Luigi Pirandello's drama Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore (Six Characters in Search of an Author) premieres in Italy.

Pablo Picasso paints Three Musicians.

Le Cote de Guermantes II (The Guermantes Way, part 2) and Sodome et Gomorrhe I (Cities of the Plain, part 1), a section of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past), is published in France.

9 Feb.

The first Indian parliament under the Government of India Act of 1919 is convened in New Delhi.

21 Feb.

Gen. Reza Khan launches a coup d'etat against British rule in Persia and establishes an independent government. On 26 February he concludes an agreement with Russian invaders who begin to withdraw from the country. On 1 May British troops leave Persia under Reza Khan's orders.

8 Mar.

Spanish premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated by rightists.

24 Mar.

Greece invades Turkey in an attempt to enforce the Treaty of Sevres, establishing an Allies-supported government in...