The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Among the planned passengers was financier J.P. Morgan, head of the International Mercantile Mar...
28 November 1912 — Delegates meeting at Vlorë proclaim Albania independent from the Ottoman Empire during the First Balkan War. Ismail Qemali leads the provisional government. Independenc...
January–August 1912 — Albanian insurgents launch a major revolt against Ottoman authority. Rebel forces eventually enter Skopje and force the Ottoman government to accept substantial conc...
1912–1914 — Officials in Germany and Austria-Hungary increasingly fear that Russia and Serbia will become stronger with time. Railway construction, military reforms, population growth and...
1912–1913 — Trace the Balkan Wars, competing territorial claims and Great Power diplomacy that created modern Albania while leaving many Albanian-speaking populations beyond its borders.
c. 1830–1912 — The Rilindja Kombëtare develops through writers, educators, political activists and diaspora networks. Albanian-language education and publishing become increasingly import...
c. 1479–1912 — Most Albanian-inhabited territories remain within the Ottoman Empire for more than four centuries. Albanian elites participate extensively in Ottoman military and administr...
1912–1913 — Greece expands dramatically, gaining Thessaloniki, much of Macedonia, Epirus and several Aegean islands.
1912–1915 — Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Leopold Berchtold becomes one of the central decision-makers in the July Crisis. After Sarajevo he increasingly favors a decisive confrontati...
26 October 1912 — Greek forces take Thessaloniki during the First Balkan War.