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Russo-Japanese War
The war began on Feb. 8, 1904, when the main Japanese fleet launched a surprise attack and siege on the Russian naval squadron at Port Arthur. Russia was the first European country to ever be defeated by and Asian aountry -
Bloody Sunday
massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, of peaceful demonstrators marking the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution. -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
ual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary announces its annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dual provinces in the Balkan region of Europe formerly under the control of the Ottoman Empire -
Asssassination of Archduck Franz Ferdinand
Archduck Franz Ferdinand and his wife was kill By a member of the Black Hand. Gavrillo Princip was only 19 when he shot them both. Gavrillo was not charged as an adult because they thought he was to young. Archduck Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot in their car after exiting the court house. This event led to the start of Austria declaring was on Serbia. -
Austria declares war on Serbia
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. -
Russia moblizes its army
Russia moblized there army troop to the border of Germany for declaring war on France. Russia and France were part of the Triple Entente -
Schlieffen Plan
The Schlieffen Plan was put into operation when the German Army invaded Luxembourg and Belgium. However, the Germans were held up by the Belgian Army -
Germany invades Belgium
Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium. -
Start of the Battle of Marne
World War I by the French army and the British Expeditionary Force against the advancing Germans who had invaded Belgium and northeastern France . -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was a passenger ship. Germany sunk the ship for helping supply Russia and France more than Germany and France. One of Germany ubaots sunk the ship killing over thousands of people. There was no warning prier to the sinking. One of the events which led America to join the war. -
Start of the Battle of Verdun
Was one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies -
Start of the Battle of Somme
By the end of the campaign the Allies and Central Powers would lose more than 1.5 million men. One on the largest battle and one of the bloodiest battles in history. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was sent by Germany to Mexico to help Mexico take back part of the land Mexico lost to the United Stated. The Zimmerman Telegram is also the main reason why the United States joined World War 1. Mexico refused and stayed a nuetral country. -
Russia Czar Nicolas II abdicated
During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
U.S. enters World War 1
The United States was tired of stuff happening and the triple alliance didnt think it was fare for them the be a nuetral power if they were sending ammunition to each side of the powers. The sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telgram led the United States to joing World War 1. -
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Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions of 1917, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future -
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October Revolution
The October Revolution officially known in the Soviet literature as the Great October Socialist Revolution. The October can also be know as the Red October. On Russias' calender its said the the October Revolution took place on October 25, but thats because Russia was always behind other countries in the newest stuff. -
Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Russia sign Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers. This document ended Russias participation in World War I. -
Armistic
fighting in World War I came to an end following the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany that called for a ceasefire effective at 11 a.m.– it was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month -
Kaiser Whilhelm abdicated
Wilhelm's abdication was announced by Chancellor Prince Max von Baden in a 9 November 1918 proclamation, but he didnt answer to it. His abdication wasnt announced to Berlin until November 30 -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. Five years after the assassination of Archduck Franz Ferdinand
