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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip gravly injures him -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Archduke declares war on serbia after wife gets killed -
Germany declares war on Russia.
First world war erupts -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an ultimatum, rejected by the Germans, to withdraw from Belgium. -
First British troops land France
The first British troops land in France. The 120,000 highly trained members of the regular British Army form the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) commanded by Field Marshal John French. -
Serbia INvaded by Austria
Great Britain and France declare war on Austria-Hungary. Serbia is invaded by Austria-Hungary. -
Japan Declares war on Germany
Japan declares war on Germany. The Japanese then prepare to assist the British in expelling the Germans from the Far East. German possessions in the South Pacific include a naval base on the coast of China, part of New Guinea, Samoa, and the Caroline, Marshall and Mariana Islands. -
Austria Invades Srberia again
Austria invades Serbia. This is the third attempt to conquer the Serbs in retaliation for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This attempt fails like the two before it, at the hands of highly motivated Serbs fighting on their home ground. The Austrians withdraw in mid-December, after suffering over 220,000 casualties from the three failed invasions. -
Germany declares the british isles as warzone
Germany declares the waters surrounding British Isles to be a war zone in which ships can be sunk without warning. -
Extermination
The Armenian Genocide also known as the Armenian Holocaust, was the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians, mostly citizens within the Ottoman Empire. -
Allies sign Treaty of London
On April 26, 1915, after 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 -
U-Boat sinks
A German U-Boat torpedoes the British passenger liner Lusitania off the Irish coast. It sinks in 18 minutes, drowning 1,201 persons, including 128 Americans. President Woodrow Wilson subsequently sends four diplomatic protests to Germany. -
18,800 soldiers are killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
The British Army suffers the worst single-day death toll in its history as 18,800 soldiers are killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The losses come as 13 attacking divisions encounter German defenses that are still intact despite the seven-day bombardment designed to knock them out. The British also attack in broad daylight, advancing in lines shoulder-to-shoulder only to be systematically mowed down by German machine-gunners. -
Britanic sinks the Aegean Sea
The Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, sinks in the Aegean Sea on this day in 1916, killing 30 people. More than 1,000 others were rescued. -
Battle of Rafa
World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine. -
Febuary Revolution
1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd -
US declare war on Germany
United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe -
Troops land in France
The first American troops land in France. -
China Declare War
China declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
US troops see western front for 1st time
Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time -
Crisis in Spain
The Entente powers and the United States also took a harder stance towards the activities of German submarines near the Spanish coasts. And spanish influenza -
Missisippie first to ratify 18 amendment
Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition of alcohol) of the US Constitution -
Flu epidemic
Flu Epidemic of 1918. In 1918 the United States was involved in World War I, but was also dealing with the outbreak of a deadly influenza epidemic. 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. -
WorldWar Over
Germany accepts Armistice -
Meeting of the Powers
On January 18, 1919, a few months after the end of World War I, 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. Preceded by a series of armistices in September, October, and November 1918, that ended World War I, the Paris Peace Conference brought together representatives from the victorious nations. Russia had withdrawn from the fighting and was not invited. -
Peace Conference Begins in paris
Five years after the World War peace talks begin
