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(G) King Edward VII - Funeral.
His funeral took place two weeks after his death-day and the entire altercation brought the community together. The funeral held a lot of European and world royalty who participated in the funeral. -
(US) The Inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson, who was to serve as commander in chief during WWI, officially became president for the first of two terms. -
Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg was a war between Germany and Russia on the 23rd-30th of August. fought between Russia and Germany between the 26th and 30th of August 1914, this caused the destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. -
(EU) The Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, shot in Sarajevo
Twas this day that the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrillo Princip. This event is often considered as the very spark of WWI, which would grow because of entangling alliances. -
Austria declared war on Serbia
Austria declares war on Serbia a month after the assassination of Ferdinand. -
Germany declares war on Russia
As Russia began to react to the attack on Serbia, Germany continues their battle and fights Russia as well -
(EU) Germany attacks / Declares war upon France
Germany attacks Belgium, France. -
(EU) The Great Britain declares War on Germany
Britain declares war on Germany because when attacking Belgium- they got to close to their border. -
Japan Declared War on Germany
Japan sent an unanswered ultimatum, the proceeded to war in the name of Emperor Taishō. -
(EU) The Christmas Truce of 1914 (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël)
The Christmas truce was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of World War I around Christmas 1914. -
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(AR) Armenian Massacre/ Armenian Genocide.
Ottoman authorities rounded up, arrested, and deported from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to the region of Ankara 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders. The genocide was carried out during and after World War I and implemented in two phases—the wholesale killing of the able-bodied male population through massacre and subjection of army conscripts to forced labor and they sent away all women and children. -
(US) Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was sunk. -
(US) US chases Pancho Villa
"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." -
(EU) Battle Of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire. -
(US) Election of 1916
The United States presidential election of 1916 was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1916. -
(G) Zimmerman Telegram
The telegram was a secret note from Germany to the Mexican ambassador to cause a war. -
President Wilson asks the congress for a declaration of war.
President Wilson asks the Congress for a declaration of war. -
(US) Declares War On Germany
The US declared war on Germany. On April 06, 1917- the Congress granted their request. -
The End Of WWI
World War One ended at 11 am on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, in 1918. Germany signed an armistice, which is an agreement for peace and no more fighting, that had been prepared by Britain and France. -
A.J.P Taylor wrote "The First world War: An Illustrated History"
A Britain Historian wrote his part of what he witnessed in WWI.