Explore 2114 historical events from 1920–1929.
The 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Shanghai and Jiaxing between July 23 and August 2, 1921. The congress established the Chinese Communist Party (…
The first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in a house in Shanghai.
Major-General Thomas Stanton Lambert was a British Army officer who served in the First World War. He joined the East Lancashire Regiment in 1891 and held a succession of regimenta…
British Army officer Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army near Moydrum, Ireland
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army and British forces: the …
Irish War of Independence: Most of the village of Knockcroghery in County Roscommon was burned by British forces
Yan Ruisheng is a 1921 Chinese silent film directed by Ren Pengnian and starring Chen Shouzi and Wang Caiyun. A docudrama based on the murder of Wang Lianying the previous year, it…
Yan Ruisheng (advertisement pictured), the first full-length Chinese film, is released in Shanghai.
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army and British forces: the …
Irish War of Independence: One day after a truce was agreed between the Irish Republican Army and British forces,…
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Part…
Adolf Hitler became leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is the unicameral legislative branch of the Turkish government. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the unitary Turkish …
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara
The San Remo conference was an international meeting of the post-World War I Allied Supreme Council as an outgrowth of the Paris Peace Conference, held at Castle Devachan in Sanrem…
At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in North America and parts of Europe, is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to th…
Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring seven goals in Canada's 12
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbai…
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded
The first Negro National League was a major professional baseball organization that laid the foundation for Black baseball in the early twentieth century. From 1920 to 1931, during…
The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution…
Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade
Pope Benedict XV was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social, and h…
In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc
The Schleswig plebiscites were two plebiscites, organized according to section XII, articles 109 to 114 of the Treaty of Versailles of 28 June 1919, in order to determine the futur…
Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark
The Georgian coup in May 1920 was an unsuccessful attempt to take power by the Bolsheviks in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. Relying on the 11th Red Army of Soviet Russia opera…
A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists, controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a payma…
Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution…
Polish–Soviet War: Kyiv offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symboli
The Treaty of Moscow, signed between Soviet Russia (RSFSR) and the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) in Moscow on 7 May 1920, granted de jure recognition of Georgian independenc…
Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the cou
The 1920 Louth flood was a severe flash flooding event in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been de…
The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth, resulting in 23 fatalities
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and…
Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris
Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Part…
Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
Silivri, formerly Selymbria, is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 217,163 (2022). It lies along the Sea of Marmara, outside the urban core…
The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece…
The Link River Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Link River in the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1921 by the California Oregon Power Company (COP…
Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
The 1920 Republican National Convention nominated Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding for president and Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge for vice president. The convention was hel…
During the U