1910s

The 1910s began on January 1, 1910 and ended on December 31, 1919. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''192st decade''' which began on January 1, 1911 and ended on December 31, 1920. 

 Events 
 Balkan Wars
 Mexican Revolution
 1911-12: The Republic of China overthrew the Qing Dynsty.
 1912: The ship RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and sinks on its first voyage.
 1912: Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden.
 1914–1918: World War I 15,000,000 people die
 1917: The October revolution in Russia. Communists get rid of the king (Tsar)
 1918–1919: Influenza (the spanish flu) spreads through Europe killing 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 people.

 World leaders 
 Prime Minister Andrew Fisher (Australia)
 Prime Minister Joseph Cook (Australia)
 Prime Minister Billy Hughes (Australia)
 Emperor Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary)
 Emperor Karl (Austria-Hungary)
 Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden (Canada)
 Emperor Henry Pu Yi of the Qing Dynasty (China)
 Sun Yat-sen, President of the Republic of China
 Yuan Shikai, President of the Republic of China and briefly Emperor.
 Xu Shichang, President of the Republic of China
 Emperor Wilhelm II (German Empire)
 Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (German Empire)
 King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
 Pope Pius X
 Pope Benedict XV
 Sultan Vahidettin (Ottoman Empire)
 Ahmad Shah Qajar of Qajar dynasty (Persia)
 Emperor Nicholas II (Russia)
 Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
 King Alfonso XIII (Spain)
 Prime Minister José Canalejas (Spain)
 Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier (Spain)
 King George V (United Kingdom)
 Prime Minister H. H. Asquith (United Kingdom)
 Prime Minister David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
 President William Howard Taft (United States)
 President Woodrow Wilson (United States)

 Births 
 1911 – Ronald Reagan
 1912 – Alan Turing
 1912 – John Cage
 1912 – Pope John Paul I
 1913 – Richard Nixon
 1913 – Gerald Ford
 1914 – Richard Widmark
 1916 – Gregory Peck
 1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African prisoner of conscience and president
 1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio host
 1919 – Eva Perón

 Deaths 
 1914 – Adlai E. Stevenson, American politician
 1914 – John Philip Holland, early submarine designer
 1919 – Emiliano Zapata