1911


 * ''For the 1911 model firearm, see

Year 1911 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 13-day-slower ).

January

 * - is politically separated from  and transferred to  control.
 * - In, in what becomes known as the , the and the  engage in a shootout with a criminal gang of   held up in a building in the.
 * - is founded at,.
 * - Major takes the first  (over ).
 * - lands on the deck of  the  stationed in  harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
 * - First Monte Carlo races.
 * - flies the first successful.
 * - The destroyer makes the first  rescue at sea, saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from,.

February

 * - officially became a town in Okanogan County.
 * - First official air mail flight took place on 18 February 1911 in Allahabad, India to Naini, India, when Henri Pequet carried 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km.

March

 * March - The first installment of a serialized version of 's The Principles of Scientific Management (online version here) appears in . The complete series runs in the March, April, and May issues. It is the first time that The Principles of Scientific Management is widely read. The efficiency movement, which has been simmering of late, boils over and becomes a craze.
 * - is elected President of.
 * - is celebrated for the first time
 * - Kansas legislature approves House Bill Number 906, effectively the first in the United States, culminating an effort by, Kansas' banking commissioner.
 * - abolishes  and
 * - Fire at the in  - 145 dead
 * - United States Army formally adopts the as its standard sidearm, thus giving the gun its 1911 designation.

April

 * - Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, Leader of the Malësori Albanians raises the Albanian flag in the town of, for the first time after  (Skenderbeg).
 * - - Rebels take  along the  border. Government troops take the town back  when the rebel leader "Red" Lopez is drunk
 * - - 's troops besiege  but general  refuses his demand of surrender
 * - Following the resignation and death of, a the office of.
 * - Sparks from a burning hayshed ignite the, destroying much of downtown.

May



 * - -  launches an attack against government troops in  without Madero's permission. Government troops surrender.
 * - exhibition in  was the first of efforts by the group to make its theories concrete.
 * - The declares  to be an "unreasonable"  under the  and orders the company to be dissolved.
 * - -  is convinced to resign but he does not do it officially.
 * - - Peace treaty between rebels of Madero and government troops in.
 * - Dedication ceremony for the.
 * - - Government troops fire at anti-Diaz demonstrators in  - about 200 dead (official claim only 40).
 * - -  signs his resignation and leaves for ; on  he leaves for exile in.
 * - The first -mile auto race is run. The winner is in the  'Wasp'.

June

 * - -  arrives in  just after a local.
 * - A national seamen's strike begins in.
 * - incorporated as  in.
 * - A 772- stony struck earth in  near the village of  damaging a barn.
 * - Coronation of and  at,.
 * - The (from ) lands in the area of, purportedly killing a dog.

July

 * - German Warship Panther in the Moroccan port of Agadir triggers escalating pre-WW1 tensions. Subsequent climbdown rallies German militancy.
 * - rediscovers.

August

 * - sets the number of representatives in the  at 435. The law will take effect in.
 * -, records a temperature of 98°F (36.7°C), the highest  temperature until.
 * - British s vote to receive for the first time.
 * - Theft of  discovered in ( is captured and the painting returned 1913).

September

 * - poet  is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the  from the  museum. He is later released.
 * - is founded in  as Middle Tennessee Normal School.
 * - The liner, sister ship to the , collides with cruiser HMS Hawke outside Southampton, England.
 * French navy ship Liberté explodes at anchor in
 * Groundbreaking for in  begins.
 * Groundbreaking for in  begins.

October

 * - The was formed in  in.
 * starts the that will lead to the founding of the.
 * becomes 's eighth.
 * - -, nephew of , occupies the port of  as a sign of rebellion against Madero
 * - revolutionaries under overthrew 's  dynasty.
 * - remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a  at  setting a new world record that stood for 10 years.
 * - Foundation of 's international headquarters at, . It had been preceded by its formal constitution in  at.
 * - Foundation of 's international headquarters at, . It had been preceded by its formal constitution in  at.

November

 * - officially enters the  market to compete with the.
 * -  launched in, the first ocean going Ship.
 * - After declaring war on on, 1911,  annexes  and  (this act was confirmed by an act of the Italian Parliament on , ).
 * A record cold snap hits the United States midwest. Many cities break record highs and lows on same day. (see ).
 * Big fire struck burning over 450 s and other objects. The upper city area was completely burned, as well all the houses down the main street alongside Beledija.
 * - Prince of, heir to the throne and later Reigning Prince  officially recognizes his illegitimate daughter  as.
 * - in, South
 * - is founded at.
 * - is founded at.

December

 * - in  of  and  as  and  respectively
 * - The capital of was shifted to  from  (now ).
 * - 's expedition reaches the
 * - First robbery of the
 * - and  seminal  opened at the
 * - Opening of, the first of two major cutoffs built by the , just three years after it was built.
 * - becomes the first President of the

Undated

 * First language typewriter made available.
 * In, the Dominion Parks Branch was established (now ), the world's first national park service. In 1911 it fell under the Department of the Interior, and now resides within the Department of the Environment.
 * , a Canadian, is founded.
 * First - meeting of physicists
 * founded
 * The Club, 's oldest independent fraternity, is founded at Grove City College in.
 * moves to new buildings.
 * published.
 * deduces the existence of a from.
 * discovers.
 * In the, in which growers disputed the precise limits of the  region.
 * by Gaston Leroux is first translated into English.
 * was founded in Dallas Texas.One of the few universities in US which have an endowment over $1 billion.

