Bolsheviks led by Lenin overthrow provisional government in Petrograd in the 'October Revolution' (so called because Russia was using an older calendar at the time)
1918
10 January
Married women over 30 granted the vote.
23 October
House of Commons votes to allow women MPs.
11 November
Germany signs armistice with Allies. Though the First World War only formally ends with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles the following June, all fighting ceases as of this date.
1919
28 June
Peace treaty signed at Versailles, formally ending the First World War.
1921
1 April
Miners' strike begins
19 May
First elections held for the Northern Ireland Parliament. Unionists win 40 seats, Nationalists and Sinn Fein six apiece.
6 December
Provisional Government of the 26 southern counties of Ireland is established by treaty. The six counties of Northern Ireland remain in the United Kingdom.
1922
28 June
Ultimatum issued to IRA to vacate occupied buildings in Dublin is followed by bombardment and the start of the Irish Civil War
18 October
British Broadcasting Company Ltd formed
19 October
Lloyd George's coalition government falls following the withdrawal of Unionist support.
John Reith appointed General Manager of the British Broadcasting Company, a few months after the official start of British broadcasting. In 1927 he becomes director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Bell and Howell and Kodak agree on 16mm standard for amateur film makers. Eastman-Kodak reversal 16mm film marketed following year.
1923
24 May
Irish Civil War formally ends after ceasefire declared.
28 September
Radio Times first published
1924
22 January
Following the loss of the Conservative majority in the House of Commons, the Labour Party forms its first government under Ramsay MacDonald, with Liberal backing.
1925
8 September
Actor Peter Sellers born in Southsea, Hampshire (d. 1980)
30 October
First television transmission of a human face (William Taynton) made by John Logie Baird in London
British Broadcasting Company Ltd formed
First television transmission of a human face (William Taynton) made by John Logie Baird in London