Historical figures of World War I
The atlas holds 163 people and 513 moments here, from 1914 to 1918. The most recorded lives are Vladimir Lenin, Mahatma Gandhi and Katherine Mansfield. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Moments
- 1917 Attendance at the première of Parade Marcel Proust
- 1917 Workers' council chairman Nikita Khrushchev
- 1917 Rejoins the Ballets Russes in Madrid Pablo Picasso
- 1917 Marriage and mission residence in Suzhou Pearl S. Buck
- 1917 Suffrage lecture at Auditorium Selma Lagerlöf
- 1917 Leeds Convention appearance Bertrand Russell
- 1917 Baptized at St. Aidan's Church John F. Kennedy
- 1917 Extended Barcelona stay with Olga Pablo Picasso
- 1917 Graduation from Wellesley Soong Mei-ling
- 1917 Joined Rajabazar Science College C. V. Raman
- 1917 Accompanies Felice to Budapest Franz Kafka
- 1917 Manchu Restoration Puyi
- 1917 Arrival in Guangzhou for Constitutional Protection Sun Yat-sen
- 1917 Addressed supporters at Kseshinskaya Mansion Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Hid at Razliv Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Studies in Japan Zhou Enlai
- 1917 Meeting with Boris Savinkov Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 All-Russian Democratic Conference Mikhail Frunze
- 1917 Entered hiding in Helsinki Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Birth in Sarrat Ferdinand Marcos
- 1917 Withdraws to Zürau Franz Kafka
- 1917 Birth in Sydney John Cornforth
- 1917 Imprisonment at Bykhov Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 Participates in Champaran Committee at Ranchi Mahatma Gandhi
- 1917 Transfer from Minsk to Shuya Mikhail Frunze
- 1917 Last Russian concert at Yalta Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1917 Swaraj speech at Borsad Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1917 Moved to Tokyo for First Higher School Yasunari Kawabata
- 1917 Birth in Tokyo Joan Fontaine
- 1917 Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet Leon Trotsky
- 1917 October uprising near the Metropol Mikhail Frunze
- 1917 First meeting with Gandhi Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1917 Pressed for insurrection in Petrograd Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Returned through Vyborg Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Birth at Anand Bhavan Indira Gandhi
- 1917 Escape from Bykhov Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 Volunteer Army headquarters Lavr Kornilov
- 1917 Death at Washington Place Liliʻuokalani
- 1917 Birth in Sangmo-dong Park Chung Hee
- 1917 Moved into Smolny Institute Vladimir Lenin
- 1917 Marriage in Milwaukee Golda Meir
- 1917 Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations Leon Trotsky
- 1917 Arrival in Stockholm Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1917 Departure from Saint Petersburg Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1917 Transit through Helsinki Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1918 St Michael's primary school Alan Turing
- 1918 Visit to Australian troops in France Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1918 Imprisonment in Brixton Prison Bertrand Russell
- 1918 Professor at Sydenham College B. R. Ambedkar
- 1918 Campaigns for Liberty Bonds in New York Charlie Chaplin