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France taking territory and Italy losing power
France occupied Tunisia, Italy feared it was losing colonial balance of power with France. -
Triple alliance
The Triple Alliance was the military alliance among Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy that lasted from 1882 until the start of World War I in 1914. -
Idustrial revolution in Germany
the output of the industrial revolution in Germany had overtaken the output of British factories -
Bismarck retire
Kaiser Wilhelm II made Bismarck retire because he wasn't able to restrain an increasingly divided Reichstag of socialists, Catholics, farmers, industrialists -
Franco-Russian Alliance
The Franco-Russian Alliance was a military alliance between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire that ran from 1892 to 1917. The alliance ended the diplomatic isolation of France and undermined the supremacy of the German Empire in Europe. -
Italy reconquered Sudan
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The Entente-cordiale
The Entente-cordiale is a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic. -
Anglo-Russian entente
Anglo-Russian entente was a pact in which Britain and Russia settled their colonial disputes in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet. It delineated spheres of influence in Persia, stipulated that neither country would interfere in Tibet’s internal affairs, and recognized Britain’s influence over Afghanistan. The agreement led to the formation of the Triple Entente. -
Anglo-Russian Entente
Signed on August 31, 1907, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 brought shaky British-Russian relations to the forefront by solidifying boundaries that identified respective control in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
"At 11:10 A.M. on July 28, 1914, Count Leopold von Berchtold, the Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent the following telegram from Vienna to M. N. Pashitch, Serbian Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. This declaration of war was received at Nish at 12:30 P.M."The Royal Serbian Government not having answered in a satisfactory manner the note of July 23, 1914, presented by the Austro-Hungarian Minister at Belgrade, the Imperial and -
Franz Ferdinand killed in Sarajevo
Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Gavrilo Princip, 19 at the time, a member of Young Bosnia and one of a group of assassins organized by the Black Hand.[4] The event led to a chain of events that eventually triggered World War I. -
Germany declares war on France
German troops invade Luxemburg very early.France entered at four points.Patrol kill French soldiers 10 km over frontier near Belfort.Poland invaded by Germans, who occupy Kalish, Chenstokhov and Bendzin.East Prussia entered by Russian raiders near Schwidden.Libau bombarded by German light cruiser "Augsburg". -
First world war begins
The causes of the First World War were the naval race, the imperialism, expansionism, militarism,
trade competition, nationalism, arms race, rivalry, network of alliances, unreast in balkans. The murder of Franz Ferdinand was the event known as the immediate trigger of the war. -
Britain declares war to Germany4 Aug 1914
Germany invades neutral Belgium, as per the Schlieffen plan to knock-put France; Britain responds by declaring war on Germany.Britain begins a 'Distant Blockade' of Germany, cutting off vital resources; declarations continue throughout the month, with the British, French and Russian Empires on one side (the Entente Powers, or 'Allies'), and the German and Austro-Hungarian on the other (the Central Powers), until everyone is officially at war with their opponents. -
The "Lusitania" sunk by Germany
The sinking of the "Lusitania" was instrumental in bringing the United States into World War I. -
Rasputin was murdered
Rasputin helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall of the Romanov dynasty, in 1917. Contemporary opinions saw Rasputin variously as a saintly mystic, visionary, healer and prophet or, on the contrary, as a debauched religious charlatan. There has been much uncertainty over Rasputin's life and influence as accounts of his life have often been based on dubious memoirs, hearsay and legend. -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for the series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. In the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar), the Tsar was deposed and replaced by a Provisional government. In the second revolution, during October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government. -
The Zimmermann Telegram
Was a coded telegram dispatched by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmermann, on January 16, 1917, to the German ambassador in Washington, Johann von Bernstorff, at the height of World War I. -
Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points was a speech delivered by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918. The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. -
Armistice
Germany and Austria Hungary admit defeat.The fighting in World War I ended when the Armistice took effect at 11:00 am GMT on November 11, 1919. In the aftermath of the war the political, cultural, and social order of the world was drastically changed in many places, even outside the areas directly involved in the war. New countries were formed, old ones were abolished, international organizations were established, and many new and old ideas took a firm hold in people's minds.
