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Ends WWI and imposes heavy reparations payments on Germany.
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Assembly of League of Nations meets for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. The U.S is notably absent, the senate having voted against joining the League in November 1919
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Attended by Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, China, Japan, & Portugal. Results in a naval armaments treaty that sets a ratio for tonnage of capital ships.
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King Victor Emmanuel declares Mussolini premier in an attempt to head off violent conflict between the Fascists and the Communists
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Adolf Hitler and General Ludendorf lead a small contingent of followers in a harmless attempt at rebellion. Hitler ends up imprisoned for two years
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Lenin's death leaves some questions as who is and will be the successor. Joseph Stalin eventually beats out Leon Trotsky to take control over the government
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Cartel displaces the ruling Bloc National, in a marked victory for the left, but proves unable to govern effectively
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Dawes plan restructures the schedule of German reparations payments so as to reduce the amount of annual payments, and grants Germany a large loan
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Pacts are signed in efforts to stabilize relations with Germany and its neighbors.
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Maintains this position until his death in May 1935
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Under conservative government releases a report which advises wage cuts for miners. The triple Alliance responds by striking.
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Provisional government is established to take spain from monarchy to republicanism
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Becomes prime minister an office he uses like a dictatorship, setting the tone for Hungarian government.
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Last major sponsorship, with 60 nations in attendance, including the United States. Fails to secure any agreement.
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Stalin's central purge commission, created in 1933 publicly investigates and tries many party members for treason.
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President Paul von Hindenburg declared Hitler Chancellor, which was his first major step in ascent to dictatorship
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gives Hitler the power to issue decrees with the status of law
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institutes social legislation and allows wide public participation in the government
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Francisco Franco leads troops in rebellion against the republic sparking the Spanish Civil war.
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Guernica was bombed and civilians are gunned down as they flee the scene. 1500 died and 800 were wounded.
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Britain and France appeased Hitler by signing the Munich pact, which grants Hitler control of the Czech Sudetenland
