World War I By akoop Period: 1870 to 1920 events leading up to & during WW1 1871 Germany Becomes Unified Nation 1878 Recognize Serbia Independence 1881 Three Emperors Alliance (RUS, GER, A-H) 1882 Triple Alliance (ITA, GER, A-H) 1894 FRA-RUS alliance 1904 Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railroad Completed 1904 RUS and JAP go to war 1904 US declares would take control in Latin American countries if unable to manage 1905 RUS and JAP end war w/US help 1907 Triple Entente (RUS, FRA, BRIT) 1910 KOR is JAP colony 1912 First Balkan War 1914 WWI BEGINS 1914 GER becomes strongest 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand dies 1914 Central Powers (GER, A-H, OTT) Jul 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia Aug 1, 1914 GER declares war on RUS Aug 3, 1914 GER declares war on FRA Aug 23, 1914 JAP declares war on GER 1915 Bulgaria joins Central Powers 1915 Italy joins the Allied Powers 1915 GER begins poison gas 1915 GER sinks Lusitania 1917 Food strikes across GER 1917 US declares war on GER 1917 RUS withdraws from war 1918 WWI ENDS 1918 GER troops surrender in East Africa Nov 11, 1918 GER signs Armistice 1919 International Conference about peace 1923 Turkey makes new treaty with the Allies