World War 1

Chinese Nationalists oust the last Qing emperor, puyi

Jan 1, 1911

The chinese Nationalists felt like they needed to modernize, so the Nationalists took over and turned it into a republic

World War I begins as Austria declares war of Serbia

Mar 16, 1914

Austria launched war on Serbia after a Serbian assassin in the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

U.S. Enters the war

Mar 16, 1917

the US entered the war in 1917 after the Germans sunk the Lusitania killing americans, and the Zimmerman telegram sparked the powder keg it told Mexico that the germans would help regain the land that the mexicans lost to the US

Armistice signed as Allies defeat Central Powers

Mar 16, 1918

A person from the German republic met with a French officer in a train car to sign the armistice to end the Great War... This car was where the german's made the french surrender in WW2

Gandhi leads Indian campaign of civil disobedience

Mar 16, 1920

Ghandi led the campaign because he thought that if he did, then the British would give them their independence.

Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic

Mar 16, 1923

Mustafa Kemal worked really hard to make Turkey a republic. He wanted their government to be just like the US's.

MaoZedong heads Long March

Mar 16, 1934

The Chinese communists were chased out of China by the nationalists. The communists, led by Mao Zedong, went on a long march to evade them