-
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were killed by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip while on a visit to Sarajevo. Princip shot Ferdinand at point blank range while travelling in his car from a town hall -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Because Archduke Francis Ferdinand, was assassinated in Sarajevoby a Serbian nationalist, Austria-Hungary issued Serbia an unacceptable ultimatum, then they declared the war on Serbia on 28th July 1914. -
Germany invades Belgium
The German invasion of Belgium was the first campaign of World War I and the cause of the entry of Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland into the conflict on the side of the Allied powers of World War I. -
Period: to
Battle of Cer
The Serbs defeat the Austro-Hungarians -
Period: to
Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg was an engagement between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of World War I. It was fought by the Russian Second Army against the German Eighth Army -
First Battle of the Marne
The outcome bringing to an end the war of movement that had dominated the First World War since the beginning of August. -
Perthes
Fighting begins at Perthes. -
Period: to
Seige
The Ottomans Siege the Armenian city of van. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Hastened the United States' entrance into World War I. -
Period: to
Battle of Verdun
Fought on the Western Front between the German and French armies, on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse in north-eastern France. -
Period: to
Battle of the Jutland
Was a Naval battle fought by the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet -
Period: to
Battle of the Somme
A battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. -
The Telegram
The German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends a telegram to his ambassador in Mexico, instructing him to propose to the Mexican government an alliance against the United States. -
US declares War
Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. -
Period: to
Battle of Caporetto
The Austro-Hungarians and Germans break through the Italian lines. The Italian army is defeated and falls back on the Piave River. -
USSR withdraws from war
Russa was having a revolution to overthrow the Tzar, who was keeping Russia in the war, though they were losing many men. And morale was very very low. -
German Spring offensive of 1918
A series of German attacks along the Western Front during World War -
World War 1 Ends
Fighting in World War I came to an end following the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany that called for a ceasefire effective at 11 a.m. It was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
