The First World War (1914 - 1918) by Renata Castilho By renatacastilho Aug 30, 1871 Creation of German Empire after victory over France Aug 30, 1882 Tripe Alliance between Germany, Austria and Italy Aug 30, 1894 Dual Alliance between France and Russia Aug 30, 1898 Beginning of German naval building programme Aug 30, 1902 Alliance between Britain and Japan Aug 30, 1904 Entente between Britain and France Aug 30, 1904 War between Russia and Japan leading to japanese victory. Aug 30, 1905 Tangier crisis Aug 30, 1907 Triple Entente between Britain, France and Russia Aug 30, 1908 Austrian annexation of Bosnia Aug 30, 1911 Agadir crisis Aug 30, 1911 Secret naval agreement btw. Britain and France Aug 30, 1911 Italian annexation of Lybia Aug 30, 1912 First Balkan War Aug 30, 1913 Second Balkan War Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria Jul 5, 1914 German assurace of support to Austria Jul 23, 1914 Austrian ultimatum to Serbia Jul 28, 1914 Austrian declaration of war on Serbia Jul 30, 1914 Full mobilisation of Russian troops Aug 1, 1914 German declaration of war on Russia Aug 3, 1914 German declaration of war on France + invasion of Belgium Aug 4, 1914 British declaration of war on Germany Aug 6, 1914 Austrian declaration of war on Russia