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28th June 1914 - Murder of Austria-Hungry archduke Franz Ferdinand In Sarajevo By Gavrilo Princip a Serbian Student.
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28 July 1914 - unhappy at Serbia's response, Austria-Hungry declares war on Serbia.
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29th July 1914 - Due to her Alliance, Russia mobilises to support Serbia.
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1st August 1914 - Due to the Alliances, Germany declares war on Russia.
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3rd August 1914 - Germany declares war on France.
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4th August 1914 - Germany invaded Belgium using the Schlieffen Plan. Britain declares war on Germany.
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5th August 1914 - Austria-Hungry declares war on Russia.
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By 12th August - France and Britain declare war on Austria-Hungry.
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On 19 August 1914 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress and made formally and publicly the U.S. policy of neutrality.
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The Battle of Tannenburg was a decisive engagement between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of World War I.
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At the start of the First World War that squadron was under the command of Admiral Graf von Spee.
