Editing 1918 (section)

=== January ===
{{main|January 1918}}
* [[January]] – [[1918 flu pandemic]]: The "Spanish flu" ([[influenza]]) is first observed in [[Haskell County, Kansas]].<ref name=Barry>{{cite book|author-link=John M. Barry|first=John M.|last=Barry|title=The Great Influenza; The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History|location=New York|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2005|isbn=978-0143036494|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/greatinfluenzaep00barr}}</ref>
* [[January 4]] – The [[Finnish Declaration of Independence]] is recognized by [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]], [[Sweden]], [[German Empire|Germany]] and [[France]].
* [[January 8]] – American president [[Woodrow Wilson]] presents the [[Fourteen Points]] as a basis for peace negotiations to end the war.
* [[January 9]] – [[Battle of Bear Valley]]: U.S. troops engage [[Yaqui people|Yaqui]] Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona.  This is one of the last battles of the [[American Indian Wars]] between the United States and Native Americans.
* [[January 15]]
** The [[keel]] of {{HMS|Hermes|95|6}} is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed [[aircraft carrier]] to be laid down.
** The [[Red Army]] (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) is formed in the [[Russian SFSR]] and [[Soviet Union]].
* [[January 18]] – The Historic Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans of Austrian and Hungarian Soldiers is held at the [[Konzerthaus, Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Historical Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans
| work = World Digital Library
| access-date = 2014-06-22
| date = 2014-02-10
| url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4585/#languages=deu&page=5
}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – The [[Russian Constituent Assembly]] proclaims the [[Russian Democratic Federative Republic]] but is dissolved by the Bolshevik government on the same day.
* [[January 22]] – The [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] [[Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council|declares independence]] from [[Bolshevik]] [[Russian SFSR|Russia]].
* [[January 25]] – The [[Third All-Russian Congress of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants Deputies' Soviets|Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets]] establishes the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]].
* [[January 27]] – The [[Finnish Civil War]] begins with the [[Battle of Kämärä]].
* [[January 28]] – [[Porvenir massacre (1918)|Porvenir massacre]]: [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]], U.S. Cavalry soldiers and local ranchers kill 15 unarmed Mexican villagers, both men and boys.