1919 q1 TimelineJanuary01 - William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60.
01 - Belorussian SSR established.
02 - Anti-British uprising in Ireland.
02 - Lithuania gains independence.
05 - Germany Sparticist Communist revolt begins in Berlin
05 - National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party.
06 - USA Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President 1901-
08 - Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59.
11 - Romania annexes Transylvania.
11 - 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed.
13 - Sports Dutch Soccer team OSV forms.
14 - Sports John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, & Judge MCQuade buy NY Giants.
15 - Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland.
15 - Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered.
15 - W Collison & O Harbach's "Up in Mabel's Room," premieres in NYC.
15 - Frank Wedekind's "Die letzten Tage der Menschheit," premieres.
15 - Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47.
15 - Semana Tragica (Tragic Week): Bloodbath in Buenos Aires.
16 - Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19.
16 - 18th Amendment ratified by 3/4 of states. Goes into affect jan 16 1920 Repealed in feb 20 1933 by the 21st Amendment
18 - World War I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France.
18 - John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13.
21 - Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland.
25 - Peace conference accepts principle of League of Nations. First meeting is on jan 17 1920
27 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (Margita ?lni akar), dies at 41.
29 - Secretary of state proclaims 18th Amendment prohibition.
30 - Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with US Army.
31 - Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79.
February01 - Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert.
02 - Monarchist riot in Portugal.
02 - Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer, dies at 55.
03 - Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in NYC.
03 - France League of Nations Draft Convention begins in Paris.
03 - Switzerland Socialist conference convenes in Berne.
04 - City of Bremen's Soviet Republic overthrown.
05 - Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62.
05 - NL president John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team & threw games in collusion with gamblers.
06 - Germany National Assembly meets at Weimar
06 - Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81.
06 - 1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike.
11 - Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected president of Germany.
14 - Draft Convenant of League of Nations completed
14 - United Parcel Service forms.
15 - American Legion organizes in Paris.
15 - Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66.
18 - Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals.
19 - Pan-African Congress, organized by W.E.B. DuBois (Paris).
20 - French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt.
21 - Revolutionary strike in Barcelona.
21 - Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies.
21 - Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77.
21 - German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria.
21 - Kurt Eisner, premier Bayern (soc), murdered at 51.
23 - Fascist Party forms in Italy by Benito Mussolini.
24 - Woodrow Wilson arrives at Boston aboard George Washington
24 - Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41.
25 - League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty.
25 - Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1? per gallon).
26 - Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
26 - Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine.
27 - American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (NYC).
27 - 1st public performance of Holst's "Planets".
28 - Lodge starts campaign against League of Nations
March01 - Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin.
02 - 1st congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin.
03 - 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC.
03 - Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike.
04 - Founding of Comintern Third International at Moscow
05 - Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67.
05 - Louis Hirsch & Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in NYC.
06 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, 3 games to 1 with 1 tie.
08 - Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88.
11 - Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36.
11 - General strike in Germany, crushed.
12 - Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany).
12 - George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in NYC.
13 - Admiral Kolchak begins his offensive against Bolsheviks in Russian Civil War
14 - Woodrow Wilson returns to Paris after a month's absence.
15 - American Legion forms (Paris).
16 - Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39.
16 - Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg.
17 - Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages.
18 - Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City.
18 - Len Johnson, cricketer (Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948, is born.
18 - Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936, is born.
23 - Italy Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan.
23 - Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45.
28 - Tom Brooks, cricketer (NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire), is born.
29 - Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) & Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic.
30 - Belgian Army occupies Dusseldorf.
30 - Paul Claudel's "Tˆte d'Or," premieres in Paris.
30 - Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
31 - Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann.
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