World War I

1914

• June 28 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo.

• July 28 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.

• August 1 - Germany declares war on Russia.
• August 3 - Germany declares war on France.
• August 4 - Great Britain declares war on Germany.
• August 4 - Germany invades neutral Belgium.
• August 26-30 - Battle of Tannenberg.
• August - Battle of Togoland.
• August - The Pursuit of the Goeben and the Breslau.

• September - First Battle of Aisne.
• September - Battle of Lemberg.
• September 5-10 - First Battle of the Marne.

• October-November - First Battle of Ypres.

• November - Battle of Lodz.

• December 25 - Unofficial Christmas Truce on the Western Front.

1915

• January 19 - First German zeppelin air raid on England.

• February 4 - Any ship approaching Britain is considered a legitimate target as Germany declares a submarine blockade of England.
• February - Battle of Masuria.

• March - Battle of Neuve-Chapelle.
• March-December - Battles of Aubers Ridge and Festubert.

• April 22-May 5 - Second Battle of Ypres. First use of chemical weapons.
• April 23 - Allied assault on Gallipoli.

• May 7 - Lusitania sunk.
• May - Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow.

• August 30 - Responding to American demands, Germany stops sinking ships without warning.

• September 5 - Tsar Nicholas commander of Russian armies.
• September-October - Battle of Artois & Champagne.
• September-October - Battle of Loos.

• December 7 - David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
• December 28 - Allied withdrawal from Gallipoli.
• December-April, 1916 - Siege of Kut.

1916

• February 21-December 18 - Battle of Verdun.

• May-June - Trentino Offensive.
• May 31 - Battle of Jutland.

• June 4 - The Brusilov Offensive.

• July 1-November 18 - Battle of the Somme.

• November 7 - Woodrow Wilson re-elected.

• December 31 - Rasputin murdered.

1917

• February 1 - Unrestricted submarine warfare declared by Germany, again.
• February 24 - The Sinking of the Laconia.

• March 15 - Tsar Nicholas abdicates.
• March-September - Russia collapses.

• April 6 - United States declares war on Germany.
• April 16-29 - Chemin des Dames Offensive.
• April - Battle of Arras & Vimy Ridge.
• April - Nivelle Offensive.

• June - Battle of Messines.

• July 6 - Aquaba captured by Arabs led by T.E.Lawrence.
• July 16-November 10 - Third Battle of Ypres.

• August 6 - Aleksander Fyodorovich Kerensky appointed Prime Minister of Russia.

• October - Battle of Caporetto.

• November 7 - Kerensky's government overthrown by Bolsheviks.
• November 10 - British reach Passchendaele.
• November - Battle of Cambrai.

• December 3 - German-Russian armistice.
• December 9 - Jerusalem captured by British.

1918

• January 8 - President Wilson presents 14-point plan.

• March-June - Ludendorff Offensive.

• April - Zeebruggge Raid.

• June-July - Piave Offensive.

• July 16-17 - Bolsheviks murder Tsar Nicholas and his family.

• August 8 - Allied counter-offensives on the Somme.

• September 29 - Allies break through the Hindenberg Line.
• September-October - Battle of Megiddo.
• September - St. Mihiel Offensive.
• September-November - Battle of Meuse-Argonne.

• October 28 - German sailors mutiny.

• November 9 - Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates.
• November 10 - German republic founded.
• November 11 - Armistice signed.

1919

• June 28 - Treaty of Versailles signed.

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