Month of 1910
The Nine Sovereigns at Windsor for the funeral of King Edward VII, photographed on 20 May 1910. Standing, from left to right: King Haakon VII of Norway, Tsar Ferdinand of the Bulgarians, King Manuel II of Portugal and the Algarve, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Prussia, King George I of the Hellenes and King Albert I of the Belgians. Seated, from left to right: King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King George V of the United Kingdom and King Frederik VIII of Denmark.
May 6, 1910: Edward VII, ruler of the British Empire, dies at the age of 68
May 18, 1910: Earth's inhabitants brace themselves for their encounter with Halley's Comet
The following events occurred in May 1910: