President of Switzerland
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Historical events in 1924
405 historical records
January 192418 historical events
President of Panama
Appointed President of Panama
Constitution of China
The Kuomintangโs First National Congress adopts cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party and Soviet advisers.
Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Vote of Confidence
The Conservatives are defeated in Parliament
Lenin Death Reaction
Continues anti-Bolshevik commentary after Leninโs death.
Election
Resigns after the Conservatives lose their majority at the general election
Resignation of Stanley Baldwin
Resigns after the Conservatives lose their majority at the general election
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Foreign Minister
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Health
Is appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in Ramsay MacDonaldโs first Labour government.
Election
A Royal decree dissolves the Chamber & elections are announced for 6 April
Leningrad Renaming
Petrograd is renamed Leningrad after Lenin's death.
Wafd Government
Forms the first Wafd government after a decisive parliamentary election victory.
Burial
A mausoleum is constructed in Red Square where Lenins embalmed body lies in public
Secretary of Labour Party
Appointed Secretary of the Labour Party
Congress of Communist Party, 13th
The Conference, held in January 1924 just before Lenins death, denounced Trotsky and Trotskyism
February 19245 historical events
Birth of Billy Wright
Birth of Billy Wright
Birth of Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Mugabe is born in Matibiri village near Kutama Mission in the Zvimba District northeast of Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia
Hitler Treason Trial
Testifies as a witness at the high-treason trial of Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff and Ernst Rรถhm.
Trial
The Hitlerputsch trial begins
Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Released from prison
March 192410 historical events
Constitution of Turkey
Abolishes the Caliphate
Abdication
Deposed and expelled from the shores of Turkey with the rest of his family. Abdulmecid II is deposed
Exile of Abdulmecid II
Deposed and expelled from the shores of Turkey with the rest of his family
Prime Minister of Turkey
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term
Election
Will stand as "Independent anti-Socialist candidate" for the Abbey Div of Westminster
Election
Defeated by 43 votes by the official Conservative candidate
Third Jon Magnusson Government
Begins the Third Jon Magnusson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Sigurdur Eggerz Government
The Sigurdur Eggerz Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Republic Proclaimed
The National Assembly abolishes the monarchy and proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
Election
Wins the Burnley by-election
April 192449 historical events
Trial
Ludendorf is acquitted for his part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch
NSDAP
Given 5 years for the Munich Beer Hall putsch, reduced to 6 months
Trial
Given 5 years for the Munich Beer Hall putsch, reduced to 6 months
Trial
Given 5 years for the Munich Beer Hall putsch, reduced to 6 months
Trial
Ludendorf is acquitted for his part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch
Gold Convertibility Restored
Sweden formally restores gold convertibility at the old parity, completing its postwar return to the gold standard.
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan is put forward to stabilize the economic situation in Europe, to enable the Germans to pay their reparations and the Allies to pay their debts to the US. Sets an upper limit for payment of reparations and limits the time to 37 years, the Motto is "Business, not politics"
Economy of Germany
The Dawes Plan is put forward to stabilize the economic situation in Europe, to enable the Germans to pay their reparations and the Allies to pay their debts to the US
Allied Debt Payments
The plan is intended to help Allied governments repay debts owed to the United States.
American Loans
The Dawes Plan makes foreign loans, mainly from the United States, available to Germany.
Business Not Politics
The Dawes Plan is promoted under the motto Business, not politics.
Currency Stability
The Dawes arrangements contribute to German currency stabilization.
Customs Revenue
Customs taxes are included among the sources for reparations payments.
Dawes Plan Acceptance
Accepts the Dawes Plan for German reparations.
Dawes Plan
Accepts the Dawes Plan form German reparations
Dawes Plan
Reparation payments would begin at 1 billion marks for the first year and should rise over a period of four years to 2. 5 billion marks per year. Foreign loans (primarily from the United States) would be made available to Germany.
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan provides short term economic benefits to the German economy, It softens the burdens of war reparations, stabilizes the currency, and attracts increased foreign investments and loans to the German market.
Dawes Plan
The sources for the reparation money should include transportation, excise, and custom taxes. The Ruhr area is to be evacuated by Allied occupation troops. The German Reichsbank would be reorganized under Allied supervision.
European Stabilization Plan
Supports the Dawes Plan as a means to stabilise Europe's economic situation.
Excise Tax Revenue
Excise taxes are assigned as one source of reparations revenue.
