Timeline: World War 1 | Timetoast

Jun 13, 1914

Franz Ferdinard

Heir to the Austrian throne
Jul 28, 1914

Franz Ferdinard Assassinated
Jul 28, 1914

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Aug 3, 1914

Germany invades Belguim

Used strategy known as Schlieffen plan
Period: Aug 26, 1914 to Aug 30, 1914

Battle of Tannenburg

Russia and Germany
Period: Sep 10, 1914 to Apr 22, 1915

1st battle of Marne
May 7, 1915

Sinking of Lusitania

Germany U-boat sank British Liner 1198 people dead
Period: Feb 21, 1916 to Dec 18, 1916

Battle of Verdun

largest and longest battles of the 1st world war
Period: May 31, 1916 to Jun 1, 1916

Battle of the Jutland

Naval Battle
Period: Jul 1, 1916 to Nov 15, 1916

Battle of Somme
Nov 8, 1916

U.S. Presidential Election

Wilson Won President
Apr 2, 1917

Us declares war
May 10, 1917

Selective Service Act
Oct 19, 1917

USSR withdraws from war
Mar 21, 1918

German Spring offensive of 1918
Nov 3, 1918

Alvin York

became famous because he opposed warfare on moral grounds
Nov 9, 1918

German Republic

Socialist leaders in the capital, Berlin, estabilish a German Republic
Nov 11, 1918

World War 1 ends
Feb 1, 1919

By. Elizabeth Nemeth & Veronica Forman