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Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In the summer of 1914, Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie accepted an invitation to visit the capital of Bosnia, he had been informed of terrorist activity by the nationalist organization the "black hand" but he ignored the warning. A Serb nationalist assassinated Franz one month later Austria declared war on Serbia. -
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World War 1
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Austria declared war on Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
Battle of Dogger Bank
Battle of Dogger Bank, naval engagement between British and German battle cruisers during World War I. It was fought near Dogger Bank in the North Sea on January 24, 1915. The result was a British victory, and the German navy delayed further significant action against the British fleet for more than a year. -
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Neuve Chapelle in the Artois region of northern France during 12 March 1915 it was the first planned offensive strike upon a German trench system on the Western Front conducted independently by the British Expeditionary Force during the World War -
The Battle of Loos
The Battle of Loos was the largest British attack of 1915, during which the 1st Battalion of the London Irish Rifles, a volunteer rifle regiment of the British Army, distinguished themselves. Their successful attack and subsequent defense of their position earned the LIR their second battle honor -
Battle of Verdun begun
The Battle of Verdun, which dragged its length from February 21, 1916, to the 16th of December, ranks next to the Battle of the Marne as the greatest drama of the world war. Like the Marne, it represents the checkmate of a supreme effort on the part of the Germans to end the war swiftly by a thunder stroke. -
Battle of Jutland
Biggest naval conflict, the Battle of Jutland off the coast of Denmark marks the first and only showdown between German and British battleships. After German forces attacked the Royal Navy, 250 ships and 100,000 men take part in the bloody fight, with both sides losing thousands of lives and several ships. With no clear victor. -
Battle of the Somme
In the Battle of the Somme, British and French forces launched a frontal attack against an entrenched German army north of the Somme River in France. A week long artillery bombardment was followed by a British infantry assault on the still-impregnable German positions -
The Russian revolution
Russian Revolution of 1917, Revolution that overthrew the imperial government and placed the Bolsheviks in power. Increasing governmental corruption, the reactionary policies of Tsar Nicholas II, and catastrophic Russian losses in World War I contributed to widespread dissatisfaction and economic hardship. -
U.S. Senate declare war
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. -
U.S. involvement
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917 -
Russia withdraw
The Treaty of Brest Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria), by which Russia withdrew from World War I -
Second battle of the Marne
The second battle of the Marne resulted from the third major thrust of the great German offensive of 1918. Beginning in late May 1918, the German advance reached the Marne River in early June leaving Paris dangerously exposed. On 15 July the Germans launched their final drive towards the French capital. -
Armistice
On Nov. 11, 1918, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. It was signed on June 28, 1919, by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles and went into effect on January 10, 1920