First Year Payment
Reparations begin at one billion marks in the first year under the Dawes arrangements.
Foreign Credit
Germany gains access to foreign credit under the Dawes arrangements.
Foreign Investment
The plan helps attract increased foreign investment into Germany.
Loan Inflows
Foreign lending to Germany increases under the Dawes framework.
Reichsbank Supervision
The German Reichsbank is to be reorganized under Allied supervision.
Reparations Burden Eased
The plan softens the immediate burden of German reparations.
Reparations Capacity
The Dawes Plan is designed to enable Germany to meet reparations payments.
Reparations Ceiling
The Dawes Plan places an upper limit on German reparations payments.
Reparations Timetable
The plan limits the reparations timetable to 37 years.
Rising Reparations Schedule
Annual reparations are scheduled to rise toward 2.5 billion marks over four years.
Ruhr Evacuation
The Dawes arrangements provide for Allied occupation troops to leave the Ruhr.
Short Term Recovery
The Dawes Plan provides short-term economic benefits to Germany.
Transport Tax Revenue
Transportation taxes are identified as a source for reparations payments.
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Committee proposes a reparations plan to stabilize German payments after World War I.
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan provides for annual German reparations; Dawes later shares the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize.
Economy of Germany
Submits the committee report on German reparations and financial stabilization.
Foreign Loans
The Dawes Plan supports foreign lending to stabilize the German economy.
Reichsbank Reform
The Dawes Plan recommends changes to stabilize German finance and support reparations.
Reparations Schedule
The Dawes Plan reduces annual German payments at first and lets them rise over time.
Republic Confirmed by Referendum
Voters approve the abolition of the monarchy and establishment of a republic.
Mein Kampf
Puplication of "Mein Kampf", helped by Herman Hess
Mein Kampf
Puplication of "Mein Kampf", written mainly in Landsberg prison. Puplication of "Mein Kampf", helped by Herman Hess
Birth of Roy Mason
Birth of Roy Mason
Second Neergaard Premiership
The Second Neergaard Premiership ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.
First Stauning Premiership
Begins the First Stauning Premiership in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Greater German Youth Movement
The Jugendbund der NSDAP is renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement)
Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung
The Jugendbund der NSDAP is renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement)
Hitler Youth
The Jugendbund der NSDAP is renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement)
Jugendbund der NSDAP
The Jugendbund der NSDAP is renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement)
May 192411 historical events
Birth of Peter Shore
Birth of Peter Shore
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act establishes national-origin quotas that restrict labour migration.
Birth of Edward Dillon Lott du Cann
Birth of Edward Dillon Lott du Cann
Assassination of Giacomo Matteotti
Denounces the Fascist Party & is found dead 12 days later
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Congress of Communist Party, 13th
Zinoviev and Kamenev helped Stalin retain his position as General Secretary of the Central Committee at the XIIIth Party Congress in May-June 1924 during the first Lenins Testament controversy
Congress of Communist Party, 13th
Zinoviev and Kamenev helped Stalin retain his position as General Secretary of the Central Committee at the XIIIth Party Congress in May-June 1924 during the first Lenins Testament controversy
Congress of Communist Party, 13th
Zinoviev and Kamenev helped Stalin retain his position as General Secretary of the Central Committee at the XIIIth Party Congress in May-June 1924 during the first Lenins Testament controversy
Lessons of October, an extensive summary of the events of 1917
Trotsky publishes The Lessons of October, an extensive summary of the events of 1917
The Lessons of October, an extensive summary of the events of 1917
Trotsky publishes The Lessons of October, an extensive summary of the events of 1917
June 192413 historical events
Ministers and Secretaries Act
Leads the government as legislation establishes the principal departments and ministerial structure of the Free State.
Revenue Act
The Revenue Act reduces top income-tax rates while retaining a progressive structure.
Chancellor
Dr Wilhelm Marx (Center) forms 2nd cabinet
Assassination of Giacomo Matteotti
Assassinated by Mussolinis Fascists
Death of Giacomo Matteotti
Death of Giacomo Matteotti, assassinated by Mussolinis Fascists
Birth of Charles Kingsley
Birth of Charles Kingsley
Republican Convention
Nominated as Calvin Coolidge's Republican running mate.
