What happened in 1910

33 events　World 3, Japan 1, North America 6, Europe 13, USSR / Russia 1, Asia 3, Middle East 3, Latin America 2, Africa 1

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Highlights of 1910

Jan 22North AmericaCompletion of construction of New York City's Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, at the world's tallest building at this time, is celebrated.
Jun 3EuropeThe Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, led by Roald Amundsen on the steamer Fram, departs from Christiania (modern-day Oslo). No announcement until later in the year of Amundsen's intention to reach the South Pole.
Jun 25USSR / RussiaThe ballet The Firebird, the first major work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, commissioned by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, is premièred in Paris, bringing the composer international fame.
Aug 22WorldThe Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, by which the Empire of Japan formally annexes the Korean Empire, is signed (it becomes effectively void in 1945, which is formally recognised in 1965).
Oct 23AsiaVajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).
JapanHitachi, an electromechanics company, is founded as a mining machine repair factory in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

World3

May 6George V becomes King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
Aug 22The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, by which the Empire of Japan formally annexes the Korean Empire, is signed (it becomes effectively void in 1945, which is formally recognised in 1965).
OctApproximate date of origin of Manchurian plague, a form of pneumonic plague which by December is spreading through northeastern China, killing more than 40,000.

Japan1

Hitachi, an electromechanics company, is founded as a mining machine repair factory in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

North America6

Jan 22Completion of construction of New York City's Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, at the world's tallest building at this time, is celebrated.
Jan 31American-born medical practitioner Hawley Harvey Crippen poisons his wife, Cora, and buries her body in the cellar of their London home (probable date).
Mar 10Release of In Old California, the first film made in Hollywood, California, directed by D. W. Griffith.
Mar 18The first filmed version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes out. Considered to be the first horror movie, it stars actor Charles Ogle as the monster.
Jul 22A Wireless telegraph sent from the results in the identification, arrest and execution of murderer Dr. Crippen.
Aug 20The Great Fire of 1910 ("Big Blowup"), a wildfire that burns 4,700 square miles in the Inland Northwest of the United States, due to dry weather.

Europe13

Jan 21The Great Flood of Paris begins when the Seine overflows its banks.
Jun 2Charles Rolls became the first person to fly across the English Channel and back without stopping.
Jun 3The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, led by Roald Amundsen on the steamer Fram, departs from Christiania (modern-day Oslo). No announcement until later in the year of Amundsen's intention to reach the South Pole.
Jun 14Edinburgh Missionary Conference is held in Scotland, presided over by John Mott, launching the modern ecumenical movement and the modern missions movement.
Jun 15The British Antarctic Expedition, led by Robert Falcon Scott on the whaler Terra Nova, departs from Cardiff for the South Pole.
Jun 22DELAG Zeppelin dirigible Deutschland makes the first commercial passenger flight, from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany; the flight takes 9 hours.
Jul 12Charles Rolls becomes the first British aviation fatality when his French-built Wright aeroplane suffers a broken rudder at an altitude of and crashes during a contest at Bournemouth.
JulFirst Girl Guide troops registered in the United Kingdom, under the supervision of Agnes Baden-Powell.
Aug 28Montenegro is proclaimed an independent kingdom, under Nicholas I.
Oct 55 October 1910 revolution: The First Portuguese Republic is proclaimed in Lisbon; King Manuel II of Portugal flees to England.
Nov 18Black Friday: 300 suffragettes clash with police outside the Parliament of the United Kingdom over the failure of the Conciliation Bill.
Dec 10Giacomo Puccini's opera La fanciulla del West has its world première at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, conducted by Arturo Toscanini and starring Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn.
Dec 21Pretoria Pit disaster: a coal mine explosion at the Hulton Colliery Company of Westhoughton in Lancashire, England, kills 344 miners, with just one survivor.

USSR / Russia1

Jun 25The ballet The Firebird, the first major work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, commissioned by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, is premièred in Paris, bringing the composer international fame.

Asia3

Jan 8Treaty of Punakha: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan becomes a protectorate of the British Empire.
Feb 12Chinese expedition to Tibet: A force of 2,000 Chinese troops march into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet; the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso, is forced to flee to British India.
Oct 23Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).

Middle East3

Feb 20Boutros Ghali, the first native-born Prime Minister of Egypt, is assassinated in Cairo.
MarAlbanian revolt of 1910: An uprising against Ottoman rule breaks out in Albania.
Jul 24Ottoman forces capture the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.

Latin America2

Nov 20The Mexican Revolution begins, when Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz.
Nov 22Revolt of the Lash at Rio de Janeiro: Mutineers in the Brazilian Navy, led by João Cândido, seize control of the new dreadnought battleship Minas Geraes and other ships, whose guns are aimed at the city as the crews demand improvements in their conditions (which are conceded on November 26 by the Brazilian government).

Africa1

May 31The Union of South Africa is created.