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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. https://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-100-years-ago -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.Oct 28, 2009 https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/austria-hungary-declares-war-on-serbia -
Italy and the first world war
Italy and World War One. In the years that led up to World War One, Italy had sided with Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Triple Alliance. ... What Italy did was wait and see how the war progressed. On April 26th 1915, she came into the war on the side of the Triple Entente – Britain, France and Russia.May 25, 2015
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Zimmermann Telegram
In the telegram, intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in January 1917, Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally. -
belleau wood ends
The Battle of Belleau Wood occurred during the German Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. https://www.syracuse.com/vintage/2018/07/syracuse_native_wounded_at_belleau_wood_finally_receives_his_purple_heart.html -
Wilhelm Abdicates
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated as German Emperor and King of Prussia in November 1918. The abdication was announced on 9 November by Prince Maximilian of Baden and was formally enacted by Wilhelm's written statement on 28 November, made while in exile in Amerongen, the Netherlands. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles-1 -
Armistice Day
The Treaty of Versailles signed six months later would act as the peace treaty between the nations. Although "armistice" is used as a term to describe any agreement to end fighting in wars, "The Armistice" commonly refers to the agreement to end the fighting of the First World War. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/armistice-day
