Deaths on January 14

Platon (Kulbusch)

Died on January 14, 1919

Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)

Platon, born Paul Kulbusch (also spelled Kuhlbusch or Kuldbush; 25 July [O.S. 13 July] 1869 – 14 January 1919) was an Estonian bishop and the first Orthodox saint of Estonian ethnicity.

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Events on 1919

5 Jan

Nazi Party
The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
23 Mar

Italian Fascism
In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
4 May

Treaty of Versailles
May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
19 May

Turkish War of Independence
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
29 May

General relativity
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

Deaths on January 14

Platon (Kulbusch)

Died on January 14, 1919

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Events on 1919

Nazi Party

Italian Fascism

Treaty of Versailles

Turkish War of Independence

General relativity