| 1910 |
Frida Kahlo
To show her strong support for the Mexican Revolution, Frida later claims this as the year of her birth.
Mexico
Angered by the dictatorial Díaz regime and economic inequality, insurgents instigate a guerilla war and the Mexican Revolution begins. Cruz Roja, the Mexican Red Cross, is founded.
World and U.S. Events
Edward VII of Great Britain dies and George V is crowned king. San Francisco Bay opens Angel Island as a quarantine and point of entry for Asian immigrants. Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace, dies.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Cubism (1908-1914); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1911 |
Mexico
President Porfirio Díaz dissolves his government due to a successful revolt led by Francisco Madero, who then becomes president. Emiliano Zapata leads a peasant uprising.
World and U.S. Events
The Triangle Factory Fire in New York City claims the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers. A commission is formed to investigate conditions in sweatshops and the labor movement is born. Irving Berlin's Alexander Ragtime Band makes ragtime popular.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Cubism (1908-1914); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1912 |
World and U.S. Events
The Russian Communist Party publication Pravda (Truth) is published. Woodrow Wilson is elected U.S. president. Congress sets an eight-hour workday. The Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Cubism (1908-1914); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1913 |
Mexico
Francisco Madero is killed in a coup, and Victoriano Huerta proclaims himself president. Pancho Villa leads raids in northern Mexico.
World and U.S. Events
The U.S. Department of Labor is founded. Coco Chanel opens her first boutique in France. Igor Stravinsky's "Rites of Spring" causes audiences to riot in Paris. The Armory Show introduces Cubism to shocked viewers.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Cubism (1908-1914); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1914 |
Frida Kahlo
Frida contracts polio. Her father encourages his daughter to become active in various sports to regain her strength. She recovers, but her right foot remains weakened from the disease.
World and U.S. Events
WWI begins after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Mahatma Gandhi begins a nonviolent campaign against British rule in India. The Panama Canal opens.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Cubism (1908-1914); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1915 |
World and U.S. Events
The S.S. Lusitania is torpedoed by German U-boat's and sinks, killing approximately 1,200 passengers. Kafka's The Metamorphosis is published. Activist Margaret Sanger introduces the term "birth control."
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1916 |
Mexico
Gen. Poncho Villa's forces attack the town of Columbus, N.M. in retaliation for American involvement in Mexico. Gen. John J. Pershing leads nearly 10,000 American soldiers into Mexico to chase down the "rebel general." Villa outwits the American army and evades capture.
World and U.S. Events
Woodrow Wilson is reelected as U.S. president. The Battle of Verdun is fought, killing 700,000 French and German soldiers. In Ireland, the Irish Republicans and British clash, in what will be called the Easter Sunday Massacre. Margaret Sanger is jailed for opening the first birth-control clinic in the United States.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1917 |
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza, one of the leaders of the revolution, becomes president. Under his administration Mexico's constitution is drafted.
World and U.S. Events
Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia and leads the Bolshevik Revolution. The United States declares war on Germany. The Jones Act makes Puerto Rico a U.S. territory. Europeans experience food shortages.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1918 |
World and U.S. Events
The Russian government signs the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, pulling Russia out of WWI. The Romanov family is executed. Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates. WWI ends.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Futurism (1909-1944)
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| 1919 |
World and U.S. Events
The Treaty of Versailles is signed. Russian immigrants and anarchists, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman are found guilty of espionage and deported to the Soviet.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Futurism (1909-1944); Bauhaus (1919-1930)
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