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January

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January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of the Roman Republic, Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna ...
Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( ; , ) is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas, which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann.Article 15.1.2° of the Constitution of Ireland reads: "The Oireachtas shall co ...
, the parliament of the
Irish Republic The Irish Republic ( or ) was a Revolutionary republic, revolutionary state that Irish Declaration of Independence, declared its independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in January 1919. The Republic claimed jurisdict ...
, ratifies the
Anglo-Irish Treaty The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain an ...
by 64–57 votes. *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and th ...
Arthur Griffith Arthur Joseph Griffith (; 31 March 1871 – 12 August 1922) was an Irish writer, newspaper editor and politician who founded the political party Sinn Féin. He led the Irish delegation at the negotiations that produced the 1921 Anglo-Irish Trea ...
is elected
President of Dáil Éireann The president of Dáil Éireann ( ), later also president of the Irish Republic, was the leader of the revolutionary Irish Republic of 1919–1922. The office was created in the Dáil Constitution adopted by Dáil Éireann, the parliam ...
, the day after
Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera (; ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an American-born Irish statesman and political leader. He served as the 3rd President of Ire ...
resigns. *
January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his ...
– The first successful
insulin Insulin (, from Latin ''insula'', 'island') is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the insulin (''INS)'' gene. It is the main Anabolism, anabolic hormone of the body. It regulates the metabol ...
treatment of diabetes is made, by
Frederick Banting Sir Frederick Grant Banting (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon. For his co-discovery of insulin and its therapeutic potential, Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physi ...
in Toronto. *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Roman emperor, Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to set ...
Michael Collins becomes
Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State The Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State was a transitional post established in January 1922, lasting until the creation of the Irish Free State in December 1922. The Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921 was passed by t ...
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January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
– Italian forces occupy
Misrata Misrata ( ; , Libyan Arabic: ; also spelled Misratah and known by the Italian spelling Misurata) is a city in northwestern Libya located in the Misrata District, situated to the east of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata. ...
,
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
; the reconquest of Libya begins.


February

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February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih. * 1579 – The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointe ...
**
Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI (; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, ; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of the Vatican City State u ...
(Achille Ratti) succeeds
Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (; ; born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, ; 21 November 1854 – 22 January 1922) was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I a ...
, to become the 259th
pope The pope is the bishop of Rome and the Head of the Church#Catholic Church, visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the po ...
. ** The Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty is signed between the United States, United Kingdom,
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
,
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
and
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
. Japan returns some of its control over the
Shandong Peninsula The Shandong Peninsula or Jiaodong (tsiaotung) Peninsula is a peninsula in Shandong in eastern China, between the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south. The latter name refers to the east and Jiaozhou. Geography The waters ...
to China. *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
**
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was one of the most ...
introduces the first radio in the
White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Washington, D.C.), NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president ...
. ** In the
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...
, the
Cheka The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə, links=yes), ...
becomes the Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie (GPU), a section of the
NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (, ), abbreviated as NKVD (; ), was the interior ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. The agency was formed to succeed the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) se ...
. *
February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...
17Modern Art Week in
São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
marks the start of
Modernism Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...
in
Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
. *
February 14 It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day. Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase, Abbasid Revolution: The Kaysanites Shia#History, Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad ...
** Finnish Minister of the Interior Heikki Ritavuori is assassinated by Ernst Tandefelt. ** '' Baragoola'', the last of the Binngarra class Manly ferries, is launched at
Balmain, New South Wales Balmain is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Inner West Council. It is locate ...
. *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
– The inaugural session of the
Permanent Court of International Justice The Permanent Court of International Justice, often called the World Court, existed from 1922 to 1946. It was an international court attached to the League of Nations. Created in 1920 (although the idea of an international court was several cent ...
(PCIJ) is held in
The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
. *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 320 – Chandragupta ...
– '' Leser v. Garnett'': The
Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all Federal tribunals in the United States, U.S. federal court cases, and over Stat ...
rebuffs a challenge to the
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its U.S. state, states from denying the Suffrage, right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recogni ...
, which gave women the right to vote on the same terms as men. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic), Fourth Council of Co ...
– The
Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence The Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence on 28 February 1922 was the formal legal instrument by which the United Kingdom recognised Egypt as an independent sovereign state. Background The status of Egypt had become highly convoluted ...
by the United Kingdom ends its
protectorate A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a State (polity), state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law. It is a dependent territory that enjoys autonomy over ...
over
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
, and grants the country nominal
independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...
, reserving control of military and diplomatic matters.


