1919.
Jan. 10--A republic is proclaimed in Luxemburg.
Jan. 18--The peace congress (without delegates from the defeated powers and Russia) met at Paris. Premier Clemenceau made permanent chairman.
Jan. 21--Germany by the terms of its new constitution divided into eight federated republics.
Jan. 25--Discussion of the covenants of the League of Nations begun in the peace congress.
Feb. 11--Friedrick Ebert elected first president of the German State.
Feb. 14--The draft of a constitution for a League of Nations adopted by the peace congress.
Feb. 19--Attempted assassination of Premier Clemenceau.
April 23--Montenegro becomes a part of Jugo-Slavia.
May 7--The treaty of peace framed by representatives of the twenty-seven allied and associated powers, handed to the German delegates at Versailles.
June 21--The German high sea fleet interned at Scapa Flow sunk at its anchorage by the officers and men left in charge.
June 28--The treaty of peace signed in the Hall of Mirrors, palace of Versailles, by all the representatives of the Allied powers (except China) and the German delegates, officially closing the World War. Just five years after the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Serajevo.
June 29--President Wilson left Europe for the United States.