Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
William Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and a member of the Fabian Society. He is particularly remembered for his campaigning work against pov…
Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (born 1852)
Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau was a French playwright of the Belle Époque era, remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914.
Georges Feydeau, French playwright (born 1862)
Patrick Maher was a member of the Irish Republican Army executed in Mountjoy Prison. He was 32 years old at the time of his death.
Patrick Maher, executed Irish republican (born 1889)
Edmond Foley, sometimes known as Edmund or Edward, was a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who was hanged in Mountjoy Prison on 7 June 1921. Together with nine other men ex…
Edmond Foley, executed Irish republican (born 1897)
ʿAbd al-Awwal Jaunpūrī was an Indian Muslim scholar, religious preacher, educationist, poet and author. Described by Muhammad Mojlum Khan as one of the "most gifted and outstanding…
Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri, Indian Islamic scholar and author (born 1867)
Ramón López Velarde was a Mexican poet. His work was a reaction against French-influenced modernismo which, as an expression of a purely Mexican subject matter and emotional exper…
Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (born 1888)
James Sarsfield Mitchel was an Irish-born American field athlete who competed in the 1904 Olympics. He was one of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the "Irish Whales."
James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (born 1864)
Ellen Frederica Oliver was a British suffragette, purity activist and a follower of the Panacea Society, who was the first person to recognise Mabel Barltrop as a prophet in the mo…
Ellen Oliver (suffragette), British suffragette and purity activist (born 1870)
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a method of photographicall…
Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
Howard Vernon was an Australian actor best known for his performances in comic roles of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the J. C. Williamson company.
Howard Vernon, Australian actor (born 1848)
John Jones, better known under his nom de plume Myrddin Fardd, was a Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar born at Tan-y-Ffordd in the village of Mynytho, Llangian, Caernarfonshire.…
Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (born 1836)
Thomas Joseph Ryan was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919, as leader of the state Labor Party. He resigned to enter federal politics, si…
T. J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (born 1876)
Enrico Caruso was an Italian operatic tenor, who sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ranged from t…
Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (born 1873)
Dimitrios Rallis was a Greek politician, founder and leader of the Neohellenic or "Third Party".
Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1844)
Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt, was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times.
Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (born 1861)
Mary Elizabeth Sumner was a British educator and activist, known for founding the Mothers' Union. Sumner is commemorated in a number of provinces of the Anglican Communion on 9 Aug…
Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (born 1828)
Pyotr Dmitriyevich Boborykin was a Russian writer, playwright, and journalist.
Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (born 1836)
Peter I was King of Serbia from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and he held that title until his death three …
Peter I of Serbia (born 1844)
Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev was a Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a co-founder of the Acmeist movement. He was the husband of Anna Akhmatova a…
Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (born 1886)
Matthias Erzberger was a German Centre Party politician who, from 1919-1920, served as the Minister of Finance and, in 1919, Vice Chancellor of Germany.
Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (born 1875)
Sándor Wekerle was a Hungarian politician who served three times as prime minister. He was the first non-noble to hold the office in Hungary.
Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1848)
Petro Petrenko was a Ukrainian military commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
Petro Petrenko, Ukrainian anarchist military commander (born 1890)
Henry Austin Dobson, usually known as Austin Dobson, was an English poet, biographer and essayist.
Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (born 1840)
Alfred William Rich was an English artist, teacher and author.
Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (born 1856)