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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during a visit to Sarajevo. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
One month after Archduke’s assassination. They felt that the appropriate response to this assassination was to plan a military invasion of Serbia. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany
This was the start of the first world war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian in Sarajevo a month before Austria-Hungary retaliates and declares war on Serbia. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Declared war on Czarist Empire on the same day -
Germany declares war on France-
Two days after declaring war on Russia. -
The United Kingdom declares war on Germany after Germany invades Belgium
Belgium government declared that they would uphold neutrality if a war was to come and Germany invaded them. British guarenteed military support for Belgiium, so when Germany declared war on Belgium , the British retaliate. -
First Battle of the Marne begins
The French attack the German. -
Battle of Ypres
German forces began the first of three battles to control the city Ypres on the north coast of Belgium. The battle came to a halt because of bad winter weather -
Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain
Kaiser Wilhelm proclaims the North Sea a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including neutral countries, were to be sunk with no warning. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Zimmermann sent a telegram instructing the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally. Germany also promised to restore to Mexico the lost territories of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, if they were victorious. -
The British ocean liner RMS Lustinania by German U-boat
A German U-Boat torpedoed the British ocean liner full of goods. 1,198 died, including 128 Americans, which is what enraged Americans and caused them to join the war. -
The U.S. Declares war on Germany
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson noted that Germany violated their pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The U.S. Senate voted in support to declare war on Germany. -
Bolsheviks overthrow government 78
This began the Bolshevik Revolution. Bolshevik forces entered the Winter Palace and arrested several members of government. -
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
First outlined in a speech he gave. They were the basis for a peace program. -
Russia withdraws from war
Russia was sufffering from the war. It was announced by the Bolsheviks -
Germany signs armistice
An agreement signed between France, Germany, and Britain to stop fighting. -
Treaty of Versailles
A peace settement or treaty signed after Worl War 1 had ended. It was signed at the Versailles Palace near Paris. It was signed by Germany and it's allies
