KEY DATES World War I Flashcards
1890
Bismarck Dismissed, Reinsurance Treaty lapsed
1894
Franco-Russian Alliance signed
1897
German naval construction starts
1898
Fashoda crisis
1902
Anglo-Japanese Treaty
1904
Anglo-Japanese Entente
1904-5
Russo-Japanese War
1906
First Moroccan Crisis, Anglo-French staff talks
1907
Anglo-Russian Entente
1908
Bosnia/Herzegovina annexed by Austria
1911
Second Moroccan Crisis
1912-13
First and Second Balkan Wars
28 JUN 1914
Sarajevo Incident
28 JUL 1914
Austria declares war on Serbia
30 JUL 1914
Full Russian mobilization ordered
1 AUG 1914
Germany declares war on Russia
3 AUG 1914
Germany declares war on France
4 AUG 1914
Germany invades Belgium (and France), Britain declares war on Germany
23 AUG 1914
Japan declares war on Germany
28 OCT 1914
Turkey joins Central Powers
26 APR 1915
Treaty of London signed by Italy, France, Britain, Russia
23 MAY 1915
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
FEB-NOV 1916
Battle of Verdun
JUN 1916
Battle of Jutland
JULY-NOV 1916
Battle of the Somme
JAN 1917
Unrestricted Submarine warfare begins