Timeline February 1918

Events in February 1918 8

• 1862 – 1918 Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Died 6 February 1918, aged 55 Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, best known for gold-leaf works such as The Kiss, died in Vienna after suffering a stroke and contracting pneumonia during the influenza pandemic. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His death came just months before his protege Egon Schiele also died of influenza.
• 1862 – 1918 Gustav Klimt Vienna Secessionist Symbolist painter and primary member of the Vienna Secession movement; famous for "The Kiss."
• 1903 – 1918 The Suffragettes Votes for Women Militant activists led by Emmeline Pankhurst fighting for womens right to vote.
• 1918 – 1995 Ida Lupino (1918-1995) English-American actress and pioneering director, one of the few women directing in 1950s Hollywood.
• 1918 Ida Lupino born in London Ida Lupino is born in London.
• 1918 Representation of the People Act 1918 UK grants the vote to women over thirty and all men over twenty-one The Representation of the People Act 1918 received royal assent, enfranchising women over the age of thirty who met property qualifications and abolishing most property restrictions for men. It was the largest single expansion of the UK electorate in history. Full equal suffrage for women would not arrive until 1928.
• 1918 Lithuania declares independence Council of Lithuania proclaims restored statehood The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence, declaring the restoration of an independent Lithuanian state after more than a century under Russian rule. The declaration was made under German occupation during World War I. Lithuania spent the following years fighting to secure its borders and international recognition.
• 1918 Estonia declares independence Estonia proclaims independence amid German and Russian withdrawal The Salvation Committee of the Estonian National Council declared Estonian independence in Tallinn as Imperial Russian forces withdrew and before German troops arrived. Germany occupied the country days later, delaying full sovereignty. Estonia secured lasting independence only after its War of Independence concluded in 1920.