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What Happened in 1919

16 historical events, 14 notable births, and 9 notable deaths in 1919.

Major Events

January 1919

war

Paris Peace Conference — meeting of the Allied Powers after World War I

culture

Spartacist uprising — general strike and armed struggle in Berlin in Jan. 1919 in connection with the November Revolution that broke out following Germany's defeat in WW1

sports

1919 South American Championship — Football tournament edition

disaster

Great Molasses Flood — wave of molasses which killed 21 people in 1919 in Boston

general

1919 Egyptian revolution — 1919 revolution in Egypt

culture

1919 in film — overview of the events of 1919 in film

general

Hutsul Republic — 1919 unrecognised state in western Ukraine

June 1919

war

Treaty of Versailles — most important of the peace treaties of the First World War which ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers

April 1919

war

Jallianwala Bagh massacre — British Indian Army troops fire their rifles into crowd of unarmed Indian civilians (1919)

September 1919

politics

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye — treaty signed on 10 September 1919

November 1919

politics

Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine — 1919 treaty

May 1919

general

May Fourth Movement — Chinese cultural and political movement beginning with protests on 4 May 1919 in Beijing

March 1919

general

March First Movement — Korean national movement against Japanese occupation

August 1919

war

Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 — peace treaty of the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War

war

Hungarian–Romanian War — war (15 April – 3 August 1919) fought between the First Hungarian Republic and the Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Kingdom of Romania