The Hobbit Project Timeline By acerbusvir Aug 4, 1914 WWI Begins Nov 11, 1918 WWI Ends Oct 22, 1922 Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy Jan 21, 1924 Lenin dies and Stalin comes to power Jul 18, 1925 Hitler's Mein Kempf is published May 4, 1926 General Strike of 1926 Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression begins Dec 11, 1931 Statute of Westminister passed Mar 23, 1933 Hitler rises to power Jul 7, 1937 Second Sino-Japan War begins Sep 21, 1937 The Hobbit is published