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(EU) Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shot in Sarajevo
On this day, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark of World War 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances. -
(EU) Germany declares war on France
Germany declared war mostly to distract France from helping out Russia, because they had an alliance with them, who Germany had also declared war on also. -
(EU) Great Britain declares war on Germany
This was a decision by Great Britain, because the German troops were not moving from the neutral Belgium and they wanted them out of Belgium's territory. And they had to protect Belgium according to the Treaty of London. -
(EU) Turkey Enters War on Germany's Side
The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers to form the Triple Alliance with the signing of the August 1914 Turco-German Alliance. Turkey formally entered World War I on 28 October 1914 with the bombing of Russian Black Sea ports. The Triple Entente, or Allied Powers, declared war on the Ottoman Empire on November 4. -
(EU) Italy brought into the war on the side of the Allies by secret treaty
Treaty of London, (April 26, 1915) secret treaty between neutral Italy and the Allied forces of France, Britain, and Russia to bring Italy into World War I. ... Italy was promised Trieste, southern Tyrol, northern Dalmatia, and other territories in return for a pledge to enter the war within a month. -
(EU) Sinking of the Lusitania
This specific sinking was what made the US get mad about the war and come help and join the war. They got mad at this, because this was a ferry that gave goods to the US. The Germans torpedoed this ship/ferry, and it sunk, and then the US got enraged at this. -
(EU) Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
When World War I broke out in the summer of 1914, Italy declared itself neutral in the conflict, despite its membership in the so-called Triple Alliance alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary since 1882. Over the course of the months that followed, Italy and its leaders weighed their options; wooed by both sides, they carefully considered how to gain the greatest benefit from participation in the war. -
(EU) Mexican General Francisco "Pancho" Villa invades US
“Mexico is a land for the free and a tomb for thrones, crowns, and traitors,” wrote the Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco “Pancho” Villa just before launching an attack on the United States on March 9, 1916. Villa's forces attacked Columbus, New Mexico and were repulsed with a loss of 90-100 men. -
(US) Wilson Re-elected
Wilson got re-elected running against Hughes as an opponent. He won by almost 600,000 votes against Hughes. This was going on in the time during World War 1, and he promised them that they were not going to go to war if they elected him, and they did, but they eventually have to go to war. -
(US/EU) America receives Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman Note was intended to go to Mexico to tell them that Germany wanted to keep America occupied so that they wouldn't get involved in the war, and Germany would win easily. America intercepted the note and found out that there was an all out submarine warfare starting on the 1st of February. -
(US) Wilson asks for Declaration of War
President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy.” Four days later, Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of a war declaration. ... Since the start of World War I in 1914, the United States sought to stay out of the conflict. -
(US) America Enters the War / Congress votes for declaration of war
America enters the war, after the declaration passes by like 80 votes, and even though some people didn't vote, they still declared that they wanted to go to war. So all the important people then had to sign it, and finally when Woodrow Wilson signed the declaration, they were finally at war with Germany. -
(US) Congress Passes the Espionage Acts
The main reason for them passing this act, was to prohibit any interference with military operations, to basically ban support of U.S. enemies during wartime or to promote insubordination in the military. -
(US/EU) Spanish Influenza
The 1918 influenza pandemic was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, 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. -
(US/EU) Armistice
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was 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, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
