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The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the [[. In East Asia, the rise of militarism occurred. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1919 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Publications Finds Awards Miscellaneous Births Anne Stine Ingstad, Norwegian archaeologist; co-discoverer of Viking artifacts at LAnse aux Meadows Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1917 in archaeology 1919 in archaeology Categories: 1918 | Years in archaeology ... The year 1918 in architecture involved some significant events. ... See also: 1917 in art, other events of 1918, 1919 in art, list of years in art // Events June 18 - Pablo Picasso marries Olga Khoklova. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1918: // January 25 - 2nd Lt Carl Mather was killed in an aircraft collision. ... 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Events of 1918

January

• January 12 - Finland enacts "Mosaic Confessors" law granting Finnish Jews civil rights.
• January 25 - The Ukrainian people declare independence from Bolshevik Russia.
• January 27 - Breakout of the Finnish Civil War.

is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the Bolshevik faction in the RSDLP 1903-1912. ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Whites: White Guards, German Empire, Swedish volunteers Reds: Red Guards, Russian SFSR Commanders C.G.E. Mannerheim Ali Aaltonen, Eero Haapalainen, Eino Rahja, Kullervo Manner Strength 80,000–90,000 Finns, 550 Swedish volunteers, 13,000 Germans[1] 80,000–90,000 Finns, 4,000–10,000 Russians[1...

February

February 16: The Act of Independence of Lithuania

• February 1 - Russia switches from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, date skips to February 14.
• February 16 - The Council of Lithuania adopts the Act of Independence of Lithuania, declaring Lithuania's independence from the Russian Empire.
• February 24 - After 7 centuries of foreign rule, Estonia declares its independence from the Russian Empire. The country is occupied by Germany the next day. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia also declare their independence from the Russian Empire but as the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.

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March

• March 1 - German submarine U 19 sinks HMS Calgarian off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland.
• March 3 - World War I: Germany, Austria and Bolshevist Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in the war.
• March 4 - A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish Flu.
• March 5 - The Soviet Russia moves its national capital from Petrograd to Moscow
• March 6 - Finnish Air Force founded. The blue swastika is adopted as its symbol as a tribute to the Swedish explorer and aviator Eric von Rosen who donated the first plane. Von Rosen had painted the Buddhist symbol on the plane as his personal lucky insignia.
• March 7 - World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany.
• March 12 – Moscow becomes the capital of Soviet Russia.
• March 19 - The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST went into effect on March 31).
• March 21 - World War I: Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• March 23
  • The giant German cannon, the so-called Paris Gun begins to shell Paris from 114 km (75 miles) away.
  • In London at the Wood Green Empire, Chung Ling Soo (William E Robinson, US-born magician) dies during his trick where he was supposed to "catch" two separate bullets – one of them perforates his lung. He dies the following morning in hospital.
  • The Social Revolutionary Party declares Belarus independent; Bolshevik armies soon crush them.
• March 25 - Belarus declares independence.
• March 27 - Bessarabia votes for becoming a part of Romania.

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April

• April 1 - The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service are merged to form the Royal Air Force.

is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. // Formed by Royal Warrant on 13 May 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ... Personnel of No 1 Squadron RNAS in late 1914 The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of World War I, when it merged with the British Armys Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to form the Royal Air Force. ... RAF redirects here. ...

May

• May 1 - German troops enter Don province; they take Rostov May 6.
• May 2 - General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• May 11 - The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was officially established.
• May 15 - The Post Office Department (later renamed the USPS) begins the first regular airmail service in the world (between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC).

• May 16 - The Sedition Act of 1918 is approved by US Congress.
• May 20 - The small town of Codell, Kansas was hit for the third year in a row by a tornado in 1918. Coincidentally, all three tornadoes hit on May 20th, 1916, 1917, and 1918 respectively.
• May 26 - The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic is abolished. Georgia declares its independence as the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• May 27 - The Third Battle of The Aisne commenced.
• May 28 - Armenia and Azerbaijan declare their independence as the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic respectively.

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June

• June 1 - World War I: Battle for Belleau Wood begins.
• June 22 - Suspects in the Chicago Restaurant Poisonings arrested and more than 100 waiters taken into custody for poisoning restaurant customers with a lethal powder called Mickey Finn (drugs).

is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Battle of Belleau Wood was a battle of the first World War. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Mickey Finn (or simply Mickey) is a slang term for a drink laced with a drug (especially chloral hydrate) given to someone without their knowledge in order to incapacitate them. ...

