Sodome et Gomorrhe II (Cites of the Plain, part 2), a section of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past), is published in France.

James Joyce's novel Ulysses is published in Paris.

The silent movie classic of German expressionist horror, Nosferatu, directed by F. W. Murnau, is released.

Centre Court at Wimbledon is built.

Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse's novel of oriental mythology, is published in Germany.

22 Jan.

Pope Benedict XV dies at age sixty-five. On 6 February Achille Cardinal Ratti, who takes the name Pius XI, is elected pope.

15 Feb.

The International Court of Justice is established at The Hague, in the Netherlands.

18 Feb.

Britain grants Egypt titular independence but maintains military bases throughout the country.

25 Feb.

Henri-Desire Landru, the so-called modern Bluebeard, is guillotined in Versailles, France, for the murder often women and a young boy.

3 Mar.

Italian Fascists seize the disputed port city of Fiume, which...