Assassination of Giacomo Matteotti
Matteotti is found in a grave outside Rome
Demonstrations
The affair provokes anti-fascist demonstrations in the Italian Parliament
Scandal
The Italian King fails to re-establish democracy. The affair provokes anti-fascist demonstrations in the Italian Parliament
Scandal
The Italian King fails to re-establish democracy. The affair provokes anti-fascist demonstrations in the Italian Parliament. Matteotti is found in a grave outside Rome
American Academy Foreign Honorary Membership
Accepts election as a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Birth of Sydney Lumet
Birth of Sydney Lumet
July 19248 historical events
Abraham Berge Government
The Abraham Berge Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
First Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Government
Begins the First Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.
Conference of London
Hosts a Conference to discuss the implementation of the Dawes Plan
Dawes Plan
Hosts a Conference to discuss the implementation of the Dawes Plan
International Agreement at London
Persuades Germany to sign for fresh agreements on peace & reparaions
Plan-Dawes
Hosts a Conference to discuss the implementation of the Dawes Plan
Minister of Finance
Appointed Minister of Finance
Comintern
At the Vth Comintern Congress Zinoviev condemns Marxist philosopher Georg Lukย css History and Class Consciousness, published in 1923 after his involvement in Bโla Kuns Hungarian Soviet Republic, and Karl Korschs Marxism and Philosophy
August 19248 historical events
President of Paraguay
Takes office and works to restore finances and state authority.
October Crisis
Kerensky develops his views through october crisis after 1917.
Gold Exchange Standard
Schacht establishes the stable Reichsmark within the restored international gold-exchange system.
Reichsmark
Germany introduces the Reichsmark with a fixed gold value after stabilisation by the Rentenmark.
Reichsmark Gold Parity
The new Reichsmark is introduced with a legally defined gold value under the Dawes stabilisation framework, replacing the emergency Rentenmark as Germany's official currency.
Dawes Plan
The French agree to the Dawes Plan
Transjordan Mandate
Abdullah accepted British demands for tighter supervision of financial and administrative affairs. The episode highlighted the limits of the emirateโs autonomy while Britain retained mandate responsibility.
Commander of Moscow
Appointed Commander of the Moscow Military District
September 192411 historical events
President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador
Noise of Sabres
Faces military pressure as officers protest delays in passing social legislation.
Social Legislation
Promulgates major labour and social insurance laws after military pressure on Congress.
Departure from Chile
Leaves the country after Congress grants him temporary constitutional leave.
Constitution of Great Britain
Adopted "Constitutional & Anti-Socialist" candidate for Epping
Member of Parliament
Adopted "Constitutional & Anti-Socialist" candidate for Epping
Birth of Daniel Toroitich arap Moi
Birth of Daniel Toroitich arap Moi
Election
Birth of Daniel Toroitich arap Moi
Michael
Directs Michael for UFA in Germany.
Capture of Taif
Commands Ikhwan forces during the capture of Taif.
Capture of Taif
Supports the Saudi advance into the Hejaz through Taif.
October 192411 historical events
Birth of Jimmy Carter
Birth of Jimmy Carter, Plains, Georgia
Geneva Protocol
Supports the Geneva Protocol for arbitration and security.
Geneva Protocol
Backs arbitration proposals linked to League security.
Constitution of Great Britain
Elected Member of Parliament for Epping, "Constitutional anti-Socialist"
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Epping, "Constitutional anti-Socialist"
General Election
Retains Nelson and Colne for Labour after the fall of the first Labour government.
Prime Minister of Turkey
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 1st term
Correspondence Principle Absorption Analysis
Publishes an extension of the correspondence principle relating quantum absorption and dispersion to the behaviour expected from classical multiply periodic orbits.
RMC-Budenny
Appointed Member of Revolutionary Military Council
Entry into Mecca
Enters Mecca peacefully as the Hejaz campaign advances.
Entry into Mecca
Supports the political and military consolidation of Mecca.
November 192412 historical events
Economy of Great Britain
Promises "tranquility & prosperity in which to recuperate from the war"
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister Great Britain, 2nd term
Election
Elected Vice President on the Republican ticket with Calvin Coolidge.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, although not a member of the Conservative Party
Waxworks
Directs the expressionist anthology film Waxworks.
Death of Edwin Samuel Montagu
Death of Edwin Samuel Montagu
Succeeds as Archbishop of Armagh
O'Donnell succeeds Michael Logue as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
Death of Michael Logue
Logue dies at Ara Coeli in Armagh after thirty-seven years as archbishop and decades of leadership within the Irish church.
