1919

Year 1919 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 13-day-slower ).

January

 * In,   sinks on the rocks: 205 die.
 * succeeds his father as head of the.
 * : Socialist demonstrations in, turn into an attempted communist revolution.
 * - :  forces make their greatest penetration before n forces counterattack.
 * - The Spartacus revolutionary council folds; orders the  into action.
 * - - The Freikorps attacks Spartacus supporters around Berlin.
 * - annexes.
 * - Worker's councils in Berlin end the ; Spartacus week is over.
 * and are murdered in the aftermath of the Spartacus uprising.
 * : A wave of sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.
 * becomes Premier of.
 * - The, authorizing , goes into effect in the.
 * - : A opens in,.
 * - Motors is founded.
 * - the First meets in the  in Dublin. It is from this meeting that the Irish state dates its existence.
 * - The breaks out in.
 * - The is founded.
 * : The is expelled from the entire territory of.
 * - The is founded.
 * : The is expelled from the entire territory of.
 * : The is expelled from the entire territory of.

February

 * - Soviet troops occupy the.
 * - (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
 * - The begins.
 * - The is formed in Italy by.
 * - places a 1 cent per US gallon (.26 ¢/L)  on, becoming the first  to levy a.
 * - An act of the establishes most of the  as a  (see ).

March

 * - against  in.
 * - The first meets in.
 * - The 1919 Revolution breaks out in.
 * - The forms in.
 * is established in Singapore by.
 * The is established by.
 * - In, , founds his  political movement.
 * - A general strike begins in the.
 * - A general strike begins in the.

April

 * - - The is founded.
 * - At the, and  s  379 Indians.
 * - The Emperor of Austria moves to exile in Switzerland.
 * - The of  convenes its first session.
 * The movement is founded.
 * is celebrated for the first time in Australia.
 * takes in Mexico, and hangs the mayor and his two sons.
 * Several bombs intended for prominent public figures are intercepted in the first wave of the.
 * Several bombs intended for prominent public figures are intercepted in the first wave of the.

May

 * Large left-wing demonstration in France leads to a violent confrontation with the police
 * break out in ; 2 people are killed, 40 injured, and 116 arrested.
 * - troops and  occupy  and crush the.
 * - The opposes foreign colonizers in China.
 * - workers launch a  for better wages and working conditions.
 * A  aircraft  commanded by  departs Trepassey,, for  via the  on the first  flight
 * An lands at.
 * - A Committee of One Thousand forms to oppose the.
 * - lands at  on the n  coast, initiating what was later termed the . The anniversary of this event is the official commemoration date of the  in  and.
 * - The opens its second campus in . Initially called Southern Branch of the University of California (SBUC), it is eventually renamed the  (UCLA).
 * - Volcano erupts in, killing 16,000.
 * - theory of  is tested/confirmed by 's observation of a total  in  and by  in,.
 * - Volcano erupts in, killing 16,000.
 * - theory of  is tested/confirmed by 's observation of a total  in  and by  in,.

June

 * June 2 - Several mail bombs are sent to prominent figures as part of the.
 * - : The approves the, which would guarantee  to , and sends it to the s for ratification.
 * - and  depart  on the first nonstop transatlantic flight (they land at, ,  the next day).
 * - attacks . When the bullets begin to fly to the US side of the border, 2 units of the US 7th Cavalry regiment cross the border and repulse Villa's forces.
 * (North-West Mounted Police) fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the.
 * Admiral scuttles the  fleet in, ; 9 Germans die.
 * The American Winged Foot Express catches on fire over downtown ; 2 passengers, 1 crewmember and 10 people on the ground are killed; only 2 people parachute to the ground safely.
 * - : wins the  in  against the.
 * - The is signed, ending.
 * - The is signed, ending.

July

 * - The British  lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the  by an airship.
 * - men in London and Liverpool strike for recognition of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers. Over 2,000 strikers are dismissed.

August

 * The first NFL team for (The ) is founded by Curly Lambeau.
 * In, the is passed into.
 * - The Bolshevik fleet, at near, is destroyed by British aircraft and torpedo boats in a combined operation.
 * - gains independence from the.
 * - - : The Poles in rise against the Germans.
 * - The is established.
 * - The is established.

September

 * - The is signed, ending  with Austria.
 * - : The kills 600 in the,  and.
 * The begins.
 * - is founded.
 * - The last British troops leave, and leave the fighting to the Russians.
 * - : A besieges the police station and courthouse in, and lynches alleged black rapist Will Brown.

October

 * - The breaks out in Arkansas.
 * - US President suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially.
 * : The "win" the.
 * The occurs.
 * - The is signed.
 * - begins: The  passes the  over President 's veto.
 * - begins: The  passes the  over President 's veto.

November

 * - The first national convention of the is held in  (convention ends ).
 * - The in  results in the deaths of four members of the, and the lynching of a local leader of the  (IWW).
 * - Admiral Horthy conquers Budapest from 's Soviet Republic.
 * - The confirmation is announced of  theory, tested by  and  in total  on, 1919 FirstScience.
 * - The is signed between the Allies and Bulgaria.
 * - The American-born is elected to the, becoming on  the first female MP to take a seat.
 * - Health officials declare that the global  has ended.

December

 * - The Ministry of War releases,  and s from.
 * -, with his entourage, marches into and convinces the Italian troops to join him.
 * - The opening of stadium in  the home of  The match saw them lose 2 - 0 to St. Mirren.
 * -, in admits its first female bar student.

Undated

 * , rodeo cowboy and artist, along with his father John W. Bascom at, , , designs and makes rodeo's first reverse-opening side-delivery bucking chute, now the world standard.
 * The Islands vote for a return to  rule in a referendum.
 * , the first book, is written by  and.
 * XWA (now CFCF), in, becomes the first public in  to go on the air.
 * Various strikes in USA: Strike of US railroad workers; Longshoreman's strike; The Great Steel Strike; General strike in Seattle, Washington.
 * is enacted in and.
 * Murderer is arrested.
 * 's  Design is published.
 * The is founded.
 * established by

Ongoing

 * in : The Armenian Genocide

Fictional
The following are references to year 1919 in fiction: (unknown).

January-February

 * -, American novelist
 * -, Sri Lankan political theorist
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American journalist
 * , Austrian zoologist
 * , American comedian (d. )
 * , British football player and manager (d. )
 * -, American composer
 * -, American journalist and writer
 * -, Italian footballer (d. )
 * -, American musician and actor (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * - -      (d. )
 * , Hungarian actress (d. )
 * , American football coach (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian football player
 * -, Hungarian international civil servant (d. )
 * , Dutch swimmer (d. )
 * , American character actor (d. )
 * -, Hungarian international civil servant (d. )
 * , Dutch swimmer (d. )
 * , American character actor (d. )
 * , American character actor (d. )

March-April

 * -, American actress
 * -, American racecar driver (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * , American author and publisher
 * , American economist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, U.S. National Security Advisor (d. )
 * -, American surgeon, recipient of the
 * -, American radio and television announcer (d. )
 * -, American dancer and choreographer
 * -,  pilot, author of  (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -,  pilot, author of  (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate

May-June

 * -, Irish film actor (d. )
 * , American comic strip artist (d. )
 * , American singer and musician
 * -, wife of Argentine President (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American pianist (d. )
 * -, Mexican singer and actor (d. )
 * -, English ballet dancer (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, American actress and dancer
 * -, American baritone (d. )
 * -, American children's author (d. )
 * -, American film critic (d. )
 * -, Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. )
 * -, American political historian (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )

July-August

 * -, Swiss tenor (d. )
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, Irish novelist (d. )
 * -, New Zealand mountaineer
 * -, French painter
 * -, French violinist (d. )
 * -, American television evangelist (d. )
 * -, Irish author and broadcaster (d. )
 * -, Governor of Alabama (d. )
 * -, English electrical engineer and inventor, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Indian poetess and author (d. )

September-October

 * -, Serial Killer known as Maite (d. )
 * -, Czech economist and politician (d. )
 * -, Pakistani Islamic scholar (d. )
 * -, Spanish poet and researcher
 * -, English mathematician (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American jazz drummer (d. )
 * -, American sailor (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, prime minister of the (d.)
 * , American jazz singer (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * -, British writer
 * -, Greek Arceologist (d )
 * , American songwriter (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * , American songwriter (d. )
 * , (d. )

November-December

 * , Spanish comic book author (d. )
 * , American baseball player and coach (d. )
 * -, American accordionist (d. )
 * -, Russian firearms inventor
 * -, German soprano
 * -, Canadian World War II pilot (d. )
 * -, French World War II heroine (d. )
 * -, Australian sportsman (d. )
 * -, Belgian-born literary critic (d. )
 * -, Polish composer (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -, Danish actor (d. )
 * -, baseball player
 * -, baseball player

January - June

 * -, (b. )
 * , Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (b. )
 * , 26th (b. )
 * - American industrialist and philanthropist (b. )
 * , German politician (executed) (b. )
 * , German politician (executed)
 * - (b. )
 * -, Hungarian poet (b. )
 * -, seventh (b. )
 * -, English chemist and physicist (b. )
 * -, Mexican revolutionary (b. )
 * -, American nurse and founder or the American Red Cross Nursing Service (b. )
 * -, German revolutionary (b. )
 * -, Slovak general, politician, and astronomer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American businessman (b. )
 * -, Venezuelan medician and saint (b. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Venezuelan medician and saint (b. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (b. )

July - December

 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, British painter (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Scottish-born businessman and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, second (b. )
 * -, Danish writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, American financier and statesman (b. )
 * -, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded