1910s

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

• World War I
• The Russian Revolution
• Collapse of Hohenzollern, Wittelsbach, Hapsburg and Romanov thrones.
• The "Spanish Flu" Pandemic of deadly Influenza
• Large-scale migration from Europe to the United States, Canada, Australia, etc.
• Automobile becomes common possession of Middle Class in USA
• First commercially issued recordings of jazz music
• Irish Easter Rising (1916) & War of Independence (1919-21)
• Japanese annexation of Korea

World Leaders

• Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
• Emperor Karl (Austria-Hungary)
• Emperor Wilhelm II (Germany)
• Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (Germany)
• King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
• Pope Pius X
• Emperor Nicholas II (Russia)
• Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
• King George V (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
• President William Howard Taft (United States)
• President Woodrow Wilson (United States)

Entertainers

• Charlie Chaplin
• Al Jolson
• Mary Pickford
• Bert Williams