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Russo-Japanese War
A war fought in 1904–1905 between Russia and Japan over rival territorial claims. -
Bloody Sunday
The Bloody Sunday was a Massacre that happened in Russia in 1905, which killed and wounded hundreds of people -
Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia
The Bosnian crisis of 1908–09, also known as the Annexation crisis or the First Balkan Crisis, erupted when on 6 October 1908, Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, territories formally within the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand occurred on June 28th, 1914 in Sarajevo when Gavrilo Princip shot both him and his wife in the chest -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Russia mobilizes army
The Russian Mobilization was one of the main causes of WWI. Russia had the largest standing army in the world with a total of 5 million soldiers, but because there were so many of them, about 400,000 men ended up going into battle with any weapons. -
Schlieffen Plan put into action
The Schlieffen Plan was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. -
Germany invades Belgium
The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign which began in August 1914. -
Start of the Battle of Marne
The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle fought from 5–12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania occurred during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland -
Start of the Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was one of the largest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies. -
Start of the Battle of the Somme
A major battle of the First World War between the British and the Germans, on the Western Front in northern France. More than a million men on both sides were killed or wounded. -
Zimmermann Telegrah found
The Zimmermann Telegram was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany. -
Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicates
Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 by the Russian Revolution -
U.S. Enters World War I
The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, after two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States neutral. -
Russian Civil War
A conflict fought in Russia after the Revolution, between the Bolshevik Red Army and the counter-revolutionary White Russians. -
October Revolution
A revolution in Russia that overthrew the czar and brought the Bolsheviks, a Communist party led by Lenin, to power. -
Fourteen Points proposed
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations to end World War I. -
Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
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Armistice Signed
The Armistice was an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany – also known as the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front. -
Treaty of Versailles signed
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
Stalin takes over Russia
