Adolf Hitler is elected chairman and absolute dictator of the Nazi Party centered in Munich, Germany.

2 Aug.

Enrico Caruso, internationally famous Italian tenor, dies at age forty-eight.

16 Aug.

Peter I, king of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, dies and is succeeded by his son, Alexander I.

23 Aug.

Emir Faisal becomes crowned head of the new kingdom of Iraq, formerly Mesopotamia.

27 Aug.

Dr. Alexander Wekerle, five times premier of Hungary, dies at age seventy-one.

28 Aug.

Nicaragua is invaded by rebels based in Honduras; on 7 September these rebels are driven back into Honduras by the Nicaraguan army and captured by Honduran troops.

12 Sept.

Russia declares war on Bessarabia, a new Romanian province.

22 Sept.

Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria's national poet, dies.

19 Oct.

Premier Antonio Granjo of Portugal and several other officials are assassinated after being arrested by the military.

4 Nov.

Hara Takashi, the first commoner to become premier of Japan, is assassinated by...