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  • Klaipėda, Lithuania
    Jan, 1923
    League of Nations

    Klaipėda Revolt

    Klaipėda, Lithuania
    Jan, 1923

    The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region . The region, located north of the Neman River, was detached from East Prussia, German Empire by the Treaty of Versailles and became a mandate of the League of Nations.




  • U.S.S.R.
    Thursday Jan 4, 1923
    Vladimir Lenin

    Retirement

    U.S.S.R.
    Thursday Jan 4, 1923

    Despite suffering from semi-paralysis, Lenin dictates a series of articles and his political "Testament" to his secretary, finishing on January 4, 1923. The "Testament" describes his fear that the party will destabilize under the leadership of Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, who is rapidly consolidating power as general secretary.




  • Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
    Wednesday Jan 24, 1923
    Treaty of Versailles

    American forces were withdrawn from the Rhineland

    Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
    Wednesday Jan 24, 1923

    On 24 January, the American garrison started their withdrawal from the Rhineland, with the final troops leaving in early February.




  • China
    Friday Jan 26, 1923
    Chinese Civil War

    Joint statement by Sun and Soviet representative Adolph Joffe in Shanghai pledged Soviet assistance to China's unification

    China
    Friday Jan 26, 1923

    In 1923, a joint statement by Sun and Soviet representative Adolph Joffe in Shanghai pledged Soviet assistance to China's unification. The Sun-Joffe Manifesto was a declaration of cooperation among the Comintern, KMT and CPC. Comintern agent Mikhail Borodin arrived in China in 1923 to aid in the reorganization and consolidation of the KMT along the lines of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The CPC joined the KMT to form the First United Front.




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