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First World War

  • The Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo.

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  • Council of Austro-Hungarian Ministers approve of draft ultimatum to Serbia.

  • Montenegro declares war on Austria-Hungary

  • Battle of the Grand Couronné (Nancy) begins

  • British seaplane raid on Cuxhaven.

  • National Registration Act becomes law in Great Britain

  • Evacuation of remainder of Gallipoli Peninsula ordered

  • King of Serbia arrives at Salonika

  • Russian forces cross the Danube into the Dobrudja to assist the Rumanian forces

  • Harwich flotilla action with German 6th torpedo boat flotilla in the North Sea

  • First contingent of United States troops arrives in France

  • Air Ministry formed in Great Britain.

  • Ufa and Sterlitamak (East Russia) taken by Bolshevik forces.