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Assasination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
On june 28, 1914 the heir to the Austrian throne, Archude Francis Ferdinand, was assasinated in the Bosnian city of Saravejo -
Austria's ultimatum to Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
Austria declares war on Serbia
The Austro Hungarian government waited three weeks following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne currently held by Franz Josef before issuing its formal response. -
Russia mobilizes
One of the main causes of World War I was the mobilization of Russia.Russia did not want to seem vulnerable to the other European countries.Russia promised to support France when it found out that Germany had declared war on France. -
German ultimatum to russia
At midnight, 31 July, the Kaiser sent an ultimatum to the Russians demanding that they stop all mobilization activities or face war. -
Germany declares war to russia
four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, two more great European powers Russia and Germany declare war on each other; the same day -
Germany declares war on france
two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long held strategy, conceived by the former chief of staff of the German army, Alfred von Schlieffen, for a two-front war against France and Russia. -
Great britain declares war on germany
great britain declered war on germany it was a decision that is seen as the start of world war 1
