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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Sebian Nationalist
The assassination led to WWI. It is the most important event leading up to war. A bomb was planted in his car and he and his wife died. -
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary decided to ally with Boznia and Herzegovina but Serbia was strongly opposed. The ally will allow Austria-Hungary to distribute power on the Balkans. Russia was opposed too. -
Germany declared war on Russia
Because of Russian mobilization, Germany declared war on Russia. They had advantage. They had a bugger army than Germany so they could crush them. -
Great Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Belgium.
It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War I. The situation in Europe in 1914 was very tense. The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign. -
Battle of Tannenberg
It was fought between Russia and Germany. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. It actually took place closer to the city of Allenstein than to Tannenberg. -
First Battle of Marne
There were two major battles fought by the Marne River near Paris, France. It was fought between Germany and the allies of France and Britain. The battle was considered a major victory, however, for the Allies. -
The Ottoman empire joins WWI
The Ottoman Empire joined to form the Triple Alliance. Turkey formally entered World War I with the bombing of Russian Black Sea ports. The Triple Entente declared war on the Ottoman Empire. -
Battle of Gallipoli
The battle of Gallipoli took place on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli in WWI. A combined Allied operation was mounted in order to eventually capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. Although the attack was politically successful, Bulgaria stopped negotiations with Germany, Greece offered support, and Italy also seemed keen to enter the war on Allied side. -
Battle of Verdun
It started when German troops attacked French positions. Many historians see this battle as the bloodiest of World History. The battle turned out as a successful victory for France. -
Battle of Jutland
It was the first and the only fullscale battleship clash during WW I between the German High Seas Fleet and the British Grand Fleet. The German submarines were completely ineffective - they did not sink a single ship and provided no useful information as scouts. After an inconclusive encounter both sides claimed victory. -
Battle of Somme
It was fought by the armies of the British and French empires. the battle was intended to hasten a victory of the allies and was the largest battle on the WWI on the western Front. It was one of the bloodiest battles in the human history. -
Zimmermann Telegram
Was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign office. It proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the united states entering WWI against Germany. -
Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers
An armistice was signed between the Russian Soviet Federative socialist republic. It took effect two days later on December. By this agreement Russia exited the WWI. -
Influenza epidemic killed millions of people
The epidemic unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic. The disease had already greatly limited life expectancy in the early 20th century. -
Second Battle of Marne
It took place in the Marne River Valley in northeastern France. The second Battle of the Marne was the last major German offensive in WWI. The German army planned the Marne attack in order to draw French troops away. -
Germany signed the armistice with Allied nations
It was an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany. The agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front. The battle marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany,although not formally a surrender. -
Peace of Versailles signed by Germany and the Allies
Was the most important of the peace treaties that brought WWI to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I signed separate treaties. -
League of Nations was formed
It was an intergovernmental organization. The League was a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. Its primary goals included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration.
