Year in review
1918
9 recaps from this year - events, occasions, and cultural moments.
19181918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
Deadliest pandemic in modern history, infecting one-third of humanity and reshaping public health infrastructure with comprehensive epidemiological records.
1918Second Battle of the Marne
The Allies' counteroffensive at the Marne turned the tide of WWI, beginning the Central Powers' irreversible retreat.
1918Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1918First World War Armistice
The November 11 armistice ended four years of industrial slaughter in World War I and reshaped the global political order.
1918Canadian Women Gain Federal Vote
Canada's 1918 federal suffrage expansion made it among the first nations to extend voting rights to women.
1918Irish Parliamentary Election
Sinn Féin's landslide victory marked the decisive shift toward Irish independence and catalyzed the war of independence that followed.
1918Russian Civil War Begins
The Bolsheviks faced White Army opposition across a vast, fractured landscape—a brutal conflict that solidified Soviet power through force.
1918Hundred Days Offensive
Final decisive Allied offensive ending WWI; military campaign that broke German lines and led to armistice.
1918Irish General Election
Sinn Féin's landslide victory in the 1918 general election decisively ended Home Rule compromise and catalyzed the path to Irish independence.