Causes Of World War 1 By solanaleung Period: Jan 1, 1871 to Dec 31, 1914 Causes of World War 1 May 10, 1871 End of Franco-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War (wiki) Jan 1, 1872 The Three Emperors' League Three Emperors' League Oct 7, 1879 Dual Alliance Dual Alliance Jan 1, 1881 The Three Emperors' Alliance Renewal of the Three Emperors' League May 20, 1882 Triple Alliance Triple Alliance Jun 18, 1887 Reinsurance Treaty (Gearman, Russia) Reinsurance_Treaty Jun 18, 1888 Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II Jan 1, 1890 Bismark Resigns bismarck_otto_von Period: Jan 1, 1892 to Jan 1, 1894 Franco-Russian Alliance Franco-Russian_Alliance Sep 15, 1897 Austro-Russian Agreement Jan 1, 1898 Fashoda Incident Fashoda_Incident Mar 28, 1898 German Naval Law German Naval Law Jun 12, 1900 Second German Naval Law Jan 30, 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance anglo japanese alliance Period: Jan 1, 1904 to Jan 1, 1905 Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War Apr 8, 1904 Entente Cordiale entente cordiale May 1, 1905 First Morrocan Crisis Moroccan-crises Jan 16, 1906 algeciras_conference algeciras_conference_1906 Jan 1, 1907 Anglo-Russian Entente Anglo-Russian-Entente Jan 1, 1907 Triple Entente Triple_Entente Oct 1, 1908 Bosnia Crisis austria-hungary-annexes-bosnia-herzegovina Jul 1, 1911 Second Moroccan Crisis Second-Moroccan-Crisis Oct 1, 1912 First Balkan War First_Balkan_War Jun 29, 1913 Second Balkan War Second_Balkan_War Jun 28, 1914 Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand Jul 6, 1914 Germany's 'Blank Cheque' to Austria-Hungary Germany's Blank Cheque Jul 23, 1914 Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia austrian ultimatum Jul 30, 1914 Russia mobalization time line of WW1 Aug 1, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia Aug 3, 1914 Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium Aug 4, 1914 Britain declares war on Germany