March

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March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...
** An ice mass breaks the
Oder Dam The Oder Dam () is a dam in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies above Bad Lauterberg im Harz, Bad Lauterberg in the district of Landkreis Göttingen, Göttingen in Lower Saxony and impounds the river Oder (Harz), Oder. The dam went into service ...
in Breslau. ** The British Civil Aviation Authority is established. *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
– The silent horror film ''
Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' () is a 1922 silent film, silent German Expressionism (cinema), German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who ...
'' is premièred at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Germany. *
March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes ...
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...
is arrested in
Bombay Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities i ...
for
sedition Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech or organization, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or insurrection against, establ ...
. *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...
Edward, Prince of Wales, inaugurates the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College in
Dehradun Dehradun (), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, d ...
, India, marking a capitulation of the
Governor General Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...
and
Secretary of State for India His (or Her) Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for India, known for short as the India secretary or the Indian secretary, was the British Cabinet minister and the political head of the India Office responsible for the governance of ...
to growing pressure for Indianization of the officer cadre of the
Indian Army The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...
. *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...
– With
Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
having gained self-government from the United Kingdom,
Fuad I Fuad I ( ''Fu’ād al-Awwal''; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sultan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Hus ...
becomes
King of Egypt King of Egypt (), officially referred to as, King of Egypt, Sovereign of Nubia, Sudan, Kordofan, and Darfur, was the title used by the Head of State in Egypt between 1922 and 1953. When the United Kingdom issued the Unilateral Declaration of Eg ...
. *
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur. * 1355 – Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, ...
– The
Rand Rebellion The Rand Rebellion (; also known as the 1922 strike) was an armed uprising of white miners in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa, in March 1922. Following a drop in the world price of gold from 130 shillings (£6 10s) per fine ...
, which began as a strike by white South African mine workers on 28 December
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...
and became open rebellion against the state, is suppressed. *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...
– In
British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ...
,
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...
is sentenced to six years in prison for
sedition Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech or organization, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or insurrection against, establ ...
(he serves only two). *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
– The USS ''Langley'' is commissioned as the first
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities for supporting, arming, deploying and recovering carrier-based aircraft, shipborne aircraft. Typically it is the ...
. *
March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthel ...
– Radio station
WLW WLW (700 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial news/talk radio station city of license, licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, WLW is a clear-channel station, often identifying itself as "The Big One". Its studios ...
in
Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...
begins broadcasting. *
March 23 Events Pre-1600 * 1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. * 1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the las ...
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia, abolishes the Legislative Council (Upper House). *
March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration. * 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...
– The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
– Six die in the
Hinterkaifeck The Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on the evening of 31 March 1922, when six inhabitants of a small Bavarian farmstead, located approximately north of Munich, Germany, were murdered by an unknown assailant. The six victims were Andreas Gruber ...
murders north of
Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
.


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
– South African Railways takes control of all railway operations in
South West Africa South West Africa was a territory under Union of South Africa, South African administration from 1915 to 1990. Renamed ''Namibia'' by the United Nations in 1968, Independence of Namibia, it became independent under this name on 21 March 1990. ...
.''Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway'', Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13 *
April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...
Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...
is appointed General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party. *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Em ...
1922 Picardie mid-air collision: The first midair collision between airliners occurs, between a
Daimler Airway Daimler Airway was an airline subsidiary of the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA)'s Daimler Company The Daimler Company Limited ( ), before 1910 known as the Daimler Motor Company Limited, was an independent British motor vehicle ma ...
de Havilland DH.18 and a Grands Express Aériens Farman Goliath over
Poix-de-Picardie Poix-de-Picardie (, literally ''Poix of Picardy''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated at the junction of t ...
,
Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
, France. *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 140 ...
– Genoa Conference: The representatives of 34 countries convene to speak in Genoa, Italy about monetary economics, in the wake of World War I. * April 12 – The United Kingdom's Edward VIII, Prince of Wales arrives in Yokohama aboard HMS Renown (1916), HMS ''Renown'' and rides by train to Tokyo, starting a one-month visit to Japan. * April 13 – The State of Massachusetts opens all public offices to women. * April 16 – The Treaty of Rapallo (1922), Treaty of Rapallo marks a rapprochement between the Weimar Republic and Bolshevik Russia. * April 24 – The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy network created to link the British Empire, is opened, from the UK to Egypt.


May

* May 8 – In Moscow, eight priests, two laymen and one woman are sentenced to death for opposition to the Soviet government's confiscation of church property. * May 18 – Sergei Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Erik Satie and Clive Bell dine together at the The Peninsula Paris, Hotel Majestic in Paris, their only joint meeting. * May 19 – The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union, All-Russian Young Pioneer Organisation is established. * May 29 – British Liberal MP Horatio Bottomley is jailed for seven years for fraud. * May 30 – In Washington, D.C., United States, the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.


June

* June 1 ** Bolshevik forces defeat Basmachi troops, under Enver Pasha. ** The first issue of the magazine ''Krestyanka (magazine), Krestyanka'' is published in Russia. * June 9 – Åland's Regional Assembly convenes for its first plenary session in Mariehamn, Åland; the day will be celebrated as Self-Government Day of Åland. * June 11 – Robert J. Flaherty's ''Nanook of the North'', the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, is premiered in the U.S. * June 14 –
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was one of the most ...
makes his first speech on the radio. * June 22 – Irish Republican Army (1922–69), Irish Republican Army agents assassinate British Army field marshal Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, Sir Henry Wilson in London; the assassins are sentenced to death on July 18. * June 24 – Weimar Republic foreign minister Walther Rathenau is assassinated; the murderers are captured on July 17. * June 26 – Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi becomes Reigning Prince Louis II, Prince of Monaco, Louis II of Monaco. * June 28 ** The Irish Civil War and Battle of Dublin begin when the Irish National Army (Ireland), National Army, using artillery loaned by the British, begins to bombard the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army forces occupying the Four Courts in Dublin. Fighting in Dublin lasts until July 5. ** The Syrian Federation is constituted by arrêté of Henri Gouraud (general), Henri Gouraud. * June 29 – Subhi Barakat becomes president of the Syrian Federation.


July

* July 11 – The Hollywood Bowl open-air music venue opens. * July 17 – The final signings of Treaty 11, an agreement between George V, King of Canada, and various Canadian First Nations in Canada, First Nations, are conducted at Fort Liard. * July 20 – The German protectorate of Togoland is divided into the League of Nations mandates of French Togoland and British Togoland. * July 27 – The Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, Cherkess (Adyghe) Autonomous Oblast is established within the Russian SFSR. * July – Hyperinflation in Germany means that 563 German Papiermark, marks are now needed to buy a single American dollar – more than double the 263 needed eight months before, dwarfing the mere 12 needed in April 1919, and even the 47 needed in December of that year.


