Belarusian People's Republic

• March 25, 1918
  Belarusian National Council, an assembly of different Belarusian political powers, issues a Third Constituent Charter declaring the independence of Belarus under German occupation
• April 28, 1918
  Belarusian language is proclaimed by the Rada the only official language in Belarusian People's Republic
• 1918, June
  The white-red-white flag and Pahonia, the coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, are adopted national flag and emblem of Belarusian People's Republic
• October 11, 1918
  Temporary constitution of Belarusian People's Republic is adopted by government under the Prime Minister Anton Łuckievič
• 1918
  Marc Chagall, a Belarusian-French modernist painter, completes his Cubist work "Over the town"
• December 3, 1918
  The Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, today the oldest existing government in exile, moves from Minsk to Vilnius in front of the advancing Red Army
• December 10, 1918
  The German army retreat from Minsk, leaving the city to the Red Army
• January 1, 1919
  During Soviet westward offensive the Bolsheviks proclaim in Smolensk the puppet Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic with capital in Minsk
• January 8, 1919
  Communist government replaces the government of Belarusian People's Republic in Minsk, occupied by Red Army during Soviet westward offensive