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Important Dates during WWI

By kp0508
  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    The leading to World War I started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand including his wife, whom was next in line after Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary.The assassination was planned by the leader of the Black Hand.
  • Austria-Hungary Declares War On Serbia

    Austria-Hungary Declares War On Serbia
    A month exactly after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria including his wife by a man who was a nationalist from Serbia, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
  • Germany Declares War on Russia

    Germany Declares War on Russia
    Germany declares war on Russia then France and Belgium started preparing and organizing troops for full mobilization
  • Germany Declares War On France

    Germany Declares War On France
    Germany Declares War on France then invades Belgium. Britain then sends a final demand at Germany which they refuse to withdraw from Belgium.
  • Great Britain And France Declare War On Austria-Hungary

    Great Britain And France Declare War On Austria-Hungary
    Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary while Serbia is invaded by Austria-Hungary
  • Japan Declares War On Germany

    Japan and Britain become allies against Germany after Japan declares war on Germany.
  • Austria Invades Serbia

    Third attempt to defeat Serbians due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
    Two British Navy ships The Monmouth and Good Hope, were sunk by Germans.
  • Germany Declares War Zone Around British Isles

    Kaiser Wilhelm announced Germany's plan to sink any and all ships without warning
  • The Armenian Genocide Began

    The Turkish government arrested and killed hundreds of Armenian intellectuals.
  • The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

    The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed by Anzac Cove meanwhile British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied take over of the peninsula of the Gallipolis in the Ottoman Empire.
  • The British Ocean Liner is Torpedoed

    The British Ocean Liner is Torpedoed with no warning by a submarine owned by Germans.
  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle of the Somme one of the largest battles of World War I
  • Britannic Sinks in Aegean Sea

    The Britannic sinks in the Aegean Sea killing 30 people and more than 1,000 others were rescued.
  • Riots in Austria-Hungary

    Riots in Austria Hungary price of grain and flour were forced down set by the government
  • march 3 1917

  • U.S. declared war on Germany

    The United States declared war on Germany leading to the conflict in Europe
  • The first American troops

    The first American troops land in France
  • August 14 1917

    China declares war on Germany Austria
  • Nov 5 1917

    The conference in France, decided to form a Supreme War Council to co-ordinate allied plans and actions
  • Nov Spain

    The end of the fighting was the armistice of WWI all together of the allies and enemy
  • Jan 8 1918

    Mississippi becomes the first state to ratify the 18th amendment in the US
  • March 4 (u.s.- kansas)

    The first case of a flu outbreak started in Kansas where young men were hospitalized for severe flu like symptoms
  • Nov 11 1918

    The Bolsheviks taken power and set on to negotiate peace with Germany
  • jan 18 1919

    A few months after the end of the war, leaders from the allied nations began a series of discussions that are known as the Paris Peace Conference to settle issues effected by the war
  • June 28 1919

    Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles which completely ended the involvement with WWI