1912

Events

April 15 - The RMS Titanic sinks after striking an iceberg, four days into her maiden voyage. An estimated 1,490–1,635 people die in the accident.
April 17 - The Lena Massacre takes place.
August 12 - Sultan Abd Al-hafid of Morocco abdicates.
August 25 - The Kuomintang is founded.
October 8 - Beginning of the First Balkan War.
October 14 - Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt survives an assassination attempt after being shot by Bavarian-born saloonkeeper John Schrank.
October 18 - Italy and the Ottoman Empire sign a treaty in Ouchy near Lausanne, ending the Italo-Turkish War.