World War One Chronology and Events
| Description | Date |
|---|---|
| Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand | 28th June, 1914 |
| Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia | 28th July, 1914 |
| Germany declares war on Russia | 1st August, 1914 |
| Germany declares war on France | 3rd August, 1914 |
| German troops enter Belgium | 4th August, 1914 |
| Great Britain declares war on Germany | 4th August, 1914 |
| Lord Kitchener calls for 100,000 men to join British Army | 7th August, 1914 |
| Austro-Hungarian troops invade Serbia | 12th August, 1914 |
| French troops enter Lorraine | 14th August, 1914 |
| British Expeditionary Force arrives in France | 22nd August, 1914 |
| Battle of Mons begins | 23rd August, 1914 |
| French Army abandons Plan 17 | 24th August, 1914 |
| Battle of Tannenberg begins | 26th August, 1914 |
| Battle of Heligoland | 28th August, 1914 |
| Battle of the Marne begins | 6th Sept., 1914 |
| French troops attack German Army at the River Aisne | 13th Sept., 1914 |
| Battle of Albert | 25th Sept., 1914 |
| Battle of Arras | 1st October, 1914 |
| First German aircraft shot down by Allied plane | 5th October, 1914 |
| Battle of Ypres | 15th October, 1914 |
| Canadian troops arrive in Britain | 16th October, 1914 |
| Turkey joins Central Powers | 29th October, 1914 |
| Christmas Truce on the Western Front | 25th December, 1914 |
| South African forces occupy Swakopmund | 14th January, 1915 |
| Battle of Dogger Bank | 24th January, 1915 |
| BEF attacks at Neuve Chapelle | 10th March, 1915 |
| Allied naval attack on the Dardanelles | 18th March, 1915 |
| German gas attack at Ypres | 22nd April, 1915 |
| Allied landings at Gallipoli | 25th April, 1915 |
| Sinking of the Lusitania | 7th May, 1915 |
| Artois Offensive | 9th May, 1915 |
| Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary | 23rd May, 1915 |
| Germany abandons Ypres offensive | 25th May, 1915 |
| First Zeppelin raid on London | 31st May, 1915 |
| Isonzo Offensive begins | 23rd June, 1915 |
| Suvla Bay Offensive at Gallipoli | 6th August, 1915 |
| First tank demonstrated to British military leaders | 11th Sept., 1915 |
| Anglo-French Offensive at Artois-Loos | 25th Sept., 1915 |
| Allied troops land at Salonika | 5th October, 1915 |
| Britain introduces conscription | 2nd February, 1916 |
| German Verdun Offensive | 21st February, 1916 |
| Germany declares war on Portugal | 9th March, 1916 |
| Battle of Jutland | 31st May, 1916 |
| Russian Brusilov Offensive | 4th June, 1916 |
| Lord Kitchener killed at sea | 5th June, 1916 |
| Start of Anglo-French Somme Offensive | 1st July, 1916 |
| Italian Gorizia Offensive | 9th August, 1916 |
| First use of British tanks at Flers-Courcelette | 15th September, 1916 |
| French recapture Douaumont Fort at Verdun | 24th October, 1916 |
| Somme Offensive ends | 18th November, 1916 |
| Battle of Gaza begins | 19th January, 1917 |
| United States declares war on Germany | 19th January, 1917 |
| Start of Nivelle Offensive | 19th January, 1917 |
| Start of Arras offensive | 19th January, 1917 |
| Canadian Army captures Vimy Ridge | 12th April, 1917 |
| 2nd Battle of the Aisne begins | 16th April, 1917 |
| French tanks used for the first time in battle | 17th April, 1917 |
| British attack at Messines | 7th June, 1917 |
| United States troops arrive in France | 25th June, 1917 |
| Greece declares war on the Central Powers | 29th June, 1917 |
| King George V changes name to Windsor | 7th July, 1917 |
| British Offensive at Passchendaele | 12th October, 1917 |
| Bolsheviks revolt in Russia | 6th November, 1917 |
| Russia armistice with Central Powers | 2nd December, 1917 |
| Start of German Spring Offensive | 21st March, 1918 |
| 3rd Battle of the Aisne begins | 27th May, 1918 |
| Battle of Le Hamel | 4th July, 1918 |
| 2nd Battle of the Marne | 15th July, 1918 |
| German retreat at the Marne | 20th July, 1918 |
| Amiens Offensive | 8th August, 1918 |
| Allied breakthrough at Albert | 21st August, 1918 |
| United States St Mihiel Offensive | 26th September, 1918 |
| Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins | 26th September, 1918 |
| Canal du Nord Offensive | 27th September, 1918 |
| Allied forces capture the Hindenburg Line | 5th October, 1918 |
| Italian Vittorio Veneto Offensive | 23rd October, 1918 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates | 9th November, 1918 |
| Armistice | 11th November, 1918 |
| Treaty of Versailles signed | 28th June, 1919 |
Battles
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Battle of the Mons
Battle of the Somme
