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Signing of alliance/ triple alliance
the Triple Alliance, which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy; and the Triple Entente, which included England, France, and Russia.
The significance of the Triple Alliance is the treaty providing that if Germany and Austria-Hungary were to assist Italy if it were attacked by France without Italian provocation Italy would assist Germany if Germany were attacked by France. -
Franco russian alliance
The Franco-Russian Alliance, also known as the Dual Entente or Russo-French Rapprochement, was an alliance formed by the agreements of 1891–94; it lasted until 1917.
The significance of the Franco-Russian alliance is it forced Germany from the first days of the war to fight on two fronts. This led to the defeat of Germany in the battle of the Marne, to the collapse of the Schlieffen Plan, and finally to the defeat of Germany. -
The german naval law
This law provided for an active navy consisting of 1 flagship, 16 battleships, 8 armored coastal ships, and a force of 9 large and 26 small cruisers to be ready by 1904. -
The cause of increased tention of european powers
The tensions were a result of many colonies often being acquired through coercion. Then, once a nation had been conquered, it was governed by the imperial nation: many of these colonial nations were exploited by their mother countries, and dissatisfaction and resentment were commonplace. -
The russo-japenese war
The Russo-Japanese War was a military conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan from 1904 to 1905. Much of the fighting took place in what is now northeastern China. The Russo-Japanese War was also a naval conflict, with ships exchanging fire in the waters surrounding the Korean peninsula. -
The Second Moroccan Crisis
The Agadir Crisis, Agadir Incident, or Second Moroccan Crisis was a brief crisis sparked by the deployment of a substantial force of French troops in the interior of Morocco in April 1911 and the deployment of the German gunboat SMS Panther to Agadir, a Moroccan Atlantic port. -
Italy Invades Libya
The Italian invasion of Libya occurred in 1911, when Italian troops invaded the Turkish province of Libya (then part of the Ottoman Empire) and started the Italo-Turkish War. As a result, Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were established, and later unified in the colony of Italian Libya. -
The balkan war
In the First Balkan War, the Balkan League defeated the Ottoman Empire, which, under the terms of the peace treaty (1913), lost Macedonia and Albania. The Second Balkan War broke out after Serbia, Greece, and Romania quarreled with Bulgaria over the division of their joint conquests in Macedonia. -
Assaination of franz ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Ferdinand was chosen as a target because he was to be the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The assassination precipitated the July Crisis which led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia and the start of World War I. -
The sinking of lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.
The sinking of RMS Lusitania caused international outrage and helped turn public opinion against Germany, particularly in the then-neutral United States. Of the 1,200 people killed, 128 were American citizens. However, the incident did not immediately bring the United States into the war. -
The battle of somme
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 the French Third Republic against the German Empire.
A more professional and effective army emerged from the battle. The tactics developed there, including the use of tanks and creeping barrages, laid some of the foundations of the Allies' successes in 1918. The Somme also succeeded in relieving the pressure on the French at Verdun. -
The signing of Treaty of versailles
Delegates signed the Treaty of Versailles in the former palace's famous Hall of Mirrors, ending World War I. On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, France.
The significance of the Treaty of Versailles is formally ending World War One. The terms of the treaty required Germany to pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies. -
Germany invading luxemborg
The German invasion of Luxembourg was part of Case Yellow, the German invasion of the Low Countries—Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands—and France during World War II. The battle began on 10 May 1940 and lasted just one day. Facing only light resistance, German troops quickly occupied Luxembourg.