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* [[February 6]] – [[Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom]]: [[Representation of the People Act 1918|Representation of the People Act]] gives most women over 30 the vote. * [[February 6]] – [[Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom]]: [[Representation of the People Act 1918|Representation of the People Act]] gives most women over 30 the vote.
* [[March 26]] – Dr. [[Marie Stopes]] publishes her influential book ''[[Married Love]]'' in the U.K. * [[March 26]] – Dr. [[Marie Stopes]] publishes her influential book ''[[Married Love]]'' in the U.K.
-* [[July 17]] – [[Execution of the Romanov family]]: By order of the [[Bolshevik Party]] and carried out by the [[Cheka]], former emperor [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]], his wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Feodorovna]], their children, [[Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia|Olga]], [[Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia|Tatiana]], [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918)|Maria]], [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia|Anastasia]], and [[Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia|Alexei]], and retainers are shot at the [[Ipatiev House]] in [[Yekaterinburg|Ekaterinburg, Russia]].+* [[July 17]] – [[Execution of the Romanov family]] by order of the [[Bolshevik Party]]
* [[August 30]] - In response to the [[October Revolution]] in Russia, [[Vladimir Lenin]] is shot and wounded by [[Fanny Kaplan]] in Moscow, but survives. * [[August 30]] - In response to the [[October Revolution]] in Russia, [[Vladimir Lenin]] is shot and wounded by [[Fanny Kaplan]] in Moscow, but survives.
-* [[November 11]] - End of [[World War I|WWI]] and [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)]]: Germany signs an [[armistice]] agreement with the Allies between 5:12 AM and 5:20 AM in Marshal [[Ferdinand Foch|Foch]]'s railroad car in [[Compiègne Forest]] in France. It becomes official on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.+* [[November 11]] - End of [[World War I|WWI]] and [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)]]
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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-*[[Jean Cocteau]] meets [[Raymond Radiguet]] 
*End of [[World War I]] *End of [[World War I]]
-*Start of [[Weimar Republic]] +*Start of [[Weimar Republic]]
-== Literature ==+*[[March 23]] - [[Dada Manifesto (1918) by Tristan Tzara|Dada Manifesto]] by Tristan Tzara
 +*In February 1918, [[Richard Huelsenbeck]] gave his first Dada speech in Berlin, and produced a [[Dada manifesto]] later in the year
 +==Film==
 +*''[[Es werde Licht!]]'' by Richard Oswald
 +== Literature ==
 +===Fiction===
 +*''[[Casanova's Homecoming]]'' by Arthur Schnitzler
 +===Poetry===
*''[[Twenty-Five Poems]]'' by Tzara *''[[Twenty-Five Poems]]'' by Tzara
*''[[Calligrammes]]'' by Guillaume Apollinaire *''[[Calligrammes]]'' by Guillaume Apollinaire
-*"[[What is Dadaism and what does it want in Germany?]]"+===Non-fiction===
 +*''[[The Decline of the West]]'' by Oswald Spengler, first volume published
 + 
== Visual arts == == Visual arts ==
*First version of ''[[L.H.O.O.Q.]]'' *First version of ''[[L.H.O.O.Q.]]''
-*[[Red and Blue Chair]] (1918) - [[Gerrit Rietveld]]+*[[Red and Blue Chair]] by Gerrit Rietveld
-*''[[Suprematist Composition: White on White]]''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kazimir_Malevich_-_%27Suprematist_Composition-_White_on_White%27,_oil_on_canvas,_1918,_Museum_of_Modern_Art.jpg] (1918) by [[Malevich]].+*''[[White on White]]'' by Kazimir Malevich
== Births == == Births ==

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1918 (MCMXVIII) was the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade.

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