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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was Assassinated
He was traveling with his wife through serbia, and the people of serbia thought it was wrong that he was there because he was not their leader. Gavrilo Princip the leader of The Black Hand shot twice at his car one bullet his Archduke's wife, and the other Ferdinand killing them both. -
Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia
A month after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the Austro-Hungarian government declares war on Serbia. Immediately, and within a period of six days, European countries declare war upon one another. -
Germany Declares War on Russia
Germany declared war on russia in support of Austria and on France because of her alliance with Russia. Which led to the Battle of Tannenberg. -
Germany Declares War on France
Two days after declaring was on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long-held strategy, conceived by the former chief of staff on the Germany army, Alfred von Schlieffen, for a two front war against France and Russia. -
Germany Invades Belgium.
The Netherlands capitulated after 6 days, Belgium after 18. France, which along with Britain had sent troops to Belgium, had to lay down arms three weeks later. -
Great Britain Declares War on Germany
After weeks of speculation and mounting tension, Great Britain declared war on Germany, because of Germany's invasion of the neutral country of Belgium. -
The United States Entered the war
Germany introduced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. Then the Lusitania sank and the Zimmerman Note forced their hand to enter the war. -
Woodrow Wilson 14 Points
The points were taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of World War I. In Woodrow Wilson's speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, he set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after WWI. -
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
In the city of Brest-Litovsk, Russia signed a treaty with the Central Powers ending its participation in World War I -
Treaty of Versailles
It was known as the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace of Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.