February 1918
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This article covers current news and events in February 1918 .
Continuous month: the First World War ; The economic crisis of the last months of the war continued in February 1918 .
Daily events
Friday February 1, 1918
- Cattaro (Kotor) : On the anchored ships of the Österr. Navy breaks out the sailors' uprising in Cattaro (until February 3rd).
Sunday February 3, 1918
- Berlin / Vienna: end of the January strikes
Thursday, February 7, 1918
- London : The right to vote in the United Kingdom is being redefined by the Representation of the People Act 1918 (Fourth Reform Act), which came into force on that day . The number of eligible voters doubles. Women over 30 are also entitled to vote under certain conditions.
- Kiev : Red troops conquer the city
Saturday February 9, 1918
- Brest-Litovsk : A separate peace (so-called Bread Peace) between the Central Powers and the Ukrainian People's Republic was signed.
- The Romanian government under Ion Brătianu resigns. Alexandru Averescu is his successor .
Sunday February 10, 1918
- ibid: After a German ultimatum, Trotsky breaks off the peace negotiations on the Soviet side and uses the slogan "Neither war nor peace".
Saturday, February 16, 1918
- Proclamation of the Republic of Lithuania
Monday February 18, 1918
- Berlin: Operation Faustschlag begins (until March 3), a rapid advance by German troops into Russia. Within a few days they occupy Livonia and Estonia .
Tuesday, February 19, 1918
- The ice march of the Baltic Fleet begins.
- Henry Hughes Wilson becomes Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
Saturday, February 23, 1918
- Brest-Litovsk: Ultimatum of the German government to Soviet Russia to accept the peace conditions
Sunday February 24, 1918
- A provisional government is being established in Estonia .
- The Transcaucasian Democratic-Federal Republic is proclaimed.
- Romania starts peace negotiations with the Central Powers.
- The German auxiliary cruiser SMS Wolf returns home after 450 days of patrol
Monday, February 25, 1918
- Tallinn (Reval) : is captured by German troops
Tuesday, February 26, 1918
- Brest-Litovsk: resumption of peace negotiations
Thursday, February 28, 1918
- Kiev : Kuk troops move into Ukraine
- Tallinn (Reval): Proclamation of the Republic of Estonia, which is dependent on Germany
See also
- February , for the month name etc. generally for February
- Chronology of the First World War , for the current month
- Nekrolog February 1918 for deaths that month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in February
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in February
Web links
Commons : February 1918 - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
- Chronicle 1918 (Living virtual museum online at dhm.de)
- Digitized newspapers from 1918 in the newspaper information system (ZEFYS) of the Berlin State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Centenary of the Republic of Lithuania 2018 In: Reiseziel-erde.de , accessed on February 21, 2018.