World War I Timeline

  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    He got shot by a Serbian nationalist along with his wife.
  • Great War begins

    Great War begins

    Started due to the assassination of Francis Ferdinand by a member of the “Black Hands” group, Gavrilo Princip
  • Kaiser declares “open season” on ships

    Kaiser declares “open season” on ships

    Kaiser instructed for his people to sink any and all ships they encountered
  • Lusitania sank

    Lusitania sank

    Germany subs sank a ship named the lusitania.
  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle of the Somme

    British and French against germans.
  • Wilson re-elected

    Wilson re-elected

    Wilson is re elected as president
  • Zimmerman note intercepted

    Zimmerman note intercepted

    note intercepted from germany asking alliance with mexico.
  • US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on germany.
  • Convoy system

    Convoy system

    Travelling in groups to protect merchant ships from attacking countries
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act

    This required all men between the ages of 21-30 to register for military service.
  • Espionage Age passed

    Espionage Age passed

    This has been amended numerous times of the years. It originally was found in Title 50 of the U.S. Code (War) but now it can be found under Title 18, Crime.
  • Russia pulls out of the war

    Russia pulls out of the war

    They withdrew because of major military reversals they experienced in the field and because of the internal upheaval and political change that had accumulated from the Bolshevik Revolution.
  • Fourteen Points speech

    Fourteen Points speech

    Woodrow Wilson made a speech to promote world peace
  • Germany signs armistice

    Germany signs armistice

    Called for a ceasefire and the eventual end of World War 1. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
  • Sedition Act passed

    Sedition Act passed

    Put further restrictions on speech and arms within the country
  • Flu Epidemic

    Flu Epidemic

    It killed an estimated 50 million people. It attacked over one-fifth of the world's population.