world war 1

  • 1914 BCE

    Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated

    Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated
    Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated
  • President Wilson issues his "Fourteen Points"

    President Wilson issues his "Fourteen Points"
    presidents Wilson do not want to get involve
  • Germany declares war on France and Russia

    Germany declares war on France and Russia
  • Austria-Hungary

    Austria-Hungary
    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
  • Period: to

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  • Ottoman Empire declares war on the Allies

    Ottoman Empire declares war on the Allies
    Ottoman almost declares war on it self
  • Allies defeat the Germans at the first battle

    Allies defeat the Germans at the first battle
  • Attack on Lusitania

    Attack on Lusitania
    Lusitania, British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.
  • British intercept Zimmerman telegram

    British intercept Zimmerman telegram
    On January 16, 1917, British code breakers intercepted an encrypted message from Zimmerman intended for Heinrich von Eckardt, the German ambassador to Mexico.
  • United States enters the war

    United States enters the war
    Germans was trying to contact mexico but the contact was destroys.
  • Russians leave the war

    Russians leave the war
    A group of Communists led by Vladimir Lenin, the Bolsheviks, overthrew the government in November 1917
  • Germany agrees to an armistice and fighting ends

    Germany agrees to an armistice and fighting ends
    Germany asked the Allies for an armistice ,an agreement to stop fighting rather than surrender, as they knew that they could no longer win the war
  • Treaty of Versailles is signed ending world war 1

    Treaty of Versailles is signed ending world war 1
    World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919.