August

* August 2 – The 1922 Swatow typhoon hits Shantou, China, killing more than 5,000 people. * August 22 – Irish Civil War: General Michael Collins is assassinated in West Cork. * August 23 ** Spanish protectorate in Morocco, Morocco revolts against the Spanish. * August 26 ** A Turkish large-scale attack opens against Greek forces in Afyon; Turkish victory is achieved on August 30. * August 28 –
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
agrees to withdraw its troops from Siberia. * August ** Hyperinflation in Germany sees the value of the Papiermark against the dollar rise to 1,000. ** The last hunted California grizzly bear is shot.


September

* September 3 – The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, the world's third purpose-built motorsport race track, is officially opened at Monza in the Lombardy Region of Italy. * September 9 – Turkish forces pursuing withdrawing Greek troops enter İzmir, effectively ending the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). * September 11 ** ''The Sun News-Pictorial'', a predecessor of the Melbourne, Australia, ''Herald Sun'', is founded. ** The Mandatory Palestine, Mandate of Palestine is approved by the Council of the League of Nations. * September 13 – The Gdynia Seaport Construction Act is passed by the Second Polish Republic, Polish Parliament. * September 13–September 15, 15 – The Great Fire of Smyrna destroys most of İzmir. Responsibility is disputed. * September 17 – Dutch cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world champion sprinter. * September 18 – The Kingdom of Hungary joins the League of Nations. * September 24 (O. S. September 11) – 11 September 1922 Revolution in Greece. * September 29 – ''Drums in the Night'' (''Trommeln in der Nacht'') becomes the first play by Bertolt Brecht to be staged, at the Munich Kammerspiele.


October

* October – 3,000 German marks are now needed to buy a single American dollar – triple the figure three months ago due to hyperinflation. * October 1 – G. I. Gurdjieff opens his Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man at Fontainebleau, France. * October 3 – Rebecca Latimer Felton becomes the first female U.S. senator when Georgia's governor gives her a temporary appointment pending an election to replace Senator Thomas Watson, who has died suddenly. * October 11 – Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 ends in Turkish National Movement, Turkish victory. * October 15 – T. S. Eliot establishes ''The Criterion (magazine), The Criterion'' magazine, containing the first publication of his poem ''The Waste Land''. This first appears in the United States later this month in ''The Dial'' (dated November 1), and is first published complete with notes in book form, by Boni and Liveright in New York in December. * October 18 – The British Broadcasting Company is formed. * October 25 – The Third Dáil enacts the Constitution of the Irish Free State. * October 27 – Southern Rhodesians reject union with South Africa in a Southern Rhodesia government referendum, 1922, referendum. * October 28 ** In Italy, the March on Rome brings the National Fascist Party and Benito Mussolini to power. Italy begins a period of dictatorship that lasts until the end of the Second World War. ** The Red Army occupies Vladivostok. ** Rose Bowl (stadium), Rose Bowl sports stadium officially opens in Pasadena, California. * October 31 – Benito Mussolini, 39, becomes the youngest ever Prime Minister of Italy.


November

* November 1 ** The Ottoman Empire is abolished after 600 years, and its last sultan, Mehmed VI, abdicates, leaving for exile, initially in Malta, on November 17. ** A broadcast receiving licence with a fee of ten shillings is introduced in the United Kingdom. * November 4 – Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun: in
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, English archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to the pharaonic tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings. * November 12 – Sigma Gamma Rho (ΣΓΡ) Sorority, Incorporated is founded by seven educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. The group becomes an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter is granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University in Indianapolis. * November 14 – The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) begins radio service in the United Kingdom, broadcasting from station 2LO in London. * November 15 ** In the 1922 United Kingdom general election forced by the Conservatives' withdrawal from the coalition government, the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party wins an overall majority. Labour Party (UK), Labour for the first time becomes the main opposition party, winning more seats than the divided Liberals. A dining club of newly elected Conservative Members of Parliament evolves the following year into the 1922 Committee. ** 1922 Guayaquil general strike: During a 3-day strike action in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, police and military fire into a crowd, killing at least 300. * November 19 – Abdülmecid II, Crown Prince of the Ottoman Empire, is elected Caliph. * November 21 – Rebecca Felton of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia takes the oath of office, formally becoming the first woman United States Senate, United States Senator. * November 24 – Popular author and anti-Treaty Irish republicanism, Republican Erskine Childers (author), Erskine Childers is executed by firing squad in Dublin, after conviction by an Irish Free State military court for the unlawful possession of a gun, a weapon presented to him by Michael Collins in 1920 as a gift. * November 26 – Howard Carter and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Carnarvon become the first people to see inside KV62, the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, in over 3,000 years.


December

* December 5 – The British Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new Constitution of the Irish Free State. * December 6 – The Irish Free State officially comes into existence. George V becomes the Monarchy in the Irish Free State, Free State's monarch. Tim Healy (politician), Tim Healy is appointed first Governor-General of the Irish Free State, and W. T. Cosgrave becomes President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, President of the Executive Council. * December 9 – Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland. * December 11 – The trial of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters ends at the Old Bailey in London, for the murder of Thompson's husband; both are found guilty and sentenced to hang. * December 16 – Gabriel Narutowicz, sworn on December 11 as first president of the Second Polish Republic, is assassinated by a right-wing sympathizer in Warsaw. * December 20 – ''Antigone (Cocteau play), Antigone'' by Jean Cocteau appears on stage in Paris, with settings by Pablo Picasso, music by Arthur Honegger and costumes by Coco Chanel. * December 27 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō, Japanese aircraft carrier ''Hōshō'' becomes the first purpose-designed
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to be Ship commissioning, commissioned. * December 30 – Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Belarus and the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Transcaucasian Republic (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (country), Georgia) Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, come together to form the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. * December – The year ends with hyperinflation showing no sign of slowing down in Germany, with 7,000 marks now needed to buy a single American dollar.


