wars

world war 1




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
1912 Dec 08 Imperial War Council In Germany Discusses War
1914 Aug 06 WW1 Serbia Versus Germany And Austria Versus Russia
1914 Aug 23 Japan Declares War, Bombs China
1914 Aug 23 WWI: Mons: British Begin Withdrawal
1914 Aug 28 Germans Take Namur, Belgium In WWI
1914 Aug 30 Tannenberg: Germans Defeat Russians
1914 Sep 17 The Race To The Sea Begins
1914 Sep 24 Przemysl Siege Begins
1914 Oct 19 The First Battle Of Ypres Begins
1914 Nov 07 Japanese Capture Kiachow Bay, And Tsingato, Germany
1914 Nov 28 Stock Exchange Re-opens After July's War Closing
1914 Dec 15 Serbian Army Recaptures Belgrade
1914 Dec 24 The 'Christmas Truce' Begins
1915 Feb 22 WWI: Germany Uses Subs
1915 Mar 10 The First Large Scale Operation By The British Army
1915 May 09 Gemany, France Engage In Battle Of Artois
1915 May 23 Italy Joins World War 1 Allies
1915 Jul 07 First Battle Of Isonzo Ends
1915 Sep 05 The Pacifist Zimmerwald Conference Begins
1915 Oct 13 Battle Of Hohenzollern Ends Loos Battle
1915 Oct 14 Bulgaria Joins Central Powers
1916 Feb 21 Battle Of Verdun, France
1916 Apr 09 German Forces Launch Offensive In Verdun
1916 Jun 04 Russia Opens The Brusilov Offensive
1916 Aug 14 WWI: Romania Declares War On Austria-Hungary
1916 Aug 28 Germany Declares War On Romania
1916 Nov 14 Battle Of Somme Ends World War I
1916 Nov 21 WWI: Mine Sinks HMHS Britannic
1916 Dec 06 The Central Powers Capture Bucharest (WWI)
1917 Apr 02 Woodrow Wilson Asks For War Declaration
1917 Apr 12 Vimy Ridge Taken By Canadian Forces From Germans
1917 Jun 30 Greece Declared War On The Central Powers
1917 Jul 27 Passchendaele: Allies Reach Yser Canal
1917 Sep 26 The Battle Of Polygon Erupts In Belgium
1917 Oct 04 Brits, Germans Fight Flander's Battle Of Broodseinde
1917 Nov 07 Capture Of Gaza By The British Forces
1917 Dec 07 WWI: U.S. Declares War On Austria-Hungary
1917 Dec 09 WWI: Allenby Captures Jerusalem, Palestine
1917 Dec 11 General Allenby Declares Martial Law In Jerusalem
1918 Jan 08 President Wilson Announces ""Fourteen Points""
1918 Feb 05 First Aerial Victory By U.S. Military
1918 May 09 Ostend, Belgium: Germans Repel British Again
1918 Jul 15 Germans Attack Marne During WW1
1918 Jul 21 U-156 Shells Nauset Beach In Orleans
1918 Aug 11 The Battle Of Amiens Ends
1918 Aug 21 Second Battle Of Somme Begins
1918 Sep 26 Meuse-Argonne Offensive Begins
1918 Oct 30 Ottoman Empire Surrenders To Allies
1918 Nov 01 Banat Republic Is Founded
1918 Nov 03 German Revolution Began When Sailors Took Kiel
1918 Nov 04 Austria-Hungary Surrenders To Italy
1919 Jan 18 Paris Peace Conference Opens In Versailles, France
1919 May 08 Edward George Honey Moment Of Silence
1920 Jan 23 Netherlands Refuses To Surrender Kaiser Wilhelm II
1920 Nov 15 Geneva Hosts First League Of Nations Assembly
1934 Nov 11 Melbourne: Shrine Of Remembrance Is Opened