Prime Minister of Turkey
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term
Rule of Sudan
Faces a British ultimatum requiring Egyptian forces to withdraw from Sudan after Sir Lee Stack's assassination.
Secretary of State for Health
Appointed Minister of Health, 2nd term
British Government Retains Equity Stake
The British government decides to retain its large equity holding rather than privatize its Anglo-Persian interest.
December 192411 historical events
Transjordan Mandate
Britain and the United States concluded a convention relating to the Palestine Mandate, whose provisions also applied to Transjordan. The agreement addressed American rights and interests within territories administered under the mandate.
Barcelona Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
Presides over Barcelona's twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations during the club's first golden age.
Birth of Frank Fiorini
Frank Angelo Fiorini, later known as Frank Sturgis, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 9, 1924.
Nobel Prize in Literature
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his national epic The Peasants.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Receives the physics prize for discoveries in X-ray spectroscopy.
X-Ray Spectroscopy Recognition
Is recognized for highly accurate methods mapping characteristic X-ray spectra.
Arrest of Adolf Hitler
Released from Landsberg prison after serving 9 months of a 5 yr sentence
NSDAP
Released from Landsberg prison after serving 9 months of a 5 yr sentence
The Last Laugh
Directs Der letzte Mann, a landmark of moving-camera silent cinema.
Trial
Convicted of complicity in a Jan 1918 strike at a munitions factory
Birth of Robert Sobukwe
Birth of Robert Sobukwe
Khost Rebellion
A tribal and religious rebellion challenges Amanullah's reforms and centralizing government.
Anthroposophie
Publication of "Anthroposophie"
Quantum Statistics Research
Begins intensive work on quantum statistics and the statistical behaviour of particles, helping redirect his research toward quantum foundations.
Birth Trauma Theory
Challenges orthodox psychoanalysis by emphasizing early separation anxiety.
The Trauma of Birth
Publishes a theory assigning major psychological importance to birth separation.
Ambassador
Appointed Ambassador of Britain
Plot
Failed attempt to assassinate Boris III, leads to pogroms against the left
Pogroms
Failed attempt to assassinate Boris III, leads to pogroms against the left
Premier of Alberta
Appointed Premier of Canada
Peerage
Created Viscount Bennett
UN Juez Rural
Publication of "UN Juez Rural"
Leave from Presidency
Obtains congressional leave and departs the country during the September military crisis.
Military Intervention
Leaves Chile after military pressure disrupts his first presidential administration.
Head of State
Appointed Head of State for China
President of China
Appointed President of China, northern Government
Exile of Pu-i
Leaves the forbidden city for the Japanese concession of Tientsin
Return from Europe
Returns to China from Europe and enters the First United Front political environment.
Whampoa Military Academy
Becomes a leading political officer at the Whampoa Military Academy during the First United Front.
Whampoa
Appointed Head of the Poltical Department at the Whampoa Military Academy
Congress of Kuomingtang
1st Congress of the Kuomingtang
Declaration of United Front
Declares a United Front
Kuomingtang
Founds a Chinese nationalist party & models it on the Soviet Communist Party
Manifesto
Delivers his doctrine of "nationalism", "democracy" & "livelihood" by one party rule
Whampoa
Helps establish the Whampoa Military Academy and serves as its first commandant.
Capture of Beijing
Captures Peking
Capture of Tientsin
Captures Tientsin
Capture of China
Drives Wu out of northern China
Whampoa
Serves as commandant of the Whampoa Military Academy, which opens on 16 June 1924.
An Atomic Phantasy
Publication of "An Atomic Phantasy"
Prime Minister of Denmark
Appointed Prime Minister of Denmark, 1st term
Acid-Base Reaction Rate Theory
Provides a quantitative framework for general acid-base catalysis.
Bronsted Catalysis Relation
Relates acid and base strength to catalytic reaction rates.
Bohr-Kramers-Slater Radiation Theory
Works with Hendrik Kramers and John Slater on a radiation theory using virtual oscillators and the correspondence principle to reconcile wave and quantum descriptions.
Entr'acte
Directs Entr'acte.
Minister of Commerce
Appointed Minister of Commerce
Minister of Interior
Appointed Minister of the Interior, 1st term
President of France
Appointed President of France
President of France
Appointed President of the Chamber of Deputies
Election
Defeated by Radicals & Socialists
Ecole Normale Superieure
Sartre enters the Ecole Normale Superieure and joins an influential philosophical generation.
