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The Revolutionary Alliance succeeds in overthrowing the last emprorer, Puyi.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinated by a Serbian, beginning WWI.
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US enters WWI on Allies side because of the sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram, and becasue they had loaned most of their money to the Allied powers.
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The French and Germans sign an Armistice in a railway car ending WWI.
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Ghandi launches campaign of civil disobediance to weaken the British government's authority and economic power over India.
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Successfuly led Turkish nationalists in fighting back the Greeks and their Britsh backers. Then he leads the nationalists to overthrow the last Ottoman Sultan and creating and and becoming president of the new Republic of Turkey.
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Mao Zedong leads a retreat of the Communist Party up to north western China, called the Long March, being chased by Jiang and his army.
