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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 for World War 1. Which would grow because of entangling alliances. -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on France because Germany was planning to attack Russia, and they knew France would honor its alliance with Russia. -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium. -
Britain declares war on Germany
The declaration was a result of German refusal to remove troops from neutral Belgium. Prior to the German invasion, the United Kingdom had signed the Treaty of London (1839) which guaranteed British and French defence of Belgium sovereignty. -
Britain declares war on Germany
Germany invaded Belgium which was neutral and Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium. Great Britain declares war on Germany. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. -
The sinking of Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. -
(US) Election of Woodrow Wilson
Democratic President Woodrow Wilson defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate. -
Zimmerman Note
Germany wrote a secret note that was in code that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. -
(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 yes to war declaration -
(US) The United States Declares War/ Congress Votes to Declare War
After Germany destroyed the Lusitania and after they received the Zimmerman note the United States joined the war. -
(US) Congress passes the Espionage Acts
just two months after the United States entered World War I, Congress adopted the Espionage Act. The act, which was meant to define the act of espionage during wartime, put new limits to Americans' First Amendment rights -
(EU) Spanish Influenza epidemic
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 -
(EU) Armistice of 11 november
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.
