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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie traveled to Sarajevo which had been annexed by Austria-Hungary. People were not very happy about it. A group called the Black Hand assassinated him and his wife while riding in the streets. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
One month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning the First World War. -
Germany declares was on Russia
Russia began to mobilize and Germany replied with an ultimatum to either stop or face war, which was declared on Russia the next day. -
Germany declares war on France
Two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long-held strategy, conceived by the former chief of staff of the German army, Alfred von Schlieffen, for a two front war against France and Russia. -
Dardanelles Campaign
British and French forces launched an ill-fated naval attack on Turkish forces in the Dardanelles in northwestern Turkey, hoping to take control of the strategically vital strait separating Europe from Asia. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned luxury steamship Lusitania, killing 1,128 people including 128 Americans. The disaster immediately strained relations between Germany and the neutral United States, fueled anti-German sentiment and set off a chain of events that eventually led to the United States entering World War I. -
Battle of Jutland
It was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War. -
United States declares war On Germany
The US wanted to remain out of the war because of couple different reasons. Trade, how far away it was, and family. When German submarines started sinking American ships like the Lusitania, the US was outraged. Germany agreed to restricted Warfare against ships but soon unrestricted it and the US declared war. -
Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson presented his Peace Program to Congress. The first five points dealt with general principles. Point 1 renounced secret treaties, point 2 dealt with freedom of the seas, point 3 called for the removal of worldwide trade barriers, point 4 advocated arms reductions and point 5 suggested the international arbitration of all colonial disputes. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany. It had 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations
