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Arch duke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, he was shot.
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Austria-Hungary declares war against Serbia.
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declares war on Russia. All of Europe is up in arms.
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Germany Declares War on France to Start World War I
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The first British troops land in France. The 120,000 highly trained members of the regular British Army form the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) commanded by Field Marshal John French.
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Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary. Serbia is invaded by Austria-Hungary.
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first confrontation on European soil since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, four divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), commanded by Sir John French, struggle with the German 1st Army over the 60-foot-wide Mons Canal in Belgium, near the French frontier.
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Germany declared the waters about the British Isles a "war zone"
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Jews were arrested and moved to two holding facilities.
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after receiving the promise of significant territorial gains, Italy signs the Treaty of London, committing itself to enter World War I on the side of the Allies.
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the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland.
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battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire.
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kills 30
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occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
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1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd
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War on Germany
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China enters war
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Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
