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Russo-Japanese War
The Russian refusal to accept Japanese demands for control over Korea. -
Bloody Sunday
On January 22, 1905, a group led by the radical priest Georgy Apollonovich Gapon marched to the czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to make their demands. Imperial forces opened fire on the demonstrators, killing and wounding hundreds -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
Erupted on October 6, 1908, Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia territories formally within the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire. -
Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Ferdinand was shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist. -
Austria-hungay declares war on Serbia
The First World War began on this day in 1914, a month to the day after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. -
Russia mobilizes army
Reacting to the Austrian attack on Serbia, Russia begins full mobilization of its troops. Germany demands that it stop. -
Germany Invades beligum
A military campaign -
Schliffen Plan put into action
A plan for the wars -
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Start of the Battle of Marne
It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
First World War Germany submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. -
Zimmerman Telegraph Found
A message from the German foreign secretary. -
Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
U.S. Enters World War I
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war. -
October Revolution
In 1917, two revolutions swept through Russia ending centuries of imperial rule and political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. -
Fourteen Points proposed
Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace. -
Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
In the city of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern-day Belarus near the Polish border, Russia signed a treaty with the Central Powers . -
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire immediately after the Russian Revolutions -
Start of the battle of the Somme
fought by the armies of the British and French against the German. -
Armistice Signed
Every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany.
