Show WHAT year 1914 GINE TO MANKIN chronological record of most im important P octant events of the I 1 twelve months EUROPEAN WAR STANDS FIRST medicos cos muddled affairs pope plus and earl roberts among the tha ll it lust rious dead disasters I 1 and nd sports financial and industrial happenings f COMPILED BY E W PICKARD I 1 EUROPEAN WAR june 28 Archduke francis ferdinand heir to the austrian throne and hla his mor fanatic wife tho the duchess of 0 Ifo hohenberg henberg shot hot and killed by a student in Saraj evo of bosnia besnia after a futile attempt had dad been made to blow them up with a bomb july 23 Austria sent peremptory roo note to to servia demanding punishment 0 of all ace accomplices 0 splices in murder of archduke francis ferdinand and suppression of all go eo which had fomented rebellion in hociota Bo ciota yata july 26 Troops mobilized by austria servia russia and montenegro serviano ians moved their capital capita to nish july 28 austria declared war against bervia july 1 sa 9 austrians Aust lans rians invaded servia and shelled belgrade july st 31 Kaiser demanded russian lari mob atton cease and czar refused martial tow law proclaimed in germany stock exchanges in nearly all cities of ahe ali world closed aug I 1 germany declared war on russia and mobilized its army czar declared martial inertial law and france issued decree of mobilization italy declared its neutrality aug egerman troops advanced on trance through neutral luxembourg russia began invasion of east prussia art ia mid and posen aug 3 S germans started three armies toward france through belgium v violating the neutrality of that country french troops crossed german fr frontier 0 tier ta in mountains mountain a aug auff britain demanded that germ cennady 8 y withdraw her troops frondel from belgium germany and england declared war on each other and germany declared war on belgium prance france declared war on I 1 germany united states proclaimed its neutrality aug 6 germans repulsed at liege by belgians field marshal eart earl kitchener medo made british secretary of state for war president wilson offered the services of the united states as an mediator aug B eaustria austria hungary declared war en an russia Kiis sla british cruiser amphion sunk by ger man mirie mine J I 1 AUN 17 7 germans entered liege aug ST twenty wenty thousand english troops tended banded on french coast french invaded alsace lorraine and captured altkirch and italy reaffirmed its neutrality aug 10 france broke oil off diplomatic relations with austria hungary aug II 11 french driven out of cernay and aug 13 Germans occupied hasselt Hn aselt tongres dongres and st trond belgium france ande nd england declared war on austria aug AU 15 Japan issued ultimatum to ger anany deman demanding diric withdrawal of german warships from the orient and evacuation at af aug IT 17 Belgian seat scat of government was transferred from brussels to antwerp beginning of five days battle in lor balne ending in repulse of french across frontier with heay heavy loss beginning of ave days battle between serviano ians lans ant and Aust austrian rians on the badar ending in austrian rout aug ID 19 Brussels occupied by the germans the allies retiring to antwerp serviano ians defeated austrians Aust lans rians at forty miles w west est of belgrade i aug 20 French recaptured Bluel hausen alsace but were driven back in lorraine Lorr alne aug 21 Germans began bombardment if f namur forts and levied war tax of HO on brussels and on fego aug 22 germans occupied ghent and bruges ruges aug 23 japan declared war on germany Lu huneville neville france occupied by the germans russians drove back the germans from the eastern frontier aug 24 the allied armies along the kno ine from mons along to the moselle defeated and driven back by the germans germans captured namur drove the french out of alsace and advanced from lorraane Lorr alne into france japanese warships began bombardment of f taing tao fortified seaport of klau thau aug 25 Austria declared war on jaspan germans levied a war tax of on n the belgian province of brabant aug 28 French cabinet resigned and ew w cabinet formed by premier viviant russians took mailenburg Mar lenburg german island of yap near guam seized by japa apse austrian defeated russians HuB on gall elan dan frontier louvale sacked and burned by germans aug 27 brittoh cruiser High flyer doir troyed german armed merchant cruiser falser wilhelm welhelm der grosse grossa oft off west coast of t africa aug 28 British fleet sunk five german warships on off helgeland Hel goland allies checked the march of Germ germans Lins to paris and terrific battle was begun at arras arms and one near nancy austria declared war on belgium aug 29 British forces from new zealand belted abla apia chief town of german samoa bantam russians defeated near tannenberg aug 30 Germans occupied allens amiens sept of french government moved to bordeaux lans captured lemberg austria after seven days battle sept S captured nelms sept d 1 British cruiser Palli pathfinder