Rama V dies in 1910; his son…

American magician Harry Houdini, who has become an aviator, wins a trophy in 1910 for making the first flight in Australia.

By 1910, US troops, using such tactics as strategic hamleting and scorched-earth policies, have killed 600,000 Filipinos in the brutal and ultimately successful campaign to dominate the Philippines.

Japan acquires a cheap and abundant source of sugar in Formosa in 1910.

The incidence of tuberculosis soon rises dramatically in Japan.

In 1910, the Japanese formally annex the nation of Korea, whose independent status they have helped to create.

Twelve hundred Jewish families are expelled from Kiev in 1910.

Bhutan, in a 1910 treaty, becomes a British protectorate.

Germany fails to accede to British demands, made from 1910 to 1913, that she limit her Navy.

The two former Boer Republics join with the British colonies of Cape Province and Natal in 1910 to create the nominally independent Union of South Africa.

Under the new constitution, the Coloureds, but not the Africans, gain suffrage.

Moderate Afrikaner leader Botha becomes the first prime minister.

Hertzog serves in Botha’s cabinet.

Smuts serves as minister of the interior and mines and minister of defense.