WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1918
Find out what all happened July to December 1918

King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne. (3. October 1918)

World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack. (15. July 1918)

The short-lived Banat Republic is founded. (1. November 1918)

Poland declares its independence from Russia. (3. November 1918)

Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. (11. November 1918)

World War I, Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice. (29. September 1918)

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany. (13. August 1918)

Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. (17. December 1918)

Bukovina votes for union with the Kingdom of Romania. (28. November 1918)

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. (4. December 1918)

A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota. (12. October 1918)

World War I: the Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive). (8. August 1918)

Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence. (11. November 1918)

The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19. (29. October 1918)

A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles. (21. November 1918)

Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves. (3. November 1918)

World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor. (8. October 1918)

Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. (28. December 1918)

Latvia declares its independence from Russia. (18. November 1918)

Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan. (10. September 1918)

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