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the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Ferdinand and Sophie Archduke was in the car when Prinicp whipped out his pistol and fired two shots at the achduke hitting Ferdinand in the neck and striking sophie's killing her -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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. -
Great Britain declares war on Germany
Great Britain declares war on Germany. The declaration is binding on all Dominions within the British Empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa -
Battle of Mulhouse
Soldiers from the German Seventh Army recaptured Mulhouse, forcing French troops to retreat to nearby Belfort, France. -
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania o
DescriptionThe sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany -
Battle of Verdun begins
a shot from a German Krupp 38-centimeter long-barreled gun—one of over 1,200 such weapons set to bombard French forces along a 20-kilometer front stretching across the Meuse River—strikes a cathedral in Verdun, France -
Senussi Campaign
A British column dispatched to capture Senussi rebel leader Sayed Ahmed arrived at the Siwa Oasis in North Africa where they were met with resistance from 1,250 tribesmen sent to protect Ahmed. -
April 2-6 1917
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican). Famous people born on this day include Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto and Todd Woodbridge -
U.S. troops score victory at Cantigny
In the first sustained American offensive of World War I, an Allied force including a full brigade of nearly 4,000 United States soldiers captures the village of Cantigny, on the Somme River in France, from their German enemy. -
First U.S. troops arrive in France
During World War I, the first 14,000 U.S. infantry troops land in France at the port of Saint-Nazaire. The landing site had been kept secret because of the menace of German submarines, but by the time the Americans had lined up to take their first salute on French soil, an enthusiastic crowd had gathered to welcome them -
Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points speech of President Woodrow Wilson was an address delivered before a joint meeting of Congress on January 8, 1918, during which Wilson outlined his vision for a stable, long-lasting peace in Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world following World War I. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers, that ended Russia's participation in World War I. The treaty was signed at German-controlled Brest-Litovsk, after two months of negotiations -
U.S. troops score victory at Cantigny
In the first sustained American offensive of World War I, an Allied force including a full brigade of nearly 4,000 United States soldiers captures the village of Cantigny, on the Somme River in France, from their German enemy. -
The Armistice of 11 November 1918
DescriptionThe Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had been agreed with Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
The National Council of Georgia
The National Council of Georgia was dissolved for the first free elections in the Democratic Republic of Georgia, which also included women participating for the first time in national voting. -
Treaty of Versailles
Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war. (Versailles is a city in France, 10 miles outside of Paris.) -
Convenient for the League of Nations
the League of Nations formally comes into being when the Covenant of the League of Nations, ratified by 42 nations in 1919, takes effect. In 1914, a political assassination in Sarajevo set off a chain of events that led to the outbreak of the most costly war ever fought to that date. -
Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles for Second and Final Time
On March 19, 1920, the United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles, by a vote of 49-35, falling seven votes short of a two-thirds majority needed for approval. -
The U.S.–Austrian Peace Treaty
The U.S.–Austrian Peace Treaty is a peace treaty between the United States and Austria, signed in Vienna on August 24, 1921, in the aftermath of the First World War.
