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| 1910 George V of Great Britain is crowned. |
1911 Conflict develops in Morocco between the France and Germany. Russian Premier Peter Stolypin is murdered. Grigori Rasputin gains influence over the Russian royal family. |
| 1912 Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece attack the Ottoman Empire in the 1st Balkan War, resulting in, among other things, the creation of the nation of Albania. Republic of China established with Sun Yat-sen as the president. |
1913 Bulgaria attacks Serbia and Greece in a second Balkan War, but loses. France increase its army size by extending the required military service from two to three years. |
| 1914 Map of Europe June 28 Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated. July 28 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. July 29 Russia ordered general mobilization Aug. 1 Germany delcared War on Russia. Aug. 3 Germany declared war on France. Aug. 4 Germany invaded Belgium. Great Britain declared war on Germany. Aug. 26-31 The Germans crushed the Russian second army at Tannenberg. Sept 1-Oct The Russians defeated the Austrians in the Battles of Lemberg. Sept. 6-9 The Allies stopped the Germans in the first battle of Marne. Oct. 21-Nov. 17 Germany failed to reach the English channel in the first Battle of Ypres. Oct.30 The Turks joined the Central Powers Britain passes the Home Rule Bill, which isn't put into effect because of the war. |
1915 Feb. 18: Germany began its attempted blockade of Great Britain April. 22: The Germans first used poisen gas, in the Second Battle of Ypres. April 25: Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula May 2: The Austrians began an offensive in Galicia May 7: A German Submarine sank the liner Lusitania May 23: Italy delcared was on Austria-Hungary |
| 1916 Jan. 9: British Troops withdrew from Gallipoli Feb. 21-Dec.15: The Allies halted the German Drive in the battle of Verdun. Apr. 29: Kut al-Amara, Mesopotamia, with 10,000 British troops, surrendered to the Turks. May 31-June 1: The British fleet fought the German fleet in the Battle of Jutland. June 4: Russia began an offensive in eastern Galicia July 1 - Nov.18: The Allies advanced in the Battles of the Somme. Aug. 27: Italy declared war on Germany Sept. 15: The British army first used tanks In Ireland there is the Easter Rebellion where for seven days the Sinn Fein rebels against Britain. |
1917 Feb. 1: Germany began unresticted submarine warfare. Apr. 6: The United States declared war on Germany. June 26: The first american troops landed in France July 31- Aug 9: The Germans broke up Russia's last offense. July 31 - Nov. 9: The Germans stopped the Allies in the third battle of Ypres. Riots in Russia. Nicholas II abdicates Nov. 7: The Bolsheviks seized power in Russia Nov.20- Dec. 3: In the battle of Cambrai, the Allies made the first great tank attack. Dec. 9: Jerusalem fell to the Allies Dec. 15: Russia signed an armisitce with Germany. |
| 1918 Jan 8: President Woodrow Wilson announced his "Fourteen Points" as the basis for peace. Mar. 3: Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Mar. 21: Germany launched its last great offense. June 15: Austria - Hungary fought its last offense June 23: The Allies occupied Murmansk, Russia June 25: American marines captured Belleau Wood. July 21: Allied troops recaptured Chatteau-Thierry Aug. 6: The last German offensive failed in the second battle of Marne. Sept. 26: The Allies began thier final offensive on the western front. Sept. 29: Bulgaria signed an armistice Oct. 30: Them Ottoman Empire signed an armistice Nov. 3: Austria signed an armistice Nov. 9: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated Nov. 11: Germany signed an armistice Women over thirty win right to vote in Britain. Nicholas II and his family are killed. Brest-Litovsk Treaty signed between Germany and Russia, taking Russia out of WWI. Poland proclaimed itself an independed republic. Yugoslavia created. The Armistice signed, ending WWI. German Kaiser flees to Holland. |
1919 Versaille Treaty. Poland is reconstituted as a nation. The Sinn Fein declares Ireland a republic leading to three years of revolution. Political power in Germany is given to the democractic Weimar Republic. |
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