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Brought people together and created peace
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The funeral was the largest gathering of European royalty ever to take place, with representatives of 70 states, and the last before many royal families were deposed in World War I and its aftermath.
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president Woodrow Wilson, who would serve as commander in chief during world war I, officially becomes president for the first of two terms
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On this day, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for WWI, which would grow because of entangling alliances
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France was going to be alliances with Russia.
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Germany's control over Belgium was a threat to Britain.
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A German offensive in the Eastern Front during the early stages of World War I. It pushed the Russian First Army back across its entire front, eventually ejecting it from Germany.
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A truce was created so Christmas could be celebrated.
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The Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians, mostly citizens within the Ottoman Empire.
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Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which implemented a naval blockade of Germany.
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italy went to war to take control over territory on its border with Austria-Hungary.
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A military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco "Pancho" Villa from March 14, 1916 to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920.
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A naval battle fought by Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet.
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The first World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire.
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The 33rd quadrennial presidential election.
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A secret communication issue that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico.
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Wilson wanted the world to be a safe place for democracy so he asked congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
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Congress granted Wilson's request and the US went to war with Germany
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Authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
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The United States officially declared war on Austria-Hungary by a joint resolution of Congress.
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Signed between between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers which ended Russia's participation in World War I.
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Occurred during the German Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France.
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The armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany.
