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  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 2, 1919
    Marcus Garvey

    International League for Darker People

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 2, 1919

    After the First World War ended, President Woodrow Wilson declared his intention to present a 14-point plan for world peace at the forthcoming Paris Peace Conference. Garvey joined various African-Americans in forming the International League for Darker People, a group which sought to lobby Wilson and the conference to give greater respect to the wishes of people of color; their delegates nevertheless were unable to secure the travel documentation.




  • England, United Kingdom
    Jan, 1919
    Winston Churchill

    Lloyd George moved Churchill to the War Office

    England, United Kingdom
    Jan, 1919

    In January 1919, Lloyd George moved Churchill to the War Office as both Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Air.




  • Sagamore, Massachuesetts, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Death

    Sagamore, Massachuesetts, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    On the night of January 5, 1919, Roosevelt suffered breathing problems. After receiving treatment from his physician, Dr. George W. Faller, he felt better and went to bed. Roosevelt's last words were "Please put out that light, James" to his family servant James Amos. Between 4:00 and 4:15 the next morning, Roosevelt died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill after a blood clot had detached from a vein and traveled to his lungs.




  • Germany
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Weimar Republic

    Spartacist uprising

    Germany
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    In January, the Spartacus League and others in the streets of Berlin made more armed attempts to establish communism, known as the Spartacist uprising.




  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Spanish Flu

    San Francisco's New Year

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    In the first five days of January, in San Francisco, 1,800 flu cases and 101 deaths were reported.




  • U.S.
    Jan, 1919
    Spanish Flu

    The Third Wave

    U.S.
    Jan, 1919

    The third flood of flu happens in the winter and spring of 1919, murdering some more. Third-wave dies down in the late spring.




  • 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.


  • Soloheadbeg, Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919
    Irish War of Independence

    Soloheadbeg Ambush

    Soloheadbeg, Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919

    While it was not clear in the beginning of 1919 that the Dáil ever intended to gain independence by military means, and war was not explicitly threatened in Sinn Féin's 1918 manifesto, an incident occurred on 21 January 1919, the same day as the First Dáil convened. The Soloheadbeg Ambush, in County Tipperary, was led by Seán Treacy, Séumas Robinson, Seán Hogan and Dan Breen acting on their own initiative.


  • Dublin, Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919
    Irish War of Independence

    First Dáil

    Dublin, Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919

    Sinn Féin won 91% of the seats outside of Ulster on 46.9% of votes cast, but was in a minority in Ulster, where unionists were in a majority. Sinn Féin pledged not to sit in the UK Parliament at Westminster, but rather to set up an Irish Parliament. This parliament, known as the First Dáil, and its ministry, called the Aireacht, consisting only of Sinn Féin members, met at the Mansion House on 21 January 1919.


  • Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919
    Irish War of Independence

    Breakaway Government

    Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919

    On 21 January 1919 they formed a breakaway government (Dáil Éireann) and declared Irish independence.


  • Romania
    Wednesday Jan 22, 1919
    Hungarian–Romanian War

    The Romanian Army Controlled All The Territory To The Maros River

    Romania
    Wednesday Jan 22, 1919

    By 22 January 1919, the Romanian army controlled all the territory to the Maros River. The 7th and 1st divisions were spread thin, so the 2nd Division was sent to Nagyszeben and the 6th Division to Brassó (Braşov). Two new infantry divisions, the 16th and 18th, were formed from Romanian soldiers previously mobilized in the Austro-Hungarian Army. A unified command of the Romanian army in Transylvania was established.


  • Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 25, 1919
    League of Nations

    The conferees agreed to form the League of Nations after World War I

    Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 25, 1919

    The conferees came out of the Paris Peace Conference and agreed to maintain permanent peace after World War I, and agreed to form the League of Nations called for by President Wilson on January 25, 1919.


