1914
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
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 hated 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
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.
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
Countries Involved were:
Albania
Arabia
Austria
Hungary
Belgium and colonies
Brazil
Bulgaria
China
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Finland
France
Great Britain
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Italy and colonies
Japan
Latvia
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Nicaragua
Panama
Persia
Philippines
Poland
Portugal and colonies
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Siam
Turkey
Transcaucasia
United States of America
Here is a map of the countries that fought in the war.
and here are some pie charts of the deaths from WW1.