finder sunk ly by torpedo in north sea sept 7 allies Victor victorious lois in a battle along ong the line from Nant eull to verdun too the imperial guard under the gorman german crown to w n prince being nearly annihilated by the DrI british tIsh germans destroyed dinant and captured beuge dept 8 allies pushed back the entire UTO in of invading germane sept O british forced germans to re rel along the river marne sept 11 Russians drove the germans trim several fortI fortified fled positions in russian yoi anil but repulsed with heavy losses in cast prussia sept it British warships from aus aug took seat of govern covern mental anent of the german bismarck archipelago and the solomon islands french troops re occupied Lu nevIlle a BPI Sola So lesona sons sept ept 13 lille evacuated by germans and nd occupied by allies steamer red lied cross with american tied red cross nurses and oil burgeons smiled sailed from new york sept 11 14 retreating german army halted in strongly In trenched position along the algne river allens amiens re occupied by tile the french igoe fc SyTh rS british cruisers were td torpedoed pe and sunk by german submarine in the N tea nell sept al r I 1 I 1 1 troops from india india landed nt V e S sept 29 began attack attach on do fela feyes pf af antwerp oct it Germans defeated at Augus augustono towo and nd forced out of 0 russia oct 5 belgian government moved to ostend oct entered antwerp russian army occupied lyck east prussia a oct 10 German army ot of 2 was to ro pulsed at Quat recht east of ghent oct it 11 Germany imposed war fine of on antwerp russian cruiser sunk by german submarines oct 12 Ghent occupied by the germans one oct 13 11 Belgian government moved to havre france colonel maretz and his troops in the northwest of at cape province south africa rebelled belled le martial law proclaimed throughout union of south africa oct IS 15 germans occupied ostend and bruges oct IS British cruiser hawks hawke sunk in the north sea by german submarine oct 17 Japanese cruiser tho sunk bunk by torpedo in Klau chau bay british cruiser undaunted and four our destroyers st sunk four german destroyers in north sea deft oct 18 28 Allies recaptured Armenti eres oct Desperate IS 19 fighting along belgian coast british warships taking part oct 28 french retook altkirch alsace at the point of the bayonet oct 24 ten days battle before warsaw ended in german oct 28 25 germans crossed river and slowly pressed toward the south oct 20 germans bombarded nieuport but were checked by allies maritz and his rebel force defeated by union of south africa troops PrIn zip slayer of archduke francis 9 ferdinand and his wife and 23 others found guilty of treason von falkenhayn german minister of war made chief of staff to succeed von moltke oct 28 de wet and beyers joined in south africa revolt british dread dreadnought naught audacious sunk by mine I 1 russians re occupied glodz and radom germans retreating oct 29 was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment tour four of hla his accomplices sentenced to death and others to various terms of imprisonment botha reported the rout of the rebel baers german cruiser emden torpedoed russian cruiser and F rench french destroyer in harbor oct 29 began war on russia the cruiser breu areti ou bombarding odessa theodesta Theod Theo osla dosta and other places on the tha black sea nov I 1 british cruiser cruber hermes sunk by german submarine in dover straits five german warships engaged four british warships off the coast of chile and sank two and disabled a third the fourth escaped I 1 nov 2 and french fleet bombarded the dardanelles Darda nelles forts and british vessels destroyed the barracks of ahabah arabia germans abandoned left bank of the below Dix mude nov 5 F france rance great britain and rug nus sla declared war on turkey great brit stin annexed cyprus nov IL 6 the sheik ul islam ordered a holy war ar against russia france and england nov T german fortress of taing tilo tao china stormed liy by japanese and british and captured nov 9 belgian troops penetrated to ostend ypres cypres set lie fire by german shells and destroyed german cruiser emden driven ashore on cocos cocoa islands and destroyed by australian cruiser sydney nov 10 Russian fleet in black sea sank four turkish transports nov 11 british gunboat niger sunk by a torpedo off deal russians occupied Johann johannesburg johannisburg isburg east bast prussia germans captured nov 15 germans forced from all positions on lett left bank of the british destroyed turkish fort at entrance to red sea nov 18 floods in west 1316 riders cut oft off a large number of germans rope pope issued encyclical urging cessation of warfare nov IS 18 Russians checked by germans at after four days daya of bloody light ing nov 22 bombarded by germans german i a town hall and market place being destroyed st nov 23 Russians won great victory over germans who were advancing on warsaw nov 24 germans opened a terrific at tark on the allies from cypres ypres to la basses naval na al base