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Show IMPORTANT DATES OF THE WORLD WAR.1914JUNE 28 , Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohenburg at Sarajevo, Bosnia.JULY 28, Austria declares war on Servia.JULY 28 , Hostilities begin after Germany and Austria refuse England's invitation to a conference.JULY 31 , General Russian mobilization ordered. Martial law declared in Germany. Stock markets throughout the world close their doors.AUG. 1 , Germany declares war on Russia.AUG. 3 , Germany declar es war on France and Belgium. German troops invade Belgium.AUG. 3, Italy proclaims her neutrality.AUG. 4, England declares war on Germany.AUG. 6 , Austria declares war on Russia.AUG. 9 , Servia declares war on Germany.AUG. 11 , France declares war on Austria-Hungary.AUG. 12, England declares war on Austria.AUG. 23 , Japan declares war on Germany.AUG. 28First naval battle off Heligoland.SEPT. 3 , French government withdrawn from Paris to Bordeaux.Nov. 5 , England declares war on Turkey.Servia severs relations with Turkey.1915FEB. 2 , Great Britain makes food contraband.MAY 7 , Liner Lusitania sunk, over 1000 lives lost.MAY 13 , President Wilson sends note on sinking of Lusitania to Germany.MAY 22 , Italy declares war on Austria.OCT. 10, Bulgaria declares war on Servia.OCT. 12 , Edith Cavell, English nurse, executed by Germans.OCT. 15 , Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria.OCT. 16 , France declares war on Bulgaria.1916MAR. 8 , Germany declares war on Portugal.APR. 1 , First Zeppelin raid in England, 28 killed.JUNK 7 , Earl Kitchener and staff drowned.JULY 1 , Allies begin grand offensive on the Somme.AUG. 3 , Roger Casement hanged for high treason.AUG. 27 , Roumania declares war on Austria-Hungary.AUG. 27 , Germany declares war on Roumania.OCT. 7 , U-53, German submarine, arrives at Newport, R.I.OCT. 8 , U-53 sinks five ships off Nantucket.DEC. 12 , Germany and her allies propose peace.1917FEB. 1 , Germany declares U-boat blockade of Great Britain.FEB. 3 , President Wilson severs relations with Germany.MAR. 6 , Austrian note to United States asserts the ruthless U-boat campaign to be justified.APR. 4, Senate votes for war, 82 to 6.1917APR. 6 , House votes for war, 373 to 50.APR. 6, President Wilson signs declaration of war.APR. 9, Austria severs relations with U. S.MAY 12 , British smash so-called Hindenburg line.JUNE 5 , Registration day for 10, 000, 000 men.JUNE 14First Liberty Loan of $2,000,000,000 announced oversubscribed.JUNE 27First American troops arrive at St. Nazaire, France.JULY 10, President Wilson calls National Guard into Federal service.JULY 13 , Formal call for 687, 000 men in first draft.JULY 20Drafting takes place in Washington.AUG. 15American troops, marching through London, are given tremendous ovation.OCT. 1 Second Liberty Loan of $3, 000, 000, 000 begins.OCT. 26 , American troops enter battle line and shell German positions.Nov. 5, Italians begin general retreat onTrentino and Tagliamento fronts.Nov. 8 , Premier Kerensky deposed in Russia and Bolsheviki seize control of government.DEC. 28American government takes charge of all railroads.1918JAN. 31 , Strikes in Germany assume nation-wide proportions; great war plants affected.FEB. 6 , Bonar Law announces U-boats have caused death of 14, 120 British non-combatants.MAR. 21 , Great German drive against British begins over 50-mile front, from Arras to St. Quentin.MAR. 28 , General Foch named as generalissimo of Entente forces.APR. 6 , Third Liberty Loan.APR. 23 , Naval squadrons raid Zeebrugge and Ostend, blocking U-boat channel.MAY 2 , Secretary of War Baker asks Congress for power to raise unlimited number of troops.JUNE 3 , U-boats raid New Jersey coast.JUNE 4 , American troops aid in hurling back Germans in Chateau Thierry region.JUNE 7 , Lights out in New York because of U-boat raids.AUG. 15, American troops arrive in Vladivostock.AUG. 23 , British start extensive drive on the Scmme.AUG. 24 , Third draft, men 21 years since June 5.SEPT. 7 , Germany and Austria officially propose armistice.SEPT. 12 , Fourth draft, 18 to 45 years.SEPT. 28 , Fourth Liberty Loan.OCT 31 , Turkey unconditionally surrenders.Nov. 9 , Kaiser and Crown Prince abdicate. Revolution in Germany.Nov. 11 , Armistice signed and hostilities cease.Length of war 1, 567 days.1919APR. 21 , Fifth Victory Liberty Loan.JUNE 28Germany signs peace terms. |