1910

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• In Britain on 6 May, Edward VII dies and is succeeded by his son George V.

• After the British parliament forms the Union of South Africa, General Louis Botha becomes its first prime minister on 15 September.

• Japanese troops occupy Korea.

• China abolishes slavery.

• Civil war in Mexico as Francisco Indalecio Madero successfully challenges the liberal dictator Porfirio Diaz for power (Diaz resigns in 1911).

• Polish scientist Marie Curie isolates radium, for which she is awarded (in 1911) a second Nobel prize.

• Carl Gustav Jung becomes president of the new International Psychoanalytical Association.

• Marquis wheat, a high-yield variety resistant to frost, is introduced to the Canadian prairies.

• In London, an exhibition of post-impressionist art features paintings by Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh.

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