
World War I Time Table |
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On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson addressed Congress and asked for a declaration of war. His speech ended:
But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world at last free.To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Date
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Europe | The Seas | Elsewhere |
1914
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June
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1st Colonel House mission | ||
June 28
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | ||
July 28
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia | ||
August 1
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Germany declares war on Russia | ||
August 3
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Germany declares war on France | ||
August 4
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Germany invades Belgium | ||
August 4
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Britain declares war on Germany | ||
August 4
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U.S. declares neutrality | ||
August 6
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Austria Hungary declares war on Russia | ||
August 5-16
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Siege of Liege | ||
August 12
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Austria Hungary invades Serbia | ||
August 14
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France invades Lorraine | ||
August 22-23
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Battle of Mons | Japan declares war on Germany | |
August 26-30
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Battle of Tannenburg | ||
August 28
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Battle of Heligoland | ||
August 30
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Paris Zeppelin raid | ||
September 5-9
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1st Battle of the Marne | ||
October 15 - November 24
|
1st Battle of Ypres | ||
October 29
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Turkey joins Central Powers | ||
November 21
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Britain and India invade Middle East | ||
December 24-26
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Christmas Truce | ||
January 19
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London Zeppelin raid | ||
January 28
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William P. Frye sunk | ||
February 4
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Germany declares war zone around British Isles | ||
February 19
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Dardanelles naval attack | ||
April
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Turkey moves against Armenians | ||
April 22
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2nd Battle of Ypres begins | ||
April 25
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Gallipoli landing | ||
May 1
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Gulflight sunk | ||
May 7
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Lusitania sunk | ||
May 23
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Italy declares war on Austria Hungary | ||
May 31
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Zeppelin raid on London | ||
June 30
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Colonel House peace mission | ||
July 2
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Bomb in U.S. Senate | ||
August 6
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Suvla Bay (Gallipoli) | ||
August 19
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Arabic sunk | ||
October 15
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Bulgaria joins Central Powers | ||
November 7
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Ancona sunk | ||
December 7
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Wilson calls up reserves | ||
January 7
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German pledge to abide by submarine rules | ||
February 21
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Verdun begins | ||
March 15
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Army Reorganization Act in U.S. | ||
March 24
|
Sussex sunk | ||
April 24
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Easter Uprising in Ireland | ||
May 4
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Sussex pledge | ||
May 31
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Battle of Jutland | ||
July 1
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Battle of the Somme begins | ||
November 7
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Wilson defeats Hughes | ||
December 12
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Germany proposes peace talks | ||
December 20
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Wilson seeks peace terms from both sides | ||
January 22
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Wilson calls for an association of nations and peace without victory | ||
February 1
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Germany resumes unrestricted sub warfare | ||
February 3
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U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Germany | ||
February 24
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Zimmerman Telegram revealed | ||
March 9
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Wilson arms merchant ships | ||
March 11
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Baghdad falls to British | ||
March 15
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates | ||
April 2
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Wilson asks for war declaration | ||
April 6
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U.S. declares war on Germany | ||
April 12
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Battle of Vimy Ridge | ||
May 18
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U.S. Selective Service Act | ||
May 19
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Pershing heads AEF | ||
June 15
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Espionage Act passed | ||
June 25
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U.S. soldiers arrive in France | ||
July 6
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T.E. Lawrence heads Arab revolt | ||
July 31
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3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) |
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October 24
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Caporetto offensive | ||
November 2
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Lansing-Ishii Agreement | ||
November 6
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia | ||
November 8
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Balfour Declaration | ||
November 20
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Tanks at Cambrai | ||
December 7
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U.S. declares war on Austria Hungary | ||
December 9
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British take Jerusalem | ||
January 8
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Wilson announces Fourteen Points | ||
March 3
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | ||
March
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Germans begin Western Front offensive | ||
April 14
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Foch heads Allies | ||
June 25
|
Belleau Wood | ||
July 17
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2nd Battle of the Marne begins | ||
August
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U.S. Intervention in Russia | ||
August 8
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Amiens offensive | ||
September
12 - 16 |
Saint Mihiel | ||
September 26 - November 11
|
Meuse Argonne offensive | ||
October 5
|
Hindenburg Line falls | ||
October 25
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Wilson's October Appeal | ||
October 28
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Kiel mutinies | ||
November 11
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Germany signs armistice | ||
January 18
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Paris Peace Conference begins | ||
June 28
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Treaty of Versailles signed | ||
September 10
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Treaty of Saint-Germain signed | ||
September 25
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Wilson collapse in Colorado | ||
November 19
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1st Senate defeat of Treaty of Versailles | ||
November 27
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Treaty of Neuilly signed | ||
March 19
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2nd Senate defeat of Treaty of Versailles | ||
April 1
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Last U.S. troops leave Siberia | ||
June 4
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Treaty of Trianon signed | ||
August 10
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Treaty of Sèvres signed | ||
November 2
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Republican election triumph |
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