WW1

By johntezz2211

  • The Russian Revolution

    1887 May 8 (May 20 NS) - Lenin's brother, Alexander Ulyanov, is hanged for plotting to kill Czar Alexander III

  • Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia

    1894 October 20 (November 1 NS) - Czar Alexander III dies after a sudden illness and his son, Nicholas II, becomes the ruler of Russia
    November 14 (November 26 NS) - Czar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fedorovna

  • Lenin is arrested

    1895 December 8 (December 20 NS) - Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement for 13 months, and then exiled to Siberia for three years

  • Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia

    1896
    May 14 (May 26 NS) - Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia

  • world war 1 begain

    1914 June 28 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo

  • Great britian

    1915
    February 4 - Germany declares a "war zone" around Great Britain, essentially effecting a submarine blockade where even neutral merchant vessels were to be potential targets.
    February 19 - The Dardanelles Campaign begins.
    April 22 - The Second Battle of Ypres begins. It is during this battle that the Germans first use poison gas.
    April 25 - The Battle of Gallipoli begins.
    May 7 - The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-boat, U-20
    September 5 - Tsar Nicholas II takes persona

  • The Battle of Verdun begins

    1916
    February 21 - The Battle of Verdun begins. The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest.
    May 31 - The Battle of Jutland, the major naval battle of the war, begins.
    July 1 - The Battle of the Somme begins. During the Battle of the Somme, tanks are first introduced into battle

  • The Battle of Passchendaele

    1917
    January 19 - Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message.
    March 15 - Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicates.
    April 6 - The United States declares war on Germany.
    July 31 - The Battle of Passchendaele (also known as the Third Battle of Ypres) begins.
    November 7 - The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government.
    December 17 - The armistice agreed upon between the new Russian

  • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.

    1918
    January 8 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.
    March 3 - Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers.
    March 21 - Germany launches the Spring Offensive.
    April 21 - German flying ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen (more commonly known as the Red Baron), is shot down.
    July 15 - The Second Battle of the Marne begins.
    November 9 - German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany.
    November 11 - Germany

  • June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI.

    1919
    June 28 - June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI.