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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferninand
Franz Ferninand the Archduke of Austria-Hungary (heir ot the throne) was in Serbia with his wife when they were both assassinated by a serbian man named Gavrilo Princip (who as a member of a secret society in Europe known as the Black Hand). -
World War 1 Begins
One month after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, officially beginning the First World War. -
Panama Canal Opens
Opened transport between Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Good for trade and travel. -
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First Battle of Marne
The end of the German sweep into France and marked the start of Trench Warfare -
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Armenian Genocide
An event that occured during World War I in the Ottoman Empire where 2 million Armenians were killed or were gone without a trace. -
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Gallipoli Campaign
An Anglo-French operation against the Ottoman Empire to take the Gallipoli channel and to occupy Constantinople. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania enraged Americans because the Germans had sunk a British passenger ship, that contained 128 U.S. citizens, in neutral waters -
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Battle of Verdun
The longest single battle in World War I. The casualties of Verdun and other factors of Verdun had a direct effect on the starting of the Battle of Somme. -
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The Battle of Somme
On the first day of the Battle of Somme 58,000 British troops were killed. The attack was launched on a 30 kilometer front, North of the Somme river, between Arras and Albert. -
Zimmerman Telegram Intercepted
The Zimmeramn Telegram was a messasge from Germany to Mexico about Mexico attacking the U.S., help Germany and in turn they could gain their land back from North America.The British intercepted the message and informed the U.S. -
Germany returns to Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Germany had once before used unrestricted submarine warfare which had allowed Germany to sink any boat they see fit, in any area without questioning or any alert. Germany halted but the resumed the policy and sunk a British passenger ship (Lusitania) which had 128 American on it. -
Czar Nicholas steps down from power
Czar Nicholas II was forced to step down from power by the Russian citizens and their many revolutions. They later kill him and his entire family. -
Communist seiae power in Russia
First there was the February revolution which failed. After was the October revolution which was a successful coup by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik party. Lenin gains control of Russia. -
U.S. Declaration of War
The Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico from Germany, the unrestricted submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania all were direct effects on the U.S. declaring war on Austria-Hungary and the Central Powers -
Armistice Signed
Armistice was signed at 11;00 on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. It ended battles and fighting all over Europe. After the Armistice was signed it signified the end of World War I -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed
Ended fighting between Germany and Russia with signing of this peace treaty. This treaty in turn pulled Russia out of the war -
Russia pulls out of World War I
Russia was having many internal affairs as a result of problems directly caused by total war efforts of the Government. The revolutions started and the Czar was forced out of power. Replacing the provisional government was the Bolshevik party who ended up signing treaties to pull out of the war and end fighting between Germany -
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Second Battle of Marne
German General Erich Ludendorff was convinced that another offensive as a diversion would draw the French out of the Flanders and be a victory for the Central Power. It actually went the other way. Huge victory for Allied Powers. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II steps down
Germany was going through many revolutions because of the effect the war had on the nation. No military help could be used to assist in controlling the revolutions so he was forced to step down. He then fled to the Netherlands, never being able to ever gain power again. -
End of WWI
The War ended because the Central Powers were being defeated and many nation were tired of fighting and had no funds or resources to fight so the Armistice and Treaty of Versailles were signed which completely ended World War I
