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(EU) Funeral of King Edward VII
The funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India. -
(US) President Woodrow Wilson Inaugurated
President Woodrow Wilson who would serve as a commander in chief during World War I, Offically becomes President for the first of two terms. -
(EU) Arch Duke Franz Ferdinan Shot in Sarajevo
On this day, the Arch Duke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is considered the last spark for the World War I, Which would grow because of Alliances. -
(EU) Germany attacks/ declares war on France
Germany invades neutral Belgium and declares war. -
(EU) Britain declares war on Germany
Germany attacked France through Belgium. Within hours, Britain declared war on Germany. -
(EU) Christmas Truce of 1914
The Christmas truce was a series of widespread but unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of World War I around Christmas 1914. All across the front, men from both sides came to the center of the battle feild (in No Man's Land) to exchange gifts and play football. -
(US) Sinking of the William P. Frye
The William P. Frye, a ship named after the well-known Maine senator William Pierce Frye, was on its way to England with a cargo of wheat. On January 27, it was intercepted by a German cruiser in the South Atlantic Ocean off the Brazilian coast and ordered to jettison its cargo as contraband. When the American ship’s crew failed to fulfill these orders completely by the next day, the German captain ordered the destruction of the ship. -
(EU) Armenian genocide
the Turkish government arrested and executed several hundred Armenian intellectuals. After that, ordinary Armenians were turned out of their homes and sent on death marches through the Mesopotamian desert without food or water. -
Sinking of the Lusitania (US)
Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes. -
battle of the somme (EU)
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire. -
Election of 1916 (US)
Woodrow Wilson became the first Democratic president since Andrew Jackson to be elected to two consecutive terms of office when he defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes in the 1916 Presidential Election -
(EU) Zimmerman telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram was a coded letter from Germany in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event that the United States entered World War I against Germany, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. -
US Chases Pancho villa (US)
Francisco “Pancho” Villa crossed the Mexican border with the United States and attacked Columbus, New Mexico. President Woodrow Wilson ordered the U.S. Army to get him. they failed apprehend Villa and also nearly brought Mexico and the U.S. to blows. -
Woodrow Wilson asks Congress for a Declaration of War (US)
Woodrow Wilson asks U.S. Congress for declaration of war.proclaims on this day in 1917, he appears before Congress to ask for a declaration of war against Germany. -
United States Declares War on Germany (US)
Congress granted the request and the United States was formally at war with Germany. -
(US) Fourteen points
On 8th January, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson presented his Peace Programme to Congress. Compiled by a group of US foreign policy experts, the programme included fourteen different points. The first five points dealt with general principles: Point 1 renounced secret treaties; Point 2 dealt with freedom of the seas; Point 3 called for the removal of worldwide trade barriers; Point 4 advocated arms reductions and Point 5 suggested the international arbitration of all colonial disputes. -
(US) American First Army attacks St. Mihiel salient.
The attack on the Saint-Mihiel salient on 12 September gave him the opportunity to use the U.S. First Army in combat for the first time. The American part of the assault was to be conducted by two "super" corps, each with three divisions in attack and one in reserve. -
(EU & US) Meusse-Argonne
Allied forces begin the attack at Meusse-Argonne, the final offensive of the war. -
(EU & US) WW1 Ends
Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending World War I.
