Outbreak of World War I; German declaration of war on Russia
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WWI
Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality
Opening of the First Battle of the Marne
Opening of the First Battle of the Aisne; start of trench warfare
First German air raid on Britain
Germany announces "war zone" in British waters
British begin naval action against the Dardenelles
American citizen dies in sinking of first passenger ship, theBritish liner, Falaba
Second Battle of Ypres begins
British landing on Gallipoli Peninsula
France, Russia, Italy and Britain conclude secret Treaty of London
Lusitania sunk by German U-boat off Irish coast
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
Two Americans die in sinking of Arabic off Ireland
The Washington Post carries story that General Staff is planning to send a force of 1 million soldiers overseas
War College Division denies allegations in Washington Post
Henry Ford's peace ship, Oskar II, begins voyage to Europe
Wilson launches nationwide whistle-stop campaign to generate support for Preparedness with three speeches in New York
Wilson delivers final speech of Preparedness campaign in St. Louis
Beginning of ten month Battle of Verdun
Senate adjourns without passing Armed Ship Bill; "Little group of willful men" successfully filibuster
Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico
Pershing starts pursuit of Villa into Mexico
French passenger ship, Sussex, torpedoed
American naval and military attaches in Paris and London draft plan for mobilizing US shipping to carry an American army to Europe, but their plan is ignored
Rebellion begins in Ireland on Easter Monday
Marshal Lord Kitchener, British Secretary of State for War, asking for American military participation in Europe
National Defense Act authorizes five-year expansion of US Army, but at the same time drastically limits size and authority of US War Department General Staff
Battle of the Somme opens; British suffer approximately 60,000 casualties on the first day
Battle of the Somme opens; British suffer approximately 60,000 casualties on the first day
Jersey City,N.J. munitions plant destroyed; German sabotage suspected
Germany suspends submarine assaults
Tanks introduced on the Somme battlefield by the British
Germany resumes U-boat attacks under search and destroy rules
Wilson wins reelection, which was in doubt until the California returns
German leaders decide to launch unrestricted U-boat warfare
Germany announces resumption of unrestricted U-boat warfare
Germany resumes unrestricted U-boat warfare
US severs relations with Germany
Great Britain releases Zimmermann Note to US
Wilson requests authority from Congress to arm US merchant ships
Zimmermann Note released to press by State Department; Armed Ship Bill passes House
Wilson announces arming of merchant ships by executive order
Culmination of "February Revolution"; Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Wilson publicly calls for a national army to be "raised and maintained exclusively by selective draft"
Wilson delivers war address to Congress at 8:32 pm
US declares war on Germany
Lenin arrives in Russia
Selective Service Act signed by Wilson
General Staff issues plan to ship American forces at a rate of 120,000 per month beginning in August; this rate of dispatch would not be realized until April 1918
Espionage Act
First US troops (1st Division) arrive in France
War Revenue Act; graduated income tax authorized
Bolsheviks seize power in Russia
United States and Austria-Hungary at war
Jerusalem captured by British
Central Powers and Soviets open peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk
Wilson's Fourteen Points speech to joint session of Congress
Soviet Russia and Central Powers make peace with Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Sedition Act; amendment to Espionage Act of 1917
German U-boats make their first appearance in US waters
Allied Supreme War Council supports intervention in Siberia
Wilson agrees to American intervention in Siberia
Opening of last phase of German offensive (Second Battle of the Marne)
Allied counterattack seizes strategical initiative from Germans; nine US divisions participate
American troops land at Archangel in North Russia
United States launches St. Mihiel offensive
Germans and Austrians send notes to Wilson requesting an armistice
Germany ceases unrestricted U-boat warfare
Mutiny of the German fleet at Kiel
Congressional elections result in Republican control of Congress
Armistice goes into effect at 11 AM, the eleventh day of the eleventh month
Wilson announces that he will attend peace conference personally
Sparticist (Communist) revolt begins in Berlin
eace negotiations start at Paris
Peace conference accepts principle of League of Nations
Lodge starts campaign against League of Nations
Founding of Comintern (Third International) at Moscow
Wilson becomes sick with influenza
Allies evacuate Odessa
Treaty of Versailles signed in Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
