THE FIRST WORLD WAR
1. 1914
-------- Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated; Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; Germany attacks Russia and France; Great Britain declares war on Germany Zimmermann telegram is intercepted; United States declares war on Germany; Selective Service Act Treaty of Versailles signed Pancho Villa attacks Americans in Mexico and New Mexico; Wilson reelected. Senate votes against ratification of Treaty of Versailles Wilson gives Fourteen Points speech; U.S. Marines see first major combat; Armistice signed ending World War I Lusitania sunk
2. 1915
-------- Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated; Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; Germany attacks Russia and France; Great Britain declares war on Germany Zimmermann telegram is intercepted; United States declares war on Germany; Selective Service Act Treaty of Versailles signed Pancho Villa attacks Americans in Mexico and New Mexico; Wilson reelected. Senate votes against ratification of Treaty of Versailles Wilson gives Fourteen Points speech; U.S. Marines see first major combat; Armistice signed ending World War I Lusitania sunk
3. 1916
-------- Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated; Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; Germany attacks Russia and France; Great Britain declares war on Germany Zimmermann telegram is intercepted; United States declares war on Germany; Selective Service Act Treaty of Versailles signed Pancho Villa attacks Americans in Mexico and New Mexico; Wilson reelected Senate votes against ratification of Treaty of Versailles Wilson gives Fourteen Points speech; U.S. Marines see first major combat; Armistice signed ending World War I Lusitania sunk
4. 1917
-------- Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated; Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; Germany attacks Russia and France; Great Britain declares war on Germany Zimmermann telegram is intercepted; United States declares war on Germany; Selective Service Act Treaty of Versailles signed Pancho Villa attacks Americans in Mexico and New Mexico; Wilson reelected. Senate votes against ratification of Treaty of Versailles Wilson gives Fourteen Points speech; U.S. Marines see first major combat; Armistice signed ending World War I Lusitania sunk
5. 1918
-------- Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated; Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; Germany attacks Russia and France; Great Britain declares war on Germany Zimmermann telegram is intercepted; United States declares war on Germany; Selective Service Act Treaty of Versailles signed Pancho Villa attacks Americans in Mexico and New Mexico; Wilson reelected. Senate votes against ratification of Treaty of Versailles Wilson gives Fourteen Points speech; U.S. Marines see first major combat; Armistice signed ending World War I Lusitania sunk
6. 1919
-------- Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated; Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; Germany attacks Russia and France; Great Britain declares war on Germany Zimmermann telegram is intercepted; United States declares war on Germany; Selective Service Act Treaty of Versailles signed Pancho Villa attacks Americans in Mexico and New Mexico; Wilson reelected. Senate votes against ratification of Treaty of Versailles Wilson gives Fourteen Points speech; U.S. Marines see first major combat; Armistice signed ending World War I Lusitania sunk
7. 1920
-------- Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated; Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia; Germany attacks Russia and France; Great Britain declares war on Germany Zimmermann telegram is intercepted; United States declares war on Germany; Selective Service Act Treaty of Versailles signed Pancho Villa attacks Americans in Mexico and New Mexico; Wilson reelected. Senate votes against ratification of Treaty of Versailles Wilson gives Fourteen Points speech; U.S. Marines see first major combat; Armistice signed ending World War I Lusitania sunk