Editing 1911 (section)

=== December ===
{{Main|December 1911}}
[[File:Aan de Zuidpool - p1913-160.jpg|thumb|[[December 14]]: [[Roald Amundsen]] reaches the [[South Pole]]]]
[[File:Franz Marc Blaues Pferd 1911.jpg|thumb|100px|[[December 18]]: [[Franz Marc]], ''Blaues Pferd I'']]
* [[December 1]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[Outer Mongolia]], the predecessor of modern-day [[Mongolia]], is declared independent from the [[Qing dynasty|Chinese Empire]].
* [[December 2]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] sets sail from [[Hobart]].
* [[December 9]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[Cross Mountain Mine disaster]]: A coal mine explosion near [[Briceville, Tennessee]] kills 84 miners, despite rescue efforts led by the [[United States Bureau of Mines]].
* [[December 12]]&nbsp;&ndash; The [[Delhi Durbar#Durbar of 1911|Delhi Durbar]] is held to mark the coronation of [[George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] as [[Emperor of India|Emperor]] and Empress of India, and the transfer of the capital of [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] from [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]].
* [[December 14]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions|Amundsen and Scott expeditions]]: [[Roald Amundsen]]'s Norwegian expedition reaches the geographical [[South Pole]], 34 days ahead of Capt. Scott. News of Amundsen's success will not reach the outside world until next March.
* [[December 18]]&nbsp;&ndash; The first exhibition by [[Der Blaue Reiter]] group of painters opens in [[Munich]].
* [[December 18]]–[[December 28|28]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[George V's 1911 hunting trip in Nepal]].
* [[December 24]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[Lackawanna Cut-Off]] railway line opens in [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]].
* [[December 29]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[Sun Yat-sen]] is elected Provisional President of the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]].