World War I: Bapaume Captured by New Zealand Division, August 29, 1918

Estonian Declaration of Independence. Date: February 24, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918World War I Battle of Haifa in Ottoman Palestine, September 23, 1918Finnish Civil War: Suinula Massacre in Kangasala January 31, 1918Germany…

Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne. Date: July 4, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1918World War I: Battle of Megiddo Ends, Sinai-Palestine…

Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders. Date: March 28, 1918…

Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror. Date: August 30, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day…

Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi. Date: March 3, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in…