Timeline: Events Leading To World War 1 | Timetoast

Apr 30, 1833

Austria Hungary signs an alliance with Romania

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Jul 10, 1870

Bismarck attempts to put a Hohenzollern prince on the throne in Spain

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Jul 14, 1870

Bismarck releases a doctored version of the EMS telegram
Sep 30, 1870

Prussians lay siege to Parris

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Apr 30, 1877

Bismarck agres to a reinsurance treaty with Russia

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Apr 30, 1903

Japan is declined by Russia

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Apr 30, 1905

Japan destroys the entire Russian fleet

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Apr 30, 1905

Russia attempts a revolution

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Apr 30, 1907

Russia forms Triple Entente

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Apr 30, 1912

Britain and France conclude military agreement

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Apr 30, 1912

War between Italy and Turkey

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Period: Apr 30, 1912 to Apr 30, 1913

War between Turkey and the Balkans

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Apr 29, 1913

War between Bulgaria and the Balkans

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Apr 30, 1914

Battle of Marne

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Jun 28, 1914

Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand