World War I

Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife

Jun 28, 1914

Austria-Hungary declares war

Jul 28, 1914

Russia declares war

Jul 31, 1914

Germany declares war

Aug 1, 1914

First Battle of the Marne

Sep 5, 1914

First War World battle, took place at the Maine River in Paris, France.

Christmas Truce

Dec 25, 1914

German and British troops joined for a Christmas celebration along the Western Front.

Sinking of Lusitania

May 7, 1915

The British boat was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk.1,198 people died.

Battle of Somme

Jul 1, 1916

Fought by British and French armies against German empire on both sides of the river Somme in France.

Woodrow Wilson was re elected

Nov 7, 1916

Zimmermann Note

Jan 16, 1917

Seceret telegram sent by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann. Offered an alliance with Mexico in the even of the US enetering WW1 against Germany.

US declares war on Germany.

Apr 2, 1917

US Selective Service Act

May 18, 1917

Wilson declares his 14 points.

Jan 8, 1918

End of WW1

Nov 11, 1918

Treaty of Versailes signed

Jun 28, 1919

Signed exactly 5 years of Assasination of Archduke and his wife.