January 1919

The following events occurred in January 1919:

Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt dies at his home in Long Island , New York .
The " Big Four " at the Paris Peace Conference : (from left to right) David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom , Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy , Georges Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of the United States .
German socialist leader Rosa Luxemburg is assassinated during the Spartacist uprising .
Soldiers on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin during the Spartacist uprising .
Edsel Ford , new president of the Ford Motor Company
Signature page of the Faisal–Weizmann Agreement , showing Emir Faisal's caveat in Arabic with T. E. Lawrence 's appended translation of the caveat (since Faisal could not read or write English). [ 26 ] [ 27 ]
Anton Drexler , leader of the German Workers' Party
Rioting causes damage in Buenos Aires during Tragic Week .
Partisans loyal to the Spartacist uprising set up barricades in Berlin
Soldiers with the Freikorps are established to suppress the Spartacist uprising in Berlin .
Wreckage in Boston after a large storage tank filled with molasses ruptured .
Cover page of the Irish Declaration of Independence
Scottish labour leaders David Kirkwood and Willie Gallacher under arrest by police following a riot in Glasgow .