In history, year 1918 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1918.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1918:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 26 january | A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the Finnish Civil War. |
| 16 february | The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence of Lithuania, proclaiming the restoration of anindependent Lithuania governed by democratic principles, despite the presence of German troops in the country during World War I. |
| 21 february | The Carolina Parakeet, the only parrot speciesnative to the eastern United States, became extinct when the lastindividual died in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. |
| 04 march | The first known case of the so-called Spanish flu was firstobserved at Fort Riley, Kansas. |
| 21 march | First World War-The German Army opened the Spring Offensive with Operation Michael, attempting to break through the Allied lines and to seize ports on the English Channel. |
| 30 march | Bolshevik and Dashnak forces suppressed a Muslim revolt in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in up to 12,000 deaths. |
| 01 april | The British Armed Forces started to grant personnel the power to fly. |
| 09 april | World War I Aníbal Milhais's actions during the Battle of the Lys made him the only person to be awarded Portugal's highest military honour, the Order of the Tower and Sword, directly on the battlefield. |
| 21 april | Manfred von Richthofen, known as the 'Red Baron', was shot downand killed near Vaux-sur-Somme in France, after a career as the most successful fighter pilot of World War I with 80 confirmed air combatvictories. |
| 23 april | First World War The British Royal Navy conducted a raid on the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. |
| 09 may | First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend. |
| 11 may | The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC) was officially established on May 11, 1918. It was occupied by the Red Army of Bolshevik Russia in June 1920 and government of Republic of the Mountaineers was forced to leave the Caucasus. |
| 13 may | The United States Post Office Department issued the first airmail stamp on May 13, 1918. This 24 cent inverted Jenny Stamp became very famous due to a printing error in which a biplane was depicted upside down on one sheet of 100 stamps that sold to the public. |
| 16 may | The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbiddingAmericans from using 'disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusivelanguage' about the United States government, flag, or armed forcesduring the ongoing World War I. |
| 26 may | The Democratic Republic of Georgia was established. The Democratic Republic of Georgia existed from May 1918 to February 1921 and was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia. It was created after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917. |
| 28 may | The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. The First Republic of Armenia, known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia was the first modern Armenian state since the fall of the Kingdom of Cilicia in 1375. |
| 10 june | First World War - Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast. |
| 24 june | First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. Airmail (or air mail) is a mail transport service branded and sold on the basis of being airborne. Airmail items typically arrive more quickly than surface mail, and usually cost more to send. |
| 26 june | World War I-The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest of German troops. |
| 04 july | Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI succeeded to throne. Mehmed VI was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. His reign started from 1918 to 1922. He was the brother of Mehmed V. He advanced to the throne as the eldest male member of the House of Osman after the suicide of Abdülaziz's son Yusuf Izzettin Efendi in 1916 who was the heir to the throne. |
| 12 july | An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanesebattleship Kawachi resulted in the loss of over 600 officers andcrewmen. |
| 17 july | The RMS Carpathia, which had rescued the survivors of theRMS Titanic sinking, was itself sunk by a German U-boat. |
| 17 july | Russian Revolution-Bolsheviks executed Tsar Nicholas II andhis family at Yekaterinburg. |
| 17 july | RMS Carpathia, which had rescued the survivors of the RMS Titanic sinking, was it self sunk by a German U-boat. |
| 08 august | The Battle of Amiens began in Amiens, France, marking the startof the Allied Powers' Hundred Days Offensive through the German frontlines that ultimately led to the end of World War I. |
| 30 august | Fanni Kaplan shot and wounded Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin,helping to spark the Red Terror in the future Soviet Union, a repressionagainst Socialist-Revolutionary Party members and other politicalopponents. |
| 18 september | World War I-The Central Powers' defeat in the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and openedthe way for the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia. |
| 28 september | In the World’s worst flu epidemic in history an estimated 30 million people died worldwide. The epidemic is of Spanish Flu, called as such, because the first major outbreak causing multiple deaths was in Spain. |
| 03 october | World War I Following his armed forces' defeat by the Allied Powers, Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I abdicated in favor of his son BorisIII. |
| 04 october | An ammunition plant in Sayreville, New Jersey, US, explodedkilling over 100 people and destroying more than 300 buildings. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1918:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 January | Patrick Anthony Porteous / Army Officer / Scotland |
| 05 March | James Tobin / Academic / United States of America |
| 10 December | Anatoli Tarasov / Ice Hockey Player / Russia |
| 13 October | Robert Walker / Actor / United States of America |
| 15 September | Alfred D. Chandler Jr. / Academic / United States of America |
| 15 May | Eddy Arnold / Writer / United States of America |
| 15 December | Jeff Chandler / Actor / United States of America |
| 15 January | Gamal Abdel Nasser / Politician / Egypt |
| 16 September | Władysław Kędra / Pianist / Poland |
| 17 January | Keith Joseph / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 17 September | Lea Gottlieb / Fashion Designer / Hungary |
| 19 December | Professor Longhair / Writer / United States of America |
| 21 September | John Gofman / Chemist / United States of America |
| 22 February | Sid Abel / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America |
| 22 April | William Jay Smith / Poet / United States of America |
| 24 June | Yong Nyuk Lin / Politician / Singapore |
| 25 August | Richard Greene / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 27 January | Elmore James / Writer / United States of America |
| 29 November | Madeleine L'Engle / Poet / United States of America |
| 30 September | René Rémond / Historian / France |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1918:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| NA NA | Brahm Prakash / Politician / India |
| 14 December | B. K. S. Iyengar / Author / India |
| 24 August | Sikander Bakht / Politician / India |
| NA NA | Abdul Ghafoor / Politician / India |
| 05 July | K. Karunakaran / Politician / India |
| 19 August | Shankar Dayal Sharma / Politician / India |
| 20 May | Piru Singh / Soldier / India |
| 09 December | E.K. Nayanar / Politician / India |
| 13 May | Balasaraswati / Choreographer / India |
| 26 June | Rama Raghoba Rane / Soldier / India |
| 19 August | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma / Politician / India |
| 30 August | Binayak Acharya / Politician / India |
| 19 August | Shankar Dayal Sharma / Politician / India |
| 05 July | K. Karunakaran / Politician / India |
| 19 November | Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya / Philosophical / India |
| NA August | Shankardayal Sharma / Politician / India |
| 03 July | S. V. Ranga Rao / Actor / India |
| 26 January | B. D. Sharma / Politician / India |
| NA NA | B. P. Mandal / Politician / India |
| 12 August | Guy Gibson / Pilot / India |
