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Archduke ferdinand
The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand in sarajevo -
Beginning WWI
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia Starting WWI -
Germany and France
Germany declares war on France and invade neutral belgium -
Great Britain declares war
Great Britain declares war on Germany -
British troops
First British troops land in France. 120,000 highly trained solders. -
GB and France declares war
Great Britain and France declares war on Austria-Hungary. Serbia is invaded by Austria-Hungary. -
Battle of Mons
First major battle of WWI. Allies Clashed with Germany of the french boarders. -
The British Navy
British navy suffers worst defeat in a sea battle. 2 British ships are sunken, the Monmouth and Good Hope, by a German squadron. No survivors -
Germany
Germany declares war zone around British isles -
Second Battle of Ypres
Germans released another gas cloud towards the re-formed Canadian line just west of St. Julien -
The sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. -
Battle of the Somme
Battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire. -
Battle of Bucharest
The Central Powers completed their cross of the Danube River at Sistova and occupied the regional capital of Craiova, Romania. -
Battle of Rafa
The third and final battle to complete the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign -
The protest
A mass protest by Russian civilians in petrograd (st. petersburg) erupts into a revolution against Czar Nicholas II and the war. Within days, Russian soldiers mutiny and join the revolution -
U.S in WWI
U.S. Enters World War I. The U.S. declares war against Germany. -
American Troops
The first american troops land in france -
China
China declares war on Germany and Austria-hungry. -
Fourteen points
A statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.