Treaty of versailles

First World War

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  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

  • British and French forces conquer Togoland, a German protectorate in West Africa

  • Troops from South Africa begin invading German South-West Africa

  • Battle of the Vistula River, aka Battle of Warsaw

  • In some sectors of the Western Front, an unofficial Christmas truce is observed between German and British forces

  • First Zeppelin raid on Great Britain

  • First German use of chemical weapons

  • The Ottomans fail to capture the Suez Canal

  • Battle of Loos, a major British offensive, fails

  • The Serbian army collapses

  • Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare

  • Easter Rising by Irish rebels for independence from the United Kingdom

  • Conquest of Romania by Central Powers

  • The Central Powers create a unified command

  • Togoland is divided into British and French administrative zones

  • The Tsar and his family were shot early in the morning by the Bolsheviks

  • Artillery bombardment of Paris

  • Russia: General Kornilov's coup attempt fails

  • The Allies agree to establish a Supreme War Council at Versailles

  • The October Revolution begins in Russia. The Bolsheviks seize power