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  • Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 18, 1919
    Armenian Genocide

    Paris Peace Conference

    Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 18, 1919

    During the Paris Peace Conference, the Armenian delegation presented an assessment of $3.7 billion (about $53 billion today) worth of material losses owned solely by the Armenian church.




  • Wood Farm, Sandringham, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Jan 18, 1919
    Edward VIII

    Death of the youngest brother

    Wood Farm, Sandringham, England, United Kingdom
    Saturday Jan 18, 1919

    Edward's youngest brother, Prince John, died at the age of 13 on 18 January 1919 after a severe epileptic seizure. Edward, who was 11 years older than John and had hardly known him, saw his death as "little more than a regrettable nuisance".




  • Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 18, 1919
    World War II

    Paris Peace Conference

    Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 18, 1919

    The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allies after the end of world war I to set the peace terms on the defeated Central Powers. The Conference formally opened on 18 January 1919. Five major peace treaties were prepared in Paris Peace Conference: - Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919) - Treaty of Saint-Germain (10 September 1919) - Treaty on Neuilly (27 November 1919) - Treaty of Trianon (4 June 1920) - Treaty of Sèvres (10 August 1920), subsequently revised by the Treaty of Lausanne (24 July 1923).




  • Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 18, 1919
    United Nations

    Paris Peace Conference

    Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 18, 1919

    Two months later, the Allies met with Germany and Austria-Hungary at Versailles to hammer out formal peace terms.




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