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Three Emperor's League forms

Oct 22, 1873

Agreement between Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Germany.

Triple Alliance forms

Jan 1, 1882

William II becomes Kaiser of Germany

Jun 5, 1888

France and Russia sign a military alliance

Aug 18, 1892

Great Britain launches the Dreadnought

Feb 10, 1906

HMS Dreadnought revolutionized naval power.

Triple Entente forms

Aug 31, 1907

Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated

Jun 28, 1914

Begining of WWI

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

Jun 28, 1914

THis was because the assassin was a Serbian nationalist.

Germany declares war on Russia

Aug 1, 1914

Ottoman Empire enters into the war on the German's side

Aug 2, 1914

Japan enters into the war on Great Britain's side

Aug 7, 1914

Great Britain declares war on Russia

Aug 13, 1914

Battle of Tannenberg

Aug 26, 1914

Battle of Marne

Sep 6, 1914

Lusitania is sunk

May 7, 1915

The event that brought the United States into World War I. Many innocent American civilions died in the ship wreck.

Battle of Verdun

Feb 21, 1916

Battle of Somme

Jul 1, 1916

Bolshevik Revolution

Jan 1, 1917

Zimmerman note

Jan 16, 1917

A proposal from Germany to Mexico declaring war on the United States.

United States declares war on Germany

Apr 4, 1917

Czar Nicholas II and family executed

Jul 17, 1918

Nicholas II was the last emperor of Russia before the radicals took over.

Battle of Chateau-Thierry

Jul 18, 1918

One of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

Battle of Argonne Forest

Oct 4, 1918

Arnistice is signed

Nov 11, 1918

Wilson's 14 points- Paris Peace Conference

Jan 1, 1919

Communists rename Russia into Union of Soviet Socilaist Republic, or Soviet Union

Jan 1, 1922

A change in the government of Russia.