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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death by the Serbian government (off the record) extremists, The Black Hand, along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 28th June 1914. -
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World War 1
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
After a month to the day of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by a Serbian nationalist group (the Black Hand) in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, this begins the first World War. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Russia and Germany declare war on each other; the same day, France orders a general mobilizationt this willsoon interfire with the Scheifflen Plan. The “Great War” was the first war on a world scale, an estimated 20 million soldiers and civilians died and the debt the war would carry over the into 21st century. -
Germany declares war on France
After finding out of the inevitable declaration of war france has been mobilising once Russia was declared war. -
Britain declares war on Germay, after Germmany declares war on Belgium
On August 4th 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War One. Britain had given Germany an ultimatum to get out of Belgium by midnight of August 3rd. In fear of being surrounded by the might of Russia and France, Germany had put into being the Schlieffen Plan in response to the events that had occurred in Sarajevo in June 1914. By doing this, the German military hierarchy had doomed Belgium to an -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany
Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia to protect its borders and Serbia declares war on Germany as it allies with Germany -
The Battle of Tannenberg begins
The Battle of Tannenberg was fought between Russia and Germany from August 26th to August 30th 1914. This battle resulted in a falling of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. this was the first month of WW1. -
The Battle of Tannenberg ends
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America announces it will remain Neutral
President Woodrow Wilson argued that the United States should remain neutral during the war and his political stance made it a desirable action. Wilson aurged that Americans should be “impartial in thought as well as in action.” Given the distance between the United States and Europe, Americans followed Wilson’s neutral stance. 1/3 of Americans were of European background/descent though they still foloowed Wilson. -
Battle of Ypres begins
The Battle of Ypres, in the general area of the Belgian city of Ypres, begins the German and the Allied armies first battles on teh western front. There were hundreds of thousands of casualties along the Belgium/German border. -
England announces the North Sea is a war zone, blocking German trade
During the First World War, Great Britain's Grand Fleet surreounded Germany's marine along the North Sea. -
Unofficial Christmas truce
On Christmas Day, German soldiers emerged from their trenches and approached their opposing side, calling out “Merry Christmas”. This caused the allied soldiers to become confused though they saw they were unarmed. They even shook hands and sang christmas carols on christams eve and day. -
Germany declares war zone around Britain
This essentially creates a submarine blockade where any ship would be shot down causing Britain to seize trade in revenge to the British blockade on the Pacific Ocean. -
The Dardanelles Campiagn begins
The allied powers attacked the Turkish Dardanelles navy in northwestern Turkey. The allies hoped to overturn the Turkish and take a strait separating Europe and Asia. The failure of the campaign at the Dardanelles caused the reputaion of Churchill and the Allied powers to be smudged. -
The Second Battle of Ypres
the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915 for control of the town of Ypres in western Belgium after the First Battle of Ypres the year before. It was the first time Germany used poison gas on the Western Front. -
The Battle of Gallipoli begins
The Battle of Gallipoli was also known as the Dardenelles Campaign. This battle was the cause of WInston CHurchhill believing under faulty intelligence that he could attack the Central powers and gain an access point that could be easily taken. -
The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania sunk within 18 minutes with a German U-boat. This is to prove to allied powers of their war machienes. It was18 km off the coast of Ireland. The sinking of Lustina killed 1,198 and left 761 survivors. The sinking turned public nion against germny causing more men to volulenteer of soldiers and powerful peoples sway to go against Germany. -
Italy joins the Allies
Italy was in a triple alliance with Austria-Hungar and Germany, but when World War One broke out her nation joined the opposing allies in promise of new surrounding land. -
The Second Bsttle of Yres ends
The use of Chlorine gas in the war was more than a diversion from the Eastern front but also a major sight of war. The Germans gave up on taking the town of Ypres and instead got demolished/bombed to the ground. -
Tsar Nicholas II takes personal control over Russia's armies.
The Tsar's decision to take the role for the Russian Army was made even though there was an unanimous cabinet opposition; the members of the Russian government justified their appointment with the fact that any setbacks the Army suffered would point directly upon Tsar himself causing him to either be exiled or cast out of command by the Russian Emperor -
The Battle of Verdun begins.
The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest. The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest single battle of the Great War. The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun to rlieve its stress on the casualties and war supplies. The battle finished in December. -
The Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet against Imperial German Navy. battle was fought from 31 May to 1 June 1916 in the North Sea, near the coast of Denmark'(Jutland Peninsula). It was the largest naval battle and the only large scale clash of steel ships in the war on the sea. -
The Battle of the Somme begins.
During the Battle of the Somme, tanks are first introduced into battle. The battle of Somme is the first battle that hits home hard. At home the impacts of the Battle of verdun left most men volenteering were part of the commonwealth . -
Bitish interception of Germany to Mexio message.
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. this was the first interception of messages between Germany and other countrie and led to the tatical stratagies britain used slowly in order to gain an advantage over the German soldiers. -
Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
In favor of his motherland and Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, Tsar abdicated and released his manifesto. the government released it to gether more troops and create hope "Inspired by the thought common to the whole nation, that the well-being of our homeland comes above all, I have taken the hard decision to accept supreme power only in the event that it shall be the will of our great people, who in nationwide voting must elect their representatives to a Constituent Assembly" - Manifesto -
The United States declares war on Germany
the British gave the American ambassador in London a copy of an intercepted German telegram to Mexico. the Telegram was from Foreign Secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to an ambassador of Mexico promisin that in the event of War both Germany and the U.S. would join and Mexico would be persuaded Mexico to join. -
The Battle of Passchendaele begins (Third Battle of ypres)
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The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government during the 1917 Russian Revolution.
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The armistice agreed upon between the new Russian government and the Central Powers goes into effect.
A day after Bolsheviks seize control of Russian military headquarters at Mogilev, a formal ceasefire is proclaimed throughout the battle zone between Russia and the Central Powers
