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Harmsworth founded 'Answers to Correspondents".
He founded it together with his brother and in the space of just 5 years they increased the circulation of their magazine to in excess of a million copies. Harmsworth founded and bought out other magazine periodicals and constructed the world’s largest magazine publishing house, called Amalgamated Press. -
Harmsworth bought the “London Evening News”.
He worked to introduce numerous popular features hitherto unseen in the daily press, including serialisations, social gossip and women’s columns. -
Harmsworth founded the “Daily Mirror”.
It was a women’s newspaper, which was forced to backtrack after initial sales proved disastrous. They wanted it to become a newspaper for both, women and men. The result was that it became a huge selling-newspaper. -
Harmsworth was made a baronet.
Even though he turned down the offer of a knighthood, he wished to become a baronet. -
Harmsworth bought the “Times”.
He reinvigorated it, galvanising its sales in the process. he owned it until his death. Then it was sold to John Jacob Astor. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
This happened one week after Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo. Austria-Hungary became very angry because of the loss. -
Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria-Hungary against Serbia
He promised “unconditional” support for whatever Austria-Hungary wants to do in its conflict with Serbia. He was outraged by Franz Ferdinand’s and his wife’s murder, because he knew them in person. So he felt sorry and decided to support Austria-Hungary. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany began its own mobilization and declared war when Russia refused their demands. -
Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium
Germany had a long strategy by the former chief of the German army, Alfred von Schlieffen, which said that they have to win the war in 6 weeks. -
Britain declared war on Germany
Germany invaded Belgium and Britain had agreed to help Belgium if it gets invaded by another nation. So they declared war on Germany. -
Battle of Marne
It was fought in the North and East of Paris by the French and British against the Germans, who had invaded Belgium and northeastern France. -
First Battle Of Ypres
It took place in Ypres, which is a town in western Belgium, between the Allied Powers and Germany. The German and Western Allied tried to secure the town from enemies. -
First Zeppelin raid on Britain
Two German Zeppelins drop bombs on Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn on the Eastern Coast of England. -
Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles
It was a massive attack by the British and French battleships on Turkish positions on Cape Helles and Kum Kaleh at the entrance of the Dardanelles. -
Start of the “Battle of Loos”
British forces launch an attack on German positions in Loos, Belgium. It was the time when the British used poison gas for the first time.
