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1910s

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Also known as 10s, 10's

File:1910s montage.png|From left, clockwise: the Ford Model T is introduced in 1908 and becomes widespread in the 1910s; the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 causes the deaths of nearly 1,500 people and attracts global and historical attention; CONTEXT: all the events below are part of World War I (1914–1918); French Army lookout at his observation post in 1917; Russian troops awaiting a German attack; a ration party of the Royal Irish Rifles in a communication trench during the Battle of the Somme; Vladimir Lenin addresses a crowd in the midst of the Russian Revolution, beginning in 1917; T

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The 1910s was a decade marked by technological advancement, such as the widespread adoption of the Ford Model T automobile, and by major historical events including the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 and World War I (1914–1918). World War I dominated the latter half of the decade, reshaping global politics and society, while the Russian Revolution beginning in 1917 further transformed the world's political landscape.

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  • Politics and wars
  • Wars
  • Internal conflicts
  • Major political change
  • Decolonization and independence
  • Assassinations
  • Disasters
  • Other significant international events
  • Science and technology
  • Technology
  • Science
  • Economics
  • Popular culture
  • Sports
  • Literature and arts
  • Visual Arts
  • Art movements
  • [[Cubism]] and related movements
  • [[Expressionism]] and related movements
  • [[Geometric abstraction]] and related movements
  • Other movements and techniques
  • Influential artists
  • People
  • Business
  • Inventors
  • Politics
  • Authors
  • Entertainers
  • Sports figures
  • Baseball
  • Olympics
  • Boxing
  • See also
  • Timeline
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading

File:1910s montage.png|From left, clockwise: the Ford Model T is introduced in 1908 and becomes widespread in the 1910s; the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 causes the deaths of nearly 1,500 people and attracts global and historical attention; CONTEXT: all the events below are part of World War I (1914–1918); French Army lookout at his observation post in 1917; Russian troops awaiting a German attack; a ration party of the Royal Irish Rifles in a communication trench during the Battle of the Somme; Vladimir Lenin addresses a crowd in the midst of the Russian Revolution, beginning in 1917; The Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 kills tens of millions worldwide.|335px|thumb rect 1 1 199 155 Ford Model T rect 203 1 497 187 Sinking of the Titanic rect 201 188 497 207 World War I rect 1 159 199 297 Spanish flu rect 203 208 341 365 Western Front (World War 1) rect 346 207 497 367 Eastern Front (World War I) rect 1 302 197 488 Russian Revolution rect 203 370 497 488 Battle of the Somme

The 1910s (pronounced "nineteen-tens" often shortened to the "''''10s" or the "Tens'''") was the decade that began on January 1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “1910s” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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