1910s (No Latin Bridge)

1910s
The 1910s (pronounced "nineteen-tens", also abbreviated as the "teens") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919. The 1910s represented the typical European militarism and conservatism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th century.

The decade was a period of revolution and defiance in a number of countries. An attempted assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, led to a reevaluation of how to run a complex nation like Austria-Hungary, which Franz Ferdinand did when he became Emperor in 1916.. The Mexican Revolution spearheaded the trend of revolution in November 1910, which led to the ousting of dictator Porfirio Diaz, developing into a violent civil war that dragged on until 1919, with the reestablishment of an pro-American Government, under Francisco León de la Barra. Russia also had a similar fate in 1919 with the Russian Revolution and the establishment of Bolshevism. Like the Mexican Revolution, the Russian Revolution of 1919, immediately turned to Russian Civil War that dragged until approximately 1925.

Much of the music in these years was ballroom-themed. Many of the fashionable restaurants were equipped with dance floors. Prohibition in the United States began January 16, 1919, with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

1914
Point of Divergence: 29th June, 1914: Attempted Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

9th July, 1914: Emperor Franz Joseph receives investigation report of the attempted assassination of the Archduke.

10th July, 1914: Austria-Hungary issues a warning against Serbia.