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next turn year 1911

events

September[edit] Main article: September 1911 September 20 – RMS Olympic collides with HMS Hawke, causing considerable damage to both ships.

September 25 – French battleship Liberté explodes at anchor in Toulon, France, killing around 300 on both the ship and the neighbouring area.

October[edit] Main article: October 1911 October 4 – China adopts "Cup of Solid Gold" as its first national anthem. However, it is never performed publicly and is replaced a few months later with a new composition.

October 7 – Liberal leader Karl Staaff returns as Prime Minister of Sweden, after an Riksdag election victory based on the promises of defence cuts and social reforms.

October 10 – The Wuchang Uprising starts the Xinhai Revolution, that leads to the founding of the Republic of China.

October 16 – Mexican Revolution: Felix Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Díaz, occupies the port of Veracruz, as a sign of rebellion against Madero.

October 26 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants, 13–2, to win the 1911 World Series in 6 games. The game is tied 1–1 after three innings, but with four runs in the fourth, and seven runs in the seventh, the A's demolish the Giants. The most unusual play of the game is an inside-the-park home run made by the A's Jack Barry, on a bunt. November[edit]

December 14: Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole.

Franz Marc, Blaues Pferd, 1911 Main article: November 1911

November 3 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market, in competition with the Ford Model T.

November 4 – The Treaty of Berlin brings the Agadir Crisis to a close. This treaty leads Morocco to be split between France (as a protectorate) and Spain (as the colony of Spanish Sahara), with Germany forfeiting all claims to Morocco. In return, France gives Germany a portion of the French Congo (as Kamerun) and Germany cedes some of German Kamerun to France (as Chad).

November 17 – Omega Psi Phi fraternity is founded on the campus of Howard University, in Washington, D.C. December[edit] Main article: December 1911 December 1 – Outer Mongolia, the forerunner of modern Mongolia, is declared independent from the Chinese Empire.

December 9 – A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee kills 84 miners, despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

December 12 – The Delhi Durbar is held, to mark the coronation of George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India, and the transfer of the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi.

December 14 – Roald Amundsen's expedition reaches the South Pole.

December 18 – The first exhibition, by Der Blaue Reiter group of painters, opens in Munich.

December 24 – Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

December 29 – Sun Yat-sen is elected Provisional President of the Republic of China.

other things: Bulgaria refuses the ottoman ultimatum

tensions within the habsburg empire skyrocket with Hungary declaring independence due to franz ferdinands attempt at reform