1920
1st Woman MP
Elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth, 1st woman MP
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Elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth, 1st woman MP
Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International Lenin sends out a number of documents, including his Twenty-one Conditions to all socialist parties which the Congress adopts as prerequisites for any group wanting to become affiliated to the International
The 21 Conditions call for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups and instruct the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states & call for the build-up of party organisations along democratic centralist lines
in which the party press and Parliamentary factions would be under the direct control of the party leadership.
Adapted from Rudolf Jung's Austro-Bohemian program by Anton Drexler, Adolf Hitler, Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart
Adapted from Rudolf Jung's Austro-Bohemian program by Anton Drexler, Adolf Hitler, Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart
When the points are announced more than 2000 people attend the rally. Adapted from Rudolf Jung's Austro-Bohemian program by Anton Drexler, Adolf Hitler, Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart
Hitler announces the party's program in front of 2000 people in the Munich Festsaal of the Hofbrauhaus
Hitler announces the 25 Point Program of the NSDAP
Remains the official party program throughout the party's existence
The 1st of the 25 points is "We demand the union of all Germans in a Great Germany on the basis of the principle of self-determination of all peoples"
The 2nd of the 25 points is "We demand that the German people have rights equal to those of other nations; and that the Peace Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain shall be abrogated"
The 3rd of the 25 points is "We demand land and territory (colonies) for the maintenance of our people and the settlement of our surplus population"
Adapted from Rudolf Jung's Austro-Bohemian program by Anton Drexler, Adolf Hitler, Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart
The National Socialist Program originated at a DAP congress in Vienna, then was taken to Munich, by the civil engineer and theoretician Rudolf Jung
Forced to abdicate as King of Palestine by the French
Appointed Acting President of Panama
The Treaty of Sevres recognises Greek authority over most eastern Aegean islands already administered by Greece.
Kerensky develops his views through army reform after 1917.
Assassinated by rightist extremists, a symbol of "defeatism"
Walker scores twice on his debut and begins a club-record scoring career.
Also serves as Bavarian Minister of Foreign Affairs while heading the state government.
Assumes the Bavarian Interior Ministry alongside the premiership, combining political leadership with responsibility for internal administration.
Is elected Bavarian prime minister after the Kapp crisis and forms a conservative government supported by right-wing security organisations.
Is killed during the Croke Park shooting.
Participates in attacks on British intelligence targets.
Is killed when shots are fired at the match crowd.
Is killed in Dublin Castle after the day's violence.
Is killed in Dublin Castle custody.
IRA intelligence operations kill British intelligence officers in Dublin.
Commands IRA men in the morning operations.
The killings intensify the political crisis of the independence war.
British administration is shaken by the Dublin violence.
Faces criticism over Crown forces in Ireland.
Is killed when Crown forces open fire at Croke Park.
Witnesses panic as the crowd flees the shooting.
Takes part in IRA operations against intelligence targets.
British command faces crisis after the day's violence.
Is killed in custody at Dublin Castle that night.
Is among the officers killed in the morning attacks.
Supports IRA command during the Dublin operations.
Dies in the violence at Croke Park.
Is killed during attacks on British intelligence personnel.
Crown forces enter the ground during the football match.
The international conference recommends balanced budgets and eventual restoration of stable convertible currencies.
Is recognized for explaining blood-flow control in skeletal muscle capillaries.
Birmingham's new municipal orchestra gives its first public concert.
Comintern agent Gregory Voitinsky is sent to China, and meets Li Dazhao
Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International Lenin sends out a number of documents, including his Twenty-one Conditions to all socialist parties which the Congress adopts as prerequisites for any group wanting to become affiliated to the International
The 21 Conditions call for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups and instruct the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states & call for the build-up of party organisations along democratic centralist lines
in which the party press and Parliamentary factions would be under the direct control of the party leadership.
