PRE 1914 By Australiantin Dec 1, 1878 Austria occupies Bosnia-Herzegovina Oct 1, 1879 The Dual Alliance - Austria-Hungary and Germany May 2, 1882 The Triple Alliance - Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy Jan 2, 1885 The Berlin West Africa Conference Jun 2, 1888 Wilhelm II becomes Kaiser of Germany Feb 2, 1889 Britain adopts the Two-Power Standard Jan 2, 1894 France and Russia sign the Franco-Russian Entente Feb 2, 1895 Sino-Japanese War Feb 2, 1899 Start of the Boxer Rebellion in China Feb 2, 1900 The Second German Naval Act is passed May 2, 1902 Britain and Japan sign the Anglo-Japanese Alliance Feb 2, 1904 Russo-Japanese War begins, Britain and France sign the Entente Cordiale Jan 2, 1905 Start of social, political and military unrest in Russia Mar 2, 1905 First Moroccan Crisis Feb 2, 1906 HMS Dreadnought is launched Aug 2, 1907 Russia and Britain sign Anglo-Russian Entente - completes Triple Entente Feb 2, 1908 Young Turks revolution in Turkey Oct 2, 1908 Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina Feb 2, 1911 Chinese Revolution Jul 2, 1911 Second Moroccan Crisis Feb 2, 1912 Abdication of Pu-yi, last Emperor of China Oct 2, 1912 Formation of the Balkan League and start of the First Balkan War Jun 2, 1913 Second Balkan War Jun 2, 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo Jul 2, 1914 Austrian-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia followed by declaration of war
