1918-1939

By Scottyp
  • National Insurance Act provides cover against sickness and unemployment

    National Insurance Act provides cover against sickness and unemployment

  • The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar

    The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar

  • Limited numbers of women are given the vote for the first time

    Limited numbers of women are given the vote for the first time

  • Wilson's second inauguration

    Wilson's second inauguration

  • U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany

    U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany

  • Royal Flying Corps is established

    Royal Flying Corps is established

  • Massive flu epidemic reaches Britain

    Massive flu epidemic reaches Britain

  • Signing of Treaty of Versailles

    Signing of Treaty of Versailles

    The Big 4 at Versailles - Lloyd George,
    Orlando, Clemenceau, and Wilson
  • National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People founded by W. E. B. DuBois

    National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People founded by W. E. B. DuBois

  • Bolsheviks over throw provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky, with workers and sailors capturing government buildings and the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, and eventually taking over Moscow.

    Bolsheviks over throw provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky, with workers and sailors capturing government buildings and the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, and eventually taking over Moscow.

  • Scheidemann declared Germany a republic

    Scheidemann declared Germany a republic

  • The armistice was signed and world war one ended

    The armistice was signed and world war one ended

  • The Bolsheviks took Lithuania and joined it with Belarus as a single Soviet republic.

    The Bolsheviks took Lithuania and joined it with Belarus as a single Soviet republic.

  • Herbert Asquith becomes Liberal prime minister of Great Britain

    Herbert Asquith becomes Liberal prime minister of Great Britain

  • Japan's politician Ito Hirobumi is assassinated in Manchuria by a Korean nationalist

    Japan's politician Ito Hirobumi is assassinated in Manchuria by a Korean nationalist

  • International Labour Organization (ILO) is founded. Protection of workers against sickness, disease and injury from their jobs one of its major goals.

    International Labour Organization (ILO) is founded. Protection of workers against sickness, disease and injury from their jobs one of its major goals.

  • British government declares Sinn Fein's 'Dáil Eireann' (parliament) illegal

    British government declares Sinn Fein's 'Dáil Eireann' (parliament) illegal

  • Chancellor David Lloyd George introduces the 'People's Budget'

    Chancellor David Lloyd George introduces the 'People's Budget'

  • A treaty between Norway and Russia allowed Russia to pursue mining in the Svalbard islands at Spitsbergen.

    A treaty between Norway and Russia allowed Russia to pursue mining in the Svalbard islands at Spitsbergen.

  • Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V

    Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V

  • Lenin’s New Economic Policy (NEP) was promulgated by decree.

    Lenin’s New Economic Policy (NEP) was promulgated by decree.

  • New Economic Policy ushers in a partial return to the market economy and a period of stability

    New Economic Policy ushers in a partial return to the market economy and a period of stability

  • National Bison Range established on Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.

    National Bison Range established on Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.

  • The Japanese Communist Party is founded

    The Japanese Communist Party is founded

  • The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.

    The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.

  • The Fascists named Benito Mussolini the Prime Minister of Italy

    The Fascists named Benito Mussolini the Prime Minister of Italy

  • Shigenobu Okuma becomes prime minister again

    Shigenobu Okuma becomes prime minister again

  • The U.S. Supreme Court upholds an Oregon law of 1903 that prohibits the hiring of women in industry for over 10 hours a day

    The U.S. Supreme Court upholds an Oregon law of 1903 that prohibits the hiring of women in industry for over 10 hours a day

  • The great Kanto earthquake devastates Tokyo

    The great Kanto earthquake devastates Tokyo

  • Stalin divided remnants of Turkestan into the current Central Asian republics.

    Stalin divided remnants of Turkestan into the current Central Asian republics.

  • First National Conference on Industrial Diseases held in Chicago.

    First National Conference on Industrial Diseases held in Chicago.

  • Hitler declared leader of the Nazi Party

    Hitler declared leader of the Nazi Party

  • Collapse of the banking system

    Collapse of the banking system

  • Weeks-McLean Act gives Secretary of Agriculture power to regulate waterfowl seasons.

