World War I

JUNE 28,1914

• June 28th Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

JULY 28,1914

• Austria declared war on Serbia

AUGUST 1, 1914

• Germany declared war on Russia

MAY 7, 1915

• The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat

DECEMBER 19, 1915

• December 19th The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

APRIL 29, 1916

• British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

SEPTEMBER 15, 1916

• First use en masse of tanks at the Somme

APRIL 6, 1917

• USA declared war on Germany

JANUARY 4, 1918

• Peace conference met at Paris

JUNE 28, 1918

• The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.