WW1

  • June 28th 1914

    Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Serbian Nationalist
  • July 28th 1914

    July 28th 1914
    Austria-Hungary declares war! Thus the beginning of WW1
  • August 1st 1914

    Germany declare war against Russia
  • August 3rd 1914

    August 3rd 1914
    Germany declare war on France
  • August 7th 1914

    First British troops land in France
  • August 12th 1914

    Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary while Serbia invades Austria- Hungary
  • August 23rd 1914

    August 23rd 1914
    First Battle of contact called Battle of Mons
  • November 1st 1914

    British navy suffers with two ships sunk and no survivors
  • February 4th 1915

    Germany declares British Isles a war zone sinking ships can be done without warning
  • April 24th 1915

    April 24th 1915
    Hundreds of Armenian intellectuals arrested and executed by Turkish government
  • April 26th 1915

    Italy signs the Treaty of London to enter World War 1
  • May 7th 1915

    May 7th 1915
    Sinking of the Lusitania torpedoed without warning
  • July 1st 1916

    Battle of Somme. British Empire along with France against the German empire
  • November 21st 1916

    November 21st 1916
    Britannic sinks killing 30 people
  • January 9th 1917

    January 9th 1917
    Battle of Kut starts. Cornwallis sinks
  • March 3rd 1917

    Mexico teams up with Germany
  • April 6th 1917

    April 6th 1917
    USA declare war on Germany
  • June 25th 1917

    First American troops land in France
  • August 14th 1917

    China declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
  • November 5th 1917

    Germany determined to win
  • January 8th 1918

    January 8th 1918
    President Woodrow Wilson delivers speech to Congress
  • March 4th 1918

    Peace treaty signed German stops the invasion into Russia
  • November 11th 1918

    November 11th 1918
    World War 1 ends
  • January 18th 1919

    leaders from allied nations talk about a Paris Peace Conference to settle issues raised after the war
  • June 28th 1919

    June 28th 1919
    Germany signed Treaty of Versailles