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Balkan Wars
The balkan war was two successive military conflicts that deprived the ottoman empire of all its remaining territory in europe except part of thrace and the city of adrianople.The second conflict happened when Balkan allies quarreled over the partitioning of their conquest this resulted in the resumption of hostilities in 1913.(The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2023). -
World War I begins
World war one began after the assassination of austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip on june 28,1914.World war 1 ended with defeat of the central powers and the war was was virtually unprecedented in the slaughter,carnage.slaughter,and destruction it caused (Showalter & Royde-Smith, 2023). -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
On june 28,1914 a teenage siberian revolutionary shot and killed Archduke Ferdinand.There was multiple attempts but they all failed except for the siberian revolutionary who was believed to be affiliated with the siberian nationalist society black hand,which has ties with the siberian government that is dedicated to uniting bosnia and serbia. (National WWI Museum and Memorial, 2023). -
Lusitania sinks
On May 7, 1915 the lusitania was sunk by a German u-boat and this was one of the reasons America joined world war 1. Germany knew that America had mutations onboard.There was a total of 1,959 passengers on the lusitania only 761 people lived,1,198 drowned and 128 us soldiers died on the lusitania. (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2023). -
Russian Revolution
The russian revolution was caused by there corruption and inefficiency was spread through there imperial government and the natives were trying to escape the government so they finally stood up to the imperial government after them slaughter they destroyed russia's economy as well as there power.(The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2023). -
U.S. enters war
In 1914 president woodrow wilson claimed that the united states was neutral in the war until the germans sunk the lusitania in 1915 almost 2,000 people died including 128 americans.Also with the zimmerman telegram,that germany and mexico was planning on attacking the U.S. And president wilson asked congress to declare war against germany and the U.S officially joined world war one on april 6,1917(National WWI Museum and Memorial, 2023). -
Russia withdraws from war
Russia withdrew because of many reasons,one of the reasons is they were confused and there was many military fails and economic struggles.Russia suffered many losses on the eastern front and was plagued by desertion and low morale.And because russia had many economic problems they were running out of food and munition so they had to withdraw from the war. (History for Kids, 2023). -
Armistice of WWI
The armistice was an agreement to ceasefire on november 11 ,9118 this was a permanent agreement for peace but they were still discussing the peace treaty and the war ended after more than half a year of negotiations.the armistice happened because the germans gained a lot of territory but exhausted there supplies and reformations and the allies had more resources (Sawer, n.d.). -
The Treaty of Versailles signed
The treaty of versailles was signed at the palace of versailles outside of paris,france.The treaty wawa one of several ended 5 years of conflict known as the great war.The treaty of versailles was a agreement between germany and the victorious allies.Other central powers signed different treaties with the allies.(National Geographic Society, 2023). -
First meeting of the League of Nations
The first meeting of the league of nations was the first intergovernmental organization.And they made this organization to achieve international peace and security and to promote international cooperation.The league of nations officially began on january 10,1920. 41 member states went to Geneva for the first session of the assembly(United Nations, n.d.). -
Zimmermann Note
The zimmermann note was sent january 16,1972,by Arthur Zimmermann to the german minister in mexico.The note was a plan to renew unrestricted submarine warfare and to form an alliance with mexico and japan if the united state was gonna go to war with germany.The message was intercepted by the british and was sent to the united states and this caused the U.S. entry into world war 1(The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2023).