1918
- The Spanish flu pandemic begins, killing an estimated 50 million worldwide;
- The Armistice of 11 November 1918 ends fighting on the Western Front and concludes World War I;
- The Dissolution of Austria-Hungary leads to new states such as Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria, and Hungary;
- The German Revolution of 1918–1919 forces Kaiser Wilhelm II to abdicate and creates the Weimar Republic;
- The Hundred Days Offensive breaks German lines and collapses military resistance;
- The Murder of the Romanov family ends the Russian imperial dynasty.
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1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1918th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1918, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
In Russia, this year runs with only 352 days. As the result of Julian to Gregorian calendar switch, 13 days needed to be skipped. Wednesday, January 31 (Julian Calendar) was immediately followed by Thursday, February 14 (Gregorian Calendar).