The First World War and the Russian Revolution

By pmarquezp
  • 1882

    1882

    The Triple Alliance, formed by Germany, Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was created at the initiative of Kaiser Otto von Bismarck.

  • 1898

    The Russian Social Democratic Labour was founded, led by Lenin.
  • 1905

    1905

    The Russian Revolution of 1905 took place looking for the end of the autocracy , the Tsar responded with brutal repression but finally agreed to hold elections to the parlament until he returned to autocratic rule a few years later.

  • 1906

    Algeciras Conference authorised a Franco-Spanish protectorade forcing the Germans to back down in the Moroccan uprising.

  • 1908

    The annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina took place increasing the tensions in the Balkans.
  • 1907

    1907

    The Triple Entente was signed by France, Great Britain and Russia.
  • 1911

    1911

    Germans sent gunboats to the port of Agadir, France ceded Kamerun to germans.
  • 1912

    1912

    The First Balkan War took place.
  • 1913

    1913

    The Second Balkan War took place
  • 28 June 1914

    28 June 1914

    Franz Ferdinand was assessinated in Sarajevo. Austria-Hungary accused Serbia of the assessination.
  • 28 July 1914

    28 July 1914

    Ausria-Hungary declared war on Serbia starting a chain reaction that ended up with the major powers involved in a war.

  • 3 August 1914

    France joined the war in the Allied side.

  • 1915

    Italy and Bulgaria joined the war in the Allied and Central Powers sides respectively. Germany sank the american ocean liner Lusitania.
  • 1916

    1916

    France stopped a German offensive in the Battle of Verdun, meanwhile British and French attacked German lines in the Battle of the Somme. Romania joined the war in the Allied side.

  • April 1917

    United States joined the war in the Allied side. launched the April theses.
  • February 1917

    February 1917

    Tsar Nicholas II abdicated and Russia was proclaimed as a republic.
  • October 1917

    October 1917

    The Red Guard took the control of Petrograd and the Winter Palace and the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government.

  • November 1917

    Elections were held in Russia. Bolsheviks got only 25%.
  • March 1918

    March 1918

    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed and Russia got out the war.
  • 11 November 1918

    11 November 1918

    Was signed an armistice that ended the war.
  • January 1919

    January 1919

    The Treaty of Versailles was signed blaming Germany as guilty of the war. The League of Nations was founded to guarantee the peace and cooperation between states.
  • 1921

    1921

    The Bolsheviks won the Russian Civil War.
  • 1922

    1922

    The USSR was formed.