world war 1 timeline By deacon Jan 1, 1879 duel alliance Germony Austro-Hungarian. Jan 1, 1882 The tripple Alliance Germony,Austro-Hungarian and Italy. Jan 1, 1894 Duel alliance France and Russia. Jan 1, 1901 Australian states fedarate. Jan 1, 1904 France and Britain. Jan 1, 1907 Triple Entente Britain,Russia and france. Jan 1, 1914 Franz Ferdahan assasinated in Serbia. Jul 23, 1914 Austro-Hungaria pressents demands to Serbia. Jul 28, 1914 Austro-Hungarian declared war on serbia. Jul 29, 1914 Russia backs Serbia. Aug 1, 1914 Germany declars war on Russia. Aug 3, 1914 Germany invaded france through Belgium. Aug 4, 1914 Britian declares war on Germany. Aug 6, 1914 Austria hungarian declares war on Russia. Aug 23, 1914 Japan declares war on Germany. Aug 29, 1914 Turkey joind tripple alliance. May 23, 1915 Italy enters the war for the triple alliance. Aug 6, 1915 Batte of lone pine stars. Aug 7, 1915 The battle of Lone Pine starts. Nov 18, 1916 The battle of somme ended. Apr 11, 1917 The battle of bullecourt started. Jun 7, 1917 The battle of messines started. Jun 14, 1917 The battle of messines ended. Apr 24, 1918 The battle of villers bretonneux started.