WWI Timeline

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  • Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

    The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914.

  • Wilson Urges Neutrality

    President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain impartial.

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915.

  • Espionage Act

    The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917.

  • Selective Service Act

    The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army.

  • America Declares War

    This is when someone declares war when they truly think it is time or they have no choice but to go to war.

  • Zimmerman Note

    The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico.

  • American Troops Enter Europe

    In Europe in June 1917. However the AEF did not participate at the front until October 21, 1917.

  • Creation of the CPI

    President Woodrow Wilson established the committee in April 1917 in response to the U.S. entry into World War I in an attempt to make public opinion behind the war effort with every available form of mass communication.

  • Second Battle of the Marne

    Jul 15, 1918 – Aug 6, 1918 The Second Battle of the Marne was the last major German offensive on the Western Front.

  • Wilson’s 14 Points

    The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918.

  • Rejection of the Treaty of Versailles

    19, 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles based primarily on objections to the League of Nations. The U.S. would never ratify the treaty or join the League of Nations.

  • Paris Peace Conference

    Jan 18, 1919 – Jan 21, 1920 The Paris Peace Conference was the formal meeting in 1919 and 1920 of the victorious Allies after the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers.

  • German Surrender in Compiegne, France

    The Armistice of 22 June 1940, often referred as the Surrender of France, was signed at 18:36 near Compiegne, France, by officials of Nazi Germany and the Third French Republic. It did not happen until after midnight on 25 June.