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Assasination of Archduke Ferinand.
Archduke Ferdinand, heir to Austro-Hungarian throne os assasinated by Gavrilo Princip( Serbian) sparking World War I -
Austria-Hungary declares was on Serbia
After the assination of Archduke Ferdinand, and Serbias refusal of the ultimatum that Austrian leaders sent, Austria-Hungary starts World War I -
Russian mobilization
Czar Nicholas II prepares the Russian army (by mobilization: an act of war) against Autroa-Hungary -
Russia declares was on Germany
After fully mobilizing, Russia declares war on Germany. -
Germany declares war on Russia
After Russia mobilizes and declares was on GErmany, Germany mobilizes and declares war right back at Russia -
Germany declares war on France
General Alfred von Schlieffen creats the Schlieffen plan which splits Germany's troops up and all over the place. This includes along French-German boarders. Germany is required to declare war against France -
The battle of Tannenberg
Russia tried invading East Germany but was quickly defeated by the Germans -
The firts battle of the Marne
France stopped Germans and this became a stalemate and a trench war of the Western Front -
The battle of Masurian Lakes
Russians moved in to invade Germany, they were quickly defeated. Russia no longer was a threat to Germany after these battles. -
Italy changes sides
Italy betrays the triple alliance( With Germany and Austria) and attacks Austria. Then Italy joins the Triple Entente: This group consists of Britain, France, Russia, and now Italy. These are now just called Allies. -
Lusitania sunk
The lusitania is sunk by German forces -
The battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun began in France. 700,000 men will lose their lives over a few miles of land. -
The battle of Jutland
The only time German and British navel forces engage in direct battle, neither sied won -
The battle of Somme
British adn French troops attack Germans near the Somme River. After five months. British troops advance five miles. -
Grigori Rasputin is assassinated
Rasputin was assassinated on this night. He was behind the queen and no Russian citizen liked him so they killed him. -
Storming of Petrograd
10,00 women stormed through the city of Petrograd demanding " Peace and Bread", and " Down with Autocracy" -
Establishment of Russian Provisional Goverment
Consisting of mostly middle-class Duma reps, the provisional government was established. -
Czar steps down
On this day in history the end of a 300-year old Romanov Dynasty ends when Czar Nicholas II steps down from power -
America joins War
When Britain is on the verge of being defeated America swoops in and joins the war effort in Europe -
Fourteeen Points
President Woodrow Wilson, of America, made a speech on 14 points he believed in -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Lenin signed this treaty with GErmany giving up easter Poland, Ukrain, Finland, and Baltic provinces. Lenin made no complaint. -
Death of Czar and his family
Local soviet murders fromer czar and family and burns them in a closebyh mineshaft. -
Germans Defeated
General Ledendroff informs German leaders the war has been lost. -
The Treaty of Versailles
This was signed at the Paris Peace Conference -
Vladimir Lenins death
Vladimir Lenin Dies.
