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  • England
    1921
    John Maynard Keynes

    A Treatise on Probability

    England
    1921

    Keynes had completed his A Treatise on Probability before the war, but published it in 1921.




  • England, United Kingdom
    Feb, 1921
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill became Secretary of State for the Colonies

    England, United Kingdom
    Feb, 1921

    Churchill became Secretary of State for the Colonies in February 1921. The following month, the first exhibit of his paintings was held; it took place in Paris, with Churchill exhibiting under a pseudonym.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Jun 29, 1921
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill's mother died

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Jun 29, 1921

    In June, Churchill's mother died, followed in August by his daughter Marigold.




  • Belfast, Northern Ireland
    Sunday Jul 10, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    The IRA ambushed British forces

    Belfast, Northern Ireland
    Sunday Jul 10, 1921

    On 10 July 1921, the IRA ambushed British forces in Raglan street in Belfast.




  • London, Paris and Brussels
    Aug, 1921
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Second Pan-African Congress

    London, Paris and Brussels
    Aug, 1921

    Du Bois traveled to Europe in 1921 to attend the second Pan-African Congress. The assembled black leaders from around the world issued the London Resolutions and established a Pan-African Association headquarters in Paris.[170] Under Du Bois's guidance, the resolutions insisted on racial equality, and that Africa be ruled by Africans (not, as in the 1919 congress, with the consent of Africans).




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Sep 11, 1921
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Grandfather's death

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Sep 11, 1921

    Shortly after Philip's birth, his maternal grandfather Prince Louis of Battenberg, then known as Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven, died in London. Louis was a naturalized British subject who, after a career in the Royal Navy, had renounced his German titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten—an Anglicised version of Battenberg—during the First World War, owing to anti-German sentiment in Britain. After visiting London for his grandfather's memorial service, Philip and his mother returned to Greece, where Prince Andrew had remained to command a Greek Army division embroiled in the Greco-Turkish War.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Dec 6, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    Anglo-Irish Treaty

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Dec 6, 1921

    The Peace talks led to the negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty (6 December 1921).


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Dec, 1921
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill was involved in negotiations with Sinn Féin leaders

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Dec, 1921

    Churchill was involved in negotiations with Sinn Féin leaders and helped draft the Anglo-Irish Treaty.


  • England
    1921
    John Maynard Keynes

    A Treatise on Probability

    England
    1921

    Keynes had completed his A Treatise on Probability before the war, but published it in 1921.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Feb, 1921
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill became Secretary of State for the Colonies

    England, United Kingdom
    Feb, 1921

    Churchill became Secretary of State for the Colonies in February 1921. The following month, the first exhibit of his paintings was held; it took place in Paris, with Churchill exhibiting under a pseudonym.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Jun 29, 1921
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill's mother died

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Jun 29, 1921

    In June, Churchill's mother died, followed in August by his daughter Marigold.


  • Belfast, Northern Ireland
    Sunday Jul 10, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    The IRA ambushed British forces

    Belfast, Northern Ireland
    Sunday Jul 10, 1921

    On 10 July 1921, the IRA ambushed British forces in Raglan street in Belfast.


  • London, Paris and Brussels
    Aug, 1921
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Second Pan-African Congress

    London, Paris and Brussels
    Aug, 1921

    Du Bois traveled to Europe in 1921 to attend the second Pan-African Congress. The assembled black leaders from around the world issued the London Resolutions and established a Pan-African Association headquarters in Paris.[170] Under Du Bois's guidance, the resolutions insisted on racial equality, and that Africa be ruled by Africans (not, as in the 1919 congress, with the consent of Africans).


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Sep 11, 1921
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Grandfather's death

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Sunday Sep 11, 1921

    Shortly after Philip's birth, his maternal grandfather Prince Louis of Battenberg, then known as Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven, died in London. Louis was a naturalized British subject who, after a career in the Royal Navy, had renounced his German titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten—an Anglicised version of Battenberg—during the First World War, owing to anti-German sentiment in Britain. After visiting London for his grandfather's memorial service, Philip and his mother returned to Greece, where Prince Andrew had remained to command a Greek Army division embroiled in the Greco-Turkish War.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Dec 6, 1921
    Irish War of Independence

    Anglo-Irish Treaty

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Dec 6, 1921

    The Peace talks led to the negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty (6 December 1921).


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Dec, 1921
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill was involved in negotiations with Sinn Féin leaders

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Dec, 1921

    Churchill was involved in negotiations with Sinn Féin leaders and helped draft the Anglo-Irish Treaty.


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