Peary's North Pole expedition
1909 · Event
Robert Peary claims the first attainment of the North Pole, a contested milestone of polar exploration.
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Around 1909
- Russian Revolution (1917)
- Victorian era ends (1901)
- Einstein's Annus Mirabilis (1905)
- Wright Brothers first flight (1903)
- Treaty of Versailles (1919)
- Spanish flu pandemic (1918)
- Sinking of the Titanic (1912)
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914)
- Stravinsky's Rite of Spring premieres (1913)
- Second Boer War (1899)