Mexican bandit Francisco "Pancho" Villa is shot and killed in ambush at Parral, Mexico.

23 Aug.

Baron Tomosaburo Kato, premier of Japan and hero of the Russo-Japanese War, dies at age sixty-two. On 28 August he is succeeded by Count Gombe Yamamoto, who is forced to resign on 29 December following an attempt on the life of Prince Regent Hirohito.

27 Aug.

The murders of an Italian delegation on the Greek-Albanian border leads to an international crisis.

1 Sept.

A major earthquake, with more than three hundred distinct shocks, destroys Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, killing 143,000.

10 Sept.

The Irish Free State is unanimously elected to the League of Nations.

13 Sept.

Rightist general Miguel Primo de Rivera seizes power in Spain with the approval of King Alfonso XIII. Primo de Rivera exiles liberal opponents, such as writers Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo and Vicente Blasco Ibanez.

28 Sept.

Ethiopia is admitted to the League of Nations despite...