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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This event sparked the outbreak of WW1. Archduke and two others are shot to death in Sarajevo, Bosnia. -
The First World War
A month after the death of Archduke and his wife were killed, this war effectively began. -
Germany Declares War On Russia
Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium. -
Ottoman Empire Entered War
Ottoman Empire officially entered World War One after Russia declared war on the Empire for bombarding it's Black Sea Ports -
Germany Declares War on France
Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium. -
First Britain Troops Land
British Expeditionary Force arrives in France. France invades Alsace Lorraine. -
Britain Declares War on Austria-Hungary
Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary. Austria invades Poland, they also invade Serbia. -
Japan Declares War
Japan declares war on Germany.The Japanese then prepare to assist the British in expelling the Germans from the far East. -
Declared War on Turkey
German and British Naval engagement at the Battle of Coronel. Russia declares war on Turkey. This was the first major setback for the Royal Navy. -
Germany Declares water surrounding British
Germany declares water surrounding British Isles to a war zone in which ships can be sunk without warning. -
Battle of St.Julien (Ypres)/American Genocide Began
This battle was "the first time a former colonial force defeated that of a European power on European soil." That day the Turkish government arrested and executed several hundred American intellectuals. -
Second Battles of Ypres
This battle was fought from April 22nd-May 25th for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium after the First battle of Ypres the previous autumn. It was the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front. -
Erupt Across Europe
Less than a year after World War l erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liver,England -
British Suffered
The British forces suffered 57,470 causalities, including 19,240 fatalities. They gained just three square mile of territory. -
Kingdom Proclaimed
The Kingdom of Poland was proclaimed by a joint act of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
Battle Of Rafa
The Battle of Rafa was the third and final battle to complete the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula. -
A Mass Protest by Russian Civilians
A mass protest by Russian civilians in Petrograd erupts into a revolution against Czar Nicholas ll and the war. -
United States Declares War
The United States declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe. -
Troops Land
The first American troops land in France. -
China Declared War
China declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
Bolshevik Organized an Armed Uprising
Bolshevik organized an armed uprising in Petrograd to overthrow the Russian Provisional Government after eight months of rule. -
Fourteen Points speech
President Woodrow Wilson outlines an elaborate peace plan to the U.S Congress containing Fourteen Points as the basis of it's establishment.
