American historian and politician (died 1924)

Henry Cabot Lodge

Henry Cabot Lodge was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. He voted in favor of American entry into World War I and his successful crusade against Woodrow Wilson's Treaty of Versailles ensured that the United States never joined the League of Nations. His penned conditions against that treaty, known collectively as the Lodge reservations, influenced the structure of the modern United Nations.

Born

1850

May 12

Died

1924

Era

1850s

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1850 Born
1924 Died

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113 Roman emperor Trajan dedicates a column celebrating and depicting his victory over the Dacians.
254 Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.
907 Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
1157 A church council presided over by Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos in the Palace of Blachernae investigates the orthodoxy of the patriarch of Antioch, Soterichos Panteugenos.

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The world in 1924

When Henry departed

april 1 Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years fortress confinement for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
april 1 The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
april 13 A.E.K., a major Greek multi-sport club, is established in Athens by Greek refugees from Constantinople.
april 24 Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term).

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Abelardo L. Rodríguez 1889–1967 substitute president of Mexico (1932–1934) (born 1889) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828–1882 English poet and painter (born 1828) Domingos Maubere 1952–2025 East Timorese Catholic priest and activist (died 2025) Felipe Alou 1935– Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager Florence Nightingale 1820–1910 Italian-English nurse and theologian (born 1820) Gabriel Fauré 1845–1924 French pianist, composer, and educator (died 1924) George Karl 1951– American basketball player and coach Graeme Dott 1977– Scottish snooker player and coach Joseph Beuys 1921–1986 German sculptor and painter (born 1921)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1850

Florence Earle Coates 1850–1927 American poet (born 1850) George F. Durand 1850–1889 Canadian architect (born 1850) Karl Ferdinand Braun 1850–1918 German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1850) Luigi Cadorna 1850– Italian field marshal (died 1928) Mihai Eminescu 1850–1889 Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1889) Oliver Heaviside 1850– English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (died 1925) Ross Barnes 1850–1915 American baseball player and manager (born 1850) Samuel Gompers 1850–1924 English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (born 1850) Sofia Kovalevskaya 1850–1891 Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (born 1850)

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