WW1 Timeline By AnissaB 1800 Democracies Replaced Many Monarchies 1800 Russia Expanded into Asia 1800 Great Britian wasnt involved in Europe 1800 France Fortified its Border with Germany 1800 The Machine Gun was Finally Perfected 1870 Entanglements of Barbed Wire was Invented 1871 Germany Became a Unified Nation 1871 The Nation Prussia was created 1871 Germany Supressed Britian to become Europe's leading industrial Power 1871 France was Defeated 1878 The Great Powers Recognized the independence of Serbia from the Ottoman Empire 1888 Wilhelm II took the throne 1890 Otto von Bismarck was no longer Chancellor 1894 France Formed an Alliance with Russia 1899 Bernhard von Bulow was German's Foreign Secretary 1900 Russia Seized Chinese Manchuria 1900 Great Britian began wanting to be involved with Europe 1900 All European Armies had Rifles 1904 Russia's Trans-Siberian Railroad was Completed 1904 Russia and Japan went to war over Manchuria and Korea 1904 United States Take Charge of Latin American Nations that couldnt manage there affairs 1904 United States Took Charge of Serval Nations Between 1904-1916 1904 Russo-Japanese War Began 1905 War Between Russia and Japan Ended 1905 Russo-Japanese War Ended 1907 Britian Joined France and Russia's Alliance Creating Triple Entente 1908 Austria-Hungary Officially Annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina 1910 Korea Became a Japanese Colony 1912 Balkans War Began 1913 Balkans War Ended 1914 WW1 Began 1914 Russia's Empire extended from Central Europe to Pacific Ocean and from Artic to Afghanistan 1914 A War Possibly Started in Balkans 1914 An Act of Serbian Nationalism Led to the Murder of Gavrilo Princip 1914 Europeans Greeted the Outbreak of the War with Celebration 1914 When the War Offically Began German Leaders were Prepared 1914 The Ottoman Empire Entered the War on Germany's Side 1914 The Western Front was a Killing Field 1914 The Western Front Moved Roughly Three Miles Per Year 1914 France begged Russia to take Pressure off the Western Front by Invading Germany Jul 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary Declared War on Serbia Jul 31, 1914 Germany Gave Russia 24 Hours to Halt its Mobilization Aug 1, 1914 Germany Declared War on Russia Aug 3, 1914 Germany Declared War on France Aug 4, 1914 Germany Attacked Belgium Territory Aug 4, 1914 Great Britian Declared War on Germany Aug 23, 1914 Japan Declared War on Germany 1915 Serbia Joined the Central Powers 1915 Britian, France, and Russia were known as the Allied Powers 1915 Repeated Allied Attacks on German Trenches 1915 Germany Began Using Poisen Gas 1915 Austrians Conqured Serbia 1916 German Troops Tried to Breaks the Stalemate 1917 A Battle that Caused a French Army to Loose 130,000 Men in 10 Days 1917 They Started Using Airplanes to Drop Bombs on Intended Targets 1918 WW1 Ended 1918 Wilfred Owen was Killed in Action