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Revolution overthrows Austria-Hungarian Emperor
Radicals became angry at the Emperor and caused him to flee the country. A national government was set up in place of the emperor. -
France loses Alsace & Lorraine to Germany
Otto von Bismark takes Alsace & Lorraine from France when he unifies Germany because they have the same cultural similarities. -
Triple Entente alliance formed
The Triple Entente was the alliance linking Russia, France, and the United Kingdom after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente. -
Germany officially unified
Princes of the German states gathered there to proclaim Wilhelm of Prussia as Emperor Wilhelm of the German Empire after the French capitulation in the Franco-Prussian War. -
Triple Alliance formed
The Triple Alliance was the military alliance among Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy that lasted from 1882 until World War I in 1914 -
Russo-Japanese War
This was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
Also know as the Bosnian Crisis of 1908 and almost caused a general European war. -
New Economic Policy (NEP)
The New Economic Policy (NEP) was an economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it "state capitalism". -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
The Archduke was shot by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. This assassination sparked World War I. -
Austria declares war on Serbia
This event began the "Great War." -
Ottoman-Germany alliance formed
The alliance was created as part of a joint-cooperative effort that would strengthen and modernize the ailing Ottoman military, as well as provide Germany safe passage into neighboring British colonies. -
Schlieffen Plan put into action
The plan took advantage of Russia's slowness and expected differences in the three countries' speed in preparing for war. -
Japan declares war on Germany
An alliance with the Entente Powers and played an important role in securing the sea lanes in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans against the German Kaiserliche Marine. -
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Battle of Tannenberg
An engagement between the Russian and the German Empires in the first days of World War I. It was fought by the Russian Second Army against the German Eighth Army and resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army, as well as the death of its commander Alexander Samsonov. -
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Battle of Marne
This was the first war of WWI and resulted in an Allied victory over Germany. -
US declares war on Germany
President Woodrow Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. -
Russian army out of ammunition
This gave the Russian army a disadvantage and caused them to do worse in the war. -
Battle of Gallipoli
An unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia. -
Lusitania sinks
The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania, which primarily ferried people and goods across the Atlantic Ocean between the United States and Great Britain, was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk. -
Battle of Verdun
Fought on the Western Front between the German and French armies. -
Battle of Jutland
A naval battle fought by the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet. -
Battle of Somme
Fought on the sides of the River Somme by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. This is one of the bloodiest battles in history. -
Zimmerman Telegram found
The Zimmermann Telegram was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join the Central Powers, in the event of the United States entering World War I on the side of the Entente Powers. -
Unrestricted submarine warfare commences
Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules. -
Bolsheviks emerge as a political group
The party was constitutionally recognised as the leading and guiding force of Soviet society and the nucleus of its political system and public organisations. -
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates his thrown making him the last king of Russia. -
Battle of Passchendaele
Fought by the Bristish and their allies against the German Empire for control of the ridges south and east of the Belgian city of Ypres in West Flanders. -
October Revolution
This was a seizure of state power instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917. -
Balfour Declaration
The Balfour Declaration was a letter from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. -
Vladimir Lenin siezes power in Russia
He took over during the revolt and was the leader until Stalin came to power. -
Influenze Epidemic
An estimated 50 million people, one fifth of the world's population, was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history. -
Fourteen Points proposed
A statement by the US President Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe. -
Russia signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers, which ended Russia's participation in World War I -
Armstice Signed
The armistice between the Allies and Germany – also known as the "Armistice of Compiègne" after the location it was signed – was the agreement that ended the fighting in western Europe that comprised the First World War. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
Was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. -
Germany stops reparation payments to France
Germany was already in bankrupcy so they had to quit making these reparations and furthering their debts. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
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. -
Treaty of Saint-Germain
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the Republic of German-Austria on the other. -
Stalin takes over Russia
He wanted to modernize Russia and give them a stronger economy and army. -
Trotsky flees Russia
Stalin came to power therefore causing Trotsky to flee Russia in fear of being killed. -
Russia-Germany Pact violates Versailles
Russia and Germany's pact to be allies breaks the Treaty of Versailles causing a problem.
