The revolution in
Haiti is suppressed after the leader, General Montreuil Guillaume, is captured by government troops and shot. General Millionard is executed two days later.[2]
February 17 – The first "quasi-official" airmail flight occurs, when Fred Wiseman carries three letters between
Petaluma and
Santa Rosa, California.
The first official air mail flight, second overall, takes place in British India from
Allahabad to
Naini when
Henri Pequet carries 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km.
A serious earthquake causes a landslide that creates
Lake Sarez in modern-day
Tajikistan.
April 22 – A passenger train from
Port Alfred to
Grahamstown, South Africa derails on the Blaauwkrantz Bridge, and plunges into the ravine 200 feet (61 metres) below, killing 31 and seriously injuring 23.[5][6]
April 27 –
Huanghuagang Uprising: In China, rebels take five villages in an attempt to create a power base to fight Imperial rule; those who die are remembered as "The 72 Martyrs" (the event is also called the "Second Guangzhou Uprising" and the "Yellow Flower Mound Revolt").
June 14 –
RMS Olympic departs Southampton, England, for her maiden voyage, with a first call at Cherbourg, France.
June 15 – RMS Olympic arrives in
Queenstown, Ireland, to discharge and take up passengers.
June 21 –
RMS Olympic arrives in New York at the end of her maiden voyage. She proceeds to her quarantine station off Staten Island, which she leaves at 7:45 a.m., and is saluted on her way up
New York Harbor by all kinds of craft as she steams to Pier 59 in the North River. With the assistance of twelve tugs, Olympic is safely moored at 10 a.m.
July 25 – Headington Football Club merge with Headington Quarry which created Headington United, who later renamed to current Football Association Club
Oxford United.
October 4 –
China adopts "
Cup of Solid Gold" as its first national anthem. However, it is never performed publicly and is replaced a few months later with a new composition.
October 26 – In American baseball, the
Philadelphia Athletics defeat the
New York Giants, 13–2, to win the
1911 World Series in 6 games. The game is tied 1–1 after three innings, but with four runs in the fourth, and seven runs in the seventh, the A's demolish the Giants. The most unusual play of the game is an
inside-the-park home run made by the A's Jack Barry, on a
bunt.
November 3 –
Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in the United States, in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 4 –
Morocco–Congo Treaty brings the Agadir Crisis to a close. This treaty leads Morocco to be split between France (as a protectorate) and Spain (as the colony of Spanish Sahara), with Germany forfeiting all claims to Morocco. In return, France gives Germany a portion of the French Congo (as Kamerun) and Germany cedes some of German Kamerun to France (as Chad).
^Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 80–83.
ISBN978-0-7153-5382-0.
^The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 24.
^Bennetts, Marc (March 5, 2009). Football Dynamo: Modern Russia and the People's Game. Virgin Books. p. 50.
ISBN978-0-753-51571-6.
^Siemens, William L. (1980). "Chronology: José María Arguedas". Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas. 14 (25–26): 12–15.
doi:
10.1080/08905768008594020 – via
Taylor & Francis.
^"Obituary: Emil Cioran". The Independent. October 23, 2011.
Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^Frisch, Max (1911–1991). In Suzanne M. Bourgoin and Paula K. Byers, Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
^Jolanta Hauser (2002). Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis: Zu Leben und Werk eines litauischen Komponisten und Malers (in German). Diplom.de. p. 14.
ISBN9783832450878.
^Fischer, Jens Malte; Translated by Stewart Spencer (April 2013).
Gustav Mahler. Yale University Press. p. 684.
ISBN978-0-300-19411-1.
Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
^Todd, Deborah; Angelo, Joseph (2003). A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy. New York: Facts of File. p. 118.
ISBN978-0-81604-639-3.
The revolution in
Haiti is suppressed after the leader, General Montreuil Guillaume, is captured by government troops and shot. General Millionard is executed two days later.[2]
February 17 – The first "quasi-official" airmail flight occurs, when Fred Wiseman carries three letters between
Petaluma and
Santa Rosa, California.
The first official air mail flight, second overall, takes place in British India from
Allahabad to
Naini when
Henri Pequet carries 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km.
A serious earthquake causes a landslide that creates
Lake Sarez in modern-day
Tajikistan.
April 22 – A passenger train from
Port Alfred to
Grahamstown, South Africa derails on the Blaauwkrantz Bridge, and plunges into the ravine 200 feet (61 metres) below, killing 31 and seriously injuring 23.[5][6]
April 27 –
Huanghuagang Uprising: In China, rebels take five villages in an attempt to create a power base to fight Imperial rule; those who die are remembered as "The 72 Martyrs" (the event is also called the "Second Guangzhou Uprising" and the "Yellow Flower Mound Revolt").
June 14 –
RMS Olympic departs Southampton, England, for her maiden voyage, with a first call at Cherbourg, France.
June 15 – RMS Olympic arrives in
Queenstown, Ireland, to discharge and take up passengers.
June 21 –
RMS Olympic arrives in New York at the end of her maiden voyage. She proceeds to her quarantine station off Staten Island, which she leaves at 7:45 a.m., and is saluted on her way up
New York Harbor by all kinds of craft as she steams to Pier 59 in the North River. With the assistance of twelve tugs, Olympic is safely moored at 10 a.m.
July 25 – Headington Football Club merge with Headington Quarry which created Headington United, who later renamed to current Football Association Club
Oxford United.
October 4 –
China adopts "
Cup of Solid Gold" as its first national anthem. However, it is never performed publicly and is replaced a few months later with a new composition.
October 26 – In American baseball, the
Philadelphia Athletics defeat the
New York Giants, 13–2, to win the
1911 World Series in 6 games. The game is tied 1–1 after three innings, but with four runs in the fourth, and seven runs in the seventh, the A's demolish the Giants. The most unusual play of the game is an
inside-the-park home run made by the A's Jack Barry, on a
bunt.
November 3 –
Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in the United States, in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 4 –
Morocco–Congo Treaty brings the Agadir Crisis to a close. This treaty leads Morocco to be split between France (as a protectorate) and Spain (as the colony of Spanish Sahara), with Germany forfeiting all claims to Morocco. In return, France gives Germany a portion of the French Congo (as Kamerun) and Germany cedes some of German Kamerun to France (as Chad).
^Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles. pp. 80–83.
ISBN978-0-7153-5382-0.
^The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 24.
^Bennetts, Marc (March 5, 2009). Football Dynamo: Modern Russia and the People's Game. Virgin Books. p. 50.
ISBN978-0-753-51571-6.
^Siemens, William L. (1980). "Chronology: José María Arguedas". Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas. 14 (25–26): 12–15.
doi:
10.1080/08905768008594020 – via
Taylor & Francis.
^"Obituary: Emil Cioran". The Independent. October 23, 2011.
Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
^Frisch, Max (1911–1991). In Suzanne M. Bourgoin and Paula K. Byers, Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
^Jolanta Hauser (2002). Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis: Zu Leben und Werk eines litauischen Komponisten und Malers (in German). Diplom.de. p. 14.
ISBN9783832450878.
^Fischer, Jens Malte; Translated by Stewart Spencer (April 2013).
Gustav Mahler. Yale University Press. p. 684.
ISBN978-0-300-19411-1.
Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
^Todd, Deborah; Angelo, Joseph (2003). A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy. New York: Facts of File. p. 118.
ISBN978-0-81604-639-3.