World War 1

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    World War 1 Timeline

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated

    Arch duke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo
  • Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Britain declares war on Germany

  • Austria Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares on germany

  • Woodrow Wilson announces America will stay neutral

  • Volunteers arive at Valcartier camp

  • First battle of the Marne

  • U.K. announces that the North Sea is a military area.

  • An unofficial truce is called on Christmas

  • Germany declares war zone around Britain

  • Canadian Division moved to Ypres Salient

  • Second battle of Ypres

  • Battle of St.Julien

  • In flanders fields poem written John McCrae of C.E.F

  • British ship Lusitania sunk by german U-boat

  • Second Canadian Division formed in Canada

  • Battle of Givenchy

  • Battle of Verdun begins

  • Battle of St.Eloi Craters

  • Battle of Jutland

  • Battle of the Somme begins

  • Bolsheviks overthrow Russian goverment