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Revolution overthrows Austria-Hungarian Emperor
Germany, Hungary, solvakia, rromans etc. all atempted a revolution to achieve independence and autonomy over all the other nations, although Germany was ahead. -
Germany officially unified
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France loses alsace and lorraine to germany
Germany becomes a unified Imperial federation,thus causing a population growth and rapid industrialization, all of this happening they decide to take over alsace and lorraine -
triple alliance formed
The Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy -
Triple Entente alliance formed
Triple Entente Alliance of Britain, France, and Russia before World War I. It developed from the Franco-Russian Alliance (1894) formed to counterbalance the threat posed by the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy. -
Russo-Japanese War
Japan launches a surprise naval attack against Port Arthur, a Russian naval base in China, then the Russian fleet was destroyed. -
Austria hungary annexed Bosnia
Austria-Hungary’s annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina upset the balance of power in the Balkans, enraging Serbia and pan-Slavic nationalists throughout Europe. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
The archduke’s driver took a wrong turn and one of Cabrinovic’s cohorts, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip, happened to be waiting, Princip fired into the car, shooting Franz Ferdinand and Sophie at point-blank range. -
Austria hungary declares war on serbia
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In response, Russia formally ordered mobilization in the four military districts facing Galicia, its common front with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
Ottoman-Germany alliance formed
The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers to form the Triple Alliance with the signing the Turco-German Alliance. -
Schlieffen plan put into action
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Japan declares war on Germany
Japan declares war on Germany, so then Japan prepares to assist the British in expelling the Germans from the Far East, meanwhile Germany has an amry in the South Pacific and a naval base on the coast of China -
Battle of marne
Each side repeatedly tries to outmaneuver the other and gain a tactical advantage as they move northward in what becomes known as the Race to the Sea. -
Lusitania sinks
Germany involved submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the first WW1 -
Battle of Verdun
the German 5th Army attacks the French 2nd Army north of the historic city of Verdun, following a nine-hour artillery bombardment; but then the french rush in as germany has a moment of weakness -
Unrestricted submarine warfare commences
The lethal threat of the German U-boat submarine raises its head again, as Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare it had previously suspended in response to pressure from the United States and other neutral countries. -
Zimmerman Telegraph found
In a crucial step toward U.S. entry into World War I, President Woodrow Wilson learns of the so-called Zimmermann Telegram, a message from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the event of a war between the U.S. and Germany. -
tsar nicholas II abdicates
Forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
Bolsheviks emerge as a political group
The group was led by lenin and he took control of the government of Russia -
Vladimir Lenin seizes power in Russia
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky overthrow the Provisional Government in what comes to be known as the October Revolution; establishing a non-democratic Soviet Government based on Marxism which prohibits private enterprise and private land ownership. -
Stalin takes over Russia
Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower.
Once in power, he collectivized farming and had potential enemies executed or sent to forced labor camps. -
Fourteen points proposed
President Woodrow Wilson outlines an elaborate peace plan to the U.S. Congress -
Russia signed treaty of brest-litovsk
Harsh terms imposed by the Germans force the Russians to yield a quarter of their prewar territory and over half of Russia's industries. -
Battle of Somme
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Kaiser wilhelm II abdicates
Kaiser Wilhelm II looks for refuge in Holland and is worried about his safety after his generals warn him they may not be able to adequately protect him from the volatile situation in Germany. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
Germans back home react with mass demonstrations against the perceived harshness of the treaty -
US declares war on Germany
Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict. -
Germany stops reparation payments to France
