1911
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s – 1910s – 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1908 1909 1910 – 1911 – 1912 1913 1914 |
Events
- April 19 – Michel Fokine's Le Spectre de la Rose debuts in Monte Carlo with Nijinsky in the title role
- June 13 – Michel Fokine's Petrushka debuts in Paris with Nijinsky in the title role
- December 14 – Roald Amundsen arrived the south pole
Date unknown
- The Secret Garden is published
- Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition is published
Births
- February 6 – Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
- June 24 – Juan Manuel Fangio, legendary Formula 1 driver
Deaths
- January 17 – Sir Francis Galton
- March 1 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
- April 25 – Emilio Salgari
- May 18 – Gustav Mahler
- May 21 – Williamina Fleming
- May 29 – William S. Gilbert
- June 9 – Carrie Nation
- August 1 – Edwin Austin Abbey
- August 8 – William P. Frye
- September 16 – Edward Whymper
- October 7 – John Hughlings Jackson
- October 14 – John Marshall Harlan
- October 29 – Joseph Pulitzer
- October 31 – John Joseph Montgomery
- December 10 – Joseph Dalton Hooker