Timelines of The Great War and Russian Revolution Worksheet
Directions: For each of the four timelines that follow (1914, 1915, 1917, and 1918–1919), complete the timeline replacing the words “[Paste description here]” with the text of the correct description from the table beneath it.
1914 Timeline June 28,
1914 | The event that triggered World War I | Sarajevo | The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife are assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist living in the recently annexed Bosnian province of Austria. Austria-Hungary blames Serbia for this attack and issues a series of harsh demands to the Dual Monarchy’s much smaller Slavic neighbor. | July 28,
1914 | Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia | Vienna | After receiving a warning that Russia would not defend its Balkan ally, Serbia submits to nearly all of the humiliating demands of Austria-Hungary. With German encouragement, the Dual Monarchy rejects this offer. | August 1–4,
1914 | Germany, Russia, France, and Great Britain enter the war | Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, and London | Military timetables dictate events, and the mobilizations in Germany and Russia make war inevitable. German troops streaming toward France first invade Belgium, and Great Britain honors its treaty obligations to defend Belgian neutrality, declaring war on Germany. | Oct–Nov
1914 | The Ottoman Empire joins the war by attacking Russia | Sevastopol, Odessa, and Feodosiya, Ukraine; Novorossiysk, Russia | Eager to destroy Russian military power in the Black Sea and reclaim lost territory in the Balkans, Turkey enters into an agreement with Germany and Austria-Hungary to join the Central Powers. The Ottoman Empire launches simultaneous surprise attacks on the four most significant Black Sea ports in the Russian Empire. |
1915 Timeline April 26,
1915 | The Treaty of London signed | London | Italy is promised the South Tyrol, parts of Dalmatia,