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Assasination
Arch Duke Ferdinand was assasinated. -
Austria Hungary
July 28 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.[4] Russia mobilizes. -
Germany
Germany declares war on Russia and mobilizes -
Germany again
August 3 Germany declares war on France also Belgium denies permission for German forces to pass through to the French border -
Aug 7
The British Expeditionary Force arrives in France Spain declares "the strictest neutrality -
Aug 12
The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary -
Japan vs Germany
Japan declares war on Germany -
Central powers control Belgrade
also Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire and
Battle of Coronel. Von Spee's German cruiser squadron defeats a Royal Navy squadron under Christopher Cradock -
Secret Subs
Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare against merchant vessels -
Deportation
Deportation of Armenian intellectuals to Ankara, first act of the Armenian Genocide -
Treaty of London
Treaty of London between the Entente and Italy and also Battle of Trekkopjes. The battle was at an African town. -
Lusitania
The British liner Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat -
Start of the battle of Somme
The Battle of the Somme begins, was a fight between france and British Empire -
Sinking of HMHS Britannic
HMHS Britannic sinks after hitting a German mine and
Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, dies and is succeeded by Charles I -
Battle of Rafa
Battle of Rafa. The British drive the Ottomans out of Sinai -
French and Agadez
The French relieve Agadez -
US joins the war
The United States declares war on Germany -
US in France
First American troops land in France -
China Vs Germany and Austria-Hungary
China declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary -
Supreme War Council
The Allies agree to establish a Supreme War Council at Versailles -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points -
Spanish flu
First known case of what will later be called Spanish Flu: Private Albert Gitchell at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas. -
Armistice Campiegne
Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany: the Peace Conference opens in Paris -
Germany gets the L
Treaty of Versailles signed