Index

WWI Timeline

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  • June 28

    June 28
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated.

  • July 28

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

  • August 1

    Germany declares war on Russia.

  • August 3

    Germany declares war on France.

  • August 4

    The United Kingdom declares war on Germany.

  • August 6

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia, and Serbia declares war on Germany.

  • August 19

    U.S. President Woodrow Wilson declares the U.S. will remain neutral.

  • May 7

    The British RMS Lusitania is sunk by Germany.

  • 1916

    The Battle Of Somme begins.

  • 1917

    Germany attempts to persuade Mexico to join the war. The British decode the message.

  • 1917

    U.S. joins the war.

  • 1918

    U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues the Fourteen Points.

  • 1918

    Germany signs the armistice, which stops the fighting.

  • 1919

    The Treaty of Versailles officially ends the war.