14 events found for 1919
Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launched the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius (now in Lithuania) from the Red Army
The May Fourth Movement began in China with large-scale student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Peking
Sir Harry Hands, the mayor of Cape Town, performed the first public observance of a two-minute silence in remembrance of
First Red Scare: The anarchist followers of Luigi Galleani (pictured) set off eight bombs in eight cities across the Uni
Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer
Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttled the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow to prevent the ships from being seized and d
During a general strike in Winnipeg, Canada, members of the Royal North-West Mounted Police attacked a crowd of strikers
Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen unhappy with…
Red Summer: Race riots erupted in Chicago after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38…
The Third Anglo-Afghan War ended with the United Kingdom signing a treaty to recognise the independence of the Emirate…
Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a…
The Boston police strike ended after four days of rule by the state militia, the deaths of nine people, and…
The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeated the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.
The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over president Woodrow Wilson's veto, reinforcing Prohibition in the United…