Ww1

WW1 Timeline

By Liz B
  • August 23, 1914

    First confrontation on European soil
  • November 1st, 1914

    Germany declares war on Russia
  • June 28th 1914

    June 28th 1914
    Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand my Serbian Nationalist
  • August 1st, 1914

    August 1st, 1914
    Germany declares war on Russia. France and Russia begin full mobilization.
  • August 3, 1914

    August 3, 1914
    Germany declares war on France, and invades Belgium. Britain tries to push them out.
  • August 7th, 1914

    August 7th, 1914
    British troops land in France.
  • August 12th, 1914

    August 12th, 1914
    Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary. Serbia invaded by Austria Hungary.
  • Feburary 4th, 1915

    Germany declared British waters
  • April 24th, 1915

    April 24th, 1915
    Armenian Genocide, extermination of 1.5 million Armenians
  • April 26th, 1915

    Allies sign Treaty of London
  • May 7th, 1915

    May 7th, 1915
    The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland
  • July 1st, 1916

    July 1st, 1916
    Battle of Somme - First World War Battle
  • November 21st, 1916

    Britannic sinks
  • March 3rd, 1917

    Mexico alliance with Germany telegram
  • November 5th, 1917

    New Russian Patraich
  • March 9th, 1917

    German alliance with Mexico
  • January 9th 1917

    Minor British Victory
  • April 6th, 1917

    US declares war on Germany
  • June 25, 1917

    June 25, 1917
    First American Troops land in France
  • August 14, 1917

    China declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary
  • January 8th, 1918

    January 8th, 1918
    War is aimed to be taken control through Congress, Fourteen Points
  • March 4, 1918

    Kansas flu epidemic
  • November 11th, 1918

    November 11th, 1918
    Armistice that ended war in Germany
  • January 18th, 1919

    January 18th, 1919
    Paris Peace Conference discussions
  • June 28th, 1919

    June 28th, 1919
    Treaty ends state of war