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July 1, 1911
On July 1, 1911, germany dispatches the gunboat SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
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Germany dispatches the gunboat SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
SMS Panther was one of six Iltis-class gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The ships were built to modernize the German gunboat force that was used to patrol the German colonial empire. They were ordered in three groups of two ships, each pair incorporating design improvements.
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The year in brief
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1911th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 911th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 20th…
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On July 1, 1911
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1911 Germany dispatches the gunboat SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis. German gunboat
SMS Panther was one of six Iltis-class gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The ships were built to modernize the German gunboat force that was used to patrol the German colonial empire. They were ordered in three groups of two ships, each pair incorporating design improvements.
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Other moments from 1911
- April 2 The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
- April 27 The Second Canton Uprising takes place in Guangzhou, Qing China, but is suppressed.
- April 29 Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
- April 6 During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
- August 1 Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
- August 21 The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
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