Events
- Indiana Jones travels to Panama on an archaeological dig with Charles Jacob Kingston and Magnus Völler where they find the Jade Sphere.[1]
- Germany begins secretly planning designs for U-boats through the clandestine Submarine Development Bureau.[2]
- The Turkish-Greek conflict occurs.[3]
- April 1: Karl I dies in Madeira[4] of pneumonia.[5]
- May: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin suffers a serious stroke.[6]
- June: Indy graduates from the University of Chicago.[7]
- July: Indy takes postgraduate courses in linguistics at the Sorbonne.[7]
- Charles Sternhart, having found an Arabic translation of the Hermocrates in an Italian monastery, translates it to English, and gives a copy to Barnett College.[8]
- David Lloyd George is forced to resign from office.[9]
- August: Indy meets René Emile Belloq for the first time, on a dig at Ur, Iraq.[7][10]
- September: A Vatican City secret agent observes the excavation in Ur.[11]
- October: Alexander Mandraki and his accomplice, Dorian Belecamus, try to frame Indiana Jones in their assassination attempt on King Constantine of Greece.[12]
- November: Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb.[13]
- Late: The sultanate in Turkey is abolished.[3]
- Indy acquires his first bullwhip.[7]
- Muslim peasants on the Malabar Coast engage in a bloody uprising against Hindu landlords.[14]
- Gandhi calls off the satyagraha movement after a protest in a small town in the United Provinces results in the massacre of 22 Indian police. Gandhi arrested and sentenced to six years in prison.[14]
- William Butler Yeats receives the Nobel Prize for Literature.[15]
- Fascists take over Rome. Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister.[16] Italy becomes a Fascist country.[17]
- Egypt is granted limited self-government from Great Britain and France.[16]
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is established.[16]
- Argonauts of the Western Pacific is published.[18]
- The British give up control of Wei-hai-wei.[19]
- Raymond Poincare succeeds Aristide Briand as Prime Minister of France.[20]
- King Constantine I of Greece abdicates; George II succeeds him.[20]
- Stock market "boom" starts in America.[20]
- Erich von Stroheim is fired by Universal Pictures for making films that ran too long, took too long to make and were grossly over budget.[21]
- Barthélemy Boganda is baptized.[22]
- Four thousand Chinese soldiers are massacred by a force of three hundred mounted Mongols under the direction of a Russian baron in Tuerin, the halfway point to the Urga Road.[23]
Births
- Zalim Singh[24]
- Micheal Ventris[25]
Deaths
- Gerald Farnsworth in Southern Italy[12]
- Ernest Shackleton[16]
- Stephanos Doumas[12]
- Panos[12]
- Grigoris[12]
- Dorian Belecamus in Athens[12]
- Alexander Mandraki[12]
- April 1: Karl I in Madeira[4]
Appearances
- The Mummy's Curse (Historical note)
- The Valley of the Kings (Glossary)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic Adventure (Historical Note)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror (Historical note)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Face of the Dragon (Historical Note)
- The Secret Peace (Historical note)
- The Secret Treaty (Historical Note)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hunting for Treasure (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi
- Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs (Indirect mention)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Mentioned only)
Sources
- "Uncovering the History Behind Young Indy" – The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine 16
- So Then What Happened? (Non-fiction source)
- Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Egypt (Non-fiction source)
- Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Greece (Non-fiction source)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Sourcebook
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates and Other Tales
Chapter 11: Oganga: The Giver and Taker of Life on The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones (backup link on Archive.org)- Chapter 13: Adventures in the Secret Service on The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones (backup link on Archive.org)
Chapter 17: Masks of Evil on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)- Marshall College on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- Zalim Singh's Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Media Kit
- Archaeology - Unearthing Our Past (Non-fiction source)
- Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun (Non-fiction source)
- V. I. Lenin - History Will Not Forgive Us (Non-fiction source)
- The Best Intentions - The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles (Non-fiction source)
- New Gods for Old (Non-fiction source)
- Ireland - The Power of the Poets (Non-fiction source)
- The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- The Indiana Jones Handbook
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Annual 2009
Notes and references
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
- ↑ Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 17: Masks of Evil on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Secret Treaty
- ↑ Chapter 13: Adventures in the Secret Service on The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ V. I. Lenin - History Will Not Forgive Us
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- ↑ The Best Intentions - The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi
- ↑ Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Sourcebook
- ↑ Ireland - The Power of the Poets
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 The World of Indiana Jones
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth
- ↑ The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hunting for Treasure
- ↑ Young Indiana Jones and the Face of the Dragon
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates and Other Tales
- ↑ The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Media Kit
- ↑ Chapter 11: Oganga: The Giver and Taker of Life on The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs
- ↑ Zalim Singh on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Greece
