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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo -
the First World War
Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia effectively beginning the First World War. -
Germany declares war on Russia.
Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization. -
Germany declares war on Russia.
Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium.Germany declares war on Russia. -
Germany declares war on France
Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium. -
Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary.
Russia invades Germany, attacking into East Prussia, forcing the outnumbered Germans there to fall back. -
first confrontation on European soil
commanded by Sir John French, struggle with the German 1st Army over the 60-foot-wide Mons Canal in Belgium, near the French frontier. -
Austria invades Serbia
The Austrians withdraw in mid December after suffering over 220,000 casualties from the three failed invasions. -
Germany declares the waters
British Isles to be a war zone in which ships can be sunk without warning. -
Gallipoli Campaign
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. -
Allies sign Treaty of London
receiving the promise of significant territorial gains, Italy signs the Treaty of London, committing itself to enter World War I on the side of the Allies. -
the British ocean liner Lusitania
The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. -
Battle of the 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 France against the German Empire. -
HMHS Britannic sinks
the Aegean Sea after a mine explodes, killing 30 people -
World War I
the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine. -
1st major strike of the Russian
February Revolution starts at the giant Punctilio factory in Retrograde -
U.S. Enters World War I
the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe. -
The first American troops land in France.
Greece declares war on the Central Powers, following the abdication of pro-German King Constantine who is replaced by a pro-Allied administration led by Prime Minister Venizelos. -
China declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary
The U.S. Marines established the 7th Marine Regiment. -
An explosion in Chester
Pennsylvania kills 133. -
pandemic virus
the classic swine flu and the post pandemic seasonal H1N1 flu virus lineage -
President Woodrow Wilson.
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. -
Flu Epidemic of 1918.
The first cases of the outbreak were recorded in Haskell County, Kansas, and Fort Riley, Kansas, where young men were being hospitalized for severe flu-like symptoms. -
Armistice
the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I, between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. -
Paris Peace Conference
leaders from the Allied nations began a series of discussions that became known as the Paris Peace Conference to settle issues raised by the war and its aftermath. -
treaty of versailles
in Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which directly led to World War I.
