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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz got shot to death by Bosnian Serb during a visit from the Bosnian Capital of Sarajevo. -
War With Serbia
After 1 month of Franz Ferdinand's death, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
Germany Declares War
Germany declares war with Russia and France and Belgium begin full mobilization. -
Germany Declares War With France
Germany declares war with France and invades neutral Belgium. -
Great Britain Declares War
Great Britain Declares war on Germany -
Great Britain and France
Great Britain and France both Declare war on Austria-Hungary and Serbia is invaded by Austria-Hungary. -
European Soil
The first confrontation on European soil since the Battle Of Waterloo in 1815. -
Austria invades Serbia
Austria invades Serbia for the death of Franz Ferdinand and the British Navy suffers a worst defeat in the Pacific. -
Germany declares the water
Germany declares the waters surrounding British Isles to be a war zone in which ships can be sunk without warning. -
Armenian Genocide Began
The Armenian Genocide began and they arrested and executed several hundred Armenian intellectuals. -
Allies Sign Treaty of London
There were promises and the sign of Treaty of London, committing itself to enter WWI on the side of the Allies. -
Lusitania Sinks
The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. -
Battle of Somme
The battle of Somme was the worst day in history of the British Army, 29,000 people were killed and many more wounded. -
Britannic Sinks in Aegean Sea
The Britannic sister ship to the Titanic sinks in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people and more than 1000 people were rescued. -
Battle of Khadairi
British troops launch an offensive attack against Turkish forces at Khadairi Bend. -
Russia
Revolution focused around Petrograd and the capital of Russia. . -
Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. -
Troops
The first American troops landed in France. -
China
China declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary -
Mesopotamia
Action of Tikrit (Mesopotamia) -
President Wilson
President Wilson delivers message to Congress laying down the "Fourteen Points". -
Flu Epidemic
There was an outbreak of a deadly influenza epidemic during WWI in the United States in Kansas. -
Spain
The Spanish Civil War was an armed conflict between the Republicans and the Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco. -
Armistice
The Armistice was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in WWI. -
Allied Nations
After WWI ended leaders from the Allied Nations began a series of discussions that became known as the Paris Peace Conference. -
Treaty
The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
