World War 1

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  • Assassination

    Assassination

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip

  • War

    Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia
  • War

    War

    Germany declares war on Russia, France and Belgium begin full mobilization

  • War

    Germany declares war on France, and invades Belgium.
  • Landing

    Landing

    The first British troops land in france

  • War

    Great Britain and France declare war on Austria Hungary
  • First Major Battle

    First Major Battle

    The battle of Mons was faught

  • Battle

    German and British Naval battle at Coronel, Chile
  • Raid

    Raid

    Raid on Suez Canal, an ottoman force of 13,000 troops invaded the Suez Canal

  • Armenian Genocide

    Ottoman government's form of exterminating 1.5 million Armenians
  • Treaty Of London

    Treaty Of London

    The treaty of London promised to bring Italy into the war

  • Lusitania

    The British ship the Lusitania is torpedoed by the German without warning
  • First Battle

    First Battle

    First day of the battle of the Somme, the British army loses 19,240 men

  • Ship sinks

    The Brittanic sinks in the Aegean Sea when a mine exploded killing 30 people
  • Battle

    Battle

    The battle of Rafa occurs near the border of Egypt, near Palistine

  • Communication

    German Foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman publicly talks about the Zimmerman Telegram
  • Declare War

    Declare War

    The United States declared war on Germany and officially enters the war

  • Landing

    The first American troops land in France
  • War

    War

    China declares war on Germany and Austria

  • Action

    Gen Pershing and United States troops finally see action on the western front
  • The Fourteen Points

    The Fourteen Points

    The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson

  • Flu

    First recorded case of Spanish flu at Funston Army Camp.
    Kanas ; start of worldwide pandemic killing 50-100 million
  • Armistice

    Armistice

    The Armistice ended fighting on land, sea, and air, and stopped arguments between the Allies and Germany

  • Paris Peace Conference

    The Paris Peace Conference, also known as Versailles Peace Conference, was the meeting of the victorious Allied Powers following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France