Timeline: WWI, Great Depression, and WWII | Timetoast

Jun 28, 1914

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated by a member of a group called the Black Hand
Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Jan 10, 1920

WWI
Aug 1, 1914

Germany declares war on Russia
Aug 4, 1914

United Kingdom declares war on Germany
Jan 31, 1915

First time Germany uses chemical weapons
Feb 4, 1915

Germany begins submarine warfare against merchant vessels
Jan 16, 1917

Zimmerman Letter

Germany sends a letter asking for Mexico to declare war on the US
Apr 6, 1917

US joins the war
Jan 8, 1918

Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points
Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles is signed
Jan 10, 1920

League of Nations has its first meeting in London
Sep 4, 1929

Stock prices begin to fall
Oct 29, 1929

Black Tuesday
Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Dec 7, 1941

The Great Depression
Jun 17, 1930

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

the tariff reduced American exports and imports by more than half
Period: Sep 1, 1931 to Sep 30, 1931

Every major currency left the gold standard

It started with the Bank of England
Period: Dec 1, 1931 to Dec 31, 1931

New York's Bank of the United States collapses

more than $200 million in deposits dissappeared. Largest loss in US history
Jun 6, 1932

Revenue Act of 1932 passed
Jul 28, 1932

the Bonus Army is attacked at DC & 2 veterans are killed
Nov 8, 1932

FDR is elected as president
Mar 6, 1933

FDR declares a national bank holiday
Dec 31, 1933

unemployment is 24.9% for the year
Feb 16, 1934

Share Our Wealth Society is founded

Huey Long founds the Share Our Wealth Society
Sep 8, 1935

Huey Long is assassinated
Sep 1, 1939

Germany attacks Poland
Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

WWII
Sep 3, 1939

France, Britain, other counties and declare war on Germany
Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940

Battle of Britain
Dec 7, 1941

the Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Period: Feb 8, 1942 to Feb 15, 1942

Battle of Singapore
Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942

Battle of Midway
Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943

Battle of Stalingrad
Jun 6, 1944

Invasion of Normandy
May 8, 1945

V-E Day

Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany
Aug 9, 1945

Atomic bombs dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima