January 1918

Tuesday 08:

President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.

Saturday 19:

Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles between the Red Guards and the White Guard.

Thursday 24:

A decree of the Council of People's Commissars, introducing the Gregorian calendar in Russia since February 1, issued

Monday 28:

Finnish Civil War: <!--The Red Guards-->Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.

Thursday 31:

A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.