The Interwar Years Timeline By Yoyo12 Apr 20, 1889 Hitler was born Jan 1, 1912 Kuomintang Party formed in China Nov 9, 1918 Weimar Republic began to govern Germany May 4, 1919 May 4th Movement in China Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jul 29, 1921 Formation of the Nazi Party (NSGWP) Nov 12, 1921 Washington Naval Conference convened Sep 28, 1922 Mussolini marches on Rome Dec 24, 1922 Stalin takes power in the USSR Dec 30, 1922 Lenin renames Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Nov 8, 1923 Hitler attempts to seize power in Munich (Beer Hall Putsch) Apr 1, 1924 Mein Kampf written Sep 1, 1924 Dawes Plan in Effect Oct 16, 1925 Locarno Pact signed May 20, 1927 "Lucky Lindy" flies across the Atlantic Aug 27, 1928 Japan signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact Jun 7, 1929 Young Plan in effect Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression Begins Sep 18, 1931 Japan invasion of Manchuria began Sep 18, 1931 Japanese invasion of China began Nov 8, 1932 FDR first elected Jan 30, 1933 Hitler became Chancellor of Germany Jan 30, 1933 40% Unemployment in Germany Feb 27, 1933 Reichstag Fire took place Mar 23, 1933 Enabling Act passed in Germany Jun 16, 1933 New Deal put into effect by FDR Jun 30, 1934 Night of the Long Knives Oct 16, 1934 "Long March" in China Aug 15, 1935 Social Security Act passed in the US Sep 15, 1935 Nuremburg Laws passed in Germany Oct 3, 1935 Mussolini invades Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 Germany occupied Rhineland May 3, 1936 Popular Front Government is elected in France Jul 17, 1936 Spanish Civil War began Mar 12, 1938 Anschluss between Germany and Austria Sep 28, 1938 Munich Agreement Nov 7, 1938 Kristallnacht takes place in Germany Aug 23, 1939 German-Russian nonaggression pact signed