World War One Timeline By Mvinzini Period: Jan 1, 1909 to Dec 31, 1923 World War One Jan 23, 1909 1st radio sea rescue Mar 10, 1910 China ends slavery. Nov 18, 1911 Britain's first seaplane flies. Apr 15, 1912 Titanic sunk Jan 2, 1913 National Woman's Party forms. Feb 16, 1914 1st airplane flight from LA to SF. Jan 13, 1915 Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800. Jan 29, 1916 1st bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place. Aug 13, 1917 China declares war on Germany & Austria. Apr 4, 1918 Food riot in Amsterdam. Feb 24, 1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona. Jan 16, 1920 Georgia declares independence. Jan 3, 1921 Turkey makes peace with Armenia. May 26, 1922 Lenin has stroke. Apr 21, 1923 Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin.