World War I

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  • June 28, 1914

    June 28, 1914

    Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated

  • July 28,1914

    Austria declares war on Serbia

  • August 1,1914

    Germany declares war on Russia

  • August 3,1914

    Germany declares war on France and Belgium
  • August 4, 1914

    August 4, 1914

    Germany invades Belgium, British declare war on Getmany
  • October 29,1914

    October 29,1914

    Ottoman Empire enters war
  • January 1915

    January 1915

    First German Zeppelin raid on England
  • May 7,1915

    May 7,1915

    Sinking of the Lusitania, a passenger ship carrying Americans, by a German U-boat
  • May 23, 1915

    May 23, 1915

    Italy enters war
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    Feb 21-Dec 18,1916

    Battle of Verdun takes over one million casualties, but ends in a stalemate after months of fighting
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    July 1-Nov 18,1916

    Battle of the Somme takes an estimated one million casualties, no clear winner.
  • Early 1917

    Early 1917

    Germany increases U-Boat fighting
  • January 19,1917

    January 19,1917

    British intercept the Zimmerman Note Telegram supposedly sent from the German Reich to Mexico, urging Mexico to go to war against the US
  • March 15,1917

    March 15,1917

    Tsar Nicholas of Russia abdicates

  • April 6,1917

    US declares war against Germany
  • July 3,1917

    July 3,1917

    First US troops land in France

  • December 26,1917

    British capture Jerusalem from the Ottoman Turks
  • October 1918

    October 1918

    Allies take back France and Belgium
  • January 8,1918

    January 8,1918

    Woodrow Wilson reveals his14 points
  • April 1,1918

    April 1,1918

    RAF (Royal Air Force) is founded
  • May 23,1918

    May 23,1918

    German planes bomb Paris
  • October 30,1918

    October 30,1918

    Ottoman Empire signs an armistice

  • November 9,1918

    Kaiser Wilhelm ll abducted and Germany forms Wiemar Republic
  • November 11,1918

    November 11,1918

    Armistice is signed ending WWI