page_title: April 1911
section_title: April 10, 1911 (Monday)
hierarchical_section_title: April 1911 / April 10, 1911 (Monday)
caption_attribution_description: Hubert Vos's painting of Prince Ching (Yikuang), oil on canvas, 61 x 52.7 cm, Capital Museum, Beijing
context_page_description: The following events occurred in April 1911:
context_section_description: By an imperial decree that followed pressure by Chinese petitioners seeking a constitutional government, an "Imperial Cabinet" of Ministers was created to replace the royal family's Grand Council, and Yikuang (Prince Qing) was named to the new office of Premier of China.  Though still dominated by the Manchu people, who occupied 8 of the 13 cabinet seats, room was made for four Chinese and one Mongol as ministers.
  The "twin paradox" was first proposed, by French physicist Paul Langevin --
  The steamer Iroquois capsized in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the rest of British Columbia, killing 20 people.  Eleven others were saved.
  Born: Maurice Schumann, French foreign minister 1969-73, in Paris (d. 1998)
  Died:
  Sam Loyd, 70, known as the "Puzzle King"
  Ras Bitwaddad Tesemma, Regent for the Emperor of Ethiopia since 1909
  Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall, 75, British historian
  Mikalojus Čiurlionis, 35, Lithuanian composer
caption: Premier Yikuang
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