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The Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary is established.
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Bismarck unites all Germanic countires to make the German Confederation and becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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This is a timeline that plots events that lead up to World War I.
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Established between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia to prevent either one of them to become allies with France. They will help each other if one of them is attacked by an outside power.
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Austria-Hungary and Germany establish the Dual Alliance for when Russia attacks or if Russia helps someone else to attack them, they would aid each other.
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Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany establish this alliance in order to keep Italy and Austria-Hungary from fighting each other, and they will help each other if France attacks them or one of them attacks France.
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Bismarck tried to establish this treaty between Germany and Russia. If Germany goes to war with France, then Russia will stay out. This was an attempt to prevent a two-front war, which Bismarck feared.
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Bismarck's assumption that there were five powers in Europe: France, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary). Germany's security would be maintained if it were allies with at least two other powers.
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If Germany attacks France, Russia will attack Germany. If Germany attacks Russia, France will fight.
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Heir to the Austrian throne in 1896.
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Settled colonial differences between France and Great Britain in North Africa and established an alliance.
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Settling colonial differences between France, Great Britain, and Russia in Persia, Tibet, and Afghanistan.
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The First Balkan war begins between Turkey and the Balkan League
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The war between the Balkan League and Turkey.
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The Second Balkan War begins between Serbia , Greece, and Bulgaria.
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This war occurs when Greece and Serbia occupy Macedonia, which belonged to Bulgaria. Bulgaria engaged in war and eventually lost, almost all the land given to Serbia, Romania, and Greece.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, causing a chain of declarations of war and eventually WWI. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, Russia declares war on Austria,
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Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia, demanding it to suppress anti-Austrian protests/propoganda and to dismiss any officials that may object to Austria-Hungary.