360What happened in 1919?
5 moments from 1919 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 18 January 1919
The Paris Peace Conference opens
On 18 January 1919, leaders of the victorious powers met in Paris to settle the peace after the First World War. The conference produced the Treaty of Versailles and other treaties, redrew the map of Europe and created the League of Nations, the forerunner of the United Nations.
- On this day · 28 June 1919
The Treaty of Versailles is signed
On 28 June 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, formally ending the First World War between Germany and the Allied powers. It also set up the League of Nations.
- 1919 · from Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic
The Orteig Prize is offered
- 1919 · from The First World War begins
Treaty of Versailles
- 1919 · from Einstein's 'miracle year' transforms physics
An eclipse confirms that gravity bends light