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(us) President Woodrow Wilson Inaugurated
President Woodrow Wilson, who would have serve as commander in chief during world War I, officially becomes President for the first of two terms. -
(EU) Archduke Franz Ferdinand shot in Sarajevo
On this day, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for world war 1, which would grow because of entangling alliance. -
(EU)Germany Threatens Submarine Warfare against Merchant vessels
Germany warns the neutral vessels in British waters it would be destroyed without warning the crew or passengers. -
(US)sinking of the lusitania
1 year after world war 1 a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS lusitania. killing 1,100 crew members and 120 Americans. -
US Chases Pancho villa
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(EU)Battle of the Somme
It was one of the largest battle in world war 1 and one of the bloodiest. -
Election of 1916 (US)
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(US)Woodrow Wilson asks congress for a Declaration of war
Woodrow wilson asks congress to declare war against Germany. The congress voted in favor of a war declaration. -
(US)United States declares war on Germany
After the request that wilson gave the congress they agreed to go to war with Germany after that the U.S was formally at war with Germany.
