World War I Timeline

Events for 1914-06-01 to 1914-12-31

Timeline of Events

• 1914
  • June
    • 28 - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • July
    • 28 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
  • August
    • 1 - Germany declares war on Russia
    • 2 through November 11 - Turkey Enters the War
    • 3 - Germany declares war on France
    • 3 through 4 - German forces enter neutral Belgium
    • 3 - Germany invades Luxemburg
    • 4 through November 24 - Germany Conquers Belgium
    • 4 - Great Britain declares war on Germany
    • 7 through 23 - Battle of the Frontiers
    • 11 through December 9 - Austria-Hungary Invasion of Serbia, 1914
    • 20 through September 26 - Galician Battles of 1914
    • 20 - Battle of Gumbinnen
    • 23 through 25 - Battle of Krasnik
    • 23 through September 5 - Allied Retreat of 1914
    • 26 through 31 - Battle of Komarov
    • 26 through 30 - Battle of Gnila Lipa
    • 27 through 30 - Battle of Tannenberg
  • September
    • 3 through 11 - Battle of Rava Russka
    • 6 through 13 - Battle of the Marne
    • 9 through 14 - First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
    • 18 through November 24 - Race to the Sea
    • 22 - German submarine sinks three British armored cruisers
    • 28 through October 9 - Siege of Antwerp
    • 28 through December 6 - Battles of Ivangorod and Lodz
  • October
    • 19 through November 22 - Battle of Flanders (Yser and Ypres)
  • November
    • 2 through 30 - Turkey and Russia Clash
    • 2 - Russia declares war on Turkey
    • 5 - Allied Blockade of Germany
    • 5 - Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey
    • 7 - Tsingtao falls to Japanese and British forces
    • 11 - Turkey counter-declares war on Russia, Britain, and France
  • December
    • 17 through 19 - First Battle of Artois
    • 20 through March 17, 1915 - First Battle of Champagne
    • 24 through January 15, 1915 - Battle of Sarikamish
• 1915
  • January
    • 12 through 15 - Soissons Offensive and the German Command Crisis
  • February
    • 4 - Germany declares a war zone around Great Britain and Ireland
    • 7 through 22 - Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
    • 19 through March 18 - Allied naval campaign in the Dardanelles
    • 19 through January 9, 1916 - Dardanelles and Gallipoli Campaigns
  • March
    • 10 through 12 - Battle of Neuve Chapelle
  • April
    • 22 through May 25 - Second Battle of Ypres
    • 25 through January 9, 1916 - Gallipoli Campaign
    • 26 - Pact of London
  • May
    • 2 through September 30 - Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive
    • 7 - German submarine U-20 sinks the Lusitania
    • 9 through June 25 - Second Battle of Artois
    • 23 - Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
  • June
    • 23 through November 12, 1917 - Battles of the Isonzo
    • 23 through July 7 - First Battle of the Isonzo
  • September
    • 25 through 28 - Second Battle of Champagne
    • 25 through October 8 - Champagne-Loos-Artois Offensive
    • 25 through October 8 - Battle of Loos
    • 25 through October 14 - Third Battle of Artois
  • October
    • 6 through November 25 - Defeat of Serbia
    • 14 - Bulgaria declares war on Serbia
    • 14 - Bulgaria Enters the War
    • 15 - Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria
    • 16 - France declares war on Bulgaria
    • 19 - Italy declares war on Bulgaria.
  • December
    • 6 - First Allied Military Conference
• 1916
  • February
    • 21 through September 2 - Battle of Verdun
  • April
    • 24 through 29 - Easter Rising
  • May
    • 14 through June 16 - Asiago Offensive
    • 31 - Battle of Jutland
  • June
    • 4 through September 20 - Brusilov Offensive
    • 5 - Arab Revolt
  • July
    • 1 through November 13 - Battle of the Somme
  • August
    • 6 through 17 - Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
    • 27 through December 31 - Romania at War, 1916
    • 27 - Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
    • 28 - Italy declares war on Germany
    • 29 - Hindenburg replaces Falkenhayn
• 1917
  • January
    • 1 through December 9 - Romania at War, 1917
    • 19 - Zimmermann Telegram
  • February
    • 24 through March 18 - Operation Alberich
  • March
    • 8 - February Russian Revolution
    • 11 - Russian Revolution
  • April
    • 7 - Cuba declares war on Germany
    • 9 through May 17 - Nivelle Offensive
    • 9 through May 17 - Battle of Arras
    • 9 through 10 - Battle of Vimy Ridge
    • 16 through May 5 - Second Battle of the Aisne
  • May
    • 3 through 20 - French Army Mutinies
  • June
    • 7 through 14 - Messines Ridge
  • July
    • 1 through August 3 - Kerensky Offensive
    • 31 through November 6 - Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres)
  • August
    • 18 through 20 - Salonica Fire
  • October
    • 21 through November 12 - Battle of Caporetto
  • November
    • 6 through 7 - Bolshevik Revolution
    • 20 through December 7 - Battle of Cambrai
  • December
    • 9 - Romania negotiates an armistice with the Central Powers
    • 15 - Russia and Central Powers sign armistice
• 1918
  • January
    • 1 through December 31 - Romania at War, 1918
  • March
    • 3 - Russia and the Central Powers sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
    • 21 through April 5 - Operation Michael — the Somme Offensive
    • 21 through July 17 - Germany's 1918 Offensives
  • April
    • 9 through 29 - Operation Georgette — the Lys Offensive
  • May
    • 7 - Romania signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending its initial involvement in the war
    • 27 through June 4 - Aisne (Blücher) Offensive
  • June
    • 1 through July 4 - Château Thierry and Belleau Wood
    • 9 through 13 - Noyon-Montdidier Offensive
    • 15 through 23 - Battle of the Piave
  • July
    • 15 through 17 - Champagne-Marne Offensive
    • 18 through August 6 - Second Battle of the Marne (The Aisne-Marne Offensive)
  • August
    • 8 through September 4 - Battle of Amiens
  • September
    • 12 through 16 - St. Mihiel Offensive
    • 26 through November 11 - Meuse-Argonne Offensive
    • 29 - Bulgaria signs an armistice
  • October
    • 24 through November 4 - Battle of Vittorio Veneto
    • 29 - German Fleet Mutiny
    • 30 - Turkey Signs an Armistice
  • November
    • 10 - Romania returns to the war
    • 11 - Germany signs the Armistice