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assassnation of the archiduke franciz ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro Hungarian throne and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six assassins five Serbs and one Bosniak coordinated by Danilo Ilić, a Bosnian Serb and a member of the Black Hand secret society. -
austria ultimatum to serbia
he Austro Hungarian government waited three weeks following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne currently held by Franz Josef before issuing its formal response. -
Austria declares war to serbia
the Imperial and Royal Government are themselves compelled to see to the safeguarding of their rights and interests, and, with this object, to have recourse to force of arms. Austria Hungary consequently considers herself henceforward in state of war with Serbia. -
Russia mobilizes
The Russian mobilization was part of a series of a chain of events that led to the start of World War I. The assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Serbia in 1914 led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia, a Russian ally. Russia's treaty obligations forced Russia to mobilize its army to come to Serbia's defense. Russia's technologically backward army relied on a backward infrastructure and took weeks to actually mobilize -
German ultimatum to russia
At midnight, 31 July, the Kaiser sent an ultimatum to the Russians demanding that they stop all mobilization activities or face war. -
Germany declares war to russia
four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, two more great European powers Russia and Germany declare war on each other; the same day -
germany declares war on france
two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long held strategy, conceived by the former chief of staff of the German army, Alfred von Schlieffen, for a two-front war against France and Russia. -
german troops invade belgium
the Belgian government had announced that if war came it would uphold its neutrality. -
greats britain declres war on germany
great britain declered war on germany it was a decision that is seen as the start of world war 1
