1919 in History – What happened in year 1919

In history, year 1919 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 1919.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1919:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
03 january	Emir Faisal of Iraq signed an agreement with Zionism leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.
05 january	The German Workers' Party, the forerunner to the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.
15 january	A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, burst and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets , killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
16 january	The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified by thirty-six of the forty-eight states, establishing the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
18 january	World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opened in Versailles, France, to set the peace terms for the Central Powers.
31 january	Intense rioting over labour conditions broke out in Glasgow, Scotland, and was only called when the British government sent tanks to restore order.
06 february	Over 65,000 workers in Seattle, Washington, US, began a five-day general strike to gain higher wages after two years of World War I wage controls.
11 february	Friedrich Ebert was elected the first President of the German Weimar Republic by the Weimar National Assembly.
14 february	The first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet Wartook place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.
21 february	Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.
02 march	Communist, revolutionary socialist, and syndicalist delegates met in Moscow to establish the Communist International.
08 march	During the Egyptian Revolution of 1919, British authoritiesarrested Saad Zaghloul and two others, exiling them to Malta.
20 march	The Turkish War of Independence took place on May 19, 1919 between the Turkish nationalists and the Allies Greece, Armenia, France and Great Britain on three different fronts namely the Western front, the Eastern front and the Southern front. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk led the Turkish movement and defeated the forces of Allies.
10 april	Mexican Revolution leaders Emiliano Zapata was shot to death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos.
13 april	British Indian Army troops massacred hundreds of unarmed men,women and children who were attending a peaceful gathering at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, India.
16 april	Polish–Soviet War-The Polish army launched the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
08 may	First transatlantic flight expedition began on May 8, 1919 by United States navy. The Curtiss seaplane NC-4 made a crossing of the Atlantic flying from the United States to Newfoundland, then to the Azores and on to Portugal and finally the United Kingdom. More than one aircraft was used in this expedition which ended on May 31, 1919.
15 may	The Winnipeg General Strike took place in which almost the entire working population from public and private sectors had walked off the job to join the strike on May 15, 1919 in Winnipeg, Canada.
16 may	Curtiss NC-4, a US naval aircraft, became the first aircraft to complete transatlantic flight expedition on May 16, 1919.
20 may	The Turkish War of Independence took place on May 19, 1919 between the Turkish nationalists and the Allies Greece, Armenia, France and Great Britain on three different fronts namely the Western front, the Eastern front and the Southern front. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk led the Turkish movement and defeated the forces of Allies.
27 may	The Curtiss NC-4 flying boat arrived in Lisbon, Portugal,becoming the first fixed-wing aircraft to complete a transatlanticflight under its own power.
30 may	British crowned Rabindranath Tagore with Knight Title in 1915, but after the incident at Jallianwala Bagh, Rabindranath Tagore refused to keep Knight Title further at 1919 to protest the terror.
02 june	First Red Scare-Anarchist followers of Luigi Galleani set offeight bombs in eight cities across the United States.
06 june	The republic of Prekmurje ended. Prekmurje was an unrecognized state. It was an area in Hungary which was traditionally known as Vendvidek. It was invaded during the war between communist and anti communist forces.
15 june	After nearly 16 hours, the Vickers Vimy flown by John Alcockand Arthur Whitten Brown crash-landed in County Galway, Ireland, to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
21 june	Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttled the German High Seas Fleetin Scapa Flow to prevent the ships from being seized and divided amongstthe Allied Powers.
21 june	During the Winnipeg general strike in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, members of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police charged into thecrowd of strikers on horseback, beating them with clubs and firingweapons.
23 june	Estonian War of Independence-Estonian troops engaged theforces of the Pro-German Government of Latvia near Cesis, Latvia,recapturing the area four days later.
28 june	The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I. The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I were dealt with in separate treaties.
27 july	Red Summer-Race riots erupted in Chicago after a racialincident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and537 injuries over a five-day period.

Famous birthdays in the year 1919:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
02 April	Delfo Cabrera / Soldier / Argentina
02 March	Eddie Lawrence / Actor / United States of America
05 November	Myron Floren / Pianist / United States of America
08 June	John R. Deane / General / United States of America
09 September	Gottfried Dienst / Footballer / Switzerland
10 July	Pierre Gamarra / Poet / France
12 February	Forrest Tucker / Actor / United States of America
12 June	Uta Hagen / Actress / United States of America
12 April	István Anhalt / Educator / Canada
14 May	John Hope / Soldier / United States of America
16 May	Liberace / Pianist / United States of America
16 May	Ramon Margalef / Biologist / Spain
16 April	Nilla Pizzi / Singer / Italy
17 February	Kathleen Freeman / Actress / United States of America
18 October	Pierre Trudeau / Academic / Canada
19 July	Patricia Medina / Actress / United Kingdom
21 April	Roger Doucet / Tenor / Canada
24 March	Robert Heilbroner / Historian / United States of America
24 June	Al Molinaro / Actor / United States of America
29 November	Joe Weider / Publisher / Canada

Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1919:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
14 April	Shamshad Begum / Singer / India
04 December	I. K. Gujral / Politician / India
25 December	Naushad Ali / Composer / India
14 April	K. Saraswathi Amma / Author / India
14 April	Shamshad Begum / Singer / India
31 July	Hemu Adhikari / Cricketer / India
01 May	Manna Dey / Singer / India
15 April	Arjan Singh / Air Marshal / India
19 December	Om Prakash / Actor / India
31 August	Amrita Preetam / Poet / India
12 August	Vikram Sarabhai / Academic / India
04 December	Indra Kumar Gujral / Politician / India
01 March	Prithvi Nath Dhar / Economist / India
18 October	Williamson A. Sangma / Politician / India
12 December	B. B. Nimbalkar / Cricketer / India
14 April	Shamasad Begum / Singer / India
NA NA	Dr Sivaramakrishna Padmavati / Cardiologist / India
26 November	Ram Sharan Sharma / Academic / India
15 April	Arjan Singh / Pilot / India
01 October	Majrooh Sultanpuri / Poet / India