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Russo-Japanese War
It was faught between the Russian Empire and the Jappanesse Empire. It was over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosina
the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary announces its annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dual provinces in the Balkan region of Europe formerly under the control of the Ottoman Empire. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/austria-hungary-annexes-bosnia-herzegovina -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
this event sparked an outbreak in world war 1. Earlier that day there as another assassination on his life. Someone tried to blow up his car. Later Gavrilo Princip was just wondering around in mid bite of his sandwhich archduke and his wife were driving around in his car and happened to drive by the sandwhich shop. Gavrilo Princip got up and walked out and shot archduke and his wife point blank. -
Austria-Hungry declares war on Serbia
happened when archduke was assassinated -
Russia mobilizes army
Russia didn't want to feel vulnerable so they started to support France when they found out Germany declared war on France. -
Schlieffen Plan put into action
a plan for a designated attack on France -
Germany invades Belgium
Two days before Germany ivaded Belgium German sent an ultimatum to Belgium wanting passages through there. On august 4th Belgium declined the demand. then Germany demaded war on them and came into Belgium and took over -
Start of the Battle of Marne
It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army.the peak of the German advance into France and pursuit of the Allied armies -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The ship was hit by a exploding torpedo. After that there was an larger explosion in which the ship sank not to long after that off the coast of Ireland. -
Start of the Battle of Verdun
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Start of the Battle of the Somme
a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire -
Zimmerman Telegraph found
it was a message from Germany for foreign secretary. it was from germany to mexico for an Mexian-German alliance -
Russian Czar Nicholas 11 abdicates
The way he handled Bloody Sunday and World War 1 led him to his abdication. -
U.S. Enter World War 1
At the beginning of World War 1 woodrow Wilson sated that the U.S. was nutreal. Then when Germany torpedod and sunk the luitania without a warning the U.S. started alining with Great Britain. -
October Revolution
the last major event in the russian revolution -
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Russian Civil War
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Fourteen Points proposed
they were the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war -
Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia signed it with the Central Powers. Ending the participation in World War I. -
Armistice Signed
the agreement that ended fighting in the western front -
Kaiser Wilhelm 11 abdicates
he was controlled by his generals, while others argue that he retained considerable polital power -
Treaty of Verailles signed
Ended world war 1 -
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Stalin takes over Russia
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Bloody Sunday
british soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilars
