The following events occurred in January 1918:
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points to achieve peace to U.S. Congress.
Fire destroys the Montreal Arena.
American troops watch over Yaqui prisoners following the Battle of Bear Valley in Arizona.
The following events occurred in November 1918:
Painting depicting the signing of the armistice. Behind the table, from right to left, General Chief of Staff Maxime Weygand, Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch (standing) and Royal Navy Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss and fourth from the left, Royal Navy Captain Jack Marriott. In the foreground, Matthias Erzberger, representing the new German government, Major-General Detlof von Winterfeldt (with helmet) of the Imperial German Army, Alfred von Oberndorff, a diplomat at the Foreign Ministry,
Wilhelm II, German Emperor, abdicates his throne and flees to the Netherlands.
Dmytro Vitovsky (middle) proclaims Lemberg the capital of West Ukrainian People's Republic, but ethnic Polish resist and ignite the Polish–Ukrainian War.