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(EU)Archduke Franz Ferdinard 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 aliances -
(EU) Britain Declares War on Germany
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(EU) The Battle of Tannenberg
One of the first major battles of World War 1. It was a victory for the german army, and a way to prove that they beat larger armies with their tactics and tricks. -
(EU) Sinking of the Lusitiana
The world’s largest liner, -
(EU) Germany Declares War on France
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(US) Re-election of Woodrow Wilson
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(US)Election of Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson won against Charles Evans Hughes, a republican candidate. -
Zimmarman Note sent to the US
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(US) The United States Declares War/ Congress Votes to Declare War
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(US) U.S. enters the war
The United States enters World War I on the side of France and Britain. War is now declared from our side. -
(US) Congress passes the Espionage Acts
Congress passed the Espionage Act, making it against the law to degrade the constitution, the government, and the American flag. -
Spanish Influenza
There was a crazy Spanish flu pandemic, infected 500 million people all around the world. During this time not many resources were around and this is what helped spread it so easily. -
Armistice
The armistice of 1918 was the armistice signed to end fighting on land, sea, and air between our allies and opponents during World War l. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
A peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. This was the end of the war, and the final agreement.