Matter Waves
Proposes that material particles possess wave properties.
Wave Nature of Electrons
Introduces the wavelength relation later confirmed by electron diffraction.
League Delegate
As French delegate to the League of Nations from 1924 to 1938, Cassin pressed for progress on disarmament and in developing institutions to aid the resolution of international conflicts
Education
Graduates from St Cyr
Die Nibelungen
Directs the two-part silent epic Die Nibelungen.
Attische Sonnette
Publication of "Plan und Dithyrambos". Publication of "Attische Sonnette"
Plan und Dithyrambos
Publication of "Plan und Dithyrambos". Publication of "Attische Sonnette"
Der Zauberberg
Publication of "Der Zauberberg"
The Magic Mountain
Publication of "The Magic Mountain"
Conference of London
Gets agreement for speedier Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland
Dawes Plan
At the London Conference gets agreement for Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland
Occupation
At the London Conference gets agreement for Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland
Reparations
The Dawes Plan, the US vice president helps to craft a plan for annual German installment payments, but avoids the more troublesome issue of the total amount owed. At the London Conference gets agreement for Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland
Resignation from Public Office
Resigns his remaining public offices in February as relations between Bavaria and the Reich begin to stabilise.
Doctorate at Frankfurt
Adorno receives his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Frankfurt.
25 Point Program
Gottfried Feder proposes a new 39-point program, all such attempts ultimately fail because Hitler refuses to allow any discussion of the party program after 1925
NSDAP
Joins the NSDAP
Arrest of Rudolph Hess
Imprisoned for 6 months alongside Hitler in Landsberg Prison. Gives himself up for part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch
25 Point Program
Gottfried Feder proposes a new 39-point program, all such attempts ultimately fail because Hitler refuses to allow any discussion of the party program after 1925
Stabswache
After Hitler's release he orders a new bodyguard unit formed, again called the Stabswache, but this time it did not fall under SA control
Election
Elected to the Reichstag
Editor
Appointed Editor of The Volkische Freiheit
NSDAP
Meets the Bavarian Premier & promises to put the NSDAP struggle on a legal basis
NSDAP
The NSDAP is reorganized around the "Fuhrer Principle"
Party Fuhrer
Appointed Party Fuhrer of the NSDAP
Member of Parliament
Appointed Member of Wurtemburg Parliament
Bose Counting Recasts Planck Radiation Law
Einstein recognized that Bose's counting method obtained Planck's spectrum by treating light quanta statistically without relying on the classical independent-particle counting used for ordinary gases.
Bose Light-Quantum Manuscript Reaches Einstein
Satyendra Nath Bose sent Einstein a manuscript deriving Planck's radiation law by a new statistical counting method applied directly to indistinguishable light quanta.
Einstein Recommends Bose Radiation Paper for Publication
Einstein submitted Bose's translated paper for publication and endorsed its new derivation of the black-body radiation law from quantum statistics.
Einstein Translates Bose Photon Statistics Paper
Einstein translated Bose's manuscript on the quantum statistics of radiation into German after recognizing the importance of its treatment of light quanta.
Photon Indistinguishability Gains Statistical Role
Bose's method, promoted by Einstein, treated light quanta as statistically indistinguishable objects, an idea that became fundamental to quantum statistics.
At The Boars Head
Composes, "Choral Symphony". Composes, "At The Boars Head"
Choral Symphony
Composes, "Choral Symphony". Composes, "At The Boars Head"
The Man in the Brown Suit
Publication of "The Man in the Brown Suit"
A Passage to India
Publication of "A Passage to India"
Royal Academy
Appointed President of the Royal Academy
Ambassador
Appointed Minister of Egypt
Gold Standard Policy
Churchill begins preparing a return to gold at the pre-war sterling parity after becoming Chancellor.
