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John L. Toland

John L. Toland

Male 1912 - 1915  (3 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1383 
  • 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
1832 
  • 4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle
    Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
1850 
  • 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
1863 
  • 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
1898 
  • 7 Jul 1898—20 Aug 1959: Territory of Hawaii was Oraganized
1909 
1910 
  • 5 Jun 1910—20 Jan 1936: George V
    House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
1912 
  • 1912—1912: Britain nationalises the telephone system
  • 1912—1912: Discovery of the 'Piltdown Man' - hoax, exposed in 1953
  • 1912—1912: Irish Home Rule crisis grows in Britain
  • 1912—1912: Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras
  • 1912—1912: The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole
  • 1912—1912: Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912
  • 18 Jan 1912—18 Jan 1912: Captain Scott's last expedition - he and his team reach the south pole on Jan 18th; all die on the way back, their bodies found in November
  • 14 Apr 1912—14 Apr 1912: The 'unsinkable' Titanic sinks on maiden voyage - loss of 1,513 lives
  • 13 May 1912—13 May 1912: Royal Flying Corps (later the RAF) founded in Britain
  • 1 Jun 1912—6 Jan 1912: New Mexico
    47th State
  • 5 1912—13 May 1912: 17th Amendment passed by Congress
  • 2 1912—14 Feb 1912: Arizona
    48th State
  • 8 1912—2 Jan 1959: Alaska Territory Organized
  • 6 1912—30 Jun 1912: Saskatchewan tornado
    The worst tornado in Canadian history claims 28 lives in Regina
1913 
  • 1913—1913: Geiger invents his counter to measure radioactivity
  • 1913—1913: Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley of Sheffield
  • 1913—1913: Trade Union Act in Britain establishes the right to use Union funds for political purposes
  • 1913—1913: Suffragette demonstrations in London - Mrs Pankhurst imprisoned
  • 1913—1913: Third Irish Home Rule Bill rejected by House of Lords - threat of civil war in Ireland - formation of Ulster Volunteers to oppose Home Rule
  • 1913—1913: The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne
  • 1913—1913: The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now know as, ecstasy
  • 1913—1913: Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra
  • 1913—1913: Gideon Sundback invents the modern zipper
  • 2 Mar 1913—3 Feb 1913: 16th Amendment ratified
  • 4 Mar 1913—4 Mar 1921: Woodrow Wilson
    Woodrow Wilson U.S. Presidency Woodrow Wilson U.S. Presidency
  • 3 Apr 1913—3 Mar 1921: Woodrow Wilson
  • 4 Jun 1913—4 Jun 1913: Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby and dies
  • 4 Aug 1913—8 Apr 1913: 17th Amendment ratified
10 1914 
  • 1914—1914: Chaplin and De Mille make their first films
  • 1914—1914: Irish Home Rule Act provides for a separate Parliament in Ireland; the position of Ulster to be decided after the War
  • 1914—1918: World War One
    Canadian forces fight in Europe during World War 1
  • 1914—1914: Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask
  • 6 Jan 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
    Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
  • 28 Jun 1914—28 Jun 1914: Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
  • 4 Aug 1914—4 Aug 1914: Britain declares war on Germany, citing Belgian neutrality as reason
  • 5 Aug 1914—5 Aug 1914: British cableship Telconia cut through all five of Germany's undersea telegraph links to the outside world
  • 15 Aug 1914—15 Aug 1914: Panama Canal opened, the Canal cement boat 'Ancon' making the first official transit (plans for a grand opening were cancelled due to the start of WW1)
  • Oct 1914—Oct 1914: Battle of Ypres - beginning of trench warfare on western front
  • 27 Nov 1914—27 Nov 1914: First policewoman goes on duty in Britain
  • 16 Dec 1914—16 Dec 1914: German battleships bombard Hartlepool and Scarborough
  • 6 1914—19 Jun 1914: Alberta coal mine disaster
    The worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history claims 189 lives in Hillcrest
  • 5 1914—30 May 1914: Empress of Ireland sinks
    1,014 lives are lost when ship sinks in Gulf of St. Lawrence
11 1915 
  • 1915—1915: Junkers construct first fighter aeroplane
  • 1915—1915: First automatic telephone exchange in Britain
  • 1915—1915: A new constitution establishes a two-chamber parliament elected by universal suffrage
  • 1915—1915: Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City
  • 19 Jan 1915—19 Jan 1915: First Zeppelin air raid on England, over East Anglia - four killed
  • Feb 1915—Feb 1915: Submarine blockade of Britain starts
  • Apr 1915—Apr 1915: Second Battle of Ypres - poison gas used for first time
  • 25 Apr 1915—25 Apr 1915: Gallipoli campaign starts (declared ANZAC Day in 1916)
  • 7 May 1915—7 May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off coast of Ireland - 1,198 died
  • 16 May 1915—16 May 1915: First meeting of a British WI (Women's Institute) took place in Llanfairpwll (aka Llanfair PG), Anglesey