Year
The world in 1911
In 1911 the atlas holds 415 states standing across 6 regions. 25 things began that year - Mongolia, South Pole and 1911 Revolution among them - and 10 ended; 74 people were born and 29 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1910s page, and to its century on the 20th century.
What began in 1911
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 4
- Mongolia · state · 1911 – present
- Bogd Khanate of Mongolia · state · 1911 – 1924
- Uryankhay Republic · state · 1911 – 1914
- List of factions in the Mexican Revolution · state · 1911
Wars and battles 8
- Italo-Turkish War · war · 1911 – 1912
- Rif War · war · 1911 – 1927
- Siege of Sidney Street · battle · 1911
- Battle of Tobruk · battle · 1911
- Battle of Preveza · battle · 1911
- Battle of Tripoli · battle · 1911
- Malissori uprising · battle · 1911
- Dominican Civil War · war · 1911 – 1912
Unrest and atrocity 4
- 1911 Revolution · unrest · 1911 – 1912
- Wuchang Uprising · unrest · 1911
- Railway Protection Movement · unrest · 1911
- Second Guangzhou Uprising · unrest · 1911
Natural disasters 2
- 1911 Sarez earthquake · disaster · 1911
- 1911 Kebin earthquake · disaster · 1911
Treaties 1
- Morocco–Congo Treaty · treaty · 1911
Works and ideas 6
- South Pole · discovery · 1911
- Cloud chamber · discovery · 1911
- Cellophane · discovery · 1911
- 719 Albert · discovery · 1911
- 712 Boliviana · discovery · 1911
- 720 Bohlinia · discovery · 1911
What ended in 1911
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 4
- Ottoman Tripolitania · state · 1864 – 1911
- Sultanate of Gowa · state · 1320 – 1911
- Riau-Lingga Sultanate · state · 1819 – 1911
- List of factions in the Mexican Revolution · state · 1911
Wars and battles 1
- Ottoman wars in Africa · war · 1516 – 1911
Unrest and atrocity 4
- Constitutionalization attempts in Iran · unrest · 1905 – 1911
- Monégasque Revolution · unrest · 1910 – 1911
- Persian Constitutional Revolution · unrest · 1905 – 1911
- Sokehs rebellion · unrest · 1910 – 1911
Famine and plague 1
- Manchurian plague · plague · 1910 – 1911
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1911 74
- Ronald Reagan · statesperson · 1911 – 2004
- Naguib Mahfouz · writer · 1911 – 2006
- Georges Pompidou · politician · 1911 – 1974
- Czesław Miłosz · diplomat · 1911 – 2004
- William Golding · poet · 1911 – 1993
- Konstantin Chernenko · politician · 1911 – 1985
- Tennessee Williams · poet · 1911 – 1983
- Marshall McLuhan · philosopher · 1911 – 1980
- Odysseas Elytis · poet · 1911 – 1996
- Võ Nguyên Giáp · statesperson · 1911 – 2013
- Emil Cioran · philosopher · 1911 – 1995
- Luis Walter Alvarez · inventor · 1911 – 1988
- Mikhail Botvinnik · engineer · 1911 – 1995
- Josef Mengele · physician · 1911 – 1979
- Hubert Humphrey · politician · 1911 – 1978
- Todor Zhivkov · statesperson · 1911 – 1998
and 58 more in the atlas.
Died in 1911 29
- Gustav Mahler · composer · 1860 – 1911
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff · engineer · 1852 – 1911
- Joseph Pulitzer · politician · 1847 – 1911
- Sister Nivedita · writer · 1867 – 1911
- Ahmed Urabi · politician · 1841 – 1911
- Hanna Barvinok · writer · 1828 – 1911
- Kōtoku Shūsui · writer · 1871 – 1911
- Quanah Parker · person · 1845 – 1911
- Jules Brunet · military officer · 1838 – 1911
- Mirza Ali-Akbar Sabir · poet · 1862 – 1911
- Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah · ruler · 1875 – 1911
- Ernst Brenner · politician · 1856 – 1911
- Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko · bishop · 1842 – 1911
- Pedro Paterno · politician · 1857 – 1911
- Kanno Sugako · writer · 1881 – 1911
- Piet Cronjé · politician · 1836 – 1911
and 13 more in the atlas.
