1860s: Through a series of wars in the late 1860s which culminated with
the Prussian invasion of France in 1871, the creation of the German
state became a reality. - The First World War, Wikiversity.
1870: After 1870, European conflict was averted largely due to a carefully planned network of treaties between the German Empire and the remainder of Europe orchestrated by Chancellor Bismarck. - World War I, Wikipedia.
1884
September 13, 1884: His World War I draft registration card showed September 13, 1884 but his California death certificate listed his birth as September 20, 1889. - Jelly Roll Morton, Wikipedia.
1900: In the 19th century, the major European powers had gone to great lengths to maintain a balance of power throughout Europe, resulting by 1900 in a complex network of political and military alliances throughout the continent. - World War I, Wikipedia.
1906
1906: With the launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906, the British Empire expanded on its significant advantage over its German rivals. - World War I, Wikipedia.
September 28, 1906: A tanker which
supplied creosote from Europe to this plant was named the H.C.
Henry and was sunk by a German submarine in World War I on
September 28, 1915. - Horace Chapin Henry, Wikipedia.
June 16, 1913: When Bulgaria attacked both Serbia and Greece on 16 June 1913 it lost most of Macedonia to Serbia and Greece and Southern Dobruja to Romania in the 33 day Second Balkan War, further destabilising the region. - World War I, Wikipedia.
August, 1914: "World War I was a world
conflict, raging from August 1914 to the final Armistice on
November 11, 1918." - World War I, Wikiquote.
September 11, 1914: Following the outbreak of the
First World War, she
was once again renamed Asia on 11 September 1914, assigned
to the Baltic Fleet's transport squadron and used as a minelayer. - Russian cruiser Asia (1878), Wikipedia.
September 12, 1914: The Battle of the Marne (French: 1re Bataille de la Marne) (also known as the Miracle of the Marne) was a First World War battle fought between 5 and 12 September 1914. - First Battle of the Marne, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1914: Believed to have enlisted in World War I on 16 September 1914 and
assigned to 16th Battalion, H Company according to the AIF Project
website. - Archibald Robert Allen, Wikipedia.
September 18, 1914: On 18
September 1914 Home Rule was enacted and simultaneously postponed
for the duration of the World War I conflict. - Irish Convention, Wikipedia.
November 1, 1914: The World War I naval Battle of Coronel took place on 1 November 1914 off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel. - Battle of Coronel, Wikipedia.
December 22, 1914: When
Théophile de Lantsheere was removed as governor of the bank by the
Germans on 22 December 1914 at the start of the occupation of
Belgium during World War
I, he became in charge of the NBB. - Leon Van der Rest, Wikipedia.
January 19, 1915: The bombing of Britain in the First World War began on 19 January 1915 when zeppelins dropped bombs on the Yarmouth area, killing six people. - Air Raid Precautions, Wikipedia.
February 23, 1915: Sutton and others from his days at Columbia
and Roosevelt arrived at College of Juilly on February 23
where hospital facilities had been set up only 40 miles from the
front lines of World War
I. - Walter Sutton, Wikipedia.
1915: After the notorious sinking of the passenger ship RMS Lusitania in 1915, Germany promised not to target passenger liners, while Britain armed its merchant ships, placing them beyond the protection of the "cruiser rules" which demanded warning and placing crews in "a place of safety" (a standard which lifeboats did not meet). - World War I, Wikipedia.
January 7, 1916: Montenegro covered the Serbian retreat toward the Adriatic coast in the Battle of Mojkovac in 6–7 January 1916, but ultimately the Austrians conquered Montenegro, too. - World War I, Wikipedia.
February 18, 1916: It was originally
raised as a unit of the First Australian Imperial
Force in Egypt on 18 February 1916 for service in World War I through the
joining of half of the members of the 5th Battalion with fresh
recruits raised in Australia from north east Victoria. - 57th Battalion (Australia), Wikipedia.
February 21, 1916: The Memorial Hall is dedicated to John Dalrymple
Maitland who fell on a battlefield in France on 21 February 1916
during World War I. - Union Mills, Wikipedia.
1917: After the German march on Paris was brought to a halt, the Western Front settled into a static battle of attrition with a trench line that changed little until 1917. - World War I, Wikipedia.
September 29, 1917: Navy acquired Lowell under charter from her owner, Neptune Line, Inc., of
New York City,
on 29 September 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and
minesweeper. - USS Lowell (SP-504), Wikipedia.
September, 1917: She was chartered by the US Navy for World War I service,
delivered in September 1917 and became USS
Adirondack (ID 1270). - USS Adirondack (ID-1270), Wikipedia.
November 23, 1917: Navy acquired her from the Shipping Board on 23 November 1917
for World War I
service. - USS Canonicus (ID-1696), Wikipedia.
