World War I - 1914

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  • The Franco-Prussian War

    The main cause for the Franco-Prussian War was the candidacy of
    Prince Leopoldo of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen for
    the Spanish throne. This immediately raised the
    possibility of Prussia and Spain combining against
    France. After the publication of "Ems Telegram",
    by Otto Von Bismarck, the Prussian chancellor,
    the French government was provoked into
    declaring war.
  • Battle of Sedan; Napoleon III surrenders

    Fought at the French border fortress of Sedan. This resulted in the defeat of the French army which caused Napoleon Ill to
    surrender as well as the fall of Bonaparte. After
    Paris became aware of the emperor's capture, it
    exploded into rebellion and the legislative
    assembly was dissolved. France was declared a
    republic.
  • Second Afghan War

    Lord Lytton was appointed governor-general of India and he was concerned about the relations with Afghanistan. Lytton had orders to
    counteract it. This war began with a British
    Invasion in 1878 and occupied Kabul as it had in
    the first war. After the treaty was signed at
    Gandomark, there was a new emir, Ya' qub Khan,
    who then agreed to receive a permanent British
    embassy at Kabul as well as to conduct foreign
    relations under the British government's wishes.
  • The Berlin Conference

    This was a conference where France, Germany, GB, and Portugal wanted to come to an agreement to discuss how they were gonna go about African colonization. The reason why this became such an issue was that the one county that was left out was
    Africa. Since these countries made the majority of the decisions for Africa without them being there to speak it did cause some issues
    considering that some of the African nations that
    had prior issues were being forced to have to work near each other.
  • First German Naval Law

    Admiral von Tirpitz wanted to eventually make the size of Germany's battle fleet larger than it already was. One of his plans was that he wanted Britain and Germany to ally with each
    other. But the British had a plan of their own and
    they did not include being an alliance with
    Germany. Something else that Tirpitz made sure
    to add to his first naval law that he passed was
    that they would build seven naval ships so that the
    navy would end up with at least a total of nineteen
    battleships.
  • Battle of the Atbara

    This was a war taking place on the Atbara River. The Anglo- Egyptian force fought against the Sudanese rebels who had an
    army of15,000 men and they defeated them
    even though the Anglo-Egyptians had a smaller
    group on their side by about 1,000. This
    battle did not last very long after it began it would
    be over in about forty-five minutes. This war
    resulted in many fatalities including 3,000
    Sudanese being killed, and although the
    Anglo-Egyptians won the battle they still suffered
    many fatalities.
  • Boer War begins in South Africa

    The Boer War had many factors for why it started,
    such as the discovery of gold on the
    Witwatersrand, the Jameson Raid, the tension
    between political leaders, and the Uitlander
    franchise. The Boers (Afrikaners), were the heirs
    of the original Dutch settlers in Southern Africa.
    They refused to grant political rights to non-Boer
    settlers (Uitlanders), who were usually from
    Britain.
  • Queen Victoria dies

    Queen Victoria passed away at the Osborne House
    on the Isle of Wight. Queen Victoria had suffered
    for years before her death from a series of minor
    strokes. The cause of her death was caused by a
    stroke known as a cerebral hemorrhage.
  • The Russo-Japanese War

    The Russo-Japanese War was a military conflict
    war and it was the first all-out war of the modern
    era where a non-European power defeated one of
    Europe's great powers. Japan forced Russia to
    abandon the expansionist policy in East Asia. By
    abandoning the policy, they became the first Asian
    power to defeat a European power.
  • The Entente Cordiale

    The Entente Cordiale was a diplomatic agreement
    that was signed in 1904 by France and Great
    Britain. This agreement ended antagonisms
    between the two and made it easier for the
    Anglo-French to work together against the
    German expansion in Europe along with the
    colonial world.
  • Agadir Crisis/Second Moroccan Crisis

    The second Moroccan Crisis takes place 5 years
    after the first one. The ruler or Sultan of Morocco,
    ruling alongside the French, but the people of
    Morocco want him out of power. The sultan has
    the French send in military troops; Germany sees
    this as an invasion. The Germans send the Panther
    gunboat to Agadir, which threatens the British.
    The solution to the crisis was, the French would
    get Morocco, the Germans get land in central
    Africa, and the panther must leave.
  • Turkish-Italian War

    The Ottoman Empire had been in a state of
    decline for quite some time but still ruled over a
    large amount of land. Meanwhile, Italy was
    growing as a power in Europe; they wanted to
    expand and had their eyes on Libya. The Ottoman
    sent ships to Libya, but they were no match for
    the Italians. The Italians used armored cars and
    planes to attack the Turks and ultimately were
    defeated by the Italians who took over the region.
  • Anglo French Naval Agreement

    A military agreement between Britain and France
    stated that the Royal Navy would protect Britain's
    French coastlines from the attack of the Germans
    and the French would protect the Suez Canal.
  • Woodrow Wilson sworn in as US president.

    The inauguration of Woodrow Wilson the 28th
    president after he defeated Taft and Roosevelt.
    Soon after he declared America to be a neutral
    participant in the War. However, American
    support to the Allied powers was increased, and
    eventually declared war.