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BECAUSE HE
HAD DONE GOOD TOWARD GOD AND TOWARD
HIS HOUSE
Appendix 2: Timeline of World War One
1914
28 June : Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria–Hungary’s throne, and his wife, Sophie, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo
28 July : Austrian–Hungarian empire declares war on Serbia
1 August : Germany declares war on Russia
3 August : Germany declares war on France
4 August : Germany invades Luxemburg and Belgium; Great Britain declares war on Germany
6 August : Austrian–Hungarian empire declares war on Russia; Serbia declares war on Germany
7 August : Germans capture Belgium town of Liége;
Lord Kitchener calls for volunteers to join the British army
23 August : Battle of Mons begins; Japan declares war on Germany
26 August : The Battle of Tannenberg begins
German colony of Togoland falls to the Allies
29 August : German colony of Samoa falls to New Zealand forces
5–10 September : The First Battle of the Marne begins. Trench warfare established as soldiers on both sides dig in
9–14 September : Battle of the Masurian Lakes
21 September : German New Guinea falls to the Australians
23 September : Japanese siege of German-held Tsingtao begins
19 October : First Battle of Ypres begins
29 October : Turkey enters war on the side of the Central Powers
1 November : Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire
7 November : Japanese forces capture Tsingtao
21 November : Anglo–Indian invasion of Mesopotamia
24–25 December : Unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front
1915
19 January : First German zeppelin raid on Great Britain
19 February : The Dardanelles Campaign begins
10–13 March : Battle of Neuve Chapelle
22 April : The Second Battle of Ypres begins. First use of poison gas
24 April : Alleged start of the Armenian Genocide
25 April : Battle of Gallipoli begins
7 May : The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat
8 May : Nicaragua declares war on Germany
23 May : Italy enters war on the side of the Allies
25 May : British Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, forms a coalition government
31 May : First German zeppelin raid on London
9 July : German surrender in South West Africa
6 August : New Allied offensive in Gallipoli from Sulva Bay
5 September : Tsar Nicholas II takes personal command of Russia’s armies
25 September : British and Commonwealth forces capture Kut in Mesopotamia; Battle of Loos begins
6 October : Central Powers, including Bulgaria, invade Serbia
9 October : An Allied force lands at Salonika in Greece
12 October : British nurse, Edith Cavell, is executed
14 October : Bulgaria declares war on Serbia
15 October : Belgrade falls to the Austrian–Hungarians
27 November Defeated Serbian army evacuated to Corfu
7 December : Siege of Kut begins
19 December : Sir Douglas Haig replaces Sir John French as British commander-in-chief
1916
8–9 January : British and Commonwealth forces evacuate Gallipoli
27 January : Britain introduces conscription
21 February : Battle of Verdun begins
9 March : Germany declares war on Portugal
24 April : Easter Uprising in Ireland
29 April : The British surrender at Kut, finishing a 147-day siege
16 May : Sykes–Picot Agreement proposes post-war division of Ottoman territory
31 May : The Battle of Jutland begins
4 June : The Russian Brusilov Offensive begins
5 June : Death of Lord Kitchener by drowning
18 June Last German forces in Cameroon surrender
1 July : The Battle of the Somme begins
27 August : Romania enters the war on the Allies’ side
29 August : Erich von Falkenhayn is replaced as Chief of Staff by Hindenburg and Ludendorff
15 September : The British introduce the tank during the Battle of the Somme
18 November : End of the Battle of the Somme
7 December : David Lloyd George replaces Herbert Asquith as British prime minister
12 December : Richard Nivelle appointed commander-in-chief of French forces
1917
19 January : Britain
HAD DONE GOOD TOWARD GOD AND TOWARD
HIS HOUSE
Appendix 2: Timeline of World War One
1914
28 June : Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria–Hungary’s throne, and his wife, Sophie, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo
28 July : Austrian–Hungarian empire declares war on Serbia
1 August : Germany declares war on Russia
3 August : Germany declares war on France
4 August : Germany invades Luxemburg and Belgium; Great Britain declares war on Germany
6 August : Austrian–Hungarian empire declares war on Russia; Serbia declares war on Germany
7 August : Germans capture Belgium town of Liége;
Lord Kitchener calls for volunteers to join the British army
23 August : Battle of Mons begins; Japan declares war on Germany
26 August : The Battle of Tannenberg begins
German colony of Togoland falls to the Allies
29 August : German colony of Samoa falls to New Zealand forces
5–10 September : The First Battle of the Marne begins. Trench warfare established as soldiers on both sides dig in
9–14 September : Battle of the Masurian Lakes
21 September : German New Guinea falls to the Australians
23 September : Japanese siege of German-held Tsingtao begins
19 October : First Battle of Ypres begins
29 October : Turkey enters war on the side of the Central Powers
1 November : Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire
7 November : Japanese forces capture Tsingtao
21 November : Anglo–Indian invasion of Mesopotamia
24–25 December : Unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front
1915
19 January : First German zeppelin raid on Great Britain
19 February : The Dardanelles Campaign begins
10–13 March : Battle of Neuve Chapelle
22 April : The Second Battle of Ypres begins. First use of poison gas
24 April : Alleged start of the Armenian Genocide
25 April : Battle of Gallipoli begins
7 May : The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat
8 May : Nicaragua declares war on Germany
23 May : Italy enters war on the side of the Allies
25 May : British Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, forms a coalition government
31 May : First German zeppelin raid on London
9 July : German surrender in South West Africa
6 August : New Allied offensive in Gallipoli from Sulva Bay
5 September : Tsar Nicholas II takes personal command of Russia’s armies
25 September : British and Commonwealth forces capture Kut in Mesopotamia; Battle of Loos begins
6 October : Central Powers, including Bulgaria, invade Serbia
9 October : An Allied force lands at Salonika in Greece
12 October : British nurse, Edith Cavell, is executed
14 October : Bulgaria declares war on Serbia
15 October : Belgrade falls to the Austrian–Hungarians
27 November Defeated Serbian army evacuated to Corfu
7 December : Siege of Kut begins
19 December : Sir Douglas Haig replaces Sir John French as British commander-in-chief
1916
8–9 January : British and Commonwealth forces evacuate Gallipoli
27 January : Britain introduces conscription
21 February : Battle of Verdun begins
9 March : Germany declares war on Portugal
24 April : Easter Uprising in Ireland
29 April : The British surrender at Kut, finishing a 147-day siege
16 May : Sykes–Picot Agreement proposes post-war division of Ottoman territory
31 May : The Battle of Jutland begins
4 June : The Russian Brusilov Offensive begins
5 June : Death of Lord Kitchener by drowning
18 June Last German forces in Cameroon surrender
1 July : The Battle of the Somme begins
27 August : Romania enters the war on the Allies’ side
29 August : Erich von Falkenhayn is replaced as Chief of Staff by Hindenburg and Ludendorff
15 September : The British introduce the tank during the Battle of the Somme
18 November : End of the Battle of the Somme
7 December : David Lloyd George replaces Herbert Asquith as British prime minister
12 December : Richard Nivelle appointed commander-in-chief of French forces
1917
19 January : Britain
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