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  • Geneva, Switzerland
    1795

    First idea of a league of nations

    Geneva, Switzerland
    1795

    The concept of a peaceful community of nations had been proposed as early as 1795, when Immanuel Kant's Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch outlined the idea of a league of nations to control conflict and promote peace between states.




  • U.S
    1915

    Creation of international bodies with administrative and legislative powers

    U.S
    1915

    In January 1915, a peace conference directed by Jane Addams was held in the neutral United States. The delegates adopted a platform calling for creation of international bodies with administrative and legislative powers to develop a "permanent league of neutral nations" to work for peace and disarmament.




  • U.S
    1915

    Setting up of League to Enforce Peace

    U.S
    1915

    In 1915, a similar body to the Bryce group was set up in the United States led by former president William Howard Taft. It was called the League to Enforce Peace.




  • Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 25, 1919

    The conferees agreed to form the League of Nations after World War I

    Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 25, 1919

    The conferees came out of the Paris Peace Conference and agreed to maintain permanent peace after World War I, and agreed to form the League of Nations called for by President Wilson on January 25, 1919.




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Saturday Jun 28, 1919

    Establishment of League of Nations

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Saturday Jun 28, 1919

    On 28 June 1919, 44 states signed the Covenant, including 31 states which had taken part in the war on the side of the Triple Entente or joined it during the conflict.




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Friday Jan 16, 1920

    First meeting of "League of Nations"

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Friday Jan 16, 1920

    The League of Nations held its first meeting on January 16, 1920, that is, six days after the entry into force of the Treaty of Versailles and the official end of World War I.




  • Vilnius, Lithuania
    Thursday Oct 7, 1920

    Resolving the border demarcation crisis between Poland and Lithuania

    Vilnius, Lithuania
    Thursday Oct 7, 1920

    Poland and Lithuania both regained their independence but soon became immersed in territorial disputes. During the Polish–Soviet War, Lithuania signed the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union that laid out Lithuania's frontiers. On 7 October 1920, the League negotiated the Suwałki Agreement establishing a cease-fire and a demarcation line between the two nations.


  • Aland Islands
    Jun, 1921

    Åland Islands issue

    Aland Islands
    Jun, 1921

    In June 1921, the League announced its decision: the islands were to remain a part of Finland, but with guaranteed protection of the islanders, including demilitarisation. With Sweden's reluctant agreement, this became the first European international agreement concluded directly through the League.


  • Albania
    1921

    Albania issue

    Albania
    1921

    In November 1921, the League decided that the frontiers of Albania should be the same as they had been in 1913, with three minor changes that favoured Yugoslavia. Yugoslav forces withdrew a few weeks later, albeit under protest.


  • Colombia
    Jul, 1922

    Salomón-Lozano Treaty

    Colombia
    Jul, 1922

    The Salomón–Lozano Treaty was signed in July 1922 by representatives Fabio Lozano Torrijos, of Colombia and Alberto Salomón Osorio of Peru. The fourth in a succession of treaties on the Colombian-Peruvian disputes over land in the upper Amazon region, it was intended to be a comprehensive settlement of the long border dispute between the two countries.


  • Klaipėda, Lithuania
    Jan, 1923

    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.


  • Petrich, Tsardom of Bulgaria
    Monday Oct 19, 1925

    Incident at Petrich

    Petrich, Tsardom of Bulgaria
    Monday Oct 19, 1925

    Incident at Petrich was a Greek–Bulgarian crisis in 1925 that resulted in a brief invasion of Bulgaria by Greece near the border town of Petrich after the killing of a Greek captain and a sentry by Bulgarian soldiers. The incident ended after a decision by the League of Nations.


  • Mosul, Iraq
    1926

    Mosul issue

    Mosul, Iraq
    1926

    The League resolved a dispute between the kingdom of Iraq and the Republic of Turkey over control of the former Ottoman province of Mosul in 1926.


  • China
    Friday Sep 18, 1931

    Mukden Incident

    China
    Friday Sep 18, 1931

    The Lytton Report appeared a year later (October 1932). It declared Japan to be the aggressor and demanded Manchuria be returned to China. The report passed 42–1 in the Assembly in 1933 (only Japan voting against), but instead of removing its troops from China, Japan withdrew from the League. In the end, as British historian Charles Mowat argued, collective security was dead.


  • Germany
    Sunday Jan 13, 1935

    1935 Saar status referendum

    Germany
    Sunday Jan 13, 1935

    A referendum on territorial status was held in the Territory of the Saar Basin on 13 January 1935. Over 90% of voters opted for reunification with Germany, with 9% voting for the status quo as a League of Nations mandate territory and less than 0.5% opting for unification with France.


  • Syria
    1937

    Syria was given autonomy

    Syria
    1937

    The Sanjak of Alexandretta in the French Mandate of Syria was given autonomy in 1937.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday May 26, 1937

    Egypt became the last state to join the League

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday May 26, 1937

    On 26 May 1937, Egypt became the last state to join the League.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    1939

    A total of 63 countries became member states of the League of Nations

    Geneva, Switzerland
    1939

    Between 1920 and 1939, a total of 63 countries became member states of the League of Nations. The Covenant forming the League of Nations was included in the Treaty of Versailles and came into force on 10 January 1920, with the League of Nations being dissolved on 18 April 1946; its assets and responsibilities were transferred to the United Nations.


  • Finland
    Thursday Nov 30, 1939

    Winter War

    Finland
    Thursday Nov 30, 1939

    First Soviet-Finnish War, was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. The war began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three-and-a-half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940.


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