World War 1 Timeline

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  • Assasination Of Archduke Franz Ferdidnand

    A Serbian terrorist group known as the Black Hand, led by Dragutin Dimitrijevic, murdered the Archduke and his wife when they were going to visit Bosnia's capital of Sarajevo.

  • Austria-Hungarys Ultimatum on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary was upset at Serbia for the assassination of the Archduke. They published a set of rules that Serbia must compromise to. These rules were later called the Ultimatum.

  • Austria-Hungary Declares War

    Austria-Hungary was still angry at Serbia for the assassination, and along with that Serbia posed as a threat against the Austria-Hungary empire.

  • Germany declares war on Russia

    Germany had an alliance with Austria-Hungary, and when Russia was a threat to Austria-Hungary, Germany stepped in the war.

  • France/United Kingdom Declare War

    Although France declared war on August 11th, 1914 the United Kingdom declared on the 12th of August, 1914. At this point alliances were joining to protect their allies, and this was the case here.

  • HMS Pathfinder Sunk

    A German submarine sunk the British cruise ship putting blame on Germany for killing innocent citizens.

  • First successful dogfight with planes that have guns

    This event is small, but it greatly impacted the use of planes for the rest of the war

  • Italy declares war on Germany

    Italy was on Germany's side, but since Italy switched the allies gained some power and the central lost some.

  • The Zimmermann Telegram

    Germany sends a notice to Mexico to influence the country of Mexico to fight the U.S.

  • United States Declares War on Germany

    Since Germany started to come over the sea and influence Mexico, and Germany didn't stay on their side of the ocean, the U.S declared war.

  • United States Declares War on Austria-Hungary

    Since Austria-Hungary's close ties to Germany, the U.S declares war.

  • 14 Points

    Woodrow Wilson outlines his goals and peace goals he hopes to gain after the war in his 14 points.

  • Armistice signed

    The countries that were involved in the war signed a treaty known as the Armistice to end World War 1.