Timeline February 1912

Events in February 1912 6

• 1908 – 1912 Puyi becomes Emperor of China Two years old Puyi is placed on the throne days after the deaths of the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi within twenty-four hours of each other. He screams through his own enthronement. He abdicates at six in 1912, ending two thousand years of imperial rule, and spends the rest of his life as a restored emperor for eleven days, a Japanese puppet in Manchukuo, a Soviet prisoner, a Chinese war criminal, a re-educated gardener and finally a citizen of the People's Republic.
• 1912 The Selandia crosses oceans The end of the steamship The Danish motor ship Selandia sails from Copenhagen to Bangkok without a funnel, and Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, comes to look at her. Within a generation the coal-fired merchant fleet is obsolete. Diesel, by this point, is nearly bankrupt.
• 1912 2nd Elfstedentocht Winner: Coen de Koning — 11h 40m The second official Elfstedentocht was held on 7 February 1912 with over 150 participants. Coen de Koning won in 11 hours and 40 minutes. Temperature was -3.8°C. De Koning was already a world-class speed skater and former world champion.
• 1912 Xuantong Emperor abdicates the Qing throne Formal end of imperial rule in China Empress Dowager Longyu issues an edict on behalf of the six-year-old Xuantong Emperor, Puyi, formally ending more than two thousand years of imperial rule in China. The abdication follows the Xinhai Revolution and clears the way for Yuan Shikai to lead the new Republic.
• 1912 Arizona admitted as a U.S. state Becomes the 48th and final contiguous state Arizona is admitted to the United States as the 48th state on 14 February 1912, completing the contiguous United States. Its admission follows a long territorial period shaped by disputes over its proposed constitution.
• 1912 – 1997 Prince Bertil The Engine Prince A beloved royal who waited decades to marry his commoner love to ensure the succession.