World Events
Posted in 1918
- Treaty between Russia and Germany: Russia withdraws from the war.
- Execution of ex-Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family.
- Bolshevik government in Russia nationalizes large-scale industrial enterprises.
- Revolution in Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees to Holland when defeated Germany declares itself a Republic.
- World War I ends on November 11: Germany agrees to an Armistice which is signed by Germany and the Allies.
- Civil war in Ireland.
- Women over the age of 30 get the vote in Britain.