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(EU)Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shot in Sarajevo
On this day, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for World War 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances. -
(EU)Germany Declares War on France
On this day, Germany wanted to declare war on Russia but they knew that France was one of their alliances, so they decided to declare war on France instead. -
(EU)Britain Declares War on Germany
On this day, Germany was planning on taking over Belgium, which was very close to Britains coast. That meant that Britain was in danger, and they couldn't ignore anymore, so they decided to declare war on Germany. -
(EU)First Battle of Marne
The plan for this battle was for German armies to encircle French Army from the North and capture Paris. This battle resulted in an Allied victory against the German armies in the west. -
(EU)(US)Germans Introduce Poison Gas
The Germans surprised western soldiers by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas. -
(EU)Germans Fire at France
The Germans shot more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas. This was one of the the most major gas attacks from Germany. -
(EU)(US)Sinking of Lusitania
Germany without any warning hit the Lusitania with their U -boat. Which sunk within 20 minutes and killed 1,128 people, 128 of them being American. -
(EU)(US)First Tank
The first tank invented by Lancelot de Mole which was used in World War 1 even though many of the tanks broke down one-third of the tanks succeeded in breaking through. -
(US)Woodrow Wilson re-election (1916)
Demecrat Woodrow Wilson won the re-election versus defeated Republican Charles Evans Hughes. -
(EU)Battle of Somme
This was a battle where the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. This event took place in the upper reaches of the River Somme in France. -
(EU)Zimmerman Note
Germany had a secret code and with that code they created a message that Britain found out. In that message it said the Germany was going to do unrestricted submarine warfare. -
(US)America Enters the War (1917)/ Congress votes for declaration of war
Wilson requested that America should go into war, after he requested it they ended up approving it and the House of Representatives voted 350-1. -
Congress passes the Espionage Acts (1917)
This was a Act that did not allow you to say profane or abusive language to the congress. -
(EU)Spanish Influenza 1918
It was one of the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people. It even infected some people from the remote Pacific islands and even the Arctic. -
(EU)Armistice 1918
It was an armistice that Germany asked Britain and France for because they knew that they couldn't win the war.
