From 1912 Florence's health deteriorated due to a lung abscess, and a resulting depression.

In the Epirus front the Greek army was initially heavily outnumbered, but due to the passive attitude of the Ottomans succeeded in conquering Preveza ( 21 October 1912 ) and pushing north to the direction of Ioannina.

Permanent settlement started by 1882, mainly by workers in coconut plantations and fishermen but, due to an extreme drought which killed off tens of thousands of Coconut Palms --- about 75 % of Christmas Island's population of this plant --- the island was once again abandoned between 1905 and 1912.

Patrick was found guilty of conspiring to steal Rice's fortune and convicted of murder in 1901, although he was pardoned in 1912 due to conflicting medical testimony.

Show jumping in its current format appeared in 1912, and has thrived ever since, its recent popularity due in part to its suitability as a spectator sport which is well adapted for viewing on television.

Wilson was able to win a landslide due to the Republican spilt in 1912 whereas in 1916 the Republicans were united in their bid to oust Wilson.

Although a series of Modigliani's sculptures were exhibited in the Salon d ' Automne of 1912, by 1914 he abandoned sculpting and focused solely on his painting, a move precipitated by the difficulty in acquiring sculptural materials due to the outbreak of war, and by Modigliani's physical debilitation.

On October 18, 1912, Johnson was arrested on the grounds that his relationship with Lucille Cameron violated the Mann Act against " transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes " due to her being an alleged prostitute and due to Johnson being black.

** Greek battleship Salamis a dreadnought ordered from Germany by Greece in 1912 but not delivered due to the outbreak of World War I

In Ireland, where it had been extinct due to hunting since 1912, efforts are being made to re-introduce the species.

In 1912, many Mormons who had fled the Mormon colonies in Mexico due to the actions of the forces of Pancho Villa settled in Gilbert.

Also in 1912, both the Phoenix Street Railway Company and a competitor, the Salt River Valley Electric Railway Company, proposed building streetcar lines to Scottsdale but due to an economic downturn, neither was built.

The year 1912 spelled disaster for Anderson: the natural gas ran out, due to the residents squandering their resources.

Margaret " Molly " Brown ( née Tobin ) ( July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932 ) was an American socialite, philanthropist, and activist who became famous due to her survival of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, after exhorting the crew of to return to look for survivors.

In the period from 1912 – 20, about 24 buildings in Trumbull burned due to fires of " undetermined origin.

The 1916 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany, but were eventually cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. Berlin was selected as the host city during the 14th IOC Session in Stockholm in 1912, defeating bids from Alexandria, Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest and Cleveland.

The second incursion, in 1912, although better prepared did not succeed, due to the Spanish government, which was forced to cede to Republican diplomats the illegality of monarchist encampments in Galicia and disarmed the remaining combatants within its territory.

In November 1912, after a delay due to the Balkan Wars, Icaria became part of Greece.

He did go to a sanatorium in 1912 – 13 due to suffering from tuberculosis ( consumption ), whereupon he devoted himself to playwriting.

Schenker hoped his monograph on Beethoven's 9th Symphony ( published in 1912 ) would have a relevatory effect, but knew that the book's reception would be clouded by musicians ' faulty understanding, due to poor theoretical instruction.

On July 17, 1912, he lost the election to Edmund Schulthess in the first vote, partially due to Schulthess's strong support by Catholic Conservatives, farmers ' organizations, and the industrial lobby.

The winners of the tournament were awarded the Dewar Cup, donated by Sir Thomas Dewar for the promotion of soccer in America in 1912, until it was retired due to poor condition in 1979.

On June 20, 1912, the government survey steamer " La Canadienne " lost control due to mechanical problems in the engine room and smashed into the upstream gates of Lock No. 22 of the 3rd Welland Canal, forcing them open by six inches.

The Wanli Emperor ( ruled in 1572 – 1620 ) made attempts to reestablish Sino-Tibetan relations in the wake of a Mongol-Tibetan alliance initiated in 1578, the latter of which affected the foreign policy of the subsequent Manchu Qing Dynasty ( 1644 – 1912 ) of China in their support for the Dalai Lama of the Yellow Hat sect.

However, Great Britain did not enter any competitors as the dates of the outdoor competition clashed with the 1912 Wimbledon Championships despite attempts by the British authorities to convince the Olympic organising committee to change the dates.

At Fulwell Park he tried to recreate a Portuguese environment, as the attempts to restore his throne ( 1911, 1912 and 1919 ) kept on failing.

Many attempts were made to start a University College, the earliest attempts were 1912 through to 1947 when real progress was made with plans for a state teachers college.

In 1912, after years of failed attempts to join the official league, they merged with the gymnastic club Schalker Turnverein 1877 in order to facilitate their entry.

Kucherenko taught briefly until 1911, and attempts were made to reopen the classes in 1912 with Hnat Khotkevych, but the death of Mykola Lysenko, Khotkevych's subsequent exile in 1912 prevented this from happening.

Following several attempts to form a technical organization of wireless practitioners in 1908 – 1912, the Institute of Radio Engineers ( IRE ) was finally established in 1912 in New York.

The area around Swansea traditionally had been a Rugby area, and despite previous attempts by a football club named Swansea Villa, there were no notable football clubs until the establishment of Swansea Town AFC in the summer of 1912.

* 1912: Meade, with Alpine guides Pierre Blanc, Franz Lochmatter, Justin Blanc and Jean Perrin, attempts Kamet by Slingsby's route, and also later explores the Raikhana glacier system to the east of Kamet.

At the University of Notre Dame, Bettis finished his career with 337 rushing attempts for 1912 yards ( 5. 7 yards per rushing attempt avg.

Dressing himself in the suit, he removes all modern objects from his hotel room and attempts to will himself into the year 1912 using tape-recorded suggestions, only to fail for lack of real conviction.

The first attempts to provide a unified theory were by G. Mie in 1912 and Ernst Reichenbacher in 1916.

Russian eye surgeon Vladimir Filatov's attempts at tranplanting cornea started with the first try in 1912 and were continued, gradually improving until at 6 May 1931 he successfully grafted a patient using corneal tissue from a deceased person.

1912 ) whose lust for material gain is compromised only by his persistent attempts to, through oily charm and token gestures, lure Jane from her cozy life with Tarzan.

Isolated attempts to use curare during anesthesia date back to 1912 by Arthur Lawen of Leipzig, but curare came to anesthesia via psychiatry ( electroplexy ).

The Problems of Philosophy ( 1912 ) is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy.

In the UK this species is a very rare vagrant, but there have also been several unsuccessful – and now illegal – attempts at introducing this species over the past 100 years or so: in the Wye Valley in 1912, the Wyre Forest in the 1920s, South Devon 1942, Worcester 1960s, Cheshire 1970s, South Midlands 1990s.

Cuvaj himself was target of two assassination attempts in 1912, the first being conducted by group including young August Cesarec.

Despite Goodrich's attempts to heal the division, the conflict between the two men split the party in 1912, as the progressive wing left to form a new party.