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yes 1919 March 2011 1919 border:none;b 3/3 William Orpen - The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors - Detail 4.jpg Ermoscharge.JPG Polish-soviet war 1920 Polish defences near Milosna, August.jpg Hogan's Flying Column.gif Chinese protestors march against the Treaty of Versailles (May 4, 1919).jpg Hungarian-Romanian War of 1919 (National Military Museum Collection) 37.jpg 350 From top to bottom, left to right: The Treaty of Versailles ends World War I between Germany and Allied Powers, imposing reparations and redrawing borders; The Greco-Turkish War begins as Greece invades Anatolia, sparking the Turkish War of Independence; The Polish–Soviet War erupts over borderlands between Poland and Soviet Russia; The Irish War of Independence starts as the Irish Republican Army fights British rule; The May Fourth Movement rises in China against imperialism and Japanese encroachment; The Hungarian Soviet Republic briefly becomes Europe’s first communist state before falling in the Hungarian–Romanian War. 1919 1919 2 Events January January 1919 thumb|January 1: Iolaire sinks. January 1 The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.Lacika Ján Bratislava 1st Visiting Slovakia 2000 Dajama Bratislava 978-80-88975-16-8 42 HMY Iolaire sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed.Sinking of HMY Iolaire - list of all on board at time of grounding http://www.adb422006.com/Iolairelist.htm Across Two Seas 2017-11-14 2008-12-17 January 2–22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. January 5 – In Germany: Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social Democratic Party, begin mass demonstrations, which will be suppressed by armed force within a week.J. A. Cloake Germany 1918-1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=RHrQcBYxmNgC&pg=PA2-IA1 1997-03-20 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-913277-5 9 The German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP), predecessor of the Nazi Party, is formed by the merger of Anton Drexler's Committee of Independent Workmen with journalist Karl Harrer's Political Workers' Circle. January 7 – Estonian War of Independence: With Soviet Russian forces just 40 km outside of the capital Tallinn, Estonian forces start a general and successful counter-offensive against the Red Army. January 8 – The funeral of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, is held at Christ Church Oyster Bay, Long Island; Roosevelt had died in his sleep at the age of 60, two days earlier.http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record.aspx?libID=o283059 Card of admission to Theodore Roosevelt's funeral Theodore Roosevelt Centre 2019-06-16 January 8–22 – Russian Civil War, Southern Front: The Red Army attacks and defeats the White Don Army under Pyotr Krasnov in the Voronezh–Povorino Operation. January 9 Friedrich Ebert orders the Freikorps into action in Berlin. Estonian War of Independence: Battle of Tapa – Estonian forces liberate Tapa, Estonia, from the Red Army.Parts Karl https://www.digar.ee/id/nlib-digar:16353 Soomusrongide tegevusest Vabadussõja murrang-ajajärgul Põhja (Viru) rindel. Tapa vallutamine Sõdur 1928 et Karl Parts A group of socialist and liberal deputies table a motion to make Luxembourg a republic. A crowd gathers at the barracks of the Corps of Volunteers, close to the Chamber. A crowd led by Émile Servais, a left-wing politician, rushes the Chamber and soldiers refuse to disperse them. A Committee of Public Safety is formed, but the rebellion is quelled by the French Army under General de La Tour.Luxembourg's history : Mutiny in the Grand Duchy https://today.rtl.lu/luxembourg-insider/history/a/1690130.html 2023-09-01 today.rtl.lu en January 10–12 – The Freikorps attacks Spartacist supporters around Berlin. January 11 Romania annexes Transylvania. The Georgian genocide occurs in Alagir.Not mentioned anywhere I can find on Wikipedia. March 2018 January 12–May 19 – Russian Civil War: On the Southern Front, the Armed Forces of South Russia under General Anton Denikin fight against the Red Army for the possession of the strategic region of the Donbass. January 13 – Workers' councils in Berlin end the general strike; the Spartacist uprising is over. January 14 – Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Tartu from the Red Army. January 15 Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are murdered following the Spartacist uprising.The Spartacist Uprising in Berlin History Today https://www.historytoday.com/archive/spartacist-uprising-berlin 2025-08-05 www.historytoday.com Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 people and injuring 150.Patricia Harris David Lyon Boston https://books.google.com/books?id=XLYRAQAAIAAJ 2001 Fodor's Travel Publications 978-0-676-90132-0 120 January 16 The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition, is ratified. Pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes the second Prime Minister of Poland. January 18 The Paris Peace Conference opens in France, with delegates from 27 nations attending for meetings at the Palace of Versailles.Peace Conference Opens: Memorable Ceremony at the Quai d'Orsay The Globe London 38539 1919-01-18 1Margaret MacMillan Margaret MacMillan Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World https://archive.org/details/paris1919sixmont00macm registration 2002 Random House 9780375508264 Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Narva, expelling the Red Army from Northern Estonia. Bentley Motors Limited is founded in England. January 19–28 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army begins the counter offensive in the Perm area against the White forces. January 19 The Monarchy of the North is established in Northern Portugal.Douglas L. Wheeler Republican Portugal: A Political History, 1910-1926 https://books.google.com/books?id=PkH9wfKMqHwC&pg=PA197 August 1998 Univ of Wisconsin Press 978-0-299-07454-8 197 1919 German federal election, first under the Weimar Republic and the first in Germany with female suffrage. January 21 – Dáil Éireann meets for the first time in the Mansion House, Dublin. It comprises Sinn Féin members elected in the 1918 general election who, in accordance with their manifesto, have not taken their seats in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, but chosen to declare an independent Irish Republic. In the first shots of the Anglo-Irish War, two Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) men are killed in an ambush at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary. January 23 – Khotyn Uprising: pro-Ukrainian partisans capture the city of Khotyn in Romania.Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov Great Soviet Encyclopedia https://books.google.com/books?id=wUgNAQAAMAAJ 1973 Macmillan 608 January 25 – The League of Nations is founded in Paris, France.Frederick S. Calhoun Power and Principle: Armed Intervention in Wilsonian Foreign Policy https://books.google.com/books?id=-sx2AAAAMAAJ 1986 Kent State University Press 978-0-87338-327-1 252 January 31 – Battle of George Square: The British Army is called in to deal with riots, during negotiations over working hours in Glasgow, Scotland.https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16172087.debunking-more-myths-around-the-battle-of-george-square/ Debunking more myths around the battle of George Square HeraldScotland 20 April 2018 en 2 February 2021 thumb|David Kirkwood being detained by police during the Battle of George Square February February 1919 February 1 – Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Valga and Võru, expelling the Red Army from the entire territory of Estonia. February 3 – Russian Civil War: Soviet troops occupy Ukraine. February 4–5 – Pressburg (Bratislava) becomes the capital of Slovakia.Tibenský, Ján Slovensko: Dejiny Obzor 1971 Bratislava etal February 5 United Artists (UA) is incorporated in the United States by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a motion picture producer. Russian Civil War: Soviet troops occupy the city of Kyiv after the Battle of Kiev (January). February 10 – The Inter-Allied Women's Conference convenes to compile a list of women's issues to present to the delegates of the Paris Peace Conference.Guerra Elda L'Associazionismo internazionale delle donne tra diritti, democrazia, politiche di pace 1888–1939 PhD http://dspace.unitus.it/bitstream/2067/2468/1/eguerra_tesid.pdf Università degli Studi della Tuscia 2019-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20170428051009/http://dspace.unitus.it/bitstream/2067/2468/1/eguerra_tesid.pdf 2017-04-28 Viterbo, Italy it 2012-07-13 International Women's Rights Associations, Democracy, Peace Policies 1888–1939 76Votes for Women No Peace Problem https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27701948/the_philadelphia_inquirer/ 2019-01-27 The Philadelphia Inquirer 1919-01-27 Philadelphia, PA 4 Newspapers.com February 11 Friedrich Ebert is elected the first President of Germany (Reichspräsident), by the Weimar National Assembly. The Seattle General Strike ends, when Federal troops are summoned by the State of Washington's Attorney General. February 12 – Ethnic Germans and Hungarian inhabitants of Pressburg start a protest against its incorporation into Czechoslovakia, but the Czechoslovak Legions open fire on the unarmed demonstrators.Marcel Jankovics Húsz esztendő Pozsonyban 65–67 hu February 13 – Portugal's Monarchy of the North ends as a result of a revolt in Porto by civilians and National Republican Guard members. February 14 – The Polish–Soviet War begins, with the Battle of Bereza Kartuska. February 16–21 – Estonian War of Independence: Uniformed peasants in Saaremaa rebel against the government of Estonia; the rebellion is crushed by government forces, leaving more than 200 dead. February 25 – Oregon places a one cent per US gallon (0.26¢/liter) tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax. February 26 – Grand Canyon National Park: An act of the United States Congress establishes most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park. February 28 Amānullāh Khān becomes King of Afghanistan. An independence mission to the U.S., funded by the Philippine legislature, sets out from Manila to present its case to United States Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.Zaide Sonia M. The Philippines: A Unique Nation https://books.google.com/books?id=6YMsNgAACAAJ All-Nations Publishing Co. 1994 978-971-642-071-5 March March 1919 March 1 – The March 1st Movement against Japanese colonial rule in Korea is formed.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/opinion/the-birth-of-korean-nationhood.html The Birth of Korean Nationhood Kyung Moon Hwang March 1, 2019 New York Times January 15, 2021 March 2 – The Founding Congress of the Comintern opens in Moscow.Vilém Kahan Bibliography of the Communist International: 1919-1979. Vol. 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=rF3oCWHiM3QC&pg=PA18 1990 Brill 90-04-09320-6 18 March 3–April – Russian Civil War: Beginning of the Chapan War as peasants of the provinces of Samara and Simbirsk rebel against Soviet rule. March 4 The Communist International (Comintern) is founded. Russian Civil War: The White forces in Siberia under the command of Admiral Alexander Kolchak attack the positions of the Red Army in the Spring Offensive. The Whites crush the 5th Red Army under Jan Blumberg, and capture Okhansk, Osa, Sarapul and finally Ufa over the next days. March 4–5 – Kinmel Park Riots by troops of the Canadian Expeditionary Force awaiting repatriation at Kinmel Camp, Bodelwyddan, in North Wales. Five men are killed, 28 injured, and 25 convicted of mutiny.G. W. L. Nicholson Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919: Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War Ottawa Queen's Printer 1962 March 5 – A. Mitchell Palmer becomes United States Attorney General, through recess appointment. March 8 The Rowlatt Act is passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in London, indefinitely extending the emergency provisions of the Defence of India Act 1915. British authorities in Egypt arrest populist leader Saad Zaghloul, exiling him to Malta,Gerges Fawaz A. The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World https://books.google.com/books?id=6fA0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 2015-03-07 2013 Cambridge University Press 9781107470576 67 triggering the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. March 11–June 8 – Russian Civil War: The Cossacks of the Upper Don rebel against Bolshevik rule in the Vyoshenskaya Uprising and join the White forces. March 