1922
Mussolini's march on Rome
Some thirty thousand black-shirted Fascists converged on the Italian capital demanding power.
Ottoman Empire abolished
The last Ottoman sultan, Mehmed VI, slipped out of the back door of the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul and boarded a British warship for exile.
Soviet Union declared
In a Moscow theater, delegates from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Transcaucasian republics voted themselves into a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Joyce's Ulysses published in Paris
Sylvia Beach's little English-language bookshop issued James Joyce's dense, ribald novel of one Dublin day after publishers in London and New York balked…
Tutankhamun's tomb opened
In the Valley of the Kings, Howard Carter chiseled through a sealed door, held up a candle, and saw, as he put it, wonderful things…
BBC founded
The British Broadcasting Company began regular radio transmission from a London rooftop with a single announcer reading the news in evening dress.
Treaty of Rapallo
Weimar Germany and Soviet Russia, Europe's two diplomatic pariahs, signed a treaty in an Italian resort town renouncing claims against each other and resuming…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1922?
Saeculum lists 7 events from 1922. The most significant is Mussolini's march on Rome: Some thirty thousand black-shirted Fascists converged on the Italian capital demanding power.
What era was 1922 part of?
1922 falls within the Modern Era (1901-2000). World wars, cold war, and the splitting of the atom.
Which regions saw notable events in 1922?
The events from 1922 span Europe and Middle East.