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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The Black Hand supplied a group of students with weapons. A Serbian nationalist student, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, when their open car stopped at a corner on its way out of the town. -
Austria declared war on Serbia
Austrian government blamed the Serbian government for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife and declared war on Serbia -
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World War 1
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Germany declared war on Russia
Germany declared war on Russia -
Germany declared war on France
German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan, drawn up in 1905 -
Battle of Tannenberg
The battle was a heavy defeat for the Russians with thousands of men killed and 125,000 taken prisoner. Although the Germans won the battle, 13,000 men were killed -
Battle of Masurian Lakes
Germans were unable to defeat the army completely, over 100,000 Russians were taken prisoner. -
Zeppelins
The first Zeppelins appeared over the English coast -
Battle of Jutland
German forces, confined to port by a British naval blockade, came out in the hope of splitting the British fleet and destroying it ship by ship -
First Aeroplane raid
The first German air raid on London took place -
Armistice signed
11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end
