Chronology Of World War 1
POSTWAR SETTLEMENTS
1919
May 14-War breaks out between Greece and Turkey.
Aug. 9-Treaty places Persia under British protection.
1920
Jan. 16-League of Nations begins functioning.
Feb. 2-Treaty of Tartu recognizes independence of Estonia.
April 25-War breaks out between Poland and Russia; ends Oct. 12 with
preliminary Treaty of Riga.
July 5-Reparations conference opens at Spa (ends July 16); protocol
apportioning reparations is signed.
July 12-Treaty of Moscow recognizes independence of Lithuania.
July 28-Teschen is divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Aug. 2-Italy recognizes independence of Albania.
Aug. 11-Treaty of Riga recognizes independence of Latvia.
Oct. 10-Plebiscite in Klagenfurt area results in its retention by Austria.
Oct. 14-Treaty of Tartu recognizes independence of Finland.
Nov. 12-Under terms of Treaty of Rapallo between Italy and Yugoslavia,
Fiume becomes independent city.
1921
Feb. 21-Reza Khan Pahlavi triumphs in Persia; British 1919 treaty is
denounced Feb. 27.
March 16-Turkish possession of districts of Kars and Ardahan is recognized
by USSR.
March 18-Definitive Treaty of Riga delimits Soviet Polish frontier.
March 20-Plebiscite in Upper Silesia results in its partition between
Poland and Germany.
Nov. 12-Washington Conference on disarmament opens; closes Feb. 6, 1922.
1922
April 16-Treaty of Rapallo is signed by Germany and USSR.
Oct. 13-War between Greece and Turkey ends. Oct. 28-Fascists come to
power in Italy.
1923
Jan. 11-Because of German delay in reparations payments, French and
Belgian troops begin to occupy the Ruhr.
July 24-Straits Convention is signed.
1924
Jan. 27-Yugoslavia agrees to cession of Fiume to Italy.
April 9-Dawes Plan on reparations is presented.
July 16-London Conference on reparations opens (ends Aug. 16); adopts
Dawes Plan.
1925
Aug. 25-French and Belgian troops leave the Ruhr.
Dec. 1-Locarno treaties, guaranteeing Franco-German and Belgo-German
frontiers against aggression, are signed in London.
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