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1911 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1911th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 911th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1911, the ...
January 18 – Eugene Burton Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, marking the first time an aircraft lands on a ship. January 30 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first aeroplane rescue at sea, saving the life of John McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba.
1918 – Daylight saving time is first adopted; 1919 – Treaty of Versailles agreed to by victorious powers. 1919 – President Wilson has a massive stroke. First Lady Edith Wilson takes over in a "silent coup". 1919 – United States Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations; 1919 – 18th Amendment, establishing Prohibition
Current date and time, Republic of China calendar ... in mainland China covering the period between 1912 and 1949 ... to the ROC calendar, subtract 1911. For example ...
Early modern period – The chronological limits of this period are open to debate. It emerges from the Late Middle Ages (c. 1500), demarcated by historians as beginning with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, in forms such as the Italian Renaissance in the West, the Ming dynasty in the East, and the rise of the Aztecs in the New World.
See calendar and list of calendars for other groupings of years. See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang, Geologic time scale, Timeline of evolution, and Logarithmic timeline
October 10: 1911 Revolution, which overthrew the Qing dynasty of China, begins. November 3: Swiss race car driver and automotive engineer Louis Chevrolet co-founds the Chevrolet Motor Company in Detroit with his brother Arthur Chevrolet, William C. Durant and others. December 12: New Delhi becomes the capital of British India.
1911 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) / 1911 disestablishments in the United States (30 C, 4 P) 1911 establishments in the United States (56 C, 19 P) A.