15–17 – Members of the American Expeditionary Forces convene in Paris for the first American Legion caucus. March 17 – Birth of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. March 21 – The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established by Béla Kun. March 23 – Benito Mussolini founds his Italian Fascist political movement in Milan. March 23–24 – Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria, leaves Austria for exile in Switzerland. March 26 – Queen of the South F.C. is formed in Dumfries, Scotland.http://www.qosfc.com/history QosFC: Club History www.qosfc.com March 27 – The name Bratislava is officially adopted for the city of Pressburg.City of Bratislava http://www.visit.bratislava.sk/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=700014&id=1012&p1=1576 WWI and the First Czechoslovak Republic Visit Bratislava 2005 2013-01-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070224051935/http://www.visit.bratislava.sk/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=700014&id=1012&p1=1576 2007-02-24 April April 1919 April 5 – Pinsk massacre: 35 Jews are killed by the Polish Army without trial after being accused of Bolshevism.https://books.google.com/books?id=o3FWGRxVlSYC&q=%22fear+of+civil+disturbance%22 White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20 Random House 26 April 2014 Norman Davies Norman Davies 30 April 2011 47–48 9781446466865 April 6–7 – The Bavarian Soviet Republic is founded. April 10 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead in Morelos. April 12 – French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru is arrested.2019-04-12 The 100-year horror of France's most notorious serial killer unveiled https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20190412-france-s-most-notorious-serial-killer-arrested-100-years-ago 2025-09-15 RFI en April 13 Amritsar Massacre: Under the command of Reginald Dyer, detachments of the 9th Gorkha Rifles and the 59th Scinde Rifles massacre 379 Sikh civilians at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, in the Punjab Province. Eugene V. Debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for speaking out against conscription in the United States during World War I. April 15 – The Save the Children Fund is created in the UK to raise money for the relief of German and Austrian children. April 20 – The French Army blows up the bridge over the Dniester at Bender, Moldova, to protect the city from the Bolsheviks.Kaba John Politico-economic Review of Basarabia 1919 American Relief Administration United States 14 http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7313/view/1/14/June 2026 InternetArchiveBot April 22–June 20 – Russian Civil War: Counteroffensive of Eastern Front – The Reds go on the offensive on the Siberia Front: General Gaya Gai defeats the White forces near Orenburg after a 3-day battle. Over the next weeks, the Red Army pushes the Whites behind the Ural Mountains. April 23 – The Estonian Constituent Assembly convenes its first session. April 25 The Bauhaus architectural and design movement is founded in Weimar, Germany.Elaine S. Hochman Bauhaus: Crucible of Modernism https://books.google.com/books?id=VaRPAAAAMAAJ 1997 Fromm International 978-0-88064-175-3 80 Anzac Day is observed for the first time in Australia.Manning Clark A History of Australia https://books.google.com/books?id=ChdzAAAAMAAJ 1987 Melbourne University Press 978-0-522-84353-8 119 Pancho Villa takes Parral, Chihuahua, in Mexico, and executes the mayor and his two sons. April 30 – First wave of 1919 United States anarchist bombings: several bombs sent by followers of the Italian anarchist Luigi Galleani are intercepted. May May 1919 May 1 – May Day Riots break out in Cleveland, Ohio, United States; 2 people are killed, 40 injured, and 116 arrested. May 2 – Weimar Republic troops and the Freikorps occupy Munich and crush the Bavarian Soviet Republic. May 3 – Amānullāh Khān launches a surprise attack on the British government in India.Ahmed Fazel https://www.ariaye.com/english/images/afghan3.pdf Conspiracies and Atrocities in Afghanistan,1700-2014 3 September 2016 Afghan3 978-0786191703 Canada 183–215 Chapter 5 King Amanullah Khan May 4 The May Fourth Movement erupts in China as a result of the decision at the Paris Peace Conference to transfer former German concessions in Jiaozhou Bay to Japan rather than return sovereign authority to China. The League of Red Cross Societies is formed in Paris.https://www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are/history/ History – IFRC www.ifrc.org 2019-06-07 May 6 – The Third Anglo-Afghan War begins. May 8–27 – United States Navy Curtiss flying boat NC-4, commanded by Albert Cushing Read, makes the first transatlantic flight, from Naval Air Station Rockaway to Lisbon via Trepassey, Newfoundland (departs May 16) and the Azores (arrives May 17). (On May 30–31 it flies on to Plymouth in England.) May 9 – In Belgium, a new electoral law introduces universal manhood suffrage and gives the franchise to certain classes of women. May 14 – The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, establishes probably the world's first chair in International Politics, endowed by David Davies and his sisters in honour of Woodrow Wilson, with Alfred Eckhard Zimmern as first professor.The Legacy of One Man's Vision http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/interpol/about/ Aberystwyth University, Department of International Politics 2015-01-27 May 15 Greek landing at Smyrna: The Hellenic Army lands at Smyrna assisted by ships of the British Royal Navy. A law providing for full women's suffrage in the Netherlands is introduced. Winnipeg general strike: Workers in Winnipeg, Canada, begin a strike for better wages and working conditions; the strike lasts for six weeks.J. M. Bumsted The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919: An Illustrated History Watson & Dyer 1994 29 May 19 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, marking the start of the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is also an official day of Turkish Youth. Volcano Kelud erupts in Java, killing about 5,000. May 23 – The University of California opens its second campus in Los Angeles. Initially called Southern Branch of the University of California (SBUC), it is eventually renamed