360What happened in 1911?
8 moments from 1911 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 14 December 1911
Amundsen's team becomes the first to reach the South Pole
On 14 December 1911, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and four companions became the first people to reach the South Pole. They travelled on skis with dog sledges and planted the Norwegian flag. A British team led by Robert Falcon Scott arrived five weeks later and found the tent Amundsen had left. Scott's party died on the return.
- On this day · 24 July 1911
Hiram Bingham reaches Machu Picchu
On 24 July 1911, the American explorer Hiram Bingham was guided by local farmers to Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca city high in the Andes of Peru. His photographs made it famous worldwide. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site visited by more than a million people a year.
- On this day · 21 August 1911
The Mona Lisa is stolen
On 21 August 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris by Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian who had worked at the museum. It was missing for more than two years before being recovered in Florence in 1913. The theft made it the world's most famous painting.
- On this day · 14 December 1911
Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole
On 14 December 1911, the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and four companions became the first people to reach the South Pole, using skis and dog sledges. A British team led by Robert Falcon Scott arrived about five weeks later. Amundsen's team returned safely.
- January 1911 · from Amundsen's team becomes the first to reach the South Pole
Amundsen sets up his base in Antarctica
- 14 December 1911 · from Amundsen's team becomes the first to reach the South Pole
Amundsen reaches the South Pole
- 1911 · from Marie and Pierre Curie discover polonium and radium
Marie Curie's Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1911 · from The first Encyclopaedia Britannica begins to appear
The famous 11th edition