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* Wracked by rapid inflation and political assassinations, and motivated by hostility and arrogance as well, the Weimar Republic announces its inability to pay more, and proposes a moratorium on reparations for 3 years. * ''Kurd Istigdul Djemijetin'', the Kurdish Independence Committee, is founded. * The Inter-Parliamentary Union is established. * ''L'Action sénégalaise'' weekly newspaper is founded in Senegal. * Earl W. Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. * ''Vegemite'' is invented by Australian entrepreneur Fred Walker (entrepreneur), Fred Walker. * The Barbary lion becomes extinct in the wild, with the last killed in Spanish protectorate in Morocco, Morocco, in the area of the Zelan and Beni Mguild Forests. * The Amur tiger becomes extinct in South Korea. * During his Simko Shikak revolt (1918-1922), first rebellion, Simko Shikak launched an Battle of Savujbulak, attack on Mahabad in mid-May and July. In the ensuing fighting, Simko Shikak, Simko's forces captured Mahabad and killed a Persian commander.


Births


January

* January 1 ** Fritz Hollings, American politician (d. 2019) ** José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop * January 2 ** Blaga Dimitrova, Bulgarian poet and politician (d. 2003) ** María Fux, Argentine dancer and choreographer (d. 2023) * January 4 – Karl-Erik Nilsson (wrestler), Karl-Erik Nilsson, Swedish wrestler (d. 2017) * January 8 – Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (d. 1986) * January 9 ** Har Gobind Khorana, Indian biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2011) ** Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, President of Guinea (1958–1984) (d. 1984) * January 12 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist, art historian and publicist (d. 1994) * January 13 – Albert Lamorisse, French film director (d. 1970) * January 14 – Guy Stern, German literary scholar (d. 2023) * January 16 – Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008) * January 17 ** Luis Echeverría, 50th President of Mexico (d. 2022) ** Nicholas Katzenbach, United States Attorney General (d. 2012) ** Betty White, American actress, television personality and animal welfare activist (d. 2021) * January 18 – Agathe Poschmann, German actress * January 19 – Miguel Muñoz, Miguel Muñoz Mozún, former Spanish football midfielder and manager (d. 1990) * January 20 ** Ray Anthony, American trumpet player, composer, bandleader and actor ** Bhisadej Rajani, Thai prince (d. 2022) * January 21 – Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 2008) * January 22 ** Leonel Brizola, Brazilian politician (d. 2004) ** Bill Waterhouse, Australian bookmaker, businessman and barrister (d. 2019) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
– Ellen Vogel, Dutch film and television actress (d. 2015) * January 28 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1993) * January 29 – Gerda Steinhoff, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946) * January 31 – Joanne Dru, American actress (d. 1996)


February

* February 1 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004) * February 2 ** Robert Chef d'Hôtel, French athlete (d. 2019) ** Juan Marichal (historian), Juan Marichal, Spanish-Canarian historian, literary critic and essayist (d. 2010) ** Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2019) ** Induratana Paribatra, Thai royal *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih. * 1579 – The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointe ...
** Patrick Macnee, British actor (d. 2015) ** Denis Norden, British television, radio scriptwriter and personality (d. 2018) ** Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer (d. 2015) * February 7 ** Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980) ** Antonio Nardini, Italian historian and author (d. 2020) *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
** Yuri Averbakh, Russian chess player and author (d. 2022) ** Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996) * February 9 ** Kathryn Grayson, American actress (d. 2010) ** Jim Laker, British cricketer (d. 1986) *
February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...
– Árpád Göncz, President of Hungary (d. 2015) * February 12 – Hussein Onn, third Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990) * February 13 – Gordon Tullock, American economist (d. 2014) *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
** John B. Anderson, American Congressman, presidential candidate (d. 2017) ** Poul Thomsen, Danish actor (d. 1988) * February 16 – Frédéric Rossif, French film, television director (d. 1990) * February 18 ** Helen Gurley Brown, American editor and publisher (d. 2012) ** Eric Gairy, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 1997) * February 22 ** Esperanza Magaz, Cuban-born Venezuelan actress (d. 2013) ** Mohd Hamdan Abdullah, Malaysian politician (d. 1977) * February 23 – Johnny Franz, English record producer (d. 1977) * February 24 – Richard Hamilton (artist), Richard Hamilton, British painter (d. 2011) *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 320 – Chandragupta ...
** William Baumol, American economist (d. 2017) ** Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. 1976) ** Paatje Phefferkorn, Dutch martial artist (d. 2021) ** Karl Aage Præst, Danish football player (d. 2011)


March

* March 1 – Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1995) *
March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...
– Hilarion Capucci, Syrian Catholic bishop (d. 2017) * March 3 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002) *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
– Dina Pathak, Gujarati language, Gujarati actress (d. 2002) * March 5 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (d. 1975) * March 8 ** Ralph H. Baer, German-born American inventor (d. 2014) ** Cyd Charisse, American actress, dancer (d. 2008) ** Yevgeny Matveyev, Soviet and Russian actor and film director (d. 2003) ** Mizuki Shigeru, Japanese author (d. 2015) * March 9 – Count Flemming of Rosenborg (d. 2002) * March 11 – Abdul Razak Hussein, second Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976) * March 12 – Jack Kerouac, American author (d. 1969) * March 14 – China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress, director and producer (d. 2014) *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...
– Karl-Otto Apel, German philosopher (d. 2017) *
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur. * 1355 – Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, ...
– Harding Lemay, American television scriptwriter, playwright (d. 2018) *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...
** Egon Bahr, German politician (d. 2015) ** Karl Kordesch, Austrian-American inventor (d. 2011) * March 19 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese officer, WWII holdout (d. 2014) *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
– Carl Reiner, American film director, producer, actor, and comedian (d. 2020) * March 21 – Russ Meyer, American film director, producer (d. 2004) * March 24 – Miguel Gustavo (journalist), Miguel Gustavo, Brazilian journalist and songwriter (d. 1972) * March 28 ** Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 1990) ** Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001) ** Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1922–1958), Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (d. 1958) *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
– Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999)