January-February

 * , Polish-American violinist
 * , baseball player (d. )
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * -, French actor (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Premier of Queensland (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, German director
 * -, German-born physicist, laureate (d. )
 * - French author of Dutch origin known as, nominee of the 1911  (d. )
 * -, German industrialist (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, Swedish tenor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, American recording executive (d. )
 * -, Dutch inventor of hemodialysis
 * -, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (d. )
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * -, Czech director
 * -, Czech director

March-April

 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Soviet statesman
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American realtor
 * -, Indiana State Representative (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American author and (d. )
 * -, British author
 * , Belgian Prime minister
 * , Nazi Germany war criminal (d. )
 * -, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * -, American killer of (d. )
 * , German-born biophysicist, recipient of the (d. )
 * , American playwright (d. )
 * -, British philosopher, long resident in the U.S. (d. )
 * -, German-born actress (d. )
 * -, Alsatian soprano (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, British/Australian pioneering surgeon (d. )
 * -, Swedish tenor (d. )
 * -, German biochemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * , American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. )
 * -, Polish-born runner (d. )
 * -, American makeup artist
 * -, Egyptian (d. )
 * -, American journalist
 * , Austrian-American physicist
 * , American businessman and heir to A&P
 * -, British film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director
 * -, German actress (d. )
 * , Austrian-American physicist
 * , American businessman and heir to A&P
 * -, British film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director
 * -, German actress (d. )

May-June

 * -, member of the U.S. La Cosa Nostra and a leader in the Genovese Family (d. )
 * -, Hungarian Chess Grandmaster
 * -, American guitarist and singer (d. )
 * -, German born American author
 * -, American actor and comedian (d. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (d. )
 * -, Swiss author (d. )
 * -, Swedish model (d. )
 * -, Irish actress (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American record producer (d. )
 * -, Russian-born American mathematical psychologist (d. )
 * -, American violin maker
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * , U.S. Vice President and Senator (d. )
 * , Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, Austrian author (d. )
 * -, French eeconomist, laureate
 * -, American physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, English children's writer (d. )
 * -, German racer and magazine magnate
 * , Argentine writer
 * , Argentine race car driver (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American athlete and golfer (d. )
 * (d. )
 * , American composer (d. )
 * -, Polish-born writer, laureate (d. )
 * (d. )
 * , American composer (d. )
 * -, Polish-born writer, laureate (d. )

July-August

 * -, Marshal of the Soviet Union
 * , American singer and television personality
 * , American scientist
 * -, member of the / group  is born in ,  (d. )
 * -, Italian born American composer (d. )
 * , American physicist
 * , British writer and illustrator (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * -, English footballer (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian author (d. )
 * -, Mexican actress
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Indian yogi (d. )
 * -, American civil rights activist
 * -, Russian chess player (d. )
 * , American athlete (d. )
 * , Norwegian athlete (d. )
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * , American athlete (d. )
 * , Norwegian athlete (d. )
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * -, British actress (d. )

September-October

 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, nineteenth (d. )
 * -, American director
 * -, English writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, founder of All world Gayatri Pariwar (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator from Utah (d. )
 * -, American singer and actor
 * -, Australian politician
 * , Irish humorist (d. )
 * , Canadian ecologist
 * -, American photographer (d. )
 * -, British journalist
 * -, Indian actor (d. )
 * -, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, German-born American science fiction writer (d. )
 * -, American football coach (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )

November-December

 * , American tennis player
 * , French writer (d. )
 * -, Greek writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American singer and actor (d. )
 * -, British priest and humanitarian
 * -, Romaninan Nazi war criminal (d. )
 * -, American baseball player and manager (d. )
 * -, Finnish composer (d. )
 * -, American theater producer (d. )
 * –, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * , Egyptian writer, laureate (d. )
 * , British film director (d. )
 * , Norwegian economist, laureate (d. )
 * , American poet and painter (d. )
 * -, American director
 * -, American author
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, English-born immunologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, French born American artist
 * -, British comedian and singer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , French-born World War II heroine (d. )
 * , Portuguese-born politician
 * date unknown
 * , French-born World War II heroine (d. )
 * , Portuguese-born politician

Deaths

 * (see list of over 400 names: .)

January - June

 * - Sir, English explorer and biologist (b. )
 * -, Dutch chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Italian writer (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, Scottish astronomer (b. )
 * -, English dramatist (b. )
 * -, philologist and politician (b. 1836)
 * -, American temperance activist (b. )

July - December

 * -, Confederate general (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Croatian writer (b. )
 * -, American painter (b. )
 * -, U.S. Senator (b. )
 * -, British explorer (b. )
 * -, English neurologist (b. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. )
 * -, lighthouse keeper (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born newspaper publisher and journalist (b. )
 * -, American glider pioneer (b. )
 * -, English botanist (b. )
 * -, American calculating prodigy (b. )
 * date unknown -, British consular official (b. )

Fictional
The following are references to year 1911 in fiction:
 * Harry Bailey, the younger brother of George Bailey in the film  (1946).
 * B.J. Blazkowicz, main character of Wolfenstein 3D (1993) and Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)