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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Francis Ferdinana heir to the Austria-Hungary throne and his wife are assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarejevo. -
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World War I
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Declaration of War
Germany declares war on Russia at 7:10 p.m. Italy declines to take part of the war. Sir Edward Grey protests against detention of British ships in Hamburg. Belgium announces her intention of upholding her neutrality. Austria at last moment appears accommodating to England. French mobilization at 3:40 p.m. This is the official outbreak of World War I -
Germany decides to commence attack on Belgium.
Germany delcares war on neutral Belgium and invades on a plan of defeating France quickly, but doing so breaks the treaty signed by Prussia to repsect Belgian neutrality. Britain declares war on Germany as a result to the invasion. Canada also joins the war. America is declared neutral. -
Italy Declared War on Germany and Austria
Italian Note to the ministers of Italy in foreign countries on the denunciation of the Triple Alliance. Austrian attack in the Carnic Alps. Battle of Festubert: German attack repulsed -
The Start of the Battle of Verdun
The German siege of Verdun and its ring of forts, which comprised the longest battle of the First World War, has its roots in a letter sent by the German Chief of Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, to the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, on Christmas Day 1915. -
U.S.A. Declares War on Germany
Effective April 6, 1917, at 1:18 p.m.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlined the case for declaring war upon Germany in a speech to the joint houses of Congress on 2 April 1917. A formal declaration of war followed four days later, on 6 April 1917. -
Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks
This series of battles which constitute the Jerusalem Operations were successfully fought by the British Empire's XX Corps, XXI Corps, and the Desert Mounted Corps against stiff opposition by the Ottoman 7th Army in the Judean Hills and the 8th Army north of Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast. As a result of these victories, British Empire forces captured Jerusalem. -
The Battle of Caporetto
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Second Battle of the Marne started.
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Germany signed an armistice with the Allies. This is also the official date of the end of WWI
