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Whilst visiting Sarajevo, Archduke Franz Ferndinand of the Austria-Hungarian Empire was assasinated by Gustav Princip of the Serbian 'Black Hand' Movement.
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Austria-Hungary appeals to Germany for support to help it deal with Serbia.
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Germany responds by giving a ‘Blank Cheque’ to Austria-Hungary.
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Serbia agrees to all but one of Austria-Hungary’s demands.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
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Russia mobilises and Germany threatens war if Russia does not rescind its mobalisation order.
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Germany declares war on Russia. France, seeing an opportunity to take revenge against Germany, mobilises to support Russia.
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Germany, hurrying to implement its ‘Schlieffen Plan’ and avoid war on two fronts, declares war on France.
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Germany invades neutral Belgium as part of the Schlieffen plan. Britain, supporting its allies and honouring its promise to defend Belgian neutrality, declares war on Germany.
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Austria-Hungary threatens war against Serbia if Serbia fails to agree to a long list of demands within 24 hours. The list was specifically made to be impossible.
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Russia decides to help Serbia in the hopes of weakening Austria-Hungary’s influence in the Balkans.
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Prior to the Gallipoli landing, Winston Churchill convinced the British Government that it was neccessary to bombard the area they planned to invade.
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Hill 60 - named, as was often the case with such features during the war, after its height in metres (although referred to as Kaiajik Aghyl by the Turks) - was the sole prominent feature sited between Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay. Its possession was therefore a stated Allied aim and its capture would provide for safer communications between the two Allied sectors.
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In the wake of the failure of the Allied attacks at Scimitar Hill and Hill 60 beginning 21 August 1915, intended to link the two Allied sectors of Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay, Mediterranean Commander-in-Chief Sir Ian Hamilton telegraphed London in a state of increasing despondency.
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Lenin arrives in Russia
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T.E. Lawrence and the Arabs capture Aquaba
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia results in Communist government under Lenin taking office
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Germany ceases unrestricted submarine warfare.
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Germany negotiates an armistice with the Allies in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne
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Wilhelm II steps down as King of Germany
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The ruling body of Monarchy is no longer ruling Germany
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Armistice day; fighting ceases at 11am
