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Tsar Nicholas II and his wife and children are murdered by the Bolsheviks at Ekaterinburg
The Allies hold the Germans on the Marne and begin a successful counterattack with tanks
The Allies, with Serb troops in the vanguard, press north from Salonika into Serbia
The Bulgarians, driven from Serbia, sign an armistice with the Allies
An armistice is signed between Turkey and the Allies on the warship Agamemnon in the Greek port of Mudros
The Allied commander-in chief, Marshal Foch, meets a German delegation in a railway carriage in the forest of Compiègne to discuss an armistice
The Allies and the Germans finally agree the terms of an armistice at 5 a.m.
Prime minister Mihaly Karolyi proclaims the republic of Hungary, after the demise of Austria-Hungary
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the German army in East Africa, surrenders after four stubborn years of resistance
Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro merge as the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, with the Serbian Peter I as king
The Sinn Fein members elected to Westminster establish their own parliament in Dublin, the Dáil Eireann (Assembly of Ireland), soon declared illegal by Britain
Hitler returns to Munich and in the prevailing mood of post-defeat resentment begins to take an interest in extremist politics
Composer and pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes prime minister of the newly independent Poland
The armed supporters of Sinn Fein become the IRA, or Irish Republican Army, in Ireland's war of independence
Michael Collins springs de Valera from Lincoln gaol, with the help of a duplicate key
Returning from active service with the Royal Navy, Erskine Childers devotes his energies to Sinn Fein and Irish independence
Mussolini founds the Fasci di Combattimento, dedicated to opposing the Socialist party
Edward Elgar completes his last great work, the Cello Concerto in E minor
More than 300 die when British troops fire on a peaceful demonstration in Amritsar
The Soviet system of Gulag slave labour camps is introduced, under the control of the secret service, the Cheka
Léonide Massine, Ottorino Respighi and André Derain collaborate on the ballet La Boutique Fantasque
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown fly from St John's in Newfoundland to Clifden in Ireland
Mussolini's Fascist party rapidly acquires an aggressive presence, thanks to his gangs of armed thugs in their blackshirt uniforms
French poets Louis Aragon and André Breton launch Littérature, a surrealist review
The League of Nations makes South West Africa (Namibia) a mandated British territory, to be administered by South Africa
