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Assassination of the Archduke Ferinand
Gavrilo Princip envisioned the death of the Archduke as the key that would unlock the shackles binding his people to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
After Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
Armenian Genocide
The atrocites committed against the ARmenian people of the Ottoman Empire during W.W.I are called the Armenian Genocide. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
In the waters of the Celtic Sea, the 32,000-ton ship was hit by an exploding torpedo on its starboard side. The torpedo blast was followed by a larger explosion, probably of the ship's boilers. The Lusitania sank within 20 minutes. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States. The proposal was declined by Mexico, but angered Americans and led in part to a U.S. declaration of war in April. -
U.S. declares war on Germany
President Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy." -
Russia withdraws
Shortage of supplies and food and the trouble of their own country which lead to the Russian Revolution in 1917 which lead to the cold war. -
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
Wilson's Fourteen Points became the basis for a peace programme and it was on the back of the Fourteen Points that Germany and her allies agreed to an armistice in November 1918. -
Germany surrenders/ Armistice signed
The armistice between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918, and marked the end of fighting in the First World War on the Western Front. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers -
League of Nations
The League of Nations came into being after the end of World War I.