Helps shape ideological debate at the Communist International
Appointed Commander of the 1st Cavalry Army
Finances the founding of the Socialist Youth Corps. Comintern agent Gregory Voitinsky is sent to China, and meets Li Dazhao
The League awards Mosul to Iraq despite Turkish claims and Kurdish opposition.
Czechoslovakia adopts its democratic constitution.
The Republic of Austria is formed
The Kapp Putsch involves a group of Freikorps troops who gained control of Berlin and installed Wolfgang Kapp (a right-wing journalist) as Chancellor
The national Government moves to Stuttgart and calls for a general strike, the strike cripples Germany's economy and the Kapp Government collapses
The Government of the National Association is formed headed by Kapp & Luttwitz. Seeckt refuses to defend Berlin & prevents the army firing during the Kapp Putsch. Leads a royalist coup in Berlin
The Government is forced to flee to Stuttgart but returns within a few days
The national Government moves to Stuttgart and calls for a general strike, the strike cripples Germany's economy and the Kapp Government collapses
Curzon sends Soviet Foreign Commissar Chicherin the British armistice proposal that gives the provisional Allied boundary its enduring name.
Stays on the Army payroll until 31st March 1920
French is created Earl of Ypres after the war.
Curzon's proposal extends the earlier provisional line south through Galicia, west of Rawa Ruska and east of Przemysl, to the Carpathians.
The Treaty of Sevres transfers Eastern Thrace to Greek administration.
The State Commission for the Electrification of Russia is founded
Defeated in the presidential election
Elected President of Mexico, for a 2nd term
Venizelos's Liberal Party loses the election following years of war and national division.
The First Jon Magnusson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
The First Tusar Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
The Friis Caretaker Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.
The Leon Delacroix Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.
The Liebe Caretaker Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.
The Second Gunnar Knudsen Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
The Second Tusar Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
The Second Zahle Premiership ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Delivers the lecture Ether and the Theory of Relativity, redefining the concept in gravitational terms.
Evacuated by sea from Novorossik, mostly in British ships
Roy Jenkins is born to Arthur Jenkins, a miners' leader and later Labour MP.
Roy Jenkins is born to Hattie Harris Jenkins in a Welsh Labour household.
Is born into a Welsh Labour family led by miners' representative Arthur Jenkins.
Opens the first Assembly of the League in Geneva.
Begins the First Cerny Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Begins the First Otto B. Halvorsen Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.
Begins the Friis Caretaker Government in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.
The national Government moves to Stuttgart and calls for a general strike, the strike cripples Germany's economy and the Kapp Government collapses
The national Government moves to Stuttgart and calls for a general strike, the strike cripples Germany's economy and the Kapp Government collapses
The State Commission for the Electrification of Russia is founded
Assumes duties as President of the Provisional Government
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Uses spiral nebulae including Andromeda in the Great Debate, arguing that they are external galaxies rather than small objects inside the Milky Way.
The Treaty of Sevres provides for Greek administration of Smyrna before a future plebiscite.
Begins the Henri Carton de Wiart Government in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.
Gandhi paid his respects at his cremation in Bombay, along with 200,000 people, Gandhi calls Tilak "The Maker of Modern India". Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Under the Treaty of Sevres Hejaz is given its independence
Gandhi paid his respects at his cremation in Bombay, along with 200,000 people, Gandhi calls Tilak "The Maker of Modern India"
A tribal revolt is launched throughout Iraqi territory after Arnold Wilson, the High Commissioner to Iraq, refuses to allow for the possibility any amount of Iraqi self-Government
Under the Treaty of Sevres independence is given to Kurdistan, never implemented. Under the Treaty of Sevres independence is given to Armenia
Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow
Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow
Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow
Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow
Under the Treaty of Sevres Arabia is given its independence
Under the Treaty of Sevres Arabia is given its independence
Under the Treaty of Sevres Hejaz is given its independence
Under the Treaty of Sevres independence is given to Kurdistan, never implemented. Under the Treaty of Sevres independence is given to Armenia
Poland invades Russia
Serves as president of the first League Assembly.
Presides over early League Council work.
