hours. June 25 – The ballet The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu), the first major work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, commissioned by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, is premièred in Paris, bringing the composer international fame. July July 4 – African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats white American boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States. July 11 – Departure for France of Amenokal Moussa Ag Amastan as part of the Tuareg mission. July 22 – A wireless telegraph sent from the results in the identification, arrest and execution of murderer Dr. Hawley Crippen. July 24 – Ottoman forces capture the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. August August – The International Commercial Bureau of the American Republics becomes the Pan-American Union. August 14 – A fire at the Brussels International 1910 world's fair destroys exhibitions of Britain and France. August 20 – The Great Fire of 1910 ("Big Blowup"), a wildfire that burns 4,700 square miles in the Inland Northwest of the United States, due to dry weather. August 22 – The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, by which the Empire of Japan formally annexes the Korean Empire, is signed (it becomes effectively void in 1945, which is formally recognised in 1965). August 28 – Montenegro is proclaimed an independent kingdom, under Nicholas I. August 29 – Emperor Sunjong of Korea abdicates and the country's monarchy is abolished. September September 1 The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism (Sacrorum antistitum), to be taken by all priests upon ordination. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is founded in Brazil by railwaymen; its Association football team will be the first FIFA Club World Cup champions in 2000. October October Infrared photographs are first published by Professor Robert Williams Wood, in the Royal Photographic Society's journal. Approximate date of origin of Manchurian plague, a form of pneumonic plague which by December is spreading through northeastern China, killing more than 40,000. October 5 – 5 October 1910 revolution: The First Portuguese Republic is proclaimed in Lisbon; King Manuel II of Portugal flees to England. October 7 – Baudette fire of 1910, a wildfire that burns ca. 350,000 square miles in Minnesota and Ontario, including several towns. October 18 – The lake freighter SS William C. Moreland runs aground on a reef near the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior, leading to its loss. October 20 –