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George Nathaniel Curzon Biography and Timeline

Follow George Nathaniel Curzon through 10 dated historical records for Great Britain.

George Nathaniel Curzon, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1913

Lowther Lodge Headquarters

Earl · Royal Geographical Society President · London · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Establishes a permanent Kensington headquarters for British geographical work.

Role range: 1911-1914

Royal Geographical Society Move

Earl · Royal Geographical Society President · London · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Oversees the Society's move into Lowther Lodge.

Role range: 1911-1914

1919

Eastern Galicia Statute

Earl · Foreign Secretary · Paris · Government / Coalition Government

The Supreme Council accepts a statute whose Galician demarcation joins the proposed Polish eastern line to the Czechoslovak frontier in the Carpathians.

Role range: 1919-1924

Provisional Polish Eastern Frontier

Earl · Foreign Secretary · Paris · Government / Coalition Government

The Allied powers recognize Polish sovereignty west of a provisional eastern line while expressly reserving Poland's possible rights to territories farther east.

Role range: 1919-1924

1920

Curzon Note Sent

Earl · Foreign Secretary · Spa · Government / Coalition Government

Curzon sends Soviet Foreign Commissar Chicherin the British armistice proposal that gives the provisional Allied boundary its enduring name.

Role range: 1919-1924

Eastern Galicia Extension

Earl · Foreign Secretary · Spa · Government / Coalition Government

Curzon's proposal extends the earlier provisional line south through Galicia, west of Rawa Ruska and east of Przemysl, to the Carpathians.

Role range: 1919-1924

Polish Withdrawal Proposal

Earl · Foreign Secretary · Spa · Government / Coalition Government

Curzon's note proposes that Polish forces withdraw to the provisional eastern line established by the Peace Conference.

Role range: 1919-1924

Soviet Stand-Off Proposal

Earl · Foreign Secretary · Spa · Government / Coalition Government

The British armistice proposal calls for Soviet forces to remain fifty kilometres east of the proposed line outside Eastern Galicia.

Role range: 1919-1924

Riga Preliminary Peace

Earl · Foreign Secretary · Riga · Government / Coalition Government

The Polish-Soviet preliminary peace agreement adopts a frontier substantially east of the Curzon proposal, reducing its immediate role as a settlement line.

Role range: 1919-1924

1921

Treaty of Riga Frontier

Earl · Foreign Secretary · Riga · Government / Coalition Government

The Treaty of Riga confirms a Polish-Soviet frontier well east of the Curzon Line, leaving the British proposal unused as the interwar boundary.

Role range: 1919-1924

Records, sources and methodology

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