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Austria-Hungary Archduke Francis Ferdinad assasinated while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia
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A-H declares war on Serbia and Russia mobilizes
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Germany decares was on Russia
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Germany declares war on France
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GB declares war on Germany for violation of Belgium's nuetrality
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
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First trenches of the Western front are dug.
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U-boat sinks the Lusitania. 1,198 civilians, including 128 Americans die.
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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates. Provisional government is declared.
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President Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war with Imperial Germany.
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American troops in France fire their first shot in trench warfare.
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Bolshevik socialists, led by Lenin, overthrow Kerensky's government.
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Allies advance on Germany
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Allied troops break through the German fortifications at the Hindenberg line.
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Armistance of WW1 is signed
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Paris Peace Conference began
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Treaty of Versailles signed-end of war
