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German scientist Alfred Wegener, impressed by the neat fit between the coasts of Africa and South America, proposes the theory of continental drift
President Taft sends US marines to Cuba because of political unrest in the island
Turkey, beset by troubles elsewhere, cedes to Italy her north African province of Libya
The Social Democrats become the largest group in Germany's Reichstag
The first sea-going diesel-powered ship, the Selandia, is constructed and launched in Denmark
Electoral reform is introduced in Argentina, with universal male suffrage and a secret ballot
Tibet declares its independence after the fall of the Qing dynasty and the end of imperial China
By the treaty of Fès a French protectorate is formally established in Morocco
President Taft sends US marines into Nicaragua during a period of disorder
William Howard Taft defeats Theodore Roosevelt at the Republican convention to win the nomination
Theodore Roosevelt's followers form a rival party to the Republicans, soon to be known as the Bull Moose party
Daphnis and Chloe, with choreography by Fokine, music by Ravel and designs by Bakst, is premiered by the Ballets Russes in Paris
Tommy Sopwith founds the aviation company that will produce the Pup and the Camel
Mack Sennett sets up the Keystone studio in California, soon to be famous for the knockabout farce of the Keystone Kops
Ludwig Wittgenstein moves to Cambridge to study philosophy under Bertrand Russell
Harold Macmillan goes to Oxford University, after winning a place in Balliol College
Carl Jung breaks with Freud and introduces the concept of the collective unconscious
France and Spain agree that Spain shall become the colonial power in the north of Morocco and France in the south
Renascence is the title poem in college student Edna St Vincent Millay's first published collection
Jacob Epstein causes a stir with his provocatively modern angel on the tomb of Oscar Wilde in Père Lachaise
Arnold Schoenberg sets Pierrot Lunaire for a solo voice, reciting the text to the accompaniment of a quintet
The Berlin Opera Ballet is founded to perform in the city's new opera house
The South African National Native Congress (subsequently the ANC, African National Congress) is set up in Cape Province
Walter Gropius and other architects in Germany develop the International Modern style
Half a million Unionist men and women in Belfast commit themselves to civil disobedience if Home Rule government is established in Ireland
