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World War One
timeline 1914
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Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec.
June
28. |
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to
throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife at Sarajevo,
Bosnia.
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July
28.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. |
29.
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Russian mobilisation ordered.
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August
1.
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Germany declares war on Russia. France orders
mobilisation. |
2. |
Germany demands free passage through Belgium. |
3. |
Germany declares war on France. |
3. |
Belgium rejects Germany's demand. |
4. |
Germany at war with Belgium. Troops under Gen. Von Kluck
cross border. Halted at Liege. Great Britain at war with Germany.
Kitchener becomes Secretary of War. Wilson proclaims US neutrality |
5. |
President Wilson tenders good offices of United States in
interests of peace. |
6. |
Austria Hungary at war with Russia. |
7. |
French forces invade Alsace. Gen. Joffre in supreme
command of French army. Montenegro at war with Austria. Great
Britain's Expeditionary Force lands at Ostend, Calais and Dunkirk. |
8. |
Serbia at war with Germany. |
12. |
Great Britain at war with Austria-Hungary. Montenegro at
war with Germany. |
14. |
Battle of the Frontiers begins |
17. |
Belgian capital removed from Brussels to Antwerp. |
19. |
Canadian Parliament authorises raising expeditionary
force. |
20. |
Germans occupy Brussels. |
23.
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Japan at war with Germany. Begins attack on Tsingtau. |
24. |
Germans enter France near Lille. |
25. |
Austria at war with Japan. |
26. |
Viviani becomes premier of France. Opening of the Battle
of Tannenberg
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28. |
Austria declares war on Belgium. |
30.
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Amiens occupied by Germans. |
31.
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Russian army of invasion in East Prussia defeated at
Tannenberg by Germans under Von Hindenburg.
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September
3.
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Paris placed in state of siege: Government transferred to
Bordeaux. |
5-10. |
Opening of the First Battle of the Marne. Von Kluck is
beaten by Gen. Joffre, and the German army retreats from Paris to
the Soissons-Rheims line. |
14.
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French reoccupy Amiens and Rheims.Opening of the First
Battle of the Aisne; start of trench warfare. |
29. |
Antwerp bombardment begins.
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October
2. |
British Admiralty announces intention to mine North Sea
areas. |
9.
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Antwerp surrenders to Germans. Government removed to
Ostend. |
13. |
British occupy Ypres. |
14. |
Canadian Expeditionary Force of 32,000 men lands at
Plymouth. |
15. |
Germans occupy Ostend. Belgian government removed to
Havre, France. |
November
5. |
Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey. 5. Cyprus
annexed by Great Britain. |
December
8. |
Off the Falkland Isles, British squadron under command of
Rear-Admiral Sturdee, sinks three of the German cruisers which had
destroyed the Good Hope and Monmouth on Nov. 1. The Dresden escapes. |
16. |
German squadron bombards Hartlepool, Scarborough and
Whitby on east coast of England. |
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