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
– Saad el-Shazly, Egyptian military commander (d. 2011) *
April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...
– Doris Day, American actress and singer (d. 2019) * April 4 ** Dionísio Azevedo, Brazilian television, theatre, and film actor, director, and writer (d. 1994) ** Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004) * April 5 ** Tom Finney, English footballer (d. 2014) ** Gale Storm, American singer, actress (d. 2009) *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Em ...
– Dircinha Batista, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 1999) * April 8 – Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. 1994) * April 13 – Julius Nyerere, 1st President of Tanzania (d. 1999) * April 14 – Ali Akbar Khan, Indian musician (d. 2009) * April 15 – Michael Ansara, Syrian-born American actor (d. 2013) * April 16 ** Kingsley Amis, English novelist (d. 1995) ** Leo Tindemans, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014) * April 18 ** Barbara Hale, American actress (d. 2017) ** Paulo Nogueira Neto, Brazilian environmentalist (d. 2019) * April 19 – Erich Hartmann, German World War II fighter pilot, highest-scoring ace in world history (d. 1993) * April 21 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish writer (d. 1987) * April 22 ** Charles Mingus, African-American musician (d. 1979) ** Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (d. 1993) * April 24 ** Susanna Agnelli, Italian politician (d. 2009) ** Matti Lehtinen, Finnish opera singer (d. 2022) * April 26 ** Keith McKenzie (Australian footballer), Keith McKenzie, Australian rules footballer, coach (d. 2018) ** Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (d. 1993) ** Margaret Scott (dancer), Margaret Scott, South African ballerina, choreographer (d. 2019) * April 27 ** Martin Gray (writer), Martin Gray, Polish writer (d. 2016) ** Jack Klugman, American actor (d. 2012) * April 28 – Barbara Lüdemann, German politician (d. 1992) * April 29 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician (d. 2016)


May

* May 1 – Vitaly Popkov, Russian fighter ace (d. 2010) * May 2 – Roscoe Lee Browne, African-American actor (d. 2007) * May 4 – Eugenie Clark, American marine biologist (d. 2015) * May 6 – Anna Elizabeth Botha, first wife of State President of South Africa, South African State President P. W. Botha (d. 1997) * May 7 ** Rolands Kalniņš, Latvian film director (d. 2022) ** Darren McGavin, American actor (d. 2006) * May 8 – Yusof Rawa, Malaysian politician (d. 2000) * May 11 – Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court of the Philippines, Supreme Court jurist (d. 2020) * May 13 ** Otl Aicher, German graphic artist (d. 1991) ** Bea Arthur, American actress, comedian (d. 2009) * May 14 – Franjo Tuđman, first President of Croatia (d. 1999) * May 15 – Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun (d. 2021) * May 18 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. 2005) * May 22 – Quinn Martin, American television producer (d. 1987) * May 25 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984) * May 27 ** Otto Carius, German tank commander (d. 2015) ** Christopher Lee, Sir Christopher Lee, English actor (d. 2015) * May 28 – Pompeyo Márquez, Venezuelan politician (d. 2017) * May 29 ** Reginald Rodrigues, Indian field hockey player (d. 1995) ** Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (d. 2001) * May 31 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992)


June

* June 1 – Bibi Ferreira, Brazilian actress (d. 2019) * June 3 – Alain Resnais, French film director (d. 2014) * June 5 – Sheila Sim, English actress (d. 2016) * June 7 – Selma van de Perre, Dutch–British resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor * June 9 – Hein Eersel, Surinamese linguist and cultural researcher (d. 2022) * June 10 – Judy Garland, American singer, actress (d. 1969) * June 11 – Tibor Baranski, Hungarian-American educator (d. 2019) * June 12 – Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist (d. 2013) * June 14 – Kevin Roche, Irish-American architect (d. 2019) * June 18 – Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004) * June 19 – Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) * June 19 – Ahmad Yani, Indonesian general (d. 1965) * June 22 – Mona Lisa (actress), Mona Lisa, Filipino actress (d. 2019) * June 23 – Wu Yingyin, Chinese singer (d. 2009) * June 24 – Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer, lyricist (d. 1988) * June 25 – Sita bint Fahd Al Damir, Saudi princess (d. 2012) * June 26 – Eleanor Parker, American actress (d. 2013) * June 29 – Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991)


July

* July 1 – Mordechai Bibi, Israeli politician (d. 2023) * July 2 ** Pierre Cardin, Italian-born French fashion designer (d. 2020) ** Paula Valenska, Czech actress (d. 1994) * July 3 ** Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (''Corneille''), Dutch painter (d. 2010) ** Viggo Rivad, Danish photographer (d. 2016) ** Howie Schultz, American baseball and basketball player (d. 2009) * July 5 – Doris Margaret Anderson, Canadian nutritionist and senator (d. 2022) * July 7 ** Francis Jeanson, French philosopher (d. 2009) ** P. Gopinathan Nair, Indian social worker (d. 2022) * July 10 ** Petar Kovachev, Bulgarian cross country skier ** Jake LaMotta, American boxer (d. 2017) ** Herb McKenley, Jamaican Olympic sprinter (d. 2007) * July 13 ** Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar, Egyptian military commander (d. 2011) ** Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician (d. 2016) * July 14 – Käbi Laretei, Estonian and Swedish concert pianist (d. 2014) * July 15 ** Ghulam Nabi Firaq, Kashmiri poet, writer and educationist (d. 2016) ** B. Rajam Iyer, South Indian Carnatic singer (d. 2009) ** Leon M. Lederman, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) ** Dottie Frazier, American scuba diver (d. 2022) * July 16 – Anatoli Levitin, Soviet Russian painter, art educator (d. 2018) * July 17 – Tetsurō Tamba, Japanese actor (d. 2006) * July 18 ** Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (d. 1996) ** Hedy Stenuf, Austrian figure skater (d. 2010) * July 19 ** George McGovern, American politician, historian and author (d. 2012) ** Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, King of Malaysia (d. 2008) * July 20 – Wolfgang Klausewitz, German zoologist, ichthyologist, marine biologist and biohistorian (d. 2018) * July 21 ** Kay Starr, American jazz and pop singer (d. 2016) ** Mollie Sugden, English comedy actress (d. 2009) * July 25 – John B. Goodenough, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023) * July 26 ** Blake Edwards, American film director (d. 2010) ** Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000) * July 27 ** Adolfo Celi, Italian actor and director (d. 1986) ** Norman Lear, American television writer and producer (d. 2023) * July 28 – Hans Frauenfelder, Swiss-born American physicist and biophysicist (d. 2022)


