-25Louis Antoine: Belgian miner / Sect Leader, dies at about 65
- 07-15Francisco Lazaro: Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21
- 07-25Lawrence Alma Tadema: Dutch / British painter, dies at 76
- 07-30Mutsuhito: 122nd Emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60
- 08-13Jules EF Massenet: French opera Composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70
- 08-19Alfonse Hasselmans: Composer, dies at 67
- 08-20William Booth: English Minister / founder (Leader des Heils)
- 08-22Pope Gregory IX
- 09-01Sam[uel E] van Beem: Actor (Dollar Princess), dies at 62
- 09-01Samuel Coleridge Taylor: African-British composer, dies at 37
- 09-30Mary Frances Allitsen: Composer, dies at 63
- 10-03Guido Papini: Composer, dies at 65
- 10-04Gen Zeledon: Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed
Events in year of 1913
- 01-01Post office begins parcel post deliveries
- 01-07William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum
- 01-08Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
- 01-111st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC)
- 01-11Bread and Roses Strike begins
- 01-16British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland
- 01-18Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy
- 01-21Aristide Briand forms French government
- 01-24Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
- 01-26Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
- 01-29Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates
- 01-30House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
- 02-02New York football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
- 02-0316th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
- 02-04Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
- 02-04National Institute of Arts & Letters founded
- 02-10Edward Sheldons "Romance, " premieres in New York City
- 02-151st avant-garde art show in America opens in New York City
- 02-16President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
- 02-171st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)
- 02-17New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to US public
- 02-18French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York City
- 02-191st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
- 02-19Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support
- 02-2516th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax
- 02-286.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)
- 03-011st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, North Dakota
- 03-01Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
- 03-03Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC
- 03-041st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed
People born in year of 1913
- 01-01Eliot Janeway: Financial writer (Economics of Chaos)
- 01-02Ernest Sidey: British air marshal
- 01-02Gardner Read: Evanston, Illinois -- Composer
- 01-02Juanita E Jackson Mitchell: US head (NAACP)
- 01-04Malietoa Tanumafili II: King of West-Samoa (1962- )
- 01-06Edward Gierek: Party leader (Polish CP)
- 01-06Tom Brown: NYC, New York -- Actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky)
- 01-07Francis De Wolff: England, United Kingdom -- Actor (From Russia With Love)
- 01-07Shirley Ross: Omaha, Nebraska -- Actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm)
- 01-09Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst: Vocal / piano
- 01-09Peter John Norton: Naval diplomat / artist
- 01-10Gustav Husak: President of Czechoslavakia (1975-89)
- 01-10Haywood Frank Henry: Sax player
- 01-13Jeff Morrow: NYC, New York -- Actor (Bart-Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising)
- 01-14Tillie Olsen: American writer (Tell Me a Riddle)
- 01-17Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten: Founder (Oostpriesterhulp)
- 01-18Danny Kaye: Brooklyn, New York -- UNICEF / comedian / actor (Danny Kaye Show)
- 01-19Phyllis Flowerdew: School Reading text author
- 01-22Verdina Shlonsky: Composer
- 01-24Mark Goodson: TV game-show proudcer (Goodson-Toddman)
- 01-24Norman Dello Joio [Dello Ioio]: NYC, New York -- Composer
- 01-26Jimmy Van Heusen: Songwriter (Love & Marriage)
- 01-26William Prince: Nichols, New York -- Actor (City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac)
- 01-27Milton Adolphus: Composer
- 01-27Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky: Composer
- 01-28Jan Masseus: Composer
- 01-28Oliver Chesterton: Chartered surveyor
- 01-30Percy Thrower: English radio host
- 01-31Don Hutson: NFL end (Packers)
- 01-31Hector Iglesias Villoud: Composer
People died in year of 1913
- 01-04Alfred von Schlieffen: Prussian General-field marshal, dies at 79
- 01-13Thomas P Krag: Norw Author / Novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44
- 01-17Carl Baermann: Composer, dies at 73
- 01-18Edmond R H Regout: Dutch industrialist / politician, dies at 49
- 01-19David Emlyn Evans: Composer, dies at 69
- 01-22Ferdinand van der Haeghen: Flemish librarian / bibliographer, dies at 82
- 01-24Gustav Luders: Composer, dies at 47
- 02-22Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure: Swiss linguist, dies at 55
- 02-22Francisco Indalecio Madero: Mex pres, assassinated in military coup at 39
- 02-22Suarez: Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup
- 02-26Felix Draeseke: Composer, dies at 77
- 02-27Adam Sedgwick: English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58
- 02-28Elephant seal: 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)
- 03-09Eberhard Nestle: German biblical scholar, dies at 61
- 03-10Harriet Tubman: Abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in New York
- 03-12Joseph Bayer: Composer, dies at 61
- 03-18George I: King of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67
- 03-19John Thomas: Composer, dies at 87
- 03-20Christian Barnekow: Composer, dies at 75
- 03-20Song Jiao-ren: Leader Chinese Guomindang-Party
- 03-31John Pierpont Morgan: US banker / CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75
- 04-06Jose Marraco y Ferrer: Composer, dies on 78th birthday
- 04-14Karl Hagenbeck: German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at 68
- 05-18Otto Reubke: Composer, dies at 70
- 05-28Lord Avebury [John Lubbock]: British banker / politician
- 06-03Josef Richard Rozkosny: Composer, dies at 79
- 06-04Emily Wilding Davidson: Suffragette, trampled to death by a horse
- 06-11Machmud Shevket Pasha: Turks grand vizier, murdered
- 06-21Stefan O Iosif: Romanian Poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37
- 06-24Frank Lynes: Composer, dies at 55