World War 1 By Payton_Bennett Apr 24, 1870 France VS. Prussia Apr 23, 1871 Prussia and Germany Unify Apr 24, 1888 King Wilhelm 1 dies. His son, Wilhelm the 2 takes over empire Apr 24, 1894 French-Russian Alliance Apr 24, 1894 Nicholas 1 crowned Tsar Apr 24, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia Apr 24, 1914 Germany VS. France Apr 24, 1914 England VS. Germany Jun 28, 1914 The Austrian/Hungarian Archduke,Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated Apr 23, 1915 Lusitania (British ship with American passengers) sinks