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Foreign Minister
Secretary of State for India
Appointed Secretary of State for India
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Appointed Secretary of State for War
Lord President
Appointed Lord President of the Council
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Stockton, majority of 3,000
Maiden Speech
Makes early parliamentary interventions as a young Conservative MP
Election
The Conservatives win 46.8% of votes cast & 412 MPs
Secretary of State for Agriculture
Appointed Minister of Agriculture
Attorney General
Appointed Attorney General
Attorney General
Appointed Attorney General
Minister Without Portfolio
Appointed Minister without Portfolio
Diplomatic Plan at London
Britain recognozes the Soviet Government & makes plans for a loan
Election
The Zinoviev letter published by the Daily Mail loses the Labour Party the election. After election week the Zinoviev letter is shown to be a forgery
Reform of Electricity Supply
A Cabinet Committee proposes a national grid
Resignation of James Ramsey MacDonald
Liberals & Conservatives vote against the Government on a "Workers Weekly" article
Zinoviev Letter
The Zinoviev letter published by the Daily Mail loses the Labour Party the election. An alleged letter from Zinoviev calls for Labour Party communists to revolt. After election week the Zinoviev letter is shown to be a forgery
Health Reform
Passes the Housing Act, provides aid to build 2.5 million homes for rent by 1939
Reform of Housing
Passes the Housing Act, provides aid to build 2.5 million homes for rent by 1939
Secretary of State for Health
Appointed as the Minister of Health
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland
Board of Trade
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
President of Board of Trade
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Attorney General
Appointed Attorney General
Budget
Cuts direct & indirect taxation
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
Leader of House of Commons
Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Chancellor
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 2nd term
Lord Privy Seal
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Solicitor General
Appointed Solicitor General, 2nd term
Cadman Reorganizes Persian Operations
Undertakes consultations in Persia aimed at centralizing and clarifying management of Anglo-Persian's local operations.
Moulmein Posting
Serves as a colonial police officer in Moulmein.
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Oldham
Local Labour Politics
Becomes prominent in Tredegar Labour politics.
Election
The Labour Party wins 33.3% of votes cast & 151 MPs
School Football
Captains the Winchester College football team during his final school years.
School Prefect
Serves as Prefect of Hall while completing his studies at Winchester College.
Under Secretary of State for War
Appointed Under Secretary of State for War
Party Leader
When MacDonald became Prime Minister he made Clynes the party's leader in the Commons
Stellar Mass-Luminosity
The larger a star the more luminous, mass can be found if luminosity is known. Discovers the mass-luminosity relation for stars
Greenwich Hourly Radio Time Signals Begin
The British Broadcasting Company's six pip time signal drew on the Observatory's accurate time service. The development became important to surveying and nautical charts.
Relativity, Theory of
Eddington publishes influential expositions that spread general relativity among English speaking scientists
Second Division Title Attack
Features in the Leeds United attack during the campaign that brings the club its first Second Division championship and promotion to the top flight.
First Promotion to Top Division
Guides Leeds United to the Second Division championship, securing the club's first promotion to the highest level of English league football.
Portsmouth Rise Into Second Division
McCartney's side earns promotion from the Third Division South, a major step in Portsmouth's progression through the English league pyramid.
Prime Minister of Greece
Eleftherios Venizelos begins a term as Prime Minister of Greece in 1924.
Refugee Loan
League-backed finance supports Greek refugee settlement.
Mayor
Chitta Ranjan Das is elected Mayor of Calcutta.
Independence of India
Ghandi devotes himself to the "constructive programme" to build Muslim & Hindu unity
Independence of India
Ghandi devotes himself to the "constructive programme" to build Muslim & Hindu unity
Bose Statistics
Satyendra Nath Bose derives Planck's radiation law using a new statistical treatment of indistinguishable light quanta.
Quantum Statistics Paper
Bose's paper on Planck's law is translated and submitted for publication by Albert Einstein, bringing Bose statistics to international attention.
Drama
Dramatizationof, "St Joan"
Fianna Fail Party
Founds the Fianna Fail Party
Ambassador
Appointed Ambassador of Brazil
Secretary General of Socialist Party
Appointed Secretary General of the Socialist Party
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the PCI
Acerbo Law
After the drastic modifying of electoral legislation (the Acerbo Law), the PNF clearly wins the highly controversial elections
Election
After the drastic modifying of electoral legislation (the Acerbo Law), the PNF clearly wins the highly controversial elections
PNF
After the drastic modifying of electoral legislation (the Acerbo Law), the PNF clearly wins the highly controversial elections
Florence Lectureship
Returns to Italy and becomes lecturer in mathematical physics and mechanics at the University of Florence.
Leiden Rockefeller Fellowship
Works in Leiden on a Rockefeller Fellowship with Paul Ehrenfest and becomes more closely connected to leading European theoretical physicists.
