Aristide Briand becomes premier of France.

Aug.

An uprising in Barcelona, Spain, is put down by government forces. As many as one thousand people die in the fighting.

28 Aug.

American Glenn Curtiss wins the first airplane race for the Gordon Bennett Cup in Rheims, France, with an average speed of 47 MPH.

10 Oct.

The execution of Spanish anarchist leader Francisco Ferrer ignites protests across Europe.

26 Oct.

Former Japanese prime minister Hirobumi Ito is assassinated by a Korean nationalist.

28 Nov.

The French national assembly endorses a law granting pregnant women an eight-week leave from their jobs.

17 Dec.

King Leopold II of Belgium dies. He is succeeded by Albert I, his nephew.