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Events on Wednesday 30 October 1918 2
1918Armistice of MudrosArmistice ends Ottoman Empire's participation in World War IThe Ottoman Empire signed an armistice with the Allied Powers aboard HMS Agamemnon at the port of Mudros, ending its involvement in World War I. The terms allowed Allied occupation of the Turkish Straits and demobilization of Ottoman forces. The empire's defeat set the stage for its eventual partition and the rise of the Turkish War of Independence.
1918The Ottoman Empire signs an armisticeMudros, Aegean SeaSix centuries of empire ended in a harbour off Lemnos. The partition of its Arab provinces was already agreed between Britain and France.