World War I / Russian Revolution Timeline

  • Franco loses Alsace and Loraine to Germany

    Franco loses Alsace and Loraine to Germany

    Alsace Loraine was a German - speaking population so when France was defeated at the Franco-German war it was added to the Germn Empire.
  • Russo Japanese War

    Russo Japanese War

    Russo-Japanese War was a war that lasted from February 8th,1904 to September 5th, 1905 between Russia and Japan. It was a war over territorial claims and Japan was victorious becoming a world power.
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    Russo Japan War

    Russo-Japanese War was a war that lasted from February 8th,1904 to September 5th, 1905 between Russia and Japan. It was a war over territorial claims and Japan was victorious becoming a world power.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

    Bloody sunday took place in St Petersburg, Russia and was when unarmed demonstrators who were led by Father Georgy Gapon were shot at by soldiers when they were marching towards the Winter Palace.
  • Austria-Hungary Annexes Bosnia

    Austria-Hungary Annexes Bosnia

    Austria and Hungary wanted Bosnia to preserve balance of power in Europe, Austria Hungary annexes Bosinia which was formely under control of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Gavrilo Princip, a memeber of a Serbian Nationalist group called the "The Black Hand", shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie while they were visting the Bosnian capital. The assassination led almost directly to start of World War I.
  • Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria were killed by Serbian nationalist, and one month later Austria Hunhgary declared war on Serbian, causing the beginning of the first World War.
  • Russia mobilizes army

    Russia mobilizes army

    Russia supported France when Germany declared war on France and France wanted Russia to mobilize because they were scaed of the Germans. At first Germans thought they didn't have to worry about the Russians because they knew that it would take some time for them to get a move on, but when Russia did officially enter the war it was the 'largest standing army in the world', having a grand total of 5 million soildiers.
  • Germany invades Belgium

    Germany invades Belgium

    On August the 2nd Germany demanded passage through Belgium, Germany then invaded Luxembourg, the Belgium government refused Germany's demands and then Germany declared war crossing the border and attacking.
  • Start of the Battle of Marne

    Start of the Battle of Marne

    The first battle of Marne was instigated by the French army and the British against the Germans who had invaded Belgium and northeastern France.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania

    The Lusitania was on a route starting at New York and going to Liver pool england, Germany had engaged in submarine warfare with Great Britain and Ireland so when the saw it they torpetoed it. Germany obviously didn't realize it was a passenger ship becuase they were not supposed to fire at passenger ships, this later may have caused United States to join the war.
  • Start of the Battle of Verdun

    Start of the Battle of Verdun

    The Battle of Verdun was between Germany and French armies, fought on the Western front and was one of the largest battles of World War I.
  • Start of the Battle of the Somme

    Start of the Battle of the Somme

    Fought near the Somme river in France, this battle was one of the bloodiest. It all started in the first pase, the first attack was made by the French and the British, against Germany, the first phase eneded after several truces were made.
  • Zimmerman Telegraph found

    Zimmerman Telegraph found

    The Zimmermann Telegraph was from the "German foreign Office" to Germany and Mexico that offered a alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United Stated joined the World War against Germany, this was intercepted by British intelligence on the same day.
  • Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicates

    Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicates

    Nicholas was a lowsey ruler, getting his country in pricey wars that caused horrible defeats and a decrease in food available, soon Czar Nicholas was forced out of his throne by Petrograd insurgents after they demanded socialist reforms.
  • U.S enters World War I

    U.S enters World War I

    The United States tried to stay neutral, but because of the sinking of the Lusitania and German's attempt to get Mexico to declare war on the U.S throught the Zimmerman Note caused them to finally get involved.
  • Schlieffen Plan put into action

    Schlieffen Plan put into action

    The Sclieffen Plan was an attack on France and then Russia, once the Schlieffen plan was put into action it led the British to declare war on Germany.
  • Russian Civil War

    Russian Civil War

    Oct. 25, 1917 to Oct. 12, 1922
    The Russian Civil war was between Bolshevik Red Army and the White Russians, the Bolshevike won and the Union of Sovciet Socialish Republics was created.
  • October Revolution

    October Revolution

    Nov. 7 - Nov. 8, 1917
    The October Revolution overthrew the czar and brought a communist part called the Bolsheviks to power.
  • Fourteen Points Proposed

    Fourteen Points Proposed

    The fourteen point was a "statement of principles for world peace" that was used to negotioate the end of WWI.
  • Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty that ended Russia's participation in World War I.
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates

    Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates

    When World War I turned against the Germans, Wilhelm realized his power could no longer aid in defending against attacks.
  • Armistice Signed

    Armistice Signed

    Between the Allies and Germany, the armistice was an agreement to stop fighting on the Western Front.
  • Treaty of Versailles signed

    Treaty of Versailles signed

    The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that ended the war between Germany and the Allied powers.
  • Stalin takes over Russia

    Stalin takes over Russia

    Stalin was appointed to serve on the first Central Committe of the Bolshevik party and then three years later (1917) the Bolshevikes seived power in Russia, then the Soviet union was found (1922), Stalin was the dictator on the USSR and he ruled by terror and many died during his reign.