Begins official duties as special professor at Leiden University.
Begins the Liebe Caretaker Government in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Britain receives the Mesopotamia mandate after Ottoman defeat.
Britain receives the Palestine mandate at San Remo.
Administers Palestine under British mandate authority.
Establishes French authority in Syria under mandate policy.
France receives the Syria and Lebanon mandate.
Hitler proclaims the Party program at the Hofbrauhaus
The national Government moves to Stuttgart and calls for a general strike, the strike cripples Germany's economy and the Kapp Government collapses
The national Government moves to Stuttgart and calls for a general strike, the strike cripples Germany's economy and the Kapp Government collapses
The party keeps the program when it changes its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party in April 1920 & remains the official party program throughout the party's existence
The National Socialist Program originated at a DAP congress in Vienna, then was taken to Munich, by the civil engineer and theoretician Rudolf Jung
The Government issues a supplementary decree nationalizing most small scale industries
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the novel Growth of the Soil.
Receives the medicine prize for discovering capillary motor regulation.
North Persia Oils concludes a sale agreement connected with acquisition of northern Persian concession interests.
A company linked with Anglo-Persian is incorporated to pursue former Russian oil interests in northern Persia.
Publicly presents Bavaria as an 'Ordnungszelle', a nucleus from which order and stability could spread through Germany.
Created the Duke of York & takes his seat in the House of Lords
Joseph Wirth and Walter Rathenau announce their "Policy of Fulfillment"
Joseph Wirth and Walter Rathenau announce their "Policy of Fulfillment"
Curzon's note proposes that Polish forces withdraw to the provisional eastern line established by the Peace Conference.
Is inaugurated as President of Chile after winning the closely contested 1920 election.
Appointed President of Ecuador
Wins a plurality in the presidential election and is later confirmed by the full Congress.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Becomes prime minister after Borden retires.
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term
Assumes duties as President of the Provisional Government
Speaks as a guest speaker to attract a larger audience, not a member of the NSDAP
Chairs the NSDAP rally in the absence of Drexler, over 2,000 attend. At Hitler's wishes the 1st NSDAP rally is held at the Festsaal of the Hofbrauhaus
Last White army under Wrangel evacuates the Crimea
Start of peasant insurrection in Tambov
A tribal revolt is launched throughout Iraqi territory after Arnold Wilson, the High Commissioner to Iraq, refuses to allow for the possibility any amount of Iraqi self-Government
Produces a draft for the reforms of the NSDAP
Saavedra helps lead the Republican coup that ends the Liberal Party's long rule.
Escalier joins the Republican junta formed after the overthrow of Gutierrez Guerra.
Informs Noske the army will not fire on the free corps, Noske resigns
Renner resign & the socialists leave power, except in Vienna
A referendum and political change restore Constantine I to the throne.
Retires from the Army
The Polish-Soviet preliminary peace agreement adopts a frontier substantially east of the Curzon proposal, reducing its immediate role as a settlement line.
Leads the club when King Alfonso XIII grants Madrid the royal title Real.
Under the Treaty of Sevres Adalia is ceded to Italy by Turkey
The Allies occupy Constantinople
The Allies complete the occupation of Constantinople
The Allies occupy Constantinople
The Allies complete their occupation of Constantinople
Last White army under Wrangel evacuates the Crimea
Under the Treaty of Sevres Turkey cedes Cyprus to Britain
Under the Treaty of Sevres the Dardanelles are placed under international control
Under the Treaty of Sevres the Dodecanese are ceded to Italy by Turkey
Under the Treaty of Sevres independence is given to Kurdistan, never implemented
Mosul is declared part of Iraq
Proclaims himself King of Syria & Palestine
Under the Treaty of Sevres Rhodes is ceded to Italy by Turkey
Under the Treaty of Sevres Smyrna is ceded to Greece. Under the Treaty of Sevres Greece is given the adminstration of Smyrna
Under the Treaty of Svres Syria is ceded to France
Proclaims himself King of Syria & Palestine but 15 weeks later deposed by the French
Teschen is divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland
Under the Treaty of Sevres Eastern Thrace is ceded to Greece
Under the Treaty of Sevres a League of Nations mandate awards Transjordan to Britain
Averescu begins his second premiership and oversees major postwar reforms.
