World War 1 (1914-1919)

World War 1

Period: Apr 21, 1913 to Apr 21, 1919

Roger Fry established the Omega Workshops

Jun 26, 1913

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

Great Britain declares war on Germany

Aug 4, 1914

The battle of Tannenberg begins

Aug 26, 1914

The battle of Ypres begins

Oct 15, 1914

Christmas Truce on the Western Front

Dec 25, 1914

German gas attack at Ypres

Apr 22, 1915

Sinking of Lusitania

May 7, 1915

Germans attack at Verdun

Feb 21, 1916

Start of the Battle of the Somme

Jul 1, 1916

First use of the tanks, in the Battle of the Somme

Sep 15, 1916

United States declares war on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

King George V changes his name to Windsor

Jul 17, 1917

British attack at Passchendaele

Oct 12, 1917

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates

Nov 9, 1918

Armistice

Nov 11, 1918

Paris Peace Conference

Jan 12, 1919

Treaty of Versailles signed

Jun 28, 1919