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Versailles 1919

Louis XIV's palace; the German Empire was proclaimed in its Hall of Mirrors in 1871, and the Treaty of Versailles signed there in 1919.

Map showing the location of VersaillesVersailles
Border map for 1914. See Europe in 1914.

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Key facts

Date1919
TypeHistoric site or event
Location48.80° N, 2.12° E
Nearest city on the mapParis (about 18 km)
Territory of (map of 1914)France

Rulers in 1919

RealmRulerReign
Franks / HRE / GermanyEbert (Weimar president)1919–1925
FranceThird Republic1870–1940
England / UKGeorge V1910–1936
Rus' / RussiaLenin1917–1924
Ottomans / TurkeyMehmed VI1918–1922

The world around 1919

YearEventWhere
1914Sarajevo assassination; First World War beginsSarajevo
1915Gallipoli campaignGallipoli Campaign
1916Verdun and the SommeBattle of Verdun
1917Russian October RevolutionSt Petersburg
1918WWI ends; empires collapse
1922Soviet Union foundedMoscow
1923Republic of Turkey proclaimedAnkara

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