Centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918

Centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918

Part of the First World War centenary
Top to bottom, left to right: Commemorative ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe Commemorative exhibition at London King's Cross Remembrance Day ceremony in Toronto Relatives of Gavrilo Princip and Archduke Franz Ferdinand shaking hands
Date	11 November 2018; 6 years ago (2018-11-11)
Participants	State and international organisation representatives Thematic institutions Relatives of World War I veterans

The centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an international series of events marking the 2018 anniversary of the armistice which ended hostilities in World War I. It concluded the series of commemorations marking the wider First World War centenary beginning in 2014. The date of the centenary was marked by numerous events were scheduled in conjunction with the series of related annual memorial days (Armistice Day, Remembrance Day and Veterans Day) and also as part of commissions established for the purposes of marking the four year centenary of the First World War.

Commemorations in France were led by President Emmanuel Macron, and included an international ceremony in Paris which attracted many world leaders, in addition to the first Paris Peace Forum. In London, a service of thanksgiving was hosted at Westminster Abbey, with a German representative invited to participate in the annual National Service of Remembrance for the first time. Other military ceremonies and events elsewhere throughout the United Kingdom and in key members of the Commonwealth which participated in the war, as well as across the world.