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Austria-Hungary Vs Serbia/Start of WWI
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip. -
DORA act
Britain enacts the Defense of the Realm Act (DORA) granting unprecedented powers to the government to control the economy and daily life. -
Sinking of RMS Lusitania
The 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. -
Zimmerman's Letter
The British intercept a telegram sent by Alfred Zimmermann in the German Foreign Office to the German embassies in Washington, D.C., and Mexico City. Its message outlines plans for an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States. -
U.S Enters War
the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe. -
Woodrow Wilson becomes president
Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated former associate justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate. -
Sedition Act
the United States Congress passes the Sedition Act, a piece of legislation designed to protect America’s participation in World War I. -
U.S vs France
The first 14,000 U.S. infantry troops landed in France at the port of Saint Nazaire. -
OFFICIAL ending of WWI
The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany and the Allied Nations on June 28, 1919, formally ending World War One. -
Ending of WWI
an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I.