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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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| + | == Events == | ||
| + | * [[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. | ||
| + | * [[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. | ||
| + | * [[November 11]] - End of [[World War I|WWI]] and [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)]] | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *''[[Calligrammes]]'' by Guillaume Apollinaire | ||
| *End of [[World War I]] | *End of [[World War I]] | ||
| - | *Start of [[Weimar Republic]] | + | *Start of [[Weimar Republic]] |
| + | *[[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 | ||
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| + | ==Film== | ||
| + | *''[[Es werde Licht!]]'' by Richard Oswald | ||
| + | == Literature == | ||
| + | ===Fiction=== | ||
| + | *''[[Casanova's Homecoming]]'' by Arthur Schnitzler | ||
| + | ===Poetry=== | ||
| + | *''[[Twenty-Five Poems]]'' by Tzara | ||
| + | *''[[Calligrammes]]'' by Guillaume Apollinaire | ||
| + | ===Non-fiction=== | ||
| + | *''[[The Decline of the West]]'' by Oswald Spengler, first volume published | ||
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| == Visual arts == | == Visual arts == | ||
| - | *Red and Blue Chair (1918) - [[Gerrit Rietveld]] | + | *First version of ''[[L.H.O.O.Q.]]'' |
| + | *[[Red and Blue Chair]] by Gerrit Rietveld | ||
| + | *''[[White on White]]'' by Kazimir Malevich | ||
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| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | *[[Robert Aldrich]] (1918 - 1983) | + | * [[January 20]] - [[Juan García Esquivel]], Mexican bandleader (d. [[2002]]) |
| - | *[[Richard Hoggart]] | + | * [[January 26]] - [[Philip José Farmer]], American writer (d. [[2009]]) |
| - | *[[Louis Althusser]] (1918 - 1990) | + | * [[February 2]] – [[Hella Haasse]], Dutch writer (d. [[2011]]) |
| - | *[[Ingmar Bergman]] | + | * [[February 15]] – [[Allan Arbus]], American actor (''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'') (d. [[2013]]) |
| - | * [[James Kirkup]], a prolific English poet, translator and travel writer | + | * [[February 16]] – [[Patty Andrews]], American singer ([[The Andrews Sisters]]) (d. [[2013]]) |
| - | ==Deaths == | + | * [[February 26]] - [[Theodore Sturgeon]], American writer (d. [[1985]]) |
| - | *[[Georg Simmel]] (1858 – 1918) | + | * [[March 9]] - [[Mickey Spillane]], American writer (d. [[2006]]) |
| - | *[[Egon Schiele]] (1890 - 1918) | + | * [[March 12]] – [[Elaine de Kooning]], American artist (d. [[1989]]) |
| - | *[[Gustav Klimt]] (1862 - 1918) | + | * [[April 16]] – [[Spike Milligan]], Irish comedian (d. [[2002]]) |
| - | *[[Guillaume Apollinaire]] (1880 - 1918) | + | * [[April 18]] - [[Gabriel Axel]], Danish film director (d. [[2014]]) |
| - | *[[Claude Debussy]] (1862 - 1918) | + | * April 18 – [[André Bazin]], French film critic and theorist (d. 1958) |
| + | * [[April 23]] – [[James Kirkup]], a prolific English poet, translator and travel writer (d. 2009) | ||
| + | * [[July 14]] - [[Ingmar Bergman]], Swedish film director (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| + | * [[August 9]] – [[Robert Aldrich]], American film director (d. 1983) | ||
| + | * [[August 25]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], American composer and conductor (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| + | * [[September 24]] – [[Richard Hoggart]], British academic (d. 2004) | ||
| + | * [[October 16]] – [[Louis Althusser]], French philosopher (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 17]] – [[Rita Hayworth]], American actress (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 11]] – [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Russian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2008]]) | ||
| + | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | * [[March 25]] - [[Claude Debussy]], French composer (b. [[1862]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 18]] – [[Otto Wagner]], Austro-Hungarian architect and urban planner (b. [[1841]]) | ||
| + | * [[June 27]] – [[Joséphin Péladan]], French occultist (b. [[1858]]) | ||
| + | * [[September 28]] - [[Georg Simmel]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. [[1858]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 31]] - [[Egon Schiele]], Austrian artist (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| + | * [[November 9]] - [[Guillaume Apollinaire]], French poet (b. [[1880]]) | ||
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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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Events
- February 6 – Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom: 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.
- 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.
- November 11 - End of WWI and Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)
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Art and culture
- End of World War I
- Start of Weimar Republic
- March 23 - 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
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Film
- Es werde Licht! by Richard Oswald
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Literature
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Fiction
- Casanova's Homecoming by Arthur Schnitzler
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Poetry
- Twenty-Five Poems by Tzara
- Calligrammes by Guillaume Apollinaire
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Non-fiction
- The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler, first volume published
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Visual arts
- First version of L.H.O.O.Q.
- Red and Blue Chair by Gerrit Rietveld
- White on White by Kazimir Malevich
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Births
- January 20 - Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)
- January 26 - Philip José Farmer, American writer (d. 2009)
- February 2 – Hella Haasse, Dutch writer (d. 2011)
- February 15 – Allan Arbus, American actor (M*A*S*H) (d. 2013)
- February 16 – Patty Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 2013)
- February 26 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985)
- March 9 - Mickey Spillane, American writer (d. 2006)
- March 12 – Elaine de Kooning, American artist (d. 1989)
- April 16 – Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (d. 2002)
- April 18 - Gabriel Axel, Danish film director (d. 2014)
- April 18 – André Bazin, French film critic and theorist (d. 1958)
- April 23 – James Kirkup, a prolific English poet, translator and travel writer (d. 2009)
- July 14 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (d. 2007)
- August 9 – Robert Aldrich, American film director (d. 1983)
- August 25 – Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (d. 1990)
- September 24 – Richard Hoggart, British academic (d. 2004)
- October 16 – Louis Althusser, French philosopher (d. 1990)
- October 17 – Rita Hayworth, American actress (d. 1987)
- December 11 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
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Deaths
- March 25 - Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
- April 18 – Otto Wagner, Austro-Hungarian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
- June 27 – Joséphin Péladan, French occultist (b. 1858)
- September 28 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
- October 31 - Egon Schiele, Austrian artist (b. 1890)
- November 9 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet (b. 1880)
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