August

* August 2 – Tupua Leupena, Tuvaluan politician (d. 1996) * August 3 – Su Bai, Chinese archaeologist (d. 2018) * August 4 – Janez Stanovnik, Slovenian economist and politician (d. 2020) * August 8 ** Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999) ** Alberto Granado, Cuban writer and scientist (d. 2011) * August 9 – Philip Larkin, English poet (d. 1985) * August 11 – Sara Luzita, Spanish actress and dancer (d. 2025) * August 12 ** Wu Nansheng, Chinese politician (d. 2018) ** Miloš Jakeš, Czech politician (d. 2020) * August 14 – Leslie Marr, English artist and racing driver (d. 2021) * August 15 ** Lukas Foss, German-born composer (d. 2009) ** Mehnga Singh, Indian high jumper * August 22 – Micheline Presle, French actress (d. 2024) * August 23 ** Tônia Carrero, Brazilian actress (d. 2018) ** Inge Deutschkron, German-Israeli journalist and author (d. 2022) ** Roland Dumas, French lawyer and politician (d. 2024) * August 24 ** René Lévesque, 23rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1987) ** Jules Wieme, member of De La Salle Brothers who developed agriculture in northern Rwanda (d. 2015) ** Howard Zinn, American social activist and historian (d. 2010) * August 25 ** Gloria Dea, American actress, dancer, and magician (d. 2023) ** Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist (d. 2020) * August 27 – Sōsuke Uno, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1998) * August 31 – André Baudry, French magazine editor (d. 2018)


September

* September 1 ** Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer (d. 2007) ** Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director (d. 2000) * September 2 – Arthur Ashkin, American physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020) * September 6 – Adriano Moreira, Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the CDS – People's Party (d. 2022) * September 7 ** David Croft (TV producer), David Croft, British writer, producer and actor (d. 2011) ** Necdet Calp, Turkish civil servant, politician (d. 1998) * September 8 – Sid Caesar, American actor, comedian (d. 2014) * September 9 ** Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017) ** Manolis Glezos, Greek Resistance fighter (d. 2020) ** Warwick Kerr, Brazilian geneticist (d. 2018) * September 14 ** Donald E. Allured, American handbell choir director, composer, and arranger (d. 2011) * September 15 ** Jackie Cooper, American actor, director (d. 2011) ** Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian (d. 2001) * September 16 ** Guy Hamilton, French-English director, screenwriter (d. 2016) ** Janis Paige, American actress (d. 2024) * September 17 – Agostinho Neto, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979) * September 19 ** Emil Zátopek, Czechoslovakian athlete (d. 2000) ** Dana Zátopková, Czech Olympic javelin thrower (d. 2020) * September 21 – Lee Hee-ho, First Lady of South Korea (d. 2019) * September 24 – Asit Sen (director), Asit Sen, Indian Bengali film director (d. 2001) * September 25 ** Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (d. 1992) ** Roger Etchegaray, French cardinal (d. 2019) * September 28 – Jules Sedney, Prime Minister of Suriname (d. 2020) * September 29 ** Noémi Ban, Hungarian-American lecturer, public speaker and Holocaust survivor (d. 2019) ** Karl-Heinz Köpcke, German television presenter, news speaker (d. 1991) ** Lizabeth Scott, American actress (d. 2015)


October

* October 1 – Yang Chen-Ning, Chinese physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate * October 3 – Raffaele La Capria, Italian novelist and screenwriter (d. 2022) * October 4 – Gianna Beretta Molla, Italian Roman Catholic pediatrician, saint (d. 1962) * October 5 – José Froilán González, Argentine racing driver (Formula One, Formula 1) (d. 2013) * October 11 – Wolfgang Zuckermann, German-American harpsichord maker and sustainability activist (d. 2018) * October 12 **Eric G. Hall, Burmese-Pakistani Air Vice Marshal and World War II veteran (d. 1998) ** Blue Demon, Mexican luchador (d. 2000) * October 14 – Yumeji Tsukioka, Japanese actress (d. 2017) * October 15 – Luigi Giussani, Italian Catholic priest (d. 2005) * October 17 – Angel Wagenstein, Bulgarian screenwriter and author (d. 2023) * October 23 – Coleen Gray, American actress (d. 2015) * October 27 ** Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor, singer (d. 1998) ** Ruby Dee, American actress, poet, activist, journalist and second wife of Ossie Davis (d. 2014) ** Carlos Andrés Pérez, 55th President of Venezuela (d. 2010) ** Michel Galabru, French actor (d. 2016) * October 28 – Gershon Kingsley, German-American composer (d. 2019) * October 30 – Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (d. 2021) * October 31 ** Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress, children's book author (d. 2005) ** András Hegedüs, 45th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1999) ** Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (d. 2012)


