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Franco-Prussion War
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Triple Alliance
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Schlieffen Plan
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The launch of the battleship Dreadnought.
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Triple Entente
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Austria-Hungary annexed the small Balkan state of Bosnia, which was part of the Ottoman Empire.
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Crown Prince Franz Ferdinant and his wife were shot dead.
Crown Prince Franz Ferdinant of Austria-Hungary was inspecting troops in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. During a tour in his carriage later that day, he and his wife were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb. -
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The First World War
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Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia after securing the support of Germany.
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The german army marched through Belgium and attacked France.
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Proclamation of the german Republic at the Reichstag building following the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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Navy sailors clash with government soldiers because their wages have not been paid.
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Communists try to take over power in Germany but their coup is not successful. Their leader, Karl Liebknecht, is executed.
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In Berlin there is a major strike against the government. Soldiers shoot at strikers in the city.
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The Treaty of Versailles
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German soldiers stage an unsuccessful coup.