World Events

Posted in 1922

  • Italian dictator Benito MussoliniInsulin is used against diabetes.
  • Benito Mussolini organises the "march on Rome" and forms a Fascist government in Italy. His dictatorship is virtually unchallenged from 1922-43.
  • Pope Pius XI is unexpectedly elected pope. He shows great ability as a diplomat and undisguised hostility to totalitarianism. He also urges a crusade against immodest women's fashions.
  • Mahatma Gandhi, lawyer and Indian nationalist leader, pleads guilty to three charges of sedition and is sentenced to six years imprisonment after his civil disobedience campaign against British authorities in India.Pope Pius XI