1905 to 1915
Your Thirties
Under Construction
If you had been born in 1875, just as this the period covered by is course began, then you would have been in your thirties during this decade.
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course Decades of Biggest Change 1875 to 1945
Session 5 Topics
Topic 1 First Lord of the Admiralty
Topic 2 To the South Pole
Topic 3 The USA’s 1912 Election
Topic 4 How World War I Began
Topic 5 Early WWI Campaigns
Other Sessions
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Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Spain: Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain Control of Morocco |
| 1906 | Portsmouth: H.M.S. “Dreadnought” Launched |
| 1906 | China and Britain Agree to Reduction of Opium Production |
| 1907 | Washington, DC: President Theodore Roosevelt Bars Japanese from Immigrating to U.S. |
| 1907 | New York City: First Ziegfeld Follies |
| 1907 | San Francisco: Earthquake Kills 700; $400 Million Property Loss |
| 1907 | Brownsea Island, England: Baden-Powell Founds Boy Scouts |
| 1908 | Brussels: Leopold II Transfers the Congo to Belgium; Ends “Congo Horrors” |
| 1908 | Durban and Cape Town: Union of South Africa Established |
| 1908 | Beijing: Tzu-His, Dowager Empress of China Dies (b. 1834) |
| 1908 | Detroit: The Ford Motor Company Produces the First Model T |
| 1909 | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire: Young Turks Depose Sultan |
| 1909 | Pathe Studios, Paris: First Newsreels Produced |
| 1909 | : Robert E. Peary Reaches North Pole |
| 1910 | Tokyo: Japan Annexes Korea |
| 1910 | Beijing: China Abolishes Slavery |
| 1910 | South America: Tango (Dance) Emerges |
| 1910 | New York City: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Founded |
| 1911 | China: Revolution Ends Imperial Rule |
| 1911 | Libya: Italy Takes Tripoli from Ottoman Empire |
| 1911 | : Roald Amundsen Reaches the South Pole |
| 1912 | Zurich: Carl Jung Writes “The Theory of Psychoanalysis” |
| 1912 | North Atlantic: “Titanic” Collides With Iceberg, Sinks |
| 1912 | USA: Woodrow Wilson Wins Election; Republican Candidate Places Third |
| 1913 | USA: Income Tax Introduced Through the 16th. Amendment |
| 1913 | Los Angeles: Charlie Chapmen Begins Movie Career |
| 1913 | Lambarene, French Congo: Albert Schweitzer Opens His Hospital |
| 1913 | USA: Zippers (in use since 1891) Became Popular |
| 1914 | Europe: World War I Begins |
| 1914 | : Panama Canal Opened |
| 1914 | University of Cambridge: Bertrand Russell Writes “Our Knowledge of the External World” |
| 1915 | Hollywood: D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” Revolutionizes the Movie Industry |
| 1915 | New Orleans: Golden Years of Classic New Orleans Jazz Begins |
| 1915 | Berlin: Albert Einstein Postulates His “General Theory of Relativity” |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1048 | Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy | Ferdinand Gregorovius| |Joseph Darras |
| 1054 | Orthodox, Catholics Split | Henry F. Tozer| |Joseph Deharbe |
| 1066 | Battle of Hastings | Sir Edward Creasy |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |