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1914

August

08
- Defence of the Realm ActOn 8 August 1914 the Defence of the Realm Act received royal assent. The British government could now restrict citizens' freedoms by regulation.

1918

May

09
- Sidónio Pais elected presidentOn 9 May 1918 Sidónio Pais was proclaimed president of Portugal, elected on 28 April in the country's first ever direct election of a head of state.
15
- Portuguese prime minister resignsOn 15 May 1918 Sidónio Pais's first government left office. The president himself led a cabinet of secretaries of state; no prime minister until December.

August

17
- Slovene National CouncilIn mid-August 1918 a National Council (Narodni svet) headed by Anton Korošec was set up in Ljubljana, the nucleus of a future government of the Slovene lands.

September

October

November

December

1919

January

21
- Outbreak of the Irish War of IndependenceOn 21 January 1919 the Sinn Féin MPs met in Dublin as Dáil Éireann and declared independence. In Tipperary two policemen were shot dead.