Government
Forms a coalition Government
Prime Minister of Japan
Appointed Prime Minister of Japan
Foreign Secretary of Japan
Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term
Marriage
Marries Princess Nagako
Marriage
Marries the Emperor Hirohito
Seiyukai Party
Appointed Member of Seiyukai Party
Provost
Appointed Provost Marshal General
President of Mexico
Appointed President of Mexico
Reballion of Adolfo de la Huerta
President Obregon puts down a revolt led by Adolfo de la Huerta
Reballion of Adolfo de la Huerta
President Obregon puts down a revolt led by Adolfo de la Huerta
Reballion of Adolfo de la Huerta
President Obregon puts down a revolt led by Adolfo de la Huerta
APRA
Founds the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana in Mexico
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana
Ordination
Ordination of Stefan Wyszynski
Paris Olympic Football Debut
Kuchar represented Poland at the Paris Olympics, an early landmark for a national football team still establishing itself in international competition.
Departure for Moscow
Shalamov left Vologda and worked at a leather factory in Kuntsevo, beginning his independent adult life.
We
Publication of "We"
Congress of Communist Party, 13th
Delivers the Central Committee's reports to the XIIth and XIIIth Party Congresses in 1923 and 1924 respectively, something that Lenin had previously done
Zinoviev Letter
An alleged letter sent to British Communists helps defeat MacDonalds Government
Lenin Dead
Writes Lenin Dead after the death of Vladimir Lenin, assessing his revolutionary leadership and historical significance.
Exile of Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov
Exiled to Italy
All-Union Central Executive Committee
Appointed Chairman of the All-Union Central Executive Committee
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars. Appointed Chairman of the Communist Party
Comintern
The Mongolian Peoples Revolutionary Party joined Comintern. The Comintern is behind a failed coup in Estonia by the Estonian Communist Party
Constitution of Russia
Eliminates the opposition of Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Rykov
Economy of Russia
After Lenins death in 1924, a power struggle between the pro-NEP and anti-NEP escalated eventually into the creation of the first planned economy under Stalin
Inspector
Appointed Inspector of the Cavalry
Conference of Communist Party
The party leadership decide to lower agricultural taxes. The party leadership decide to legalize hiring of labor & leasing of land. Suggests peasants be freed to increase food production
Politburo
Appointed Member of Politburo
Triumvirate
Appointed Member of Triumvirate. Allies with Stalin & Kamanev in forming a ruling triumvirate after the death of Lenin
Ruling Triumvirate
Appointed Member of Triumvirate ruling Russia after Lenins death
Against Bureaucracy Progressive and Unprogressive
Writes Against Bureaucracy, Progressive and Unprogressive while continuing his criticism of administrative degeneration.
First Five Years of the Communist International Volume I
Publishes the first volume collecting his speeches and writings from the early Communist International.
Comintern Policy Shift
Influences Communist International strategy after Lenin's death
Negative Curvature Cosmology
The achievement marks negative curvature cosmology as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Open Universe Model
Publishes a relativistic universe model with constant negative spatial curvature.
Adviser
Appointed Adviser to the Kuomingtang
New Economic Policy
After Lenins death in 1924, a power struggle between the pro-NEP and anti-NEP escalated eventually into the creation of the first planned economy under Stalin
Military Adviser
Appointedilitary adviser to the revolutionary forces in China
Administrator
Appointed Administrator of the Transvaal
Legislation
Makes Afrikans the official language
Minister of Interior
Appointed Minister of the Interior by Hertzog
Reform of Government
Seeks to repatriate South Africas Indian minority. Makes Afrikans the official language
Hertzog Government Begins
Begins his premiership after the Pact election victory.
Pact Government Takes Office
Forms a government with Labour support and an Afrikaner nationalist programme.
Government
Forms a coalition Government with the South Africa Labour Party
Prime Minister of South Africa
Appointed Prime Minister of South Africa, 1st term
Election
Smuts is defeated by the National Party
Secretary of State for Health
Appointed Minister of National Health by Hertzog
Resignation of Daniel Francois Malan
Resigns as Editor of De Burger
Prime Minister of South Africa
First comes to power iwith Hertzog as Prime Minister
Resignation of Daniel Francois Malan
Resigns as Editor of De Burger
Birth of Lee Ki-baek
Birth of Lee Ki-baek
Republican Party
Founds the Republican Party
Prime Minister of Sweden
Appointed Prime Minister of Sweden, 3rd term
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and research in X-ray spectroscopy.
