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1912

1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1912th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 912th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 20th…

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Defining events of 1912

  1. 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, UK, on her maiden and only voyage.

    British passenger liner that sank in 1912

    RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the 2,208 passengers and crew aboard, approximately 1,500 died, making the incident one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a single ship. Titanic, operated by White Star Line, carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from the British Isles, Scandinavia, and elsewhere in Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States and Canada.

  2. 1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.

    British passenger liner that sank in 1912

    RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the 2,208 passengers and crew aboard, approximately 1,500 died, making the incident one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a single ship. Titanic, operated by White Star Line, carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from the British Isles, Scandinavia, and elsewhere in Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States and Canada.

  3. 1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.

    British passenger liner that sank in 1912

    RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the 2,208 passengers and crew aboard, approximately 1,500 died, making the incident one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a single ship. Titanic, operated by White Star Line, carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from the British Isles, Scandinavia, and elsewhere in Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States and Canada.

  4. 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

    American aviation pioneer (1875–1912)

    Harriet Quimby was an American pioneering aviator, journalist, and film screenwriter. In 1911, she became the first woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license and in 1912 the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel. Although Quimby only flew for one year, and died at the age of 37 in a flying accident, she strongly influenced the role of women in aviation.

  5. 1912 Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.

    Russian state from 1721 to 1917

    The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy, spanning most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km2 (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history, behind only the British and Mongol empires. It also colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867.

  6. 1912 The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.

    British cruise line

    The Cunard Line is a British shipping company and an international cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation. Since 2011, Cunard and its four ships have been registered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

  7. 1912 The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
  8. 1912 The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking.
  9. 1912 A typhoon strikes China, killing at least 50,000 people.
  10. 1912 First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

Farewells

Died in 1912

Martha Ripley American physician
William IV Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1905 to 1912
Martha Ripley American physician
William IV Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1905 to 1912
Martha Ripley American physician
William IV Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1905 to 1912
Martha Ripley American physician
William IV Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1905 to 1912

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