World War I

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  • Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    The ruler of Austria-Hungary was shot and killed by a Serbian activist and a member of the Black Hand. His name was Gavrilo Princip.

  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary crushed Serbia.
  • Russia began Mobilization

    Russia began Mobilization

    Russia, as Serbia's ally, began the readying of troops.

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Germany declares war on France

  • Germany invaded neutral Belgium.

  • Britan enters War

  • America is Neutral

    Woodrow Wilson declares it.

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

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

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

    Trench warfare begins as soldiers on both sides dig in.

  • The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat

  • U-boat torpedoed Sussex, a French ship.

  • 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.

  • The United States declares war on Germany.

  • The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government.

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

  • 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).

  • The Treaty of Versailles officially ends World War 1.