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Chinese Nationalists oust the last Qing emperor, Puyi
The chineese were sick of having an emporor so they overthrough him. The emporor was Herny Pu Yi the "last emporor" -
World War I begins as Austria declares war of Serbia
On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War. -
U.S. Enters the war
On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral -
Armistice signed as Allies defeat Central Powers
The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed an armistice at the end of October, Austria-Hungary followed on November 3. -
Gandhi leads Indian camapaign of civil disobedience
Gandhi refused to buy cloth from the british this was one of many acts of rebellion against the british. -
Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic
Mustafa Kemal was a very wester leader with western ideas and he really was for seperation of church in state. He had an idea to start a republic in Turkey so he did. -
MaoZedong heads Long March
Long March, (1934–36), the 6,000-mile (10,000-km) historic trek of the Chinese communists, which resulted in the relocation of the communist revolutionary base from southeastern to northwestern China and in the emergence of Mao Zedong as the undisputed party leader.