the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). May 25 – Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces capture Pskov from the Red Army, and soon hand it over to the White forces. May 27 Fyodor Raskolnikov is exchanged for 14 British prisoners of war. Siege of Spin Boldak (Third Anglo-Afghan War). This is the last time the British Army uses an escalade.Last time the British army used scaling ladders Military Jeremy Beadle Jeremy Beadle Ian Harrison Firsts, Lasts & Onlys London Robson 9781905798063 112 2007 May 29 Eddington experiment: Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested by Arthur Eddington's observation of the "bending of light" during a total solar eclipse in Príncipe, and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil (confirmed November 19).Dyson F. W. Eddington, A. S. Davidson, C. R. 1920 A Determination of the Deflection of Light by the Sun's Gravitational Field, from Observations Made at the Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 220 571–581 291–333 1920RSPTA.220..291D 10.1098/rsta.1920.0009 https://zenodo.org/record/1432106 free The Republic of Prekmurje formally declares independence from Hungary. May 30 – By agreement with the United Kingdom, later confirmed by the League of Nations, Belgium is given the mandate over part of German East Africa (Ruanda-Urundi). June June 1919 thumb|"The Big Four" during the Paris Peace Conference (from left to right, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando, Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson). June – Earl W. Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, along with his father John W. Bascom at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, designs and makes rodeo's first reverse-opening side-delivery bucking chute, which becomes the world standard. June 2 – 1919 United States anarchist bombings: Eight mail bombs are sent to prominent figures. June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the states for ratification. June 5 – Estonian and Latvian Wars of Independence: The advancing pro-German Baltische Landeswehr initiates war against Estonia in Northern Latvia. June 6 – The Hungarian Red Army attacks the Republic of Prekmurje. June 7 Sette Giugno on Malta: British troops fire on a mob protesting against the colonial government, killing four. Russian Civil War: Counteroffensive of Eastern Front: The Red army captures the city of Birsk from the White forces. June 9 – Russian Civil War: Counteroffensive of Eastern Front: The Red army recaptures the city of Ufa June 14–15 – A Vickers Vimy piloted by British aviator John Alcock, with navigator Arthur Whitten Brown, makes the first nonstop transatlantic flight, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland. June 15 – Pancho Villa attacks Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. When the bullets begin to fly to the American side of the border, two units of the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment cross the border, to push Villa's forces from American territory. June 17 – Epsom Riot by Canadian troops: English Police Sergeant Thomas Green is killed. June 18 – The second most popularhttps://lda.cr/club?s=historia History Alajuelense Sports League January 22, 2020 December 21, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191221123319/https://lda.cr/club?s=historia dead football club in Costa Rica, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, is founded. June 20–25 – Russian Civil War, Southern Front: The White Volunteer Army defeats the exhausted Red forces in the Kharkiv Operation, capturing the industrial city of Kharkiv. June 21 Bloody Saturday of the Winnipeg general strike: Royal North-West Mounted Police fire a volley of bullets into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two. Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow: Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet interned at Scapa Flow, Scotland; nine German sailors are killed. June 23 – Estonian and Latvian Wars of Independence – Battle of Cēsis: The Estonian army defeats the pro-German Baltische Landeswehr in northern Latvia, forcing it to retreat towards Riga; the event is celebrated subsequently as Victory Day in Estonia. June 26 – British Foreign Office official St John Philby and T. E. Lawrence arrive in Cairo for discussions about Arab unrest in Egypt, having been flown by Canadian pilot Harry Yates in a Handley Page bomber which set off from England on June 21. June 28 The Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending World War I, five years to the day since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. John Maynard Keynes, who has been present at the conference and is unhappy with the terms of the treaty, brings out his own analysis later in the year, entitled The Economic Consequences of the Peace. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is established as an agency of the League of Nations. July July 1919 July 1 – Russian Civil War: Perm Operation (1918–19) begins on the Siberian Front: The 2nd and 3rd armies of Soviet Russia recapture the city of Perm.Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov Great Soviet Encyclopedia https://books.google.com/books?id=_00NAQAAMAAJ 1973 Macmillan 48 July 2 – The Syrian National Congress in Damascus: Arab nationalists announce independence. July 2–6 – British airship R34 makes the first transatlantic flight by dirigible, and the first westbound flight, from RAF East Fortune, Scotland, to Mineola, New York. July 3 Estonian and Latvian Wars of Independence: The pro-German Baltische Landeswehr signs a peace treaty with Estonia and Latvia. The pro-German Prime Minister of Latvia Andrievs Niedra resigns, and Latvian forces take over Riga on July 8. Russian Civil War, Southern Front: General Anton Denikin of the White Volunteer Army proclaims Directive No. 08878 (the Moscow Directive), defining the operational and strategic target of the White Guard armies, to seize Moscow at this time controlled by the Bolsheviks, beginning the Advance on Moscow. July 5–20 – Russian Civil War, Eastern or Siberian Front, Ekaterinburg Operation: The Red Army captures the city of Ekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains from the White rule of Admiral Alexander Kolchak. July 7 – The United States Army sends a convoy across the continental U.S., starting