Causes to World War 1 By sson970 Sep 3, 1879 The Dual Alliance -Germany and Austria-Hungary Sep 3, 1881 Austro-Serbian Alliance- Austria-Hungary and Serbia Sep 3, 1882 The Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy Sep 3, 1904 Entente Cordiale - Britain and France soon Russia which made Triple Entente Sep 3, 1907 The Triple Entente- Russia , Britain and France Sep 3, 1907 THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN ENTENTE Jul 23, 1914 Austria blamed Serbia for death of Franz Ferdinand and sent it an ultimatum. Jul 28, 1914 Austria declared war on Serbia and shelled it's capital, Belgrade. Jul 29, 1914 The Russian army got ready to help Serbia defend itself against the Austrian attack. Aug 1, 1914 Germany declared war on Russia. It also began to move it's army towards France and Belgium. Aug 2, 1914 The French army was puton a war footing ready to fight any German invasion. Aug 3, 1914 Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium, Britain ordered Germany to withdraw from Belgium. Aug 4, 1914 With the Germans still in Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany. Aug 6, 1914 Austria declares war on Russia.