Year retrospective · 1920s

1921

1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1921st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 921st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 20th…

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Defining events of 1921

  1. 1921 Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.

    Title of high office in the Muslim world

    Emir, also transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has a history of use in West Asia, East Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, and South Asia. In the modern era, when used as a formal monarchical title, it is roughly synonymous with "prince", applicable both to a son of a hereditary monarch, and to a reigning monarch of a sovereign principality, namely an emirate.

  2. 1921 The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.

    Military government in Iran from April-November 1921

    The Autonomous Government of Khorasan was a short-lived military state set up in Iran. It was formally established on the April 2, 1921, and collapsed a few months later, on October 6, 1921. Their capital was Mashhad.

  3. 1921 Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).

    1757–1911 Tuvan region of the Qing dynasty

    Tannu Uriankhai was a historical region of the Mongol Empire, its principal successor, the Yuan dynasty, and later the Qing dynasty. The territory of Tannu Uriankhai largely corresponds to the modern-day Tuva Republic of the Russian Federation, neighboring areas in Russia, and a small part of the modern state of Mongolia.

  4. 1921 British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

    British rigid airship class destroyed in 1921

    38 class of rigid airships was designed for Britain's Royal Navy during the final months of the First World War. Airships of this class were intended for long-range patrol duties over the North Sea. 38, the lead ship of the class, was sold to the United States Navy in October 1919 before completion.

  5. 1921 Russian Civil War: The Red Army dissolves the Makhnovshchina after driving the Revolutionary Insurgent Army out of Ukraine.

    Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire (1917–1922)

    The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. It resulted in the formation of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and later the Soviet Union in most of its territory. Its finale marked the end of the Russian Revolution, which was one of the key events of the 20th century.

  6. 1921 Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.

    Chief executive of Major League Baseball

    The commissioner of baseball is the chief executive officer of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the associated Minor League Baseball (MiLB) – a constellation of leagues and clubs known as "affliated baseball". Under the direction of the commissioner, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts. The commissioner is chosen by a vote of the owners of the teams.

  7. 1921 Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict: Mikhail Frunze declares victory over the Makhnovshchina.
  8. 1921 Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
  9. 1921 The Football Association bans women's football in England from league grounds, a ban that stays in place for 50 years.
  10. 1921 The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

Farewells

Died in 1921

John J. Gardner American politician
Will Crooks British trade unionist and politician (1852–1921)
Georges Feydeau French playwright (1862–1921)
Patrick Maher Irish republican (c.1889–1921)
Edmond Foley Irish IRA member (1895–1921)
John J. Gardner American politician
Will Crooks British trade unionist and politician (1852–1921)
Georges Feydeau French playwright (1862–1921)
Patrick Maher Irish republican (c.1889–1921)
Edmond Foley Irish IRA member (1895–1921)
John J. Gardner American politician
Will Crooks British trade unionist and politician (1852–1921)

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