1865) Date unknown Spring – Vyacheslav Troyanov, Russian general (b. 1875) Yakov Zhilinsky, Russian general (b. 1853) Nobel Prizes Physics – Max Planck Chemistry – Fritz Haber Medicine – not awarded Literature – not awarded Peace – not awarded References Further reading Chandra, Siddharth, Julia Christensen, and Shimon Likhtman. "Connectivity and seasonality: the 1918 influenza and COVID-19 pandemics in global perspective." Journal of Global History 15.3 (2020): 408–420. Phillips, Howard. "’17,’18,’19: religion and science in three pandemics, 1817, 1918, and 2019." Journal of Global History 15.3 (2020): 434–443. Williams, John. The Other Battleground The Home Fronts: Britain, France and Germany 1914-1918 (1972) pp 243–92. Primary sources and year books New International Year Book 1918 (1919), Comprehensive coverage of world and national affairs, 904 pp