1912
- The Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage, killing over 1,500 people and becoming one of history's deadliest maritime disasters;
- The 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden introduces electronic timing and public address systems;
- The First Balkan War sees the Balkan League of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro push the Ottoman Empire out of Europe;
- The Lena massacre in the Russian Empire kills hundreds of striking gold miners, fueling revolutionary anger;
- The death of Emperor Meiji ends the Meiji era in the Japanese Empire and begins the Taishō period;
- The Novarupta eruption in the U.S. Territory of Alaska becomes the century's most powerful volcanic event.
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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 century, and the 3rd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1912, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
This year is notable for the sinking of the Titanic, which occurred on April 15 and the outbreak of the First Balkan War in October.
In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skipping 13 days. Friday, 30 November (Julian Calendar) immediately turned Saturday, 14 December 1912 (in the Gregorian Calendar).