1918

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World War I ends.
Poland gains its independence.
Iceland becomes an independent state, under the Danish crown, with foreign affairs handled by Denmark.
Finnish Civil War between the Reds and the Whites, January - April.
March 6 - Finnish Airforce founded. The blue swastika is adopted as its symbol as a tribute to the Swedish explorer and aviator Eric von Rosen who donated the first plane. Von Rosen had painted the buddhist symbol on the plane as his personal lucky insignia.
Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar, which has the bizarre consequence that the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, previously October, now falls in November.
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mehmed V (Resad) (1909-1918) to Mehmed VI (Vahdettin) (1918-1922)
August - Influenza pandemic begins, over twenty-five million people die in the following six months (three times as many as died during the war).
December - New voting laws in Sweden. Votes no longer dependent on taxable assets. One person, one vote.

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