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Historical events from year 1918. Learn about 294 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1918 or search by date or keyword.
March – The Liberator socialist magazine begins publication. March 4 – A soldier at Camp Funston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu. March 19 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31).
The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people worldwide. In Russia, this year runs with only 352 days.
Important events of 1918 during the fifth and final year of the First World War, including the appointment of French Marshal Ferdinand Foch as Supreme Allied Commander. 3 March. A peace treaty is signed between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey) at Brest-Litovsk. The treaty marks Russia’s final ...
Historical Events for the Year 1918. 8th January » President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. 9th January » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
March 7. German peace with Finland. March 11. Turks recover Erazerum. March 13. Germans at Odessa. March 14. Brest-Litovsk treaty ratified at Moscow. March 21. German offensive in France. March 23. First long-distance bombardment of Paris.
What happened and who was famous in 1918? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1918.
Apr 8, 2021 · For four years, from 1914 to 1918, World War I raged across Europe's western and eastern fronts after growing tensions and then the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ignited...
Mar 10, 2010 · Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies on November 11, 1918. World War I was known as the “war to end all wars” because of the great slaughter and destruction it caused.
Oct 12, 2010 · The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 was the deadliest pandemic in world history, infecting some 500 million people across the globe—roughly one-third of the population—and causing up to...
