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World War I was a pivotal period in world history. To go along with the suggested activities outlined in World War I: Suggested Activities, create a timeline using the following information below the video.
1914
June 28 Archduke Ferdinand Francis was assassinated
July 28 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
Aug 1 Germany declared war on Russia
Aug 3 Germany declared war on France
Aug 3 Belgium was invaded by Germany
Aug 3 Great Britain declared war on Germany
Sep 1 Oct 3 Austrians lost in the Battle of Lemburg
Oct 30 Turkey joined the Central Powers
1915
Feb 18 Germany attempted to blockade Great Britain
Apr 22 Germans first used chloride poisonous gas
May 7 German submarine sank the British ship Lusitania
May 23 Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary
1916
Jan 9 British troops withdraw from Gallipoli
Feb 21 Dec 15 The Allies stop Germans in the Battle of Verdun
April 29 10,000 British troops surrender to the Turks
June 4 Russian began an offensive in eastern Galicia
July 1 Nov 18 The Allies progress in the Battles of the Somme
Sep 15 British Army first used tanks
1917
Feb 1 Germany first used submarine warfare
Apr 6 The USA declared war on Germany
June 26 First American troops land in France
July 31 Aug 9 Germans break Russias last offensive
July 31 Nov 10 Germans stop Allies in the Third Battle of Ypres
Nov 7 Bolsheviks take over Russia
Nov 20 Dec 3 Allies made first tank attack in the Battle of Cambrai
Dec 9 Jerusalem fell to the Allies
Dec 15 Russia signs armistice with Germany
1918
Jan 8 US President Wilson reveals Fourteen Points for peace
Mar 3 Russian signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Mar 3 Allied forces reduced
Mar 21 Jun 15 Germany and Austria-Hungary fight the last great offensive
Sep 26 Allies begin their last attach on the western front
Sep 29 Bulgaria sign an armistice
Oct 30 The Ottoman Empires signs an armistice
Nov 3 Austria-Hungary signs an armistice
Nov 11 Germany signs an armistic
Nov 11 Fighting finally ended