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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated by Serbian nationalist while visiting Sarajevo. This is the event that launches Europe into the war. -
World War I Begins
It involved all the world's great powers,[5] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy; but, as Austria–Hungary had taken the offensive against the agreement, Italy did not enter into the war) -
Austria-Hungary Declares was on Serbia
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Russia Delcares War on France
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United Kingdom declares war on Russia and Serbia Declares war on Germany
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Wilson Announces that America will Remail Neutral
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Germany declares war zone around Great Brittain
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Germans Use Poison Gas
The Second Battle of Ypres begins. It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas. -
Lusitania is Sunk
A British ocean liner is sunk by German U-boats that had declared unrestricted ocean warfare. -
The Battle of Verdun Begins
The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest. -
The Zimmerman Telegram is Intercepted
Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message. Germnay offered protection to Mexico if it would attack the US. The American public were outraged. American nuetrality was being slowly shifted. -
The United States Declares War on Germany
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The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government.
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The "Fourteen Points"
some ten months before the end of World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson had written a list of proposed war aims which he called the “Fourteen Points.” Eight of these points dealt specifically with territorial and political settlements associated with the victory of the Entente Powers, including the idea of national self-determination for ethnic populations in Europe. The remainder of the principles focused on preventing war in the future, the last proposing a League of Nations to arbitrate in -
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers. -
Germany Launched the Spring Offensive
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Red Baron is shot down
Red Baron
German flying ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen (more commonly known as the Red Baron), is shot down. -
German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany
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World War I Ends
The terms of the agreement called for the cessation of fighting along the entire Western Front to begin at precisely 11 AM that morning. After over four years of bloody conflict, the Great War was at an end. -
Official Radio from Paris
- Hostilities will be stopped on the entire front beginning at 11 o'clock, November 11th (French hour).
- The Allied troops will not go beyond the line reached at that hour on that date until further orders. [signed] MARSHAL FOCH 5:45 A.M. 'Well - fini la guerre!' said Colonel Greely.
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The Treaty is Signed
After months of argument and negotiation amongst the so-called "Big Three" as to what the treaty should contain. The war is over. -
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Established the Republic of Austria, consisting of the truncated, German-speaking regions of the Habsburg state.