  • Germany
    Jan, 1919
    Treaty of Versailles

    An armistice was temporary during the war

    Germany
    Jan, 1919

    From January 1919 to March 1919, Germany refused to agree to Allied demands that Germany surrender its merchant ships to Allied ports to transport food supplies. Some Germans considered the armistice to be a temporary cessation of the war and knew, if fighting broke out again, their ships would be seized.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 2, 1919
    Marcus Garvey

    International League for Darker People

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 2, 1919

    After the First World War ended, President Woodrow Wilson declared his intention to present a 14-point plan for world peace at the forthcoming Paris Peace Conference. Garvey joined various African-Americans in forming the International League for Darker People, a group which sought to lobby Wilson and the conference to give greater respect to the wishes of people of color; their delegates nevertheless were unable to secure the travel documentation.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Jan, 1919
    Winston Churchill

    Lloyd George moved Churchill to the War Office

    England, United Kingdom
    Jan, 1919

    In January 1919, Lloyd George moved Churchill to the War Office as both Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Air.


  • Sagamore, Massachuesetts, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Death

    Sagamore, Massachuesetts, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    On the night of January 5, 1919, Roosevelt suffered breathing problems. After receiving treatment from his physician, Dr. George W. Faller, he felt better and went to bed. Roosevelt's last words were "Please put out that light, James" to his family servant James Amos. Between 4:00 and 4:15 the next morning, Roosevelt died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill after a blood clot had detached from a vein and traveled to his lungs.


  • Germany
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Weimar Republic

    Spartacist uprising

    Germany
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    In January, the Spartacus League and others in the streets of Berlin made more armed attempts to establish communism, known as the Spartacist uprising.


  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919
    Spanish Flu

    San Francisco's New Year

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jan 5, 1919

    In the first five days of January, in San Francisco, 1,800 flu cases and 101 deaths were reported.


  • U.S.
    Jan, 1919
    Spanish Flu

    The Third Wave

    U.S.
    Jan, 1919

    The third flood of flu happens in the winter and spring of 1919, murdering some more. Third-wave dies down in the late spring.


  • 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.


  • Soloheadbeg, Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919
    Irish War of Independence

    Soloheadbeg Ambush

    Soloheadbeg, Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919

    While it was not clear in the beginning of 1919 that the Dáil ever intended to gain independence by military means, and war was not explicitly threatened in Sinn Féin's 1918 manifesto, an incident occurred on 21 January 1919, the same day as the First Dáil convened. The Soloheadbeg Ambush, in County Tipperary, was led by Seán Treacy, Séumas Robinson, Seán Hogan and Dan Breen acting on their own initiative.


  • Dublin, Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919
    Irish War of Independence

    First Dáil

    Dublin, Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919

    Sinn Féin won 91% of the seats outside of Ulster on 46.9% of votes cast, but was in a minority in Ulster, where unionists were in a majority. Sinn Féin pledged not to sit in the UK Parliament at Westminster, but rather to set up an Irish Parliament. This parliament, known as the First Dáil, and its ministry, called the Aireacht, consisting only of Sinn Féin members, met at the Mansion House on 21 January 1919.


  • Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919
    Irish War of Independence

    Breakaway Government

    Ireland
    Tuesday Jan 21, 1919

    On 21 January 1919 they formed a breakaway government (Dáil Éireann) and declared Irish independence.


  • Romania
    Wednesday Jan 22, 1919
    Hungarian–Romanian War

    The Romanian Army Controlled All The Territory To The Maros River

    Romania
    Wednesday Jan 22, 1919

    By 22 January 1919, the Romanian army controlled all the territory to the Maros River. The 7th and 1st divisions were spread thin, so the 2nd Division was sent to Nagyszeben and the 6th Division to Brassó (Braşov). Two new infantry divisions, the 16th and 18th, were formed from Romanian soldiers previously mobilized in the Austro-Hungarian Army. A unified command of the Romanian army in Transylvania was established.


  • Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 25, 1919
    League of Nations

    The conferees agreed to form the League of Nations after World War I

    Paris, France
    Saturday Jan 25, 1919

    The conferees came out of the Paris Peace Conference and agreed to maintain permanent peace after World War I, and agreed to form the League of Nations called for by President Wilson on January 25, 1919.


  • Germany
    Jan, 1919
    Treaty of Versailles

    An armistice was temporary during the war

    Germany
    Jan, 1919

    From January 1919 to March 1919, Germany refused to agree to Allied demands that Germany surrender its merchant ships to Allied ports to transport food supplies. Some Germans considered the armistice to be a temporary cessation of the war and knew, if fighting broke out again, their ships would be seized.


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