in Washington, D.C., to assess the possibility of crossing North America by road. This crossing takes many months to complete, because the building of the U.S. Highway System has not commenced. July 11 – The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands. July 19 – The Foreign Ministry of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is established, by decree of the chancellory for foreign affairs.http://today.az/news/politics/53534.html Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry official: result of overcoming obstacles by first Azerbaijani diplomats was international recognition in Versailles Today.az 2009-07-03 2012-09-25 July 21 – Wingfoot Air Express crash: The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express catches fire over downtown Chicago. Two passengers, one aircrewman and ten people on the ground are killed; however, two people parachute to the ground safely.http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/dirigible_crash.html Chicago Public Library Archive 1919, July 21: Dirigible (Balloon) Crash 1996 2012-09-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071213041636/http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/dirigible_crash.html 2007-12-13 July 27 – The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 begins when a white man throws stones at a group of four black teens on a raft. July 28 – The International Astronomical Union is founded in Paris, France. July 31 – British police strikes in London and Liverpool for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers; over 2,000 strikers are dismissed. August August 1919 thumb|Romanian troops entering Budapest thumb|115px|Friedrich Ebert becomes president in Weimar, Germany August 1 – Béla Kun's Hungarian Soviet Republic collapses. August 3 – The Romanian army enters Timișoara. August 4 – The Romanian army occupies Budapest. August 8 – The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, signed in Rawalpindi, ends the Third Anglo-Afghan War, with the United Kingdom recognising the right of the Emirate of Afghanistan to manage its own foreign affairs and Afghanistan recognising the Durand Line as the border with British India. August 11 – In Germany, the Weimar Constitution is proclaimed to be in effect (ratified). August 14–September 12 – Russian Civil War: Southern Front counteroffensive – The Red Army commanded by Vladimir Yegoryev attacks the White Volunteer Army of General Anton Denikin but is defeated. August 16–26 – First Silesian Uprising: Poles in Upper Silesia rise against the Germans. August 18 – Russian Civil War: North Russia intervention – The Bolshevik fleet at Kronstadt, protecting Petrograd on the Baltic Sea, is substantially damaged by British Royal Navy Coastal Motor Boats (torpedo boats) and military aircraft in a combined operation. August 21 – Friedrich Ebert becomes the first President of Germany (Reichspräsident) under the Weimar Constitution. August 27 – South African Prime Minister Louis Botha dies in office of 'Spanish flu'. August 29 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Pskov from White forces. August 31 Russian Civil War, Southern Front: the city of Kyiv is captured by the White Army. The Communist Party of America is established. September September 1919 September 1–October 2 – Russian Civil War, Siberian Front: Admiral Alexander Kolchak launches his final offensive in the Tobolsk operation, defeating the Red Army. September 3 – Jan Smuts becomes the second prime minister of South Africa. September 6 – The U.S. Army expedition across North America, which started July 7, ends in San Francisco. September 10–15 – The Florida Keys hurricane kills 600 in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Texas. September 10 – The Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, ending World War I with Austria-Hungary and declaring that the latter's empire is to be dissolved. The Republic of German-Austria becomes the First Austrian Republic but retains less than 40% of the prewar imperial territory. September 12 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, with his entourage, marches into Fiume and convinces Italian troops to join him. September 17 – German South West Africa is placed under South African administration.Jan-Bart Gewald Herero Heroes: A Socio-political History of the Herero of Namibia, 1890-1923 https://books.google.com/books?id=8AjKi2SUV2AC&pg=PA242 1999 Ohio State University Press 978-0-85255-749-5 242 September 18–November 14 – Russian Civil War, Western Front: Battle of Petrograd: The White general Nikolai Yudenich approaches the city of Saint Petersburg with 18,500 soldiers, but is defeated by the defense organized by Leon Trotsky. September 21 – The Steel strike of 1919 begins across the United States. September 27 – Russian Civil War: The last British Army troops leave Arkhangelsk and leave the fighting to the Russians. September 30 – Elaine massacre: An estimated 100 to 800 African Americans are killedSept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre – Zinn Education Project. Retrieved December 25, 2021 in Elaine, Arkansas, by white mobs and vigilante militias assisted by federal troops2020 The white press has a history of endangering black lives going back a century The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/15/white-press-has-history-endangering-black-lives-going-back-century/ in "the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the United States".Krug Teresa A rural town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/18/a-rural-town-confronts-its-buried-history-of-mass-killings-of-black-americans 19 August 2019 The Guardian 18 August 2019 October October 1919 October 2 – President of the United States Woodrow Wilson suffers a serious stroke, rendering him an invalid for the remainder of his life.Robert Alexander Kraig Woodrow Wilson and the Lost World of the Oratorical Statesman https://books.google.com/books?id=Wmn1375z25gC&pg=PA218 2004 Texas A&M University Press 978-1-58544-275-1 218 October 7 – The Dutch airline KLM is founded (as of 2025, it is the world's oldest airline still flying under its original name).John L. Hoh Jr. Pioneers of Profit Among the Clouds https://books.google.com/books?id=YRzuAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39 2011 Lulu.com 978-1-105-36137-1 39 October 9 – In Major League