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1923North America - Mexico
 
Mexican revolutionary "Pancho" Villa (1878-1923) is assassinated 
1928Europe - Great Britain
 
The Equal Franchise Act in Great Britain grants voting rights to women and men over twenty-one. 
1929North America - USA
 
The Great Depression in the US 
1929North America - USA
 
Stock Market Crash (USA) 
1933Europe - Germany
 
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany 
1935Africa
 
Second Italo-Abyssinian War 
1936Europe - Spain
 
Spanish Civil War 
1936Europe - Russia
 
Purges ordered by Stalin in Russia 
1937Asia - China
 
The Rape of Nanjing is carried out with hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and troops massacred by the Japanese forces. In December 1937 Japanese bombers sink the gunboat U.S.S. Panay near Nanking as they bomb the city. 
1938Europe
 
Germany annexes Austria 
1939Global
 
Second World War 

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