Standing in 1911
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe93 states
- France · 481 – present · Armand Fallières, President of the French Republic since 1906
- Spain · 1516 – present · Alfonso XIII, Monarch of Spain since 1886
- Norway · 1905 – present · Haakon VII, Monarch of Norway since 1905
- Switzerland · 1848 – present · Eduard Müller, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1895 and Marc-Émile Ruchet, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1899
- Belgium · 1830 – present · Albert I of Belgium, King of the Belgians since 1909
- Portugal · 1910 – present · Manuel de Arriaga, President of Portugal since 1911
- Sweden · 900 – present · Gustaf V, Monarch of Sweden since 1907
- Denmark · 800 – present · Frederick VIII of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1906
- Luxembourg · 1815 – present
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Armand Fallières, French co-prince of Andorra since 1906 and Juan Benlloch i Vivó, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1907
and 83 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa50 states
- Morocco · 1549 – present
- Qatar · 1870 – present · Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar since 1878
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Mehmed V, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1909
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1889
- Qajar dynasty · 1785 – 1925 · Ahmad Shah Qajar, shah since 1909
- Italian Empire · 1882 – 1960 · Victor Emmanuel III, King (until 1946) since 1900
- Khanate of Khiva · 1511 – 1920
- French Algeria · 1832 – 1962
- Khedivate of Egypt · 1867 – 1914 · Abbas II of Egypt, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan since 1892
and 40 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa26 states
- Liberia · 1822 – present · Arthur Barclay, President of Liberia since 1904
- Belgian Congo · 1908 – 1960 · Albert I of Belgium, King since 1909
- Katanga Province · 1910 – 2015
- Union of South Africa · 1910 – 1961
- German East Africa · 1885 – 1919 · Wilhelm II, Emperor since 1888
- German South West Africa · 1884 – 1915
- Gold Coast · 1821 – 1957 · George V, Monarch since 1910
- Kamerun · 1884 – 1919
- British Somaliland · 1884 – 1960
- Buganda · 1420 – 1966 · Daudi Cwa II of Buganda, Kabaka of Buganda since 1897
and 16 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia154 states
- British Raj · 1858 – 1947 · George V, Emperor of India since 1910
- Kingdom of Mysore · 1399 – 1950 · Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Maharaja of Mysore since 1894
- Emirate of Bukhara · 1785 – 1920 · ʽAbd al-Ahad Khan, Amir since 1885 and Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan, Amir since 1911
- Hyderabad State · 1724 – 1948 · Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad, 1st Nizam of Hyderabad since 1869 and Asaf Jah VII of Hyderabad, 1st Nizam of Hyderabad since 1911
- Emirate of Afghanistan · 1823 – 1926 · Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan since 1901
- French India · 1668 – 1954
- Travancore · 1729 – 1949
- Kingdom of Nepal · 1768 – 2008 · Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, King of Nepal since 1881 and Tribhuvan of Nepal, King of Nepal since 1911
- Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) · 1846 – 1947 · Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, Raja since 1885
- Kingdom of Sikkim · 1642 – 1975 · Thutob Namgyal, Chogyal since 1874
and 144 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia46 states
- Mongolia · 1911 – present
- Brunei · 1368 – present · Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam since 1906
- Qing dynasty · 1616 – 1912 · Puyi, Emperor of China since 1908
- Empire of Japan · 1868 – 1947 · Emperor Meiji, Emperor of Japan since 1867
- Dutch East Indies · 1800 – 1949 · Alexander Idenburg, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies since 1909
- French Indochina · 1887 – 1954
- Korea under Japanese rule · 1910 – 1945 · Terauchi Masatake, Governor-General of Chōsen since 1910
- British Hong Kong · 1841 – 1997 · Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Governor of Hong Kong since 1907
- Nguyễn dynasty · 1802 – 1945 · Duy Tân, emperor since 1907
- British Malaya · 1826 – 1946
and 36 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania36 states
- United States · 1776 – present · William Howard Taft, President of the United States since 1909
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico since 1884 and Francisco I. Madero, President of Mexico since 1911
- Australia · 1901 – present
- Canada · 1867 – present · George V, monarch of Canada since 1910
- Brazil · 1889 – present · Hermes da Fonseca, President of Brazil since 1910
- Chile · 1810 – present · Ramón Barros Luco, President of Chile since 1910
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Roque Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina since 1910
- Colombia · 1810 – present
- New Zealand · 1841 – present
- Peru · 1822 – present · Augusto B. Leguía, President of Peru since 1908
and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown10 states
- Triple Alliance · 1882 – 1915
- Unfederated Malay States · 1826 – 1946
- Imamate of Futa Jallon · 1725 – 1912
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- Gaekwad dynasty · 1721 – 1947
- Mbunda Kingdom · 1700 – 1914 · Mwene Mbandu Kapova I of Mbunda, King since 1870
- Dar al Kuti · 1830 – 1912
- Al-Muntafiq · 1530 – 1918
- Kingdom of Orungu · 1700 – 1927
- Wahidi · 1800 – 1963
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1886 – 1936: every state, war and life of 1911 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1911: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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