November

* November 5 – María Isabel Rodríguez (government official), María Isabel Rodríguez, Salvadorian physician, academic and government official * November 8 – Christiaan Barnard, South African cardiac surgeon, heart transplant pioneer (d. 2001) * November 9 ** Dorothy Dandridge, African-American actress (d. 1965) ** Raymond Devos, French humorist (d. 2006) * November 11 ** George Blake, né Behar, Dutch-born British double agent (d. 2020) ** Abdullahi Issa, Somalian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 1988) ** Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist (d. 2007) * November 12 ** Ichiro Abe, Japanese judoka (d. 2022) ** Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002) * November 13 – Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984) * November 14 ** Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 2016) ** Veronica Lake, American actress (d. 1973) * November 16 – José Saramago, Portuguese author, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010) * November 17 – Stanley Cohen (biochemist), Stanley Cohen, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2020) * November 18 – Luis Somoza Debayle, 26th President of Nicaragua (d. 1967) * November 19 – Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist, epigrapher (d. 1999) * November 22 – Aksel Jacobsen Bogdanoff, Norwegian communist (d. 1971) * November 23 – Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese politician, statesman (d. 2008) * November 24 – Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American inventor and scientist (d. 2012) * November 26: ** Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000) ** Richard James (civil servant), Richard James, British army officer and civil servant (d. 2008) * November 27 – Nicholas Magallanes, Mexican-American principal dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (d. 1977)


December

* December 1 – Charles Gérard, French actor (d. 2019) * December 4 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959) * December 8 ** Lucian Freud, German born painter (d. 2011) ** Gerhard Löwenthal, German journalist (d. 2002) * December 9 – Redd Foxx, African-American comedian and actor (d. 1991) * December 10 – Edith Ballantyne, Czech-born Canadian peace activist (d. 2025) * December 11 ** Frank Blaichman, Polish author (d. 2018) ** Dilip Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2021) ** Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, television personality (d. 2008) * December 12 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter, writer (d. 1979) * December 14 ** Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001) ** Antonio Larreta, Uruguayan theatre actor, critic and writer (d. 2015) * December 18 – Carlos Altamirano, Chilean lawyer and socialist politician (d. 2019) * December 21 ** Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (d. 1989) ** Paul Winchell, American actor (d. 2005) * December 22 – Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, Princess of Luxembourg (d. 2011) * December 24 ** Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990) ** Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-American filmmaker and poet (d. 2019) * December 28 ** Stan Lee, American comics creator (d. 2018) ** Ramapada Chowdhury, Indian novelist and writer (d. 2018) * December 29 ** William Gaddis, American writer (d. 1998) ** Masroor Hosain, Pakistani aerobatic pilot (d. 1969) * December 30 ** Boes Boestami, Indonesian actor (d. 1970) ** Magín Díaz, Colombian musician and composer (d. 2017)


Deaths


January

* January 1 – István Kühár, Prekmurje Slovenes, Prekmurje Slovene writer, politician (b. 1887) * January 5 – Sir Ernest Shackleton, British explorer (b. 1874) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and th ...
** Ōkuma Shigenobu, 2-time Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838) ** Frank Tudor, Australian politician (b. 1866) *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Roman emperor, Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to set ...
– John Kirk (explorer), John Kirk, British explorer (b. 1832) * January 22 **
Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (; ; born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, ; 21 November 1854 – 22 January 1922) was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I a ...
(b. 1854) ** Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b. 1837) ** James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Irish-born politician, diplomat and historian (b. 1838) ** William Christie (astronomer), William Christie, British astronomer (b. 1845) * January 23 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855) * January 27 ** Nellie Bly, American undercover journalist (b. 1864) ** Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (b. 1840) * January 31 – Heinrich Reinhardt (composer), Heinrich Reinhardt, Austrian composer (b. 1865)


February

* February 1 ** Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese field marshal, 3rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838) ** William Desmond Taylor, Irish-born film director (b. 1872) * February 3 **Christiaan de Wet, Boer general, rebel leader, and politician (b. 1854) **John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839) * February 4 – Henry Jones (philosopher), Henry Jones, British philosopher (b. 1852) *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
– Kabayama Sukenori, Japanese ''samurai'', general and statesman (b. 1837) *
February 14 It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day. Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase, Abbasid Revolution: The Kaysanites Shia#History, Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad ...
Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish Minister of Interior (b. 1880) * February 16 – Newton Knight, American farmer, soldier and Southern Unionist in Mississippi and Civil War guerrilla (b. 1829) * February 23 – John Joseph Jolly Kyle, Argentine chemist (b. 1838). * February 25 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (executed) (b. 1869)


March

* March 1 – Pichichi (footballer), Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892) *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
– Bert Williams, American entertainer (b. 1874) *
March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes ...
– Harry Kellar, American magician (b. 1849) * March 19 – Max von Hausen, German general (b. 1846) * March 21 – C. V. Raman Pillai, Indian novelist and playwright (b. 1858) *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
– Andreas Gruber (b. 1859), Cäzila Gruber (b. 1850), Viktoria Gabriel (b. 1887), Cäzila Gabriel (b. 1915), Josef Gruber (b. 1920) and Maria Baumgartner (b. 1878). The Hinterkaifeck murders


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
– Emperor Charles I of Austria (b. 1887) * April 2 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1884) * April 8 – Erich von Falkenhayn, German general (b. 1861) * April 9 **Hans Fruhstorfer, German lepidopterist (b. 1866) **Patrick Manson, Scottish physician (b. 1844) * April 14 – Cap Anson, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1852) * April 28 – Paul Deschanel, President of France (b. 1855)