Baseball, the Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, five games to three, over the Chicago White Sox, whose players are later found to have lost intentionally. October 10 – Estonia adopts a radical land reform, nationalizing 97% of agrarian lands, mostly still belonging to the Baltic German nobility. October 13 – The Convention relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation is signed, in Paris, France. October 16 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler gives his first speech for the German Workers' Party (DAP). October 26 – 1919 Luxembourg general election, the first in the duchy with female suffrage, following constitutional amendments of May 15. October 28 – Prohibition in the United States: The United States Congress passes the Volstead Act, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. October 29–November 29 – First Annual Meeting of the International Labour Conference.League of Nations, International Labour Conference: First Annual Meeting, ILO, accessed 15 December 2023 November November 1919 November 1 – The Coal Strike of 1919 begins in the United States, by the United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis; a final agreement is reached on December 10. November 7 The first of the Palmer Raids is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution: over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 different U.S. cities by the end of January 1920. Inspired by Cape Town's daily Noon Gun Three Minute Pause, King George V institutes the Two Minute Silence, following a suggestion by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, to be observed annually at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month.Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 138. "2-Minute Wave of Silence" Revives a Time-honoured Tradition https://web.archive.org/web/20181001080310/http://people.becon.org/~rcl138/milestone.php October 1, 2018 . Accessed on 5 June 2014. November 9 – Felix the Cat debuts in Feline Follies. November 10–12 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis. November 10 – Abrams v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the conviction of Abrams for inciting resistance to the war effort against Soviet Russia. November 11 Russian Civil War: The Northwestern Army of General Nikolai Yudenich retreats to Estonia and is disarmed. The Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington (United States), originating at an Armistice Day parade, results in the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The first Remembrance Day is observed in the British Empire with a two-minute silence at 11:00 hours. November 14 – Russian Civil War, Siberian Front: Admiral Alexander Kolchak's White forces begin the Great Siberian Ice March from the cities of Omsk and Tomsk to Irkutsk, escaping from the victorious Red Army. November 16 – After Entente pressure, Romanian forces withdraw from Budapest and allow Admiral Horthy to march in. November 19 – The Treaty of Versailles fails a critical ratification vote in the United States Senate. It will never be ratified by the U.S. November 27 – The Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine is signed between the Allies and Bulgaria. December December 1919 December 1 American-born Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, becomes the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, having become the second to be elected on November 28.Sykes Christopher Christopher Sykes (author) Nancy: the Life of Lady Astor Academy Chicago Publishers 1984 978-0-89733-098-5 The first elected was Constance Markievicz in 1918. December 4 – The French Opera House in New Orleans, Louisiana is destroyed by fire. December 18–31 – Russian Civil War, Southern Front: The Red army captures the Donbas region from the Volunteer Army. December 21 – The United States deports 249 people, including Emma Goldman, to Russia on the USAT Buford. 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Borza Manolis Andronikos, 1919–1992 American Journal of Archaeology 4 October 1992 96 757–758 10.1086/AJS505193 October 26 Princess Ashraf of Iran (d. 2016) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Biography, History, & White Revolution https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi Encyclopedia Britannica 27 July 2021 en October 28 – Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Egyptian filmmaker (d. 1963) October 30 – Stane Kavčič, Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 1987) November thumb|100px|Martin Balsam thumb|100px|Paulette Libermann thumb|100px|Ryszard Kaczorowski November 1 Hermann Bondi, British-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (d. 2005) Russell Bannock, Canadian fighter ace (d. 2020) November 4 – Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996) November 6 – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and writer (d. 2004)http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/cvc/figuras/smellobreyner.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080430155251/http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/cvc/figuras/smellobreyner.html dead 2008-04-30 Figuras da Cultura Portuguesa 2008-04-30 2019-12-03 November 9 – Eva Todor, Hungarian-born Brazilian actress (d. 2017) November 10 Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian firearms inventor (d. 2013) Moïse Tshombe, Congolese businessman and politician (d. 1969) November 14 – Paulette Libermann, French mathematician (d. 2007)Paulette Libermann - Biography https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Libermann/ 2026-07-17 Maths History en November 18 Andrée Borrel, French World War II heroine (d. 1944) Jocelyn Brando, American actress and writer (d. 2005) November 19 – Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican nationalist (d. 2010) November 21 – Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoer (d. 2006) November 26 Ryszard Kaczorowski, President of Poland (d. 2010) Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer (d. 2013)Barnett David Frederik Pohl, grandmaster of science fiction, dies aged 93 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/03/frederick-pohl-dies-science-fiction September 3, 2013 The Guardian September 3, 2013 November 28 – Keith Miller, Australian sportsman and Air force pilot (d. 2004) December thumb|100px|William Lipscomb December 4 – I. 