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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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World War Begins
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Germany invades Belgium
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German army occupies city of Liege, Belgium
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France and Great Britian declare war on Austria-Hungary
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Japan declares war on Germany
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German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile
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Germany declares war zone around British Isles
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German army fires Chlorine gas in Ypres
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Italy secretly signs Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia
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RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland
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First World War Battle of the Somme began on this day
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Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies
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Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine
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1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts
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US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
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Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and Austro-Romanian fronts.
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China declares war on Germany & Austria
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Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
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Fourteen Points speech of President Woodrow Wilson
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First recorded case of Spanish flu at Funston Army Camp
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The Allied armistice with Austria-Hungary, signed 3 November, goes into effect
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First World War officially came to an end
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Peace conference opens in Paris
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Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France