July

• July 3- The Siberian Expedition is launched to extract the Czechoslovak Legion from the Russian civil war.
• July 4 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed V (Resad) (1909-1918) to Mehmed VI (1918-1922).
• July 9 - Great train wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101.
• July 12 - At least 621 killed, Japanese Imperial Navy battle ship Kawachi blew up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan.
• July 13 - The National Czechoslovak Committee was established.
• July 15 - World War I: Second Battle of the Marne - The battle begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• July 17 - By order of the Bolshevik Party and carried out by Cheka, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his immediate family, and retainers were murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
• July 17 - RMS Carpathia, the rescue ship of the RMS Titanic, is sunk off the coast of Ireland by the Underseeboat 55 with 5 lives lost.

is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1683, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–1365) Edirne (1365–1453) Ä°stanbul (1453–1922) Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 (first) Osman I  - 1918–22 (last) Mehmed VI Grand Viziers  - 1320... Sultan Mehmed V Mehmed V (sometimes also Mahommed V; known as Mehmed V ReÅŸad (or ReÅŸat) or Reshid Effendi) (November 2, 1844 – July 3, 1918) was the 39th Ottoman Sultan. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Mehmed VI (Arabic: محمد السادس), original name Mehmed Vahdettin or Mehmed Vahideddin, (January 14, 1861 – May 16, 1926) was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1918–1922. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Great train wreck of 1918 occured on July 9, 1918, in Nashville, Tennessee when two passenger trains collided head-on. ... Nashville redirects here. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (大日本帝國海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) was the navy of Japan before 1945. ... Kawachi may refer to: Kawachi, Tochigi Kawachi District, Tochigi Kawachi Province Kawachi ondo This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県 Yamaguchi-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... todo mal de [ [ Shikoku ] ] a través del [ [ mar interior ] ], y noreste de [ [ Kyushu ] ] a través del [ [ estrecho de Kanmon ] ]. Es la séptima isla más grande, y la segunda isla populosa en el mundo después de [ [ Java (isla)|Java ] ] (véase [ [ lista de las islas de la población ] ]). < style=float del div... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants  France  United Kingdom  United States  German Empire Casualties 168,000 The Second Battle of the Marne, or Battle of Reims, was a major World War I battle fought from July 15 to August 5, 1918, near the Marne River. ... The Marne is a river in France, a tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Bolshevik faction in the RSDLP 1903-1912. ... For the reggaeton aritst, see Cheka (artist). ... Nicholas II redirects here. ... Yekaterinburgs Church on the Blood, built on the spot where the Ipatiev House once stood. ... Yekaterinburg (Russian: , also romanized Ekaterinburg, formerly Sverdlovsk) is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... RMS Carpathia The RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. ... For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ...

August

• August - "Spanish Flu" Influenza becomes pandemic; over twenty-five million people die in the following six months (almost twice as many as died during the war).
• August 1 - British anti-Bolshevik forces occupy Archangel, Russia. August 10 commander is told to help White Russians.
• August 8 - World War I: Battle of Amiens - Canadian troops, backed by Australians, begin a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines. German General Erich Ludendorff will later call this the "black day of the German army."
• August 30
  • Strike of 20,000 London policemen with demands of increased pay and union recognition.
  • Fanya Kaplan tries to shoot Lenin. Petrograd head of Cheka is assassinated the same day.

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September

• September 11 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs for the 1918 World Series championship, their last World Series win until 2004. They won again in 2007.
• September 29 - Bulgaria requests an armistice in World War I.

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October

• October 3 - Kaiser makes Max von Baden German chancellor.
• October 3 - Abdication of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria in the wake of the collapse of the Bulgarian military position in World War I. He is succeeded by his son, Boris III.
• October 8 - World War I - In the Argonne Forest in France, US Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
• October 11 - The city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and other adjacent towns was nearly destroyed by an 7.5 earthquake and a tsunami.
• October 12 - The city of Cloquet, Minnesota and nearby areas are destroyed in a fire killing 453, known as the 1918 Cloquet Fire.
• October 15 - The great spiritual teacher Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi attained his MAHASAMADHI
• October 18
  • Washington Declaration proclaimed the independent Czechoslovak Republic.
• October 25 - The Princess Sophia sinks on Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau, Alaska, 353 people die in the greatest maritime disaster in the Pacific Northwest.
• October 28
  • Czechoslovakia declares its independence from Austria-Hungary.
  • New Polish government in Western Galicia (Central Europe)
• October 30
  • The Martin Declaration is published, including Slovakia in the formation of Czecho-Slovak state.
  • Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen is conceded independence from the Ottoman Empire by the Armistice of Mudros.
• October 31
  • The Hungarian government terminates the personal union with Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian empire.
• October - Mammy Lou becomes the oldest person to ever star in a film, at age 114.

