Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Vincenzo Colosimo, known as James "Big Jim" Colosimo or as "Diamond Jim", was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who emigrated from Calabria, Italy, in 1895 and built a criminal …
James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (born 1878)
William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure…
William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (born 1837)
Levi Parsons Morton was the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a U.S. representative from New York…
Levi P
Svetozar Boroević von Bojna was an Austro-Hungarian field marshal who was described as one of the finest defensive strategists of the First World War. He commanded Austro-Hungarian…
Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (born 1856)
Carlos Deltour, also known as Charles Deltour, was a Mexican-born French rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Carlos Deltour, French rower (born 1864)
Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali was a Bengali writer and reformer in British India.
Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Ali, Bengali writer and social activist (born 1858)
William Frederick Halsey was a United States naval officer. He is the father of William Halsey Jr., one of only four American naval officers to obtain the five-star rank of Fleet A…
William F
Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sc…
Max Weber, German sociologist and economist (born 1864)
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza, known as Venustiano Carranza, was a Mexican land owner, revolutionary, and politician who served as the 44th President of Mexico from 1917 unt…
Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (born 1859)
Rhoda Broughton was a Welsh novelist and short story writer. Her early novels earned a reputation for sensationalism, so that her later, stronger work tended to be neglected by cri…
Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (born 1840)
Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier was a Canadian judge, author, and lyricist. He wrote the lyrics of the original French version of the Canadian national anthem "O Canada". He was born i…
Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (born 1839)
William Louis Marshall was an influential figure in the US Corps of Engineers.
William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (born 1846)
Max Klinger was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role …
Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (born 1857)
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher,, commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a Royal Navy officer. Fisher was chiefly recognised as an innovator, st…
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (born 1841)
Fiammetta Wilson was a British astronomer elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916.
Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (born 1864)
William Kissam Vanderbilt I was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist, and horse breeder. Born into the Vanderbilt family, he managed his family's railroad investments.
William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (born 1849)
Conrad Kohrs, born Carsten Conrad Kohrs was a Montana cattle rancher and politician.
Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (born 1835)
Albert Gustaf Dahlman was a Swedish executioner. He was the last executioner in Sweden, as well as the last to carry out capital punishment in Sweden, the last by means of beheadin…
Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (born 1848)
Ion Dragoumis was a Greek diplomat, philosopher, writer and revolutionary.
Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (born 1878)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist and self-rule activist in the Indian independence movement. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. The honorific "Lokmanya"…
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (born 1856)
Peeter Süda was a father of the Estonian organ school, composer and an early collector of Estonian folksongs.
Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (born 1883)
Stefan Bastyr was a Polish aviator and military pilot, one of the pioneers of the Polish aviation. He is credited with the first military flight in the history of the Polish Air Fo…
Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (born 1890)
Eduard Birnbaum (1855–1920) was a Polish-born German hazzan (cantor) and one of the first explorers of Jewish music.
Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (born 1855)
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1919. He also served a term as Chie…
Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (born 1845)