World War 1 Timeline

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Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated

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Jul 28, 1914

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

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Aug 1, 1914

Germany declares war on France and Russia

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Aug 2, 1914

Ottoman Empire declares war on the Allies

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Sep 12, 1914

Allies defeat the Germans at the first battle

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May 7, 1915

Attack on Lusitania

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1917

British intercept Zimmerman Telegram

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Apr 6, 1917

United States enters the war

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Dec 2, 1917

Russians leave the war

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Jan 8, 1918

President Wilson issues his ''Fourteen Points''

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Nov 11, 1918

Germany agrees to an armistice and fighting ends

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Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles signed ending World War 1