Abusando do minimalismo, o que aconteceu foi o seguinte.
| 1914 | ||
| - | June 28th | Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo. |
| - | July 5th | Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia. |
| - | July 28th | Austria declared war on Serbia. |
| - | August 1st | Germany declared war on Russia. |
| - | August 3rd | Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan. |
| - | August 4th | Britain declared war on Germany. |
| - | August 23rd | The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France. |
| - | August 26th | Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes. |
| - | September 6th | Battle of the Marne started. |
| - | October 18th | First Battle of Ypres. |
| - | October 29th | Turkey entered the war on Germany's side. Trench warfare started to dominate the Western Front. |
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| 1915 | ||
| - | January 19th | The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place. |
| - | February 19th | Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles. |
| - | April 25th | Allied troops landed in Gallipoli. |
| - | May 7th | The "Lusitania" was sunk by a German U-boat. |
| - | May 23rd | Italy declared war on Germany and Austria. |
| - | August 5th | The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians. |
| - | September 25th | Start of the Battle of Loos. |
| - | December 19th | The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli. |
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| 1916 | ||
| - | January 27th | Conscription introduced in Britain. |
| - | February 21st | Start of the Battle of Verdun. |
| - | April 29th | British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia. |
| - | May 31st | Battle of Jutland. |
| - | June 4th | Start of the Brusilov Offensive. |
| - | July 1st | Start of the Battle of the Somme. |
| - | August 10th | End of the Brusilov Offensive. |
| - | September 15th | First use en masse of tanks at the Somme. |
| - | December 7th | Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister. |
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| 1917 | ||
| - | February 1st | Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started. |
| - | April 6th | USA declared war on Germany. |
| - | April 16th | France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front. |
| - | July 31st | Start of the Third Battle at Ypres. |
| - | October 24th | Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front. |
| - | November 6th | Battle of Caporetto - the Italian army was heavily defeated. |
| - | November 20th | British tanks won a victory at Cambrai. |
| - | December 5th | Armistice between Germany and Russia signed. |
| - | December 9th | Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks. |
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| 1918 | ||
| - | March 3rd | The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany. |
| - | March 21st | Germany broke through on the Somme. |
| - | March 29st | Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front. |
| - | April 9th | Germany started an offensive in Flanders. |
| - | July 15th | Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the collapse of the German army. |
| - | August 8th | The advance of the Allies was successful. |
| - | September 19th | Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo. |
| - | October 4th | Germany asked the Allies for an armistice. |
| - | October 29th | Germany's navy mutinied. |
| - | October 30th | Turkey made peace. |
| - | November 3rd | Austria made peace. |
| - | November 9th | Kaiser William II abdicated. |
| - | November 11th | Germany signed an armistice with the Allies - the official date of the end of World War One. |
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| 1919 | ||
| - | January 4th | Peace conference met at Paris. |
| - | June 21st | The surrendered German naval fleet at Scapa Flow was scuttled. |
| - | June 28th | The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans. |
Fonte:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/timeline_of_world_war_one.htm
Mais:
http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/a/ww1stimeline3.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/timeline_of_world_war_one.htm
Mais:
http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/a/ww1stimeline3.htm
