Rome in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 15 people and 21 moments here, from 1919 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Benito Mussolini, Woodrow Wilson and Enrico Fermi.
Notable people
Adolf Hitler
in 1938
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Benito Mussolini
from 1929 to 1936
3 moments here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Diego Rivera
in 1920
1 moment here
Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…
Enrico Fermi
from 1926 to 1934
2 moments here
Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…
Erwin Schrödinger
in 1938
1 moment here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Federico Fellini
from 1933 to 1939
2 moments here
Italian film director and screenwriter whose career developed from caricature and comic writing in Rimini and Rome into internationally influential…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1924 to 1928
2 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Hirohito
in 1921
1 moment here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1933
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Le Corbusier
in 1922
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1931
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Muhammad Iqbal
in 1932
1 moment here
Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) was a South Asian philosopher, poet, lawyer, and political figure.…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1926
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Sigmund Freud
in 1923
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Woodrow Wilson
in 1919
2 moments here
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1919 Audience with Pope Benedict XV Woodrow Wilson
- 1919 Italian diplomatic visit Woodrow Wilson
- 1920 Italian fresco-study journey Diego Rivera
- 1921 Official visit to Italy Hirohito
- 1922 Rome journey with Amédée Ozenfant Le Corbusier
- 1923 Visits Rome with Anna Freud Sigmund Freud
- 1924 First European journey: Italy Gabriela Mistral
- 1926 Sapienza professorship Enrico Fermi
- 1926 Meets Mussolini in Rome Rabindranath Tagore
- 1928 Work trip to Rome from Provence Gabriela Mistral
- 1929 Signing the Lateran Treaty Benito Mussolini
- 1931 Visits Vatican and meets Mussolini Mahatma Gandhi
- 1932 Italian leg of European journey Muhammad Iqbal
- 1933 First visit to Rome Federico Fellini
- 1933 Summer journey in Italy Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1934 Via Panisperna research group Enrico Fermi
- 1935 Declaration of war on Ethiopia Benito Mussolini
- 1936 Proclamation of the Italian Empire Benito Mussolini
- 1938 Refuge in Rome Erwin Schrödinger
- 1938 Arrives in Rome Adolf Hitler
- 1939 Sapienza enrollment Federico Fellini