World War 1 Timeline (for Ms. Marquez)

By A_Palacios_World_1

  • June 28 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    June 28 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia.

  • • July 28 1914

    • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

  • • August 1

    -- Germany declares war on Russia

  • August 3

    • August 3 - Germany declares war on France.

  • August 4

    August 4 - The United Kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades Belgium.

  • August 6

    • August 6 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany.

  • August 19

    • August 19 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces the U.S. will remain neutral.

  • August 26

    • August 26 - The Battle of Tannenberg begins.

  • September 5

    • September 5 - The First Battle of the Marne begins. Trench warfare begins as soldiers on both sides dig in.

  • October 19

    • October 19 - Battle of Ypres begins.

  • November 3

    • November 3 - The United Kingdom announces that the North Sea is a military area, effectively creating a blockade of goods into Germany.

  • December

    • December 24 The unofficial Christmas truce is declared.

  • February 4

    • February 4 - Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.

  • February 19

    February 19 - The Dardanelles Campaign begins.

  • April 22

    • April 22 - The Second Battle of Ypres begins. It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas.

  • April 25

    • April 25 - The Battle of Gallipoli begins.

  • May 7

    • May 7 - The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat, U-20

  • September 5

    • September 5 - Tsar Nicholas II takes personal control over Russia's armies.

  • February 21

    • February 21 - The Battle of Verdun begins. The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War 1 and was one of the bloodiest.

  • May 31

    • May 31 - The Battle of Jutland, the major naval battle of the war, begins.

  • July 1

    • July 1 - The Battle of the Somme begins. During the Battle of the Somme, tanks are first introduced into battle.

  • January 19

    • January 19 - Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message.

  • March 15

    • March 15 - Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicates.

  • April 6

    • April 6 - The United States declares war on Germany.

  • July 31

    • July 31 - The Battle of Passchendaele (also known as the Third Battle of Ypres) begins.

  • November 7

    • November 7 - The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government.

  • December 17

    • December 17 - The armistice agreed upon between the new Russian government and the Central Powers goes into effect.

  • January 8

    • January 8 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.

  • March 3

    • March 3 - Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers.

  • March 21

    • March 21 - Germany launches the Spring Offensive.

  • April 21

    • April 21 - German flying ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen (more commonly known as the Red Baron), is shot down.

  • July 15

    • July 15 - The Second Battle of the Marne begins.

  • November 9

    • November 9 - German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany.

  • November 11

    • November 11 - Germany signs the armistice at Compiegne, France. Fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (i.e. 11 a.m. on November 11).

  • June 28th, END of WW1

    • June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles officially ends World War 1.