November 6, 1917: Navy
purchased Herreshoff 320 from Felix Warburg of New York City on 6
November 1917 for use as a patrol vessel in World War I. - USS War Bug (SP-1795), Wikipedia.
February 19, 1918: The Salvation Committee was created on February 19, 1918 by the
Provincial Assembly in a situation where Russian forces were
retreating and forces of Imperial Germany
were advancing in Estonia during World War I. - Estonian Salvation Committee, Wikipedia.
September 1, 1918: The victory was
not without a little outside help, as wartime conditions during the
height of American involvement in World War I caused major league baseball to
end the regular season on September 1. - History of Wrigley Field, Wikipedia.
October 31, 1918: Navy for World War I service upon completion on 31
October 1918, assigned naval registry Identification Number (Id. - USS West Madaket (ID-3636), Wikipedia.
November 11, 1918: Voyager operated out of that Michigan port through the armistice of World War I on 11
November 1918, and was decommissioned on 13 May 1919. - USS Voyager (SP-361), Wikipedia.
November, 1918: "The day has passed when armies on the ground or navies on the
sea can be the arbiter of a nation's destiny in war. The main power
of defense and the power of initiative against an enemy has passed
to the air." - World War I, Wikiquote.
November 11, 1918: Germany surrendered on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. - World War I, Wikipedia.
November 23, 1918: After serving as a Lieutenant in the First World War he finally made his debut
for the club on 23 November 1918, being the only scorer for Vale in
a 4–1 defeat at Burnley. - Billy Fitchford, Wikipedia.
November 11, 1918: Asher J. Hudson maintained this routine of sweeping and
patrol operations through the armistice of 11 November 1918 that
stilted the guns of World War I, interspersing her active
periods with upkeep at the section base of Burrwood or the naval
station at New Orleans. - USS Asher J. Hudson (SP-3104), Wikipedia.
November 14, 1918: Following the end of World War I and the demise of the Ottoman
Empire and upon the news reaching Yemen on Thursday 14 November
1918 through an Ottoman envoy led by Mahmoud Nadim Bey and Ahmad
Tawfiq Imam Yahya entered Sanaa 3 days later on Sunday 17 November
1918. - Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Wikipedia.
November 17, 1918: Following the end of World War I and the demise of the Ottoman
Empire and upon the news reaching Yemen on Thursday 14 November
1918 through an Ottoman envoy led by Mahmoud Nadim Bey and Ahmad
Tawfiq Imam Yahya entered Sanaa 3 days later on Sunday 17 November
1918. - Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Wikipedia.
November 5, 1918: Navy acquiired
Kerwood for World War I service on 5 November 1918,
assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. - USS Kerwood (ID-1489), Wikipedia.
January 16, 1920: Soon after
the end of World War
I this was extended northwards from Ur Junction outside
Nasiriyah up the Euphrates valley with the complete Basra to
Baghdad route being opened on 16 January 1920. - Iraqi Republic Railways, Wikipedia.
1921
December 5, 1921: Established on 5 December 1921 as Western Australian
Airways by World War
I pilot Norman Brearley it was the first
airline in Australian history to establish a scheduled air service. - West Australian Airways, Wikipedia.
1925
December 16, 1925: Upon completion of the 434 metre long Big Hill
tunnel, the line was opened to Beaumont on 15 December 1914, but
World War I delayed
construction and the next section to Millers Flat was not opened until 16
December 1925. - Roxburgh Branch, Wikipedia.
1928
November 22, 1928: The Bank issued notes for ten shillings and one pound for
the first time when the Bank took over responsibility for these
denominations from the Treasury which had issued notes of these
denominations three days after the declaration of war in 1914 in order to
remove gold coins from
circulation. - Waterlow and Sons, Wikipedia.
November 22, 1928: The Bank issued notes
for ten shillings and one
pound for the first time on 22 November 1928 when the Bank took
over responsibility for these denominations from the Treasury which
had issued notes of these denominations three days after the
declaration of war
in 1914 in order to remove gold coins from circulation. - Bank of England, Wikipedia.
February 26, 1975: On 26 February 1975
the bells were rung for the first time to celebrate the wedding of
a member of the Grosvenor family. - Chester Cathedral, Wikipedia.
2005
January 13, 2005: With roots in experimental transmissions that began before World War I, the station received the first AM broadcast license in the state on January 13, 1922, and began broadcasting as WLB, changing to the KUOM call sign about two decades later. - University of Minnesota, Wikipedia.
2053
December, 2053: This intervention ultimately resulted in the destruction of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on December 2053 by a terrorist nuclear device and a limited nuclear exchange between the conflict's participants in 2054, the world's first since 1945. - Great War, Fallout_wikia.
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