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Russian proleteriat and peasents assemble in masses in St.Petersburg to petition the tsar.
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Tsar Nicholas II ends the revolution of 1905 by promising civil rights to the revolutionaries.
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A constitution based on the October Manifesto of 1905 is made.
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The Archduke of Austria is assassinated on the Latin Bridge in Sarajevo.
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Austro-Hungary prepares to invade Serbia starting WWI.
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Battle of Marne begins, the first major engagement of WWI
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Christmas Day TruceBoth sides stop fighting and enjoy games of soccer against each other, and trade gifts amongst each other, much to the dismay of officers.
"We shook hands, wished each other a Merry Xmas, and were soon conversing as if we had known each other for years. We were in front of their wire entanglements and surrounded by Germans - Fritz and I in the centre talking, and Fritz occasionally translating to his friends what I was saying." -Quote from an English soldier. -
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First use of poison gas by Germans
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Allied Sea to Land assault to take Constantinople
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The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-Boat killing more than 200 Americans and angering the U.S.
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Tsar Nicholas II take over the position of Supreme Commander of the Russian Army due to ineffective generals.
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The longest battle of the war begins. It is amongst one of the bloodiest as well.
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Day one of the Battle of the Somme. Also the Battle of Albert, ofver 20,000 Allied dead.
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The Battle of the Somme begins and tanks are first used.
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The last day of the Battle of the Somme. More than 600,000 Allies died and 400,000-500,000 Germans died in the fight.
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Grigory Rasputin is murdered by the aristocracy.
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The Zimmerman note is sent by the Germans attempting to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
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Strikes and mutinies see the beginning of the first part of the Communist uprising.
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Tasar Nicholas II abdicates and flees. Nicholas II's brother refuses the throne causing a provisional government to be formed.
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The Unites States joins the war against Germany, giving the Entente the advantage.
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The July days begin. Bolsheviks try to use a strike to overthrow the provisional government. Failure forces Lenin into hiding.
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Alexander Kerensky becomes the leader of the provisional government.
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General Lavr tries to overthrow the government but is unsuccessful.
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The Bolsheviks overthrow the government in Petrograd(St.Petersburg).
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The Winter Palace is captured and the Provisional Government is eliminated.
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The Communist Party in Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar
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Communist agents murder Nicholas II and his entire family.
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Sargeant YorkSergeant York captures 132 German Soldiers. York is from Tennessee and was a blacksmith and preacher prior to being drafted into WWI.
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Germany sign an armistice in Compiegne, France
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The Treaty of Versailles is sign ending the war between Germany and the Allies. Germany would pay all war debts.
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Lenin suffers his second stroke and retires from politics.
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The U.S.S.R. is formed.
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Lenin dies allowing Stalin to take power in 1927.