    Weeks-McLean Act gives Secretary of Agriculture power to regulate waterfowl seasons.

  • The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.

    The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.

  • Goebbels appointed chief of the Nazi propaganda department

    Goebbels appointed chief of the Nazi propaganda department

  • First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated

    First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated

  • Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president

    Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president

  • Wall Street stock market collapsed, beginning the Great Depression (October 1929)

    Wall Street stock market collapsed, beginning the Great Depression (October 1929)

  • Britain, Japan, France, Italy and the USA sign the London Naval Treaty, an agreement to reduce naval warfare

    Britain, Japan, France, Italy and the USA sign the London Naval Treaty, an agreement to reduce naval warfare

  • The Soviet Union began deporting land holders, known as kulaks, along with their families as part of the rural collectivization process.

    The Soviet Union began deporting land holders, known as kulaks, along with their families as part of the rural collectivization process.

  • Unemployment in Germany reached 4.9 million

    Unemployment in Germany reached 4.9 million

  • USSR leader Joseph Stalin turned Abkhazia into an autonomous region of Georgia. Beria, his secret police chief, later resettled Georgians from the western part of the country in Abkhazia.

    USSR leader Joseph Stalin turned Abkhazia into an autonomous region of Georgia. Beria, his secret police chief, later resettled Georgians from the western part of the country in Abkhazia.

  • Mass arrests of socialists

    Mass arrests of socialists

  • Hitler stood for President, but Hindenburg, at 85 years of age, was re-elected

    Hitler stood for President, but Hindenburg, at 85 years of age, was re-elected

  • Fall of the Bruning government

    Fall of the Bruning government

  • Makoto Saito is appointed prime minister

    Makoto Saito is appointed prime minister

  • Papen Government resigned

    Papen Government resigned

  • Schleicher's government fell

    Schleicher's government fell

  • George F. Kennan (1904-2005) established America’s first embassy in the Soviet Union.

    George F. Kennan (1904-2005) established America’s first embassy in the Soviet Union.

  • Jewish children were restricted entry into German schools

    Jewish children were restricted entry into German schools

  • First boycott of Jewish businesses and professionals

    First boycott of Jewish businesses and professionals

  • Nazi Party became the only legal party in German

    Nazi Party became the only legal party in German

  • The Soviet Union’s secret police organization-the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs-was better known as the NKVD. The NKVD replaced the State Political Administration, or GPU.

    The Soviet Union’s secret police organization-the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs-was better known as the NKVD. The NKVD replaced the State Political Administration, or GPU.

  • The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.

    The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.

  • The Soviet Union declares that the fascist states of Germany and Japan are the enemies

    The Soviet Union declares that the fascist states of Germany and Japan are the enemies

  • The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR.

    The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR.

  • Mussolini and Hitler sign an agreement known as the Roman-Berlin Axis

    Mussolini and Hitler sign an agreement known as the Roman-Berlin Axis

  • Olympic Games were held in Berlin

    Olympic Games were held in Berlin

  • F. Roosevelt's second inauguration

    F. Roosevelt's second inauguration

  • Japan begins a secret program of naval construction

    Japan begins a secret program of naval construction

  • A clash between Chinese and Japanese troops ("Marco Polo Incident") lead to a general war

    A clash between Chinese and Japanese troops ("Marco Polo Incident") lead to a general war

  • Japan establishes the "Unit 731" research laboratory for biological warfare in Harbin, China, and tests biological weapons on war prisoners (10,000 die)

    Japan establishes the "Unit 731" research laboratory for biological warfare in Harbin, China, and tests biological weapons on war prisoners (10,000 die)

  • Italy conquers Albania and Mussolini sides with Hitler and Fascist Germany

    Italy conquers Albania and Mussolini sides with Hitler and Fascist Germany

  • All Jews were required to wear a yellow star of David on their clothing (August 1939)

    All Jews were required to wear a yellow star of David on their clothing (August 1939)

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Adolf Hitler came to power and wanted to take all the land that Germany had lost to the Treaty of Versialles.
  • United Nations is established

    United Nations is established