-
The assassination triggered WWI. Both Archduke and his wife were killed. Gavrilo Princip was the killer.
-
Kaiser Willhelm prmosise Austria the Germanu will give them their unconditional support. This promise is also reffered to as the blank check assurance
-
Austria sent Serbia a final set of demands.
-
Russia mobilizes against Austria-Hungry in favor of serbia. This causes a chain reaction.
-
WWI begins
-
Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, making a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.
-
The Battle of Gallipoli begins
-
British ocean liner Lusitania sunk, killing 198 people. Germany agress to stop submarine patrols to keep U.S. neutral.
-
Tsar Nicholas II takes personal control over Russia's armies.
-
This date signifies the start of the battle of Verdun. This battle was a battle between the German and French armies.
-
The United States declares war on Germany.
-
The Battle of Passchendaele begins.The battle was also known as the Third Battle of Ypres.
-
-
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia leavess the war with German concession of Baltics, Caucasus, Finland, Poland, and Ukraine.
-
The treaty of versailles ends WWI. versaillies