1914 | ||
28 June | Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo | |
5 July | Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia | |
28 July | Austria declared war on Serbia | |
1 August | Germany declared war on Russia | |
3 August | Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan. | |
4 August | Britain declared war on Germany | |
23 August | The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France. | |
26 August | Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes. | |
6 September | Battle of the Marne started | |
18 October | First Battle of Ypres | |
29 October | Turkey entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front. | |
1915 | ||
19 January | The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place | |
19 February | Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles | |
25 April | Allied troops landed in Gallipoli | |
7 May | The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat | |
23 May | Italy declared war on Germany and Austria | |
5 August | The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians | |
25 September . | Start of the Battle of Loos | |
19 December | The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli | |
1916 | ||
27 January | Conscription introduced in Britain | |
21 February | Start of the Battle of Verdun | |
29 April | British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia | |
31 May | Battle of Jutland | |
4 June | Start of the Brusilov Offensive | |
1 July | Start of the Battle of the Somme | |
10 August | End of the Brusilov Offensive | |
15 September | First use en masse of tanks at the Somme | |
17 December | Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister | |
1917 | ||
1 February | Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started | |
6 April | USA declared war on Germany | |
16 April | France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front | |
31 July | Start of the Third Battle at Ypres | |
24 October | Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated | |
6 November | Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front | |
20 November | British tanks won a victory at Cambrai | |
5 December | Armistice between Germany and Russia signed | |
9 December | Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks | |
1918 | ||
3 March | The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany. | |
21 March | Germany broke through on the Somme | |
29 March | Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front | |
9 April | Germany started an offensive in Flanders | |
15 July | Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the collapse of the German army | |
8 August | The advance of the Allies was successful | |
19 September | Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo | |
4 October | Germany asked the Allies for an armistice | |
29 October | Germany’s navy mutinied | |
30 October | Turkey made peace | |
3 November | Austria made peace | |
9 November | Kaiser William II abdicated | |
11 November | Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One. | |
Post-war – 1919 | ||
4 January | Peace conference met at Paris | |
21 June | The surrendered German naval fleet at Scapa Flow was scuttled. | |
28 June | The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans. | |
Reference: https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-one/timeline-of-world-war-one/