world war 1 timeline

  • election

  • the assassination of archduke Franz ferdinand

  • america proclaims neutrality in world war 1

  • the battle of the marne

  • the battle of the verdun

  • the Sussex incident

  • the re-election of president Woodrow wiilson

  • the interception of the Zimmermann telegram

  • the battle of the somme

  • armistice day ends world war 1

  • the declaration of new unrestricted submarine warfare by germany

  • the United States enters world war 1

  • the selective service act

  • the espionage act

  • the landing of the American expeditionary force in france

  • the battle of Argonne forest

  • the fourteen points by president wilson

  • the beginning of the Spanish flu epidemic

  • Russia pulls out of world war 1

  • the passing of the sedition act

  • the paris peace conference & treaty of versailles

  • the sinking of the lusitania