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The following events occurred in January 1912: ==January 1, 1912 (Monday)== *The Republic of China was established as Dr. Sun Yat-Sen took the oath of office as the Provisional President at Nanjing.〔("President Sun Inaugurated" ), ''New York Times'', January 3, 1912〕 According to Homer Lea, an advisor to Sun and the only Westerner to witness the ceremony, a band played "Behold, the Conquering Hero Comes" and the hymn "God Be with You till We Meet Again". Although Sun's supporters controlled most of southern China, Yuan Shikai retained power in the north as the chief of the Emperor's army in Beijing, and would soon become President of a united nation.〔Lawrence M. Kaplan, ''Homer Lea: American Soldier of Fortune'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2010) p181〕 *Pinellas County, Florida, came into existence after being divided from Hillsborough County.〔Gene Burnett, ''Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State'' (Pineapple Press Inc, 1996) p23〕 *The city of Timmins, Ontario, was incorporated as a company town located at the "Porcupine Camp" of a gold mining company.〔Terry Boyle, ''Hidden Ontario: Secrets from Ontario's Past'' (Dundurn Press Ltd., 2011) p23〕 *The Swiss Civil Code, adopted on December 10, 1907, came into operation. The code was the work of law professor Eugen Huber and the product of 15 years of refinement. As one commentator noted, "there was nothing hurried in the preparation or adoption of this code".〔John Norton Pomeroy, ''A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the United States of America'' (The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2002) p700〕 *England beat France, 7-1, in international soccer at Tufnell Park.〔''The Britannica Year-Book 1913: A Survey of the World's Progress Since the Completion in 1910 of the Encyclopaedia Britannica] (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1913) pp xxi-xxii〕 *Born: Kim Philby (Harold Adrian Russell Philby), British intelligence officer who passed secret information to the Soviet Union until defecting in 1963; in Ambala, British India (d. 1988). Philby was born three days after Klaus Fuchs, who had betrayed American atomic secrets to the Soviets, and died four months after Fuchs. *Born: Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet, at Krokees (d. 1991) *Died: Francis T. Nicholls, 77, Governor of Louisiana 1876-80 and 1888–92; former Confederate Army brigadier general, and co-founder of Nicholls State University 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 1912」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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