-
Period: to
Russo-Japanese War
War fought between Russia and Japan over territory claims -
Bloody Sunday
Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard -
Period: to
Stalin takes over Russia
-
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
-
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinard
Gavrilo Princip shoots Ferdinard and his wife. Causing Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo -
Russia mobilizes army
As an ally of Serbia Russia announces full mobilization on there armed forces -
Germany invades Belgium
-
Schlieffen Plan
Was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance -
Period: to
Battle of Marne
Allied victory against the German Army. -
Period: to
October Revolution
Overthrew the czar and brought the Bolsheviks -
Sinking of the Lusitania
German U-Boat shoots at boat killing people and one cause to make U.S. join the war -
Period: to
Start of the Battle of Verdun
Largest battle on the Western Front between the German and French armies -
Period: to
Battle of Somme
Was the battle of World War I fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire -
Zimmerman Telegraph
A message sent to the German ambassador to Mexico. -
Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Czar Nicholas II is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents -
U.S enters World War I
After the two incidents U.S. decides to join war -
Period: to
Russian Civil War
Bolshevik Red Army vs. White Russians -
Fourteen Points
principles for world peace -
Armistice signed
Ended World War I -
Treaty of Versailles signed
ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
was force to step-down from his throne
