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Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
The Archduke and his wife decided to inspect the Austria-Hungary troops in Bosnia. A Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke and his wife, when their open car stopped at a corner on its way out of Sarajevo. -
Austria Sends Serbia an Unlitmatum
With the help of Germany, Austria sends a ultimatum to Serbia, with three demands, They must end all anti-austrian agitation, they must punsish any Serbian official involved in the murder plot, and they must let Austria join the investigation. -
Austria Declared War on Serbia
The Austrian government blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of the Archduke and his wife, and declared war on Serbia. -
Germany Declares War on Russia and France
Germany declared war on Russia on August 1st, 1914, and war on France on August 3rd, 1914. Germany invaded Belgium, as directed under the Schlieffen Plan. The British foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding their withdrawl from Belgium. -
Japan Declared War on Germany
Japan declared war on Germany through their alliance with Britian, signed in 1902. -
Ottoman Empire Enters the War
The Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of the central powers and gave help to a German naval bombardment of Russia. -
First Zeppelins Used
The first Zeppelins were used in the war. They first appeared over the English coast. A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century. It was based on designs he had outlined in 1874 and detailed in 1893. -
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Battle at Gallipoli
It took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. A joint British and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia. -
Lusitania Sinks
On the afternoon of May 7, the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-Boat, 11 miles off the Southern coast of Ireland, and sank in just 18 minutes with a loss of 1198 lives. The loss of 128 Americans among the dead helped to stimulate anti-German sentiment in the USA, leading eventually to its own declaration of war several years later. -
Consription Introduced into Britian
Consription is the forceful draft system. The military would take young men, as young as the age of 15, and send them into the battlefield. Consription was used all the way up to WW2.
