World War 1 Major Events

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife

    Franz and his wife were driving in a open car when someone threw a bomb at it and missed and wounded an officer. After that Princip saw his chance and shot Franz and his wife.
  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Germany pressured Austria-Hungary to make a quick decision.
  • Germany declares war on Russia

    Germany declares war on Russia

    Germany declared war on Russia because Russia was supporting Serbia.
  • Germany declares war on France

    Germany declares war on France

  • Great Britain declares war on Germany

    Great Britain declares war on Germany

  • Germany invades Belgium

    Germany invades Belgium

  • Battle of Marne

    Battle of Marne

    The first battle of World War 1 and was a trench warfare.
  • Sinking of Lusitania

    Sinking of Lusitania

    Germany used there U-boat to sink Lusitania.
  • Battle of Verdun

    Battle of Verdun

    This battle had over 600,000 casualties.
  • Sussex Pledge

    Sussex Pledge

    Germany limited their submarine warfare. And promise to warn before attacking neutral ships.
  • Battle of Somme

    Battle of Somme

    One of the bloodiest military battle. It ended on November 1, 1918
  • The Zimmerman note is intercepted

    The Zimmerman note is intercepted

    The from Germany told Mexico to attack the U.S. to distract them so U.S. wouldn't join the world.
  • Russian Revolution breaks out

    Russian Revolution breaks out

    The Russians lost faith in their leadership. Government corruption broke out.
  • US declares war against Germany

    US declares war against Germany

    US declared war on Germany mainly because of the Zimmerman letter.
  • Battle of Argonne Forest

    Battle of Argonne Forest

    Was one of the most massive American attacks. This attack was on Germany.