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Gujral, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 2012) December 6 – Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (d. 1983) McQuillan Martin Paul de Man Routledge London New York 2001 9780415215138 3 December 8 – Mieczysław Weinberg, Polish composer (d. 1996) December 9 – William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) December 11 – Paavo Aaltonen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1962) December 13 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German World War II fighter ace (d. 1942) December 17 – Tomáš Špidlík, Czech cardinal (d. 2010) December 24 – Pierre Soulages, French artist (d. 2022)Le peintre Pierre Soulages est mort https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2022/10/26/le-peintre-pierre-soulages-est-mort_6147426_3382.html 26 October 2022 Le Monde 26 October 2022 Deaths January thumb|100px|right|Theodore Roosevelt thumb|100px|right|Wilfrid Laurier thumb|100px|Yakov Sverdlov January 4 – Georg von Hertling, 7th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1843)Hertling, Georg, Count von January 6 Max Heindel, Christian occultist, astrologer and mystic (b. 1865) Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858) Jacques Vaché, French writer, associated with Surrealism (b. 1895) January 8 – Peter Altenberg, Austrian writer (b. 1859)https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/altenberg-peter-1859-1919 Altenberg, Peter David Kim Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism 25 January 2025 January 10 – Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist (b. 1868) January 15 Karl Liebknecht, German communist politician; assassinated (b. 1871)Frances Carey Antony Griffiths British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings The Print in Germany, 1880-1933: The Age of Expressionism : Prints from the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum https://books.google.com/books?id=xnzWAAAAMAAJ 1984 Trustees of the British Museum 978-0-7141-1621-1 73 Rosa Luxemburg, German communist politician; assassinated (b. 1871) January 16 Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician, 5th President of Brazil; Spanish flu (b. 1848) Ismail Kemal, Albanian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1844) January 18 Prince John of the United Kingdom; epilepsy (b. 1905)George VI I.B. Tauris Judd Denis 2012 London 978-1-78076-071-1 registration https://archive.org/details/georgevi0000judd 16 Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (b. 1842) January 21 Gojong, first Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (b. 1881) January 22 – Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (b. 1853) January 27 Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877) Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Russian general (b. 1851) January 28 Franz Mehring, German communist politician (b. 1846) Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (b. 1860) January 31 – Nat Goodwin, American actor and comedian (b. 1857)Goodwin, Nathaniel Carl February thumb|100px|right|Augusta Lundin February 14 – Pál Luthár, Slovene teacher, cantor and writer (b. 1839) February 17 – Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841) February 19 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812) February 20 Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan; assassinated (b. 1872) Augusta Lundin, Swedish fashion designer (b. 1840)https://sok.riksarkivet.se/SBL/Presentation.aspx?id=9861 Augusta Lundin Svenskt biografiskt lexikon Gunhild Engholm 25 January 2025 February 21 Kurt Eisner, German socialist revolutionary; assassinated (b. 1867) Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (b. 1868) Mary Edwards Walker, American physician (b. 1832) February 26 – Mollie McNutt, Australian poet (b. 1885) March March 5 – Ernest von Koerber, Austrian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1850) March 16 – Yakov Sverdlov, Bolshevik revolutionary and politician, Spanish flu (b. 1885) April thumb|100px|Emiliano Zapata April 4 Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832) Francisco Marto, Portuguese witness of Marian apparitions, canonized, Spanish flu (b. 1908) April 5 – Harutiun Alpiar, Ottoman Armenian journalist and humorous writer (b. 1864) April 8 – Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman (b. 1852) April 10 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, assassinated (b. 1879) April 14 – Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1837) April 15 – Jane Delano, American nurse, founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service (b. 1862) April 19 – Andrei Eberhardt, Russian admiral (b. 1856) April 21 – Jules Védrines, French pre-war aviator and World War I pilot, aviation accident (b. 1881) April 23 – Prince Tsunehisa Takeda, member of the Japanese imperial family, Spanish flu (b. 1882) April 27 – María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui, Spanish Roman Catholic religious professed and blessed (b. 1898) May thumb|100px|Milan Rastislav Štefánik May 2 – Gustav Landauer, German anarchist, assassinated (b. 1870) May 4 – Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general, politician and astronomer (b. 1880) May 6 – L. Frank Baum, American author, poet, playwright, actor and independent filmmaker (The Wizard of Oz) (b. 1856)Greasley Philip A. Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors 30 May 2001 Indiana University Press 978-0-253-10841-8 53 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnuYKJSoHCMC&pg=PA53 en May 9 – Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra, Dominican political figure, twice President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1846) May 14 – Henry J. Heinz, American entrepreneur (b. 1844) May 15 – Aaron Aaronsohn, Romanian-born Israeli botanist (b. 1876) May 21 – Victor Segalen, French naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist and literary critic (b. 1878) May 25 – Madam C. J. Walker, African-American entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. 