Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria…
Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (born 1848)
William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme was an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician. Educated at a small private school until the age of nine, then at churc…
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (born 1851)
Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.
Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (born 1874)
Joseph Howard OBE was the first Prime Minister of Malta, holding this office from 1921 to 1923.
Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (born 1862)
Hidesaburō Ueno was a Japanese agricultural scientist, well-known as the guardian of Hachikō, a devoted Akita dog.
Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (born 1871)
William Hillman Shockley was an American engineer, photographer, and botanist. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shockley worked as a mining engineer…
William H
Arthur Wilhelm Ernst Victor Moeller van den Bruck was a German cultural historian, philosopher, and key intellectual figure of the Conservative Revolution.
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (born 1876)
Thomas Riley Marshall was the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson. A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an active and well…
Thomas R
Margaret Murray Washington was an American educator who was the principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which later became Tuskegee University. She also led women's …
Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (born 1865)
Chittaranjan Das, popularly called Deshbandhu, was a Bengali freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian Independence Movement and mentor of Subhas Chandra Bos…
Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1870)
Josef Breuer was an Austrian physician who made discoveries in neurophysiology, and whose work during the 1880s with his patient Bertha Pappenheim, known as Anna O., led to the dev…
Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (born 1842)
Felix Christian Klein was a German mathematician, mathematics educator and historian of mathematics, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, a…
Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (born 1849)
Georgina Febres-Cordero, also known as "Mother Georgina" was a Venezuelan religious sister.
Georgina Febres-Cordero, Venezuelan nun (born 1861)
Henry Carl Berghoff was an American politician, lawyer, and businessman who co-founded the Herman Berghoff Brewing Company in 1887 and served as the 19th Mayor of Fort Wayne, India…
Henry C
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie, better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire but …
Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (born 1866)
Clarence Hudson White was an American photographer, teacher and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. He grew up in small towns in Ohio, where his primary influences w…
Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (born 1871)
Lovis Corinth was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism.
Lovis Corinth, German painter (born 1858)
Louis-Nazaire Bégin was a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Begin held a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was later appoint…
Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (born 1840)
John Indermaur was a British lawyer and legal writer, with his writing focus was on common law. He is known for having written An Epitome of Leading Common Law Cases in 1875, Prin…
John Indermaur, British lawyer (born 1851)
Antonio Ascari was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. He won four Grands Prix before his premature death at the 1925 French Grand Prix. He was the father of two-time Worl…
Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (born 1888)
William Bruce was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Test matches between 1885 and 1895. He became a lawyer, practising in Melbourne.
William Bruce, Australian cricketer (born 1864)
Sir Surendranath Banerjee, often known as Rashtraguru, was an Indian nationalist leader during the British Raj. He founded the Indian National Association to bring Hindus and Musli…
Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (born 1848)
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro was an Italian mathematician. He is most famous as the discoverer of tensor calculus.
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (born 1853)
Konrad Vilhelm Mägi was an Estonian painter, who was one of the first modernist painters in Estonia and the Nordic countries. He only worked for sixteen years, yet the total volume…
Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (born 1878)