Presides over the opening of the Second Congress of the Communist International
Begins the Second Jon Magnusson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Begins the Second Neergaard Premiership in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Begins the Second Tusar Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
Becomes the League's first Secretary-General.
Parliament examines the company's pre-government marketing agreement to supply Shell through the end of 1922.
Informs Noske the army will not fire on the free corps, Noske resigns
Ducat captains Villa to an extra-time FA Cup final victory over Huddersfield Town.
Finances the founding of the Socialist Youth Corps
The British armistice proposal calls for Soviet forces to remain fifty kilometres east of the proposed line outside Eastern Galicia.
At Spa, Lloyd George supports using the previously proposed Allied eastern line as the basis for an armistice in the Polish-Soviet War.
Miners walk out & make a claim for 2 shillings more per week
The Miners return to work
Directs The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, a landmark of German Expressionist cinema.
Co-directs The Golem: How He Came into the World.
Co-directs and stars in The Golem: How He Came into the World.
The Act returns railroads to private operation and strengthens federal rate regulation.
Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow
Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow
Under the Treaty a League of Nations mandate is set up for Syria. Syria is ceded to France
Under the Treaty of Sevres Turkey cedes Cyprus to Britain. Under the Treaty of Sevres a League of Nations mandate awards Transjordan to Britain
Turkey is to be occupied by British, French & Italian troops. Turkey is forced to renounce much of the Ottoman Empire to the Allies. The Treaty of Sevres leads to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
Under the Treaty of Sevres Greece is given the adminstration of Smyrna. Under the Treaty of Sevres Eastern Thrace, Chios & Smyrna are ceded to Greece. Turkey surrenders all territorial claims in Arab Asia & north Africa.
Under the Treaty of Sevres the Dardanelles are placed under international control. Under the Treaty of Sevres independence is given to Kurdistan, never implemented. Under the Treaty of Sevres independence is given to Armenia.
League mandates are created from former Ottoman territories under the peace settlement.
Part of European Turkey is ceded to Bulgaria
Venizelos signs the Treaty of Sevres, expanding Greek administration in Thrace and around Smyrna.
Ends the Russo-Finnish war over Karelia, Finland makes a small territorial gain
Romania, Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia take nearly 2/3 of Hungarys territory
The Treaty of Versailles comes into effect
Promotes conditions for parties joining the Communist International
Founds Unit 731 for biological & chemical warfare, possibly used at Nomonhan
The Senate rejects League membership after the Versailles dispute.
The NSDAP purchase the Voelkischer Beobachter on the initiative of Chase Bauduin and Dietrich Eckart, who become the first editors
The NSDAP purchase the Voelkischer Beobachter on the initiative of Chase Bauduin and Dietrich Eckart, who become the first editors
The NSDAP purchase the Voelkischer Beobachter on the initiative of Chase Bauduin and Dietrich Eckart, who become the first editors
Birth of Adge Cutler, later associated with Bristol folk music.
Birth of Alf Ramsey
Birth of Farouk, son of Fuad I
Birth of Frederico Fellini
Birth of George Hardwick
Birth of Isaac Asimov
Birth of Jerome David Salinger
Birth of John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Birth of Liam Cosgrave
Birth of Roy Harris Jenkins, later Labour minister, SDP founder and Liberal Democrat peer.
Birth of Walter Matthau
Birth of William Egan Colby
Gandhi paid his respects at his cremation in Bombay, along with 200,000 people, Gandhi calls Tilak "The Maker of Modern India". Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Death of Mathias Erxberger, assassinated
Founds Unit 731 for biological & chemical warfare, possibly used at Nomonhan
Defeats the Russians
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