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The first meeting of the League of Nations
The League of Nations officially comes into being when the Covenant of the League of Nations, ratified by 42 nations in 1919 takes effect. In 1914 a Political assassination in Sarajevo set off a series of events that led to an outbreak of the most “costly war” ever fought up to that date. -
Benito Mussolini is made Italian Premier
Leading up to World War I and following the war, Italy was in a state that was close to chaos and the country was unified by 1871 but the segmentation was heading in the direction of a diverse population and in a large diversity of political parties. -
The Beer Hall Putsch
From November 8- November 9 1923, Adolf Hitler and his followers staged a Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, A fail takeover of the government in Bavaria, a state in Southern Germany -
Vladimir Lenin Dies
V\On January the 21st, 1924 in Moscow there was shock and pure sadness when the news had spread that Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik movement and the head of the first government of the union of Soviet Socialist Republics/ (U.S.S.R) had passed away/ died -
The German chamber of deputies accepts the Dawes Plan
During World War I around 10 million people from Europe were killed, 15 million were severely injured and 7 million were permanently disabled, they were all young men of the working age and middle class backgrounds. The loss of so many people and the damage of the land and properties led to a European situation of Grave pessimism and poverty for many. -
The Locarno Pacts Are Signed
The Pact of Locarno was a series of agreements where Germay, France, Belgium, Great Britain and Italy mutually allowed peace in Western Europe. -
The Spanish Monarchy Is Overthrown And The Republic Is Born
On April 14, 1931 The Spanish Monarchy was overthrown and the provisional government took power. During the resulting years the government had became more and more separated between the socialists of the extreme left and the monarchists of the extreme right. During the elections of February 1936 the left won a clear majority and the right reacted with fervour ( passion or sincerity). -
General Gyula Gombos Comes To Power In Hungary
Gyula Gombos was born on the 26th of December, 1886 in Austria, and died on the 6th of October 1936. He was the Hungarian Premier from 1932- 1936 and was known for his reactionary views and he was largely responsible for the trend to fascism in Hungary during the Interwar period. -
Hitler Is Appointed Chancellor Of Germany
On the 30th of January, 1933, President Paul Von Hindenburg declared Adolf Hitler the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party or known as the Nazi Party as chancellor of Germany. -
The Munich Pact Is Signed
The British and French Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest.
