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(EU) Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shot in Sarajevo
One this day, the Archduke of Austira-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for World War 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances. -
(EU) Germany declares war on France
In this date Germany decided to go to war with France, Originally Germany was to go to war with Russia but since they knew France would help and support them since their alliances. France made the first move so they could remain independent. -
(EU) Britain declares war on Germany
German refusal to remove troops from neutral Belgium. The German invasion, the United Kingdom had signed the Treaty of London which made it so British and French defense of Belgium sovereignty. -
(USA/EU) Sinking of the Lusitania
The Sinking of the Lusitania was in World War 1 when Germany declared submarine warfare against the United Kingdom. There was 1,198 people that died it sunk because it was attacked by a German boat. -
(US) Wilson re-election 1916
This is the 33rd presidential election and Wilson was re-electing as president. He defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes and the Republican candidate. -
Zimmerman Note
This was a secret note that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico. If the United States went against Germany, Mexico would have recovered Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. -
Wilson asks for Declaration of War
President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany. For resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 and the sinking of an unarmed French boat. -
(US) America Enters the War
On this day the US joined Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War I. -
Selective Service Act
Congress passes the Selective Service Act authorizing the draft. President Wilson claims he sees no other option and signs the bill into law. -
(US) Congress passes the Espionage Acts
The Espionage Act gave the federal government growing leverage to prosecute what it considered unruly elements. This act started to be forced after the US entered ww1. -
Spanish Influenza
Spanish Influenza or "Spanish Flu" was a very deadly influenza pandemic. It was the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people around the world, including people on remote Pacific islands and in the Arctic. It lasted from January 1918 – December 1920. -
Germany and Russia Peace
The Germans sign a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. The treaty give Germany tracts of land that had been the Ukraine and Poland and peace on the Eastern Front allows Germany to shift soldiers to the Western Front making serious problems for the French, British, and Americans. -
Battle of St. Mihiel
The Battle of St. Mihiel begins when 300,000 American troops under the direct command of General Pershing fling themselves into the German lines -
Wilhelm Abdicates
Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates ends all German hope for a victory. Him and his retinue slip over the border into the Netherlands where he lives the rest of his life in peace. -
Armistice
The armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent. It was signed between France, Britain, and Germany.
