1914
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June 28 |
Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated
at Sarajevo |
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July 23 |
Austria-Hungary demands that Serbia arrest the
leaders of the Black Hand |
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July 24 |
Serbia appeals to Russia for help |
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July 28 |
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia |
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August 1 |
Germany declares war on Russia |
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August 3 |
Germany declares war on France |
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August 4 |
German troops enter Belgium |
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August 4 |
Great Britain declares war on Germany |
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August 12 |
Austro-Hungarian troops invade Serbia |
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August 14 |
French troops attack Germany through Lorraine (Plan 17) |
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August 20 |
British Expeditionary Force (BEF) arrives in France |
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August 23 |
Battle of Mons |
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August 26 |
Battle of Tannenberg |
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August 28 |
Battle of Heligoland |
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Sept. 6 |
Battle of the Marne |
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Sept 13 |
French troops attack German Army at the River Aisne |
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Sept. 25 |
Battle of Albert |
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October 1 |
Battle of Arras |
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October 15 |
Battle of Ypres |
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October 29 |
Turkey joins Central Powers (Germany and Austria) |
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November 21 |
Britain invades Mesopotamia (Iraq) in the Middle East |
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December 25 |
Christmas Truce on the Western Front |
1915
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January 24 |
Battle of Dogger Bank |
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March 10 |
BEF attacks at Neuve Chapelle |
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March 18 |
Allied naval attack on the Dardanelles |
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April 22 |
Germans use chlorine gas against the French at Ypres |
| April 25 |
Allied landings at Gallipoli |
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May 7 |
Sinking of the Lusitania |
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May 9 |
Artois Offensive begins |
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May 23 |
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary |
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May 25 |
Germany abandons Ypres offensive |
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May 25 |
A coalition government is formed in Britain, led by Asquith |
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May 31 |
First Zeppelin raid on London |
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Sept. 25 |
Anglo-French Offensive at Artois-Loos |
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October 5 |
Allied troops land at Salonika |
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November 15 |
Churchill resigns after being blamed for the failure
at Gallipoli |
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December 19 |
Sir Douglas Haig formally takes command of the BEF from Sir John
French |
1916
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February 21 |
German Verdun Offensive |
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March 2 |
Military Service Act (Conscription) comes into force in
Britain |
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May 31 |
Battle of Jutland |
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June 5 |
Lord Kitchener drowns at sea |
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July 1 |
Start of the Somme Offensive |
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August 29 |
Von Hindenburg is made German Chief of Staff |
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September 15 |
British tanks are used for the first time |
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November 18 |
Somme Offensive ends |
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November 29 |
Jellicoe is replaced by Beatty as C-in-C of Grand Fleet |
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December 6 |
Asquith is replaced by Lloyd George as British Prime Minister |
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December 12 |
Nivelle appointed French Commander-in-Chief
Western Front |
1917
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January 19 |
Battle of Gaza begins in the Middle East |
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January 19 |
United States declares war on Germany |
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January 19 |
Start of Nivelle Offensive |
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January 19 |
Start of Arras offensive |
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April 12 |
Canadian Army captures Vimy Ridge |
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April 16 |
2nd Battle of the Aisne begins |
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April 16 |
Lenin arrives in Petrograd to support the
Russian revolution |
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May 15 |
Petain appointed French C-in-C Western Front |
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June 7 |
British attack at Messines |
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June 25 |
US troops arrive in France commanded by General
John Pershing |
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June 29 |
Greece declares war on the Central Powers |
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July 7 |
British Royal Family changes sur-name to
Windsor |
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October 12 |
British Offensive at Passchendaele |
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October 24 |
Italian Caproretto Offensive |
1918
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January 8 |
American President Wilson announces the 14 Points Peace Programme |
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March 21 |
Start of German Spring Offensive |
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March 29 |
French Field Marshal Foch becomes Allied
coordinator in France |
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May 27 |
3rd Battle of the Aisne begins |
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July 15 |
2nd Battle of the Marne |
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July 20 |
German retreat at the Marne |
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August 8 |
Amiens Offensive |
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August 21 |
Allied breakthrough at Albert |
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September 12 |
US
St Mihiel Offensive begins |
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September 26 |
Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins |
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September 27 |
Canal du Nord Offensive |
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October 3 |
Max von Baden appointed German Chancellor |
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October 5 |
Allied forces capture the Hindenburg Line |
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October 23 |
Italian Vittorio Veneto Offensive |
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November 9 |
German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates |
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November 11 |
Armistice begins |
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December 14 |
Lloyd George wins British General Election |
1919
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January 12 |
Paris Peace Conference |
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June 28 |
Treaty of Versailles signed |