1867)https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1291389/cj-walker-obit/ CJ Walker Obit. 1919-05-26 The New York Times 2020-03-22 15 May 28 – Hermann von Spaun, Austro-Hungarian admiral (b. 1833)13 6 7 Spaun Hermann Frh. von A. Schmidt-Brentano June thumb|110px|Prince Francisco José of Bragança June 1 – Caroline Still Anderson, American physician (b. 1848) June 5 – Eugen Leviné, German revolutionary, assassinated (b. 1883) June 6 – Frederic Thompson, American architect and showman (b. 1873)Who's who in the Theatre Pitman 1967 1696 June 7 – Henning von Holtzendorff, German admiral (b. 1853)Tucker Spencer C. World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection 2014 ABC-CLIO 978-1851099658 767–768 Spencer C. Tucker June 15 – Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza (b. 1879) June 19 – Petre P. Carp, twice Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1837) June 29 José Gregorio Hernández, Venezuelan physician, Roman Catholic venerable (b. 1864) Alexander Ragoza, Russian general and Ukrainian politician, executed (b. 1858) June 30 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1842)Ray Eldon Hiebert Roselyn Hiebert Atomic Pioneers https://books.google.com/books?id=b0wKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA33 1971 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information 33 July thumb|100px|Louis Botha thumb|100px|Victorino de la Plaza thumb|100px|Alfred Deakin thumb|100px|Pierre-Auguste Renoir July 2 – Friedrich Soennecken, German entrepreneur, inventor of hole punch and ring binder (b. 1848) July 10 – Jean Navarre, French World War I fighter ace, aviation accident (b. 1895) July 15 – Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) July 18 – Raymonde de Laroche, French aviator, first woman to receive an aviator's license, aviation accident (b. 1882) July 21 Eremia Grigorescu, Romanian general (b. 1863) Gustaf Retzius, Swedish physician and anatomist (b. 1842) July 26 – Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836) July 27 – Charles Conrad Abbott, American naturalist (b. 1848) August August 1 – Oscar Hammerstein I, Polish-born theater impresario and composer (b. 1847) August 2 – Tullo Morgagni, Italian journalist, sports race organizer, and aviation enthusiast; killed in airplane crash (b. 1881)Il Genio nella Canere http://www.psicoterapia.name/Omaggio%20Bifoli.pdf psicoterapia.name 18 March 2016 186 it 27 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160327093251/http://www.psicoterapia.name/Omaggio%20Bifoli.pdf dead August 9 Ralph Albert Blakelock, American romanticist painter (b. 1847) Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, naturalist and philosopher (b. 1834) Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (b. 1857)Patrick Kavanaugh Music of the Great Composers: A Listener's Guide to the Best of Classical Music Zondervan 1996 9780310208075 254 August 11 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born businessman and philanthropist (b. 1835)Andrew Carnegie: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/c/andrewcarnegie.html www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk 8 January 2020 August 24 – Friedrich Naumann, German politician and pastor (b. 1860) August 27 – Louis Botha, Boer general, statesman, 1st Prime Minister of South Africa; Spanish flu (b. 1862) September September 20 – Ramón Barros Luco, 15th President of Chile (b. 1835)The South American Death claims two of Peru's most illustrious sons November 1919 8-9 South American Publishing Company, Incorporated 18 September 22 – Alajos Gáspár, Slovene writer in Hungary (b. 1848) September 27 – Adelina Patti, Italian opera singer (b. 1843)Nicolas Slonimsky Music Since 1900 https://books.google.com/books?id=W5PlAAAAMAAJ 1938 W.W. Norton, Incorporated 197 September 28 – Venancio Antonio Morin, Venezuelan military officer and politician (b. 1843).Venancio Antonio Morin https://www.venezuelatuya.com/biografias/venancio_antonio_morin.htm 2022-10-30 Venezuela Tuya es September 29 – Masataka Kawase, a.k.a. Kogorō Ishikawa, Japanese political activist and diplomat (b. 1840) October October 1 – Princess Charlotte of Prussia, German royal (b. 1850) October 2 – Victorino de la Plaza, Argentinian politician, 18th President of Argentina, leader (b. 1840) October 6 – Ricardo Palma, Peruvian writer (b. 1833) October 7 – Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856) October 11 – Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857) October 18 – William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, American financier and statesman (b. 1848) October 22 – John Cyril Porte, Irish-born British flying boat pioneer, tuberculosis (b. 1884) November November 3 – Terauchi Masatake, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1852) November 7 – Hugo Haase, German Socialist politician and jurist (b. 1863) November 9 – Eduard Müller, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1848) November 15 – Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866) December December 2 Henry Clay Frick, American industrialist (b. 1849) Sir Evelyn Wood, British field marshal, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1838) December 3 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter (b. 1841) December 11 – Sentō Takenaka, Japanese admiral (b. 1864)仙頭武央 ～日本海海戦 対馬艦長～ http://bujinkensyokai.web.fc2.com/sentotakenaka.html bujinkensyokai September 4, 2022 December 12 – Feng Guozhang, Chinese general (b. 1859) December 16 – Julia Lermontova, Russian chemist (b. 1846) December 19 Alice Moore McComas, American suffragist (b. 1850)Alice Stone Blackwell The Woman Citizen https://books.google.com/books?id=qtYRAQAAMAAJ 1919 Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission 617 Martin Savage, Irish Republican Army commander; killed in action (b. 1898) Sir John Alcock, English aviator; pilot of first nonstop transatlantic flight in airplane, June 1919; killed aviation accident (b. 1892) December 28 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854) Nobel Prizes right|100px Physics – Johannes Stark Chemistry – not awarded Physiology or Medicine – Jules Bordet Literature – Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler Peace – Woodrow Wilson References Sources Phelan Paula 2007 1919: Misfortune's End ZAPmedia none Further reading Klingaman, William K. 1919, The Year Our World Began (1987) world perspective based on primary sources by a scholar. New International Year Book 1919 (1920), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 744pp External links