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November

• November 1
  • Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 dead.
  • Ruthenia in eastern Czechoslovakia declares brief independence
• November 3
  • World War I: Austria-Hungary enters an armistice with the Allies.
  • Poland declares its independence from Russia.
• November 4
  • World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
  • Mutiny in the German fleet at Kiel begin the German Revolution.
• November 6 - A new Polish government is proclaimed in Lublin.
• November 8 - German army withdraws its support of the Kaiser
• November 9
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates and chooses to live in exile in the Netherlands.
  • Provisional National Council Minister-President Kurt Eisner declares Bavaria to be a republic.
• November 11
  • World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France.
  • Poland regains independence after 123 years of partitions. Józef Piłsudski is appointed Commander-in-Chief.
  • Emperor Charles I of Austria gives up his absolute power but does not abdicate.
• November 12 - Austria becomes a republic.
• November 14
  • Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
  • Józef Piłsudski is appointed head of state of Poland
• November 16
  • Hungary declares independence from Austria
  • Hungarian People's Republic declared
• November 18 - Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
• November 22
  • Spartacist League founds German Communist Party
  • Belgian royal family returns to Brussels after the war
• November 26 - the Podgorica Assembly voted for "union of the people", declaring a joining into the Kingdom of Serbia
• November 28 - Estonian Freedom War: Bolshevist Russia invades Estonia, beginning of the war. A socialist republic is established in Narva the next day.
• November 30 - Ernest Ansermet conducts the first concert by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

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Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... , For the city in the United States, see Kiel, Wisconsin. ... “November Revolution” redirects here. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Panorama of Lublin form Trynitarska Tower Coordinates: , Country Voivodeship Powiat city county Gmina Lublin Established before 12th century City Rights 1317 Government  - Mayor Adam Wasilewski Area  - City 147. ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... German Emperor Wilhelm (born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht, Prince of Prussia 27 January 1859–4 June 1941), was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia (de: Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen), ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. ... Monument to Kurt Eisner on the sidewalk where he fell when he was assassinated in Munich. ... 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Combatants  Estonia, Finnish and Scandinavian volunteers, White Russians Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic Landeswehr Commanders Johan Laidoner Jukums Vācietis Sergei Kamenev Rüdiger von der Goltz Strength 74,500 (Estonian Army), ca 4000 Finnish volunteers, White Russians, about 200-400 Scandinavians 160 000+ 9500 Casualties 5,600 killed 15... Bolshevist Russia is a common term that refers to the Bolshevik side in the Russian Civil War, or more specifically the Russian government between the October Revolution (November 7, 1917) and the constitution of the Soviet Union (December 30, 1922). ... Location of Estonia Capital Narva Language(s) Estonian, Russian Government Socialist republic Chairman¹  - 1918-1919 Jaan Anvelt Legislature Soviet¹ History  - Established November 29, 1918  - Disestablished June 5, 1919 Currency Russian ruble² ¹ Chairman (esimees) of the Council of The Commune of the Working People of Estonia (Eesti Töörahva Kommuuni N... 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December

• December 1
  • Iceland becomes a self-governing kingdom, yet remains in personal union with the king of Denmark who also becomes king of the Kingdom of Iceland.
  • New voting laws in Sweden: votes no longer dependent on taxable assets; one person, one vote.
  • Proclamation of Union of Alba Iulia. Following the March 27 incorporation of Bessarabia and Bucovina, Transylvania unites with Romania.
  • The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
• December 4 - US President Woodrow Wilson sails for the Paris Peace Conference, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
• December 20 - Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk returned to the Czechoslovak Republic.
• December 27 - Beginning of Great Poland Uprising, the Poles in Greater Poland (or Grand Duchy of Poznań) rise against the Germans.
• December 28 - Constance Markiewicz becomes the first woman elected to the British House of Commons.
• December 31 – A British-brokered ceasefire ends two weeks of Armeno-Georgian fighting.

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