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0–9. 17 July Revolution. 5 October 1910 revolution. 1911 Revolution. 28 May 1926 coup d'état. 1932 Trujillo Revolution. 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. 14 July Revolution. 1962 Burmese coup d'état.
1923: Bajram Curri attacks gendarmerie of Kruma, Albania. 1923: The founding of the Republic of Turkey by overthrow of the Ottoman Empire and introduction of Atatürk's Reforms. 1923: The Klaipėda Revolt in the Memel territory that had been detached from Germany after World War I. 1923: Küstrin Putsch in Germany.
July 25: Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria, is shot dead as part of a failed Nazi coup d'état. August 1: The United States occupation of Haiti ends. August 2: With the death of Paul von Hindenburg, Hitler declares himself Führer of Germany. October 16: Mao Zedong begins the Long March.
Late modern period. For a timeline of events from 1801 to 1900, see Timeline of the 19th century. For a timeline of events from 1901 to 1945, see Timeline of the 20th century. For 1914–1918, see Timeline of World War I. For 1939–1945 see Timeline of World War II.
Historic events in the 20th century. Toggle Historic events in the 20th century subsection. World at the beginning of the century. "The war to end all wars": World War I (1914–1918) Between the wars. The rise of dictatorship. Global war: World War II (1939–1945) The war in the Pacific. Japanese Expansion.
Indigenous Cuban resistance leader Hatuey is burned at the stake. 1519. Havana founded as San Cristóbal de la Habana (north coast) 1523. Emperor Charles V authorizes 4,000 gold pesos for the construction of cotton mills. 1527. The first African slaves arrive in Cuba. 1532. The first slave rebellion is crushed.
Self‐Portrait as a Drowned Man[ b ] 18 October 1840. Hippolyte Bayard. Paris, France [ 6 ] Possibly the earliest known staged photograph, created in protest to the French government's apparent neglect of the invention of his photographic process. [ 7 ][ 8 ] [ s 1 ] The Haystack. 1844 [ c ] William Henry Fox Talbot.
The unarmed student Benno Ohnesorg, a member of the German student movement, was shot and killed by Karl-Heinz Kurras, a Berlin Police inspector and East German spy, while protesting the state visit of shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. 6 July. Langenweddingen level crossing disaster. 1968.