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The murder in Sarajevo
Gavrilo Princip kills Archduke Francisco Fernando de Habsburg, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
First war is declared
After a month of the murder, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
The murder in France
Murder of the French socialist and pacifist leader Jean Jaures -
Second war is declared
Germany declares war on Russia. France and Germany declare general mobilization -
Third war is declared
Germany declares war with France -
Fourth war is declared
Japan declares war with Germany -
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Butchered
25.000 members of the Assyrian-Chaldean community established in the west of the Euphrates River and in southern Turkey are massacred. -
Attacks
The Germans launch the first attack with toxic gases against the French and Canadian soldiers on the west front, between Langemarck and Ypres (Belgium) -
Bulgaria enters the German side.
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Beginning of the battle of Verdun
500,000 dead, French and German. -
English and French are distributed in the Middle East.
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Germany declares war to Portugal
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Dies an emperor
The last Austro-Hungarian emperor, Francisco José I. dies. -
Germany attacks
Germany launches the submarine war at extreme cost, which precipitates the rupture of diplomatic relations with this country by the United States. -
United States of America declares war to Germany
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China declares war to Germany
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The British enter Jerusalem.
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Flu spread
The Spanish flu spreads throughout the world causing 20 million deaths in eight months. -
Germany launches the first of a series of four major offensives on the west front, but the Allies resist
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The emperor of Germany, William II abdicates. Important demonstrations in Berlin
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Victory of the Allies and armistice of the First World War.