Judgement and Reasoning in the Child
Publication of "The Language & Thought of the Child". Publication of "Judgement & Reasoning in the Child"
The Language and Thought of the Child
Publication of "The Language & Thought of the Child". Publication of "Judgement & Reasoning in the Child"
League Assembly
Appointed President of the League of Nations Assembly
Constitution of Turkey
An elected Parliament is created
Treaty of Friendship
Germany & Turkey sign a Treaty of friendship
Constitution of Turkey
The Caliphate is abolished & Abdulmecid is exiled
Caliphate
The Caliphate is abolished & Abdulmecid is exiled
Exile of Abdulmecid II
The Caliphate is abolished & Abdulmecid is exiled
Birth of Suleyman Demirel
Birth of Suleyman Demirel
Birth of Milton Obote
Birth of Milton Obote
Holland Tunnel
Completes the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin composes Rhapsody in Blue, symphonic jazz composition
What Price Glory?", portrays an American soldier during Word War I
Publication of "What Price Glory?", portrays an American soldier during Word War I
What Price Glory?
Publication of "What Price Glory?", portrays an American soldier during Word War I
The Study of Human Society
Publication of "The Study of Human Society"
Dawes Plan
The Dawes committee, Maurice Houtart & Emile Francqui (Belgium), Jean Parmentier & Edgard Allix (France), Josiah Stamp & Robert Kindersley (UK), Alberto Pirelli & Frederico Flora (Italy), Owen Young & Charles Dawes (USA)
Allied Reparations Committee
The expert committee investigates how to collect German reparations debt after World War I.
Dawes Committee
Dawes works with American and European experts on a plan for German reparations.
Election
Wins the Presidential election
President of USA
Appointed President of the USA, 30th President, 2nd term
Agent General
Appointed Agent General for reparations during inauguration of the Dawes plan
FBI
Appointed Director of the FBI
Education
Graduates from Harvard University
Andromeda Beyond the Milky Way
Using Cepheid variables in Andromeda, Hubble derives a distance large enough to establish that Andromeda is an independent galaxy outside the Milky Way, helping settle the island-universe debate.
Cepheid Variables Confirmed in Andromeda
Identifies multiple Cepheid variables in M31 and uses their periods to demonstrate that Andromeda is far outside the Milky Way.
Einstein Tower Inauguration
The Einstein Tower begins operation as a solar observatory designed to test relativistic effects.
Bose Paper Translation
Translates Satyendra Nath Bose's paper on Planck's law into German and arranges its publication.
Bose-Einstein Condensation Prediction
Predicts that ideal bosonic particles can accumulate in the lowest quantum state at low temperature.
Bose-Einstein Statistics
Extends Bose's statistical method from photons to particles of an ideal gas.
Education
Graduates from the Command and General Staff School
First Olympic Gold Captaincy
Nasazzi captains Uruguay to the Olympic football championship in Paris, leading an organised defence during a tournament that earns worldwide recognition.
Olympic Triumph in France
Scarone combines sharp movement with precise distribution as Uruguay wins the Olympic football tournament, strengthening its reputation as a leading international side.
Olympic Final Goal Against Switzerland
Petrone opens the scoring as Uruguay defeats Switzerland 3-0 in the Olympic football final, becoming a central figure in the nation's breakthrough in Europe.
Paris Olympic Championship Contribution
Romano brings experienced attacking intelligence to Uruguay's gold-medal campaign, linking the forward line as the team overwhelms its European opponents.
Paris Gold Medal Clean Sheet
Mazali keeps goal in Uruguay's 3-0 Olympic final victory over Switzerland, completing a campaign that establishes him among South America's leading goalkeepers.
Paris Olympic Midfield Brilliance
Andrade draws international attention for his poised passing and ball control as Uruguay wins Olympic gold in football at the Paris Games.
Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League
After the 5th Congress of the Communist International in Moscow, Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi-Minh) left for Guangzhou as an interpreter of Mikhail Borodin (the alias of Mikhail Gruzenberg). With a Chinese pseudonym Ly Thuy , he was in fact mandated to promote communist movements in Indochina as well as in the rest of Southeast Asia
The Dream
Wells published The Dream, a novel describing a possible future civilization.
New Biographical Studies
Strachey developed new portraits of historical figures in his characteristically economical style.
Begins Studies at Marburg
Arendt began studying philosophy at the University of Marburg.