May

* May 4 – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Communist politician (executed) (b. 1888) * May 7 – Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857) * May 12 – John Martin Poyer,
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
Commander (United States)#Naval rank, commander, 12th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1861) * May 15 – Leslie Ward, English portrait artist, caricaturist (b. 1851) * May 16 – Rudolf Montecuccoli, Austro-Hungarian admiral (b. 1843) * May 18 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845) * May 19 – Son Byong-hi, Korean activist (b. 1861) * May 21 – Michael Mayr, Austrian politician, 2nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1864) * May 26 – Ernest Solvay, Belgian chemist, philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1838)


June

* June 4 – W. H. R. Rivers, English doctor (b. 1864) * June 6 ** Lillian Russell, American singer, actress (b. 1861) ** Richard A. Ballinger, American politician (b. 1858) * June 18 ** Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (b. 1851) ** Belgrave Ninnis, British explorer (b. 1837) * June 20 – Vittorio Monti, Italian composer (b. 1868) * June 21 – Take Ionescu, 29th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1858) * June 22 – Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, British field marshal and politician (b. 1864) * June 23 – Wu Tingfang, Chinese Premier of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China (b. 1842) * June 24 – Walther Rathenau, German statesman, Weimar Republic foreign minister (assassinated) (b. 1867) * June 26 – Prince Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Albert I of Monaco (b. 1848) * June 27 – Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito of Japan (b. 1867) * June 28 – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet, playwright (b. 1885)


July

* July 4 – Lothar von Richthofen, German World War I flying ace (flying accident) (b. 1894) * July 6 – Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, Polish-born missionary sister (b. 1863) * July 8 – Muhammad V an-Nasir, Bey of Tunis (b. 1855) * July 17 – Heinrich Rubens, German physicist (b. 1865) * July 20 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856) * July 22 – Takamine Jōkichi, Jōkichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854) * July 25 – Paul Maistre, French general (b. 1858) * July 28 ** Jules Guesde, French Socialist journalist and politician (b. 1845) ** Édouard Harlé, French engineer and prehistorian (b. 1850) * July 31 – Mary Noailles Murfree, American novelist (b. 1850)


August

* August 2 **Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1847) **Harry Boland, Irish republican (b. 1887) * August 3 – Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist, politician (b. 1851) * August 4 ** Nikolai Nebogatov, Russian admiral (b. 1849) ** Enver Pasha, Ottoman military leader, Turkish revolutionary (b. 1881) * August 5 – Tommy McCarthy (baseball), Tommy McCarthy, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1863) * August 12 –
Arthur Griffith Arthur Joseph Griffith (; 31 March 1871 – 12 August 1922) was an Irish writer, newspaper editor and politician who founded the political party Sinn Féin. He led the Irish delegation at the negotiations that produced the 1921 Anglo-Irish Trea ...
, Irish republican,
President of Dáil Éireann The president of Dáil Éireann ( ), later also president of the Irish Republic, was the leader of the revolutionary Irish Republic of 1919–1922. The office was created in the Dáil Constitution adopted by Dáil Éireann, the parliam ...
(b. 1872) * August 13 – Saint Benjamin of Petrograd (b. 1873) * August 14 – Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, British newspaper magnate (b. 1865) * August 19 – Felip Pedrell, Spanish composer (b. 1841) * August 22 ** Thomas Brock, Sir Thomas Brock, British sculptor (b. 1847) ** Michael Collins, Irish republican, revolutionary, and Chairman of the Provisional Government (assassinated) (b. 1890) * August 23 – Gheorghe Bengescu, Romanian diplomat and man of letters (b. 1844) * August 25 – Ioannis Svoronos, Greek numismatist (b. 1863) * August 29 – Georges Sorel, French philosopher, theorist of revolutionary syndicalism (b. 1847)


September

* September 1 – Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany, British royal (b. 1861) * September 4 – James Young (footballer, born 1882), James Young, Scottish footballer (motorcycle accident) (b. 1882) * September 5 – Sarah Winchester, American builder of the Winchester Mystery House (b. 1837) * September 7 – William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (b. 1852) * September 10 ** Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna (b. 1867) ** Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, British poet (b. 1840) * September 25 – Carlo Caneva, Italian general (b. 1845) * September 26 ** Sir Charles Wade, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863) ** Thomas E. Watson, American politician, senator (b. 1856)


October

* October 7 – Marie Lloyd, British singer (b. 1870) * October 11 – Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1867) * October 19 – Seaton Schroeder, American admiral (b. 1849) * October 22 – Lyman Abbott, American theologian (b. 1835) * October 25 – Oscar Hertwig, German zoologist (b. 1849) * October 30 – Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author (b. 1863)


November

* November 1 – Lima Barreto, Brazilian writer (b. 1881) * November 7 – Sam Thompson (outfielder), Sam Thompson, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1860) * November 15 – Dimitrios Gounaris, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1867) * November 18 – Marcel Proust, French author (b. 1871) * November 23 – Eduard Seler, Prussian scholar, Mesoamericanist (b. 1849) * November 24 ** Erskine Childers (author), Erskine Childers, Irish novelist, nationalist (executed) (b. 1870) ** Sidney Sonnino, 19th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1847) * November 27 – Demetrio Castillo Duany, Cuban revolutionary, soldier, and politician (b. 1856)


December

* December 8 – Mary Marcy, American socialist (b. 1877) * December 12 – John Wanamaker, American businessman (b. 1838) * December 13 – Hannes Hafstein, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861) * December 14 – Henry Pierrepoint, British executioner (b. 1878) * December 16 – Gabriel Narutowicz, Polish professor and politician, 1st President of Poland (assassinated) (b. 1865) * December 17 – David Lindsay (explorer), David Lindsay, Australian explorer (b. 1856)


Date unknown

* Sufi Azizur Rahman, Bengali Muslim theologian and teacher (b. 1862) * Sergei Sheydeman, Russian general (b. 1857)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Niels Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Francis William Aston * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Archibald Vivian Hill, Otto Fritz Meyerhof * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Jacinto Benavente * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Fridtjof Nansen


References


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