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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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One month after the death of Ferdinand Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia.
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Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.
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Germany declares war on France and invades neutral Belgium.
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The first British troop land in France.
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Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary. and then Serbia is invaded by Austria-Hungary.
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Japan declares war on Germany.and then the Japanese help the British get rid of the Germans in the far east.
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Austria invades Serbia
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Germany declares the waters surrounding British isles to be a war zone in which ships can be sunk without war.
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The Armenian genocide began.
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Receive the promise of significant territorial gains. Italy signs the treaty of London committing itself to enter WW1 on the side of allies.
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The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by German submarine off the south coast of Ireland.
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The battle of Somme fought by the British empire and France against the German empire.
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HMHS Britannic sinks in the Aegean sea after a mine explodes killing 30 people.
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The battle of Rafa 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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The united states declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe.
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The first american troops land in France.
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China declares war on Germany and Austria.
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Gen Pershing and US troops see action on western front for 1st time.
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Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment of the US constitution.
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First recorded case of Spanish flu at funston army camp Kansas start of worldwide pandemic killing 50-100 million.
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The armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War 1 between the allies and their opponent Germany.
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diplomats from more than two dozen countries gathered in pairs for a conference to discuss how to end the war permanently.
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The treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the allied powers.