of germans at e demolished moli moll shed by shells shella from british fleet nov 26 battleship bulwark destroyed by explosion off She sheerness Sheer ernese nesa nov 27 Germans renewed fierce bombardment bar dment of reims two british ships sunk oft off havre by german submarines and one oft off grimsby by a mine dec cut their way out ot or the russian trap in poland but with great losses general de wet doer boer rebel leader captured def dee 2 ge amans in poland resumed the offensive belgrade capital of servia occupied by the Aust austrians rians dee dec 6 occupied lodi russian poland Polan dafter after never bombardment dee dec T germana defeated russians north and south of loda dee dec 11 german cruisers crul gera leipzig and under admiral kd miral von spee sunk eunk by british ibid ron under vlee vice admiral sir Fredet fek sturdee oft off the falkland islands island the dresden badly damaged escaped emperor william ill in berlin general boyers beyers rebel boer leader reported dead turkish forces at burna at head beadon of per plan gulf surrendered to a british expeditionary force front from india dee dec 9 terrilla lighting fighting around lowicz russian poland dec 10 Allies captured raulen and Arment Armenti leres eres austrians Aust lans rians tn in servia compelled to retreat dee dec II 11 Russians checked three of the five german columns advancing on warsaw allies repulsed violent attacks of germans near cypres ypres german submarine attack on dover repulsed dec 12 German barracks at met kiel do di strayed by bv tire clr governor goethals asked that destroyers be sent ent to panama canal at once to enforce british submarine euben alno passed under mines in Darda Dardanell nelles eti and torpedoed turkish battleship dec 14 serviano ians retook belgrade after fierce battlo battle dec 18 H German cruisers crul sera bombarded scarborough hartlepool Hartle pool and whitby on the yorkshire coast killing about ono one hundred and fifty persons arld and escaping dec IT areat britain proclaimed a 6 protectorate over egypt allies with aid of 0 wai warships shIps entered ostend russians retreated in galicia anil ana poland dec IS 18 general roU Pot lorek commander of of austrian army defeated in Sc ervia re 9 11 d from command 1111 allies 11 aes made chade advances at and by desperate bayonet c F I 1 1 1 I 1 it appointed princel prince bassein lassein f stanl ama uncle of the ex khedive sultan of egypt Ilus Itus slana siani captured lowicz dec 19 the kings of 0 denmark norway and sweden agreed to act together in war matters and to remain neutral two british mine sweepers sunk ty ly mines dec 20 german army in poland readied reached new russian positions petitions and battle for or warsaw opened germans Geri Tiana evacuated dec 2 21 desperate battlo battle in front of warsaw continued E FOREIGN feb 2 city of gonzalve Gon alve haiti burned during a battle between rival rebel forces feb 4 guillermo prest president ot of peru captured by revolutionists and hla his deportation ordered feb 14 chinese government issued proclamation decreeing the death penalty tor for opium smokers march 16 wite Wife ot of IF french ench minister ot of finance caillaux Call laux killed gaston calmette editor ot of paris figaro tiny may 6 house ot of lords defeated defeated woman suffrage measure to go CO may 19 Revolt broke out in albania su superiors porters ot of essad egged pasha attacking 1 king williams palace at durazzo may 25 26 Irish home rule bill passed its third and final reading in the house ot of commons by a majority ot of 77 july B S carlos mendoza liberal elected president ot of panama july 28 alme irenr lette caillaux Call laux found not guilty of the murder of gaston Cal calmette metto in paris on the ground of temporary insanity sept 3 cardinal giacomo delta della chiesa archbishop of bologna elected pope and assumed name nama of benedict XV sept 5 william ot of aled prince ot of albania abandoned that country to the rebels sept 28 albanian bantan Al senate elected prince burhan eddin son of the former sultan abdul harold harald to be prince 0 of f albania oct 12 ferdinand nephew of tho the late king ot of roumania Rou manla took the orah wilh as hla his successor oct 23 halthen rebels formed a government govern rent under presidency of gen mar th theodore eodore E MEXICO san jan 10 Mexican rebels under villa captured ojinaga many of 0 the federal troops and several of the generals taking refuge on american side of the rio orande grande feb 3 president wilson lined lifted embargo on exportation of brins arms which was applied to mexico by president tatt taft feb 20 Mexican situation brought to new crisis by slaying cloying of WS we S denton rich rancher and a british subject ai supposedly P by villa april 2 villa captured torreon after eleven days of bloody lighting fighting villas loss GOO killed hilled and 1600 wounded and that of the federals much greater april 9 arrest of unarmed american blue jackets by federal authorities at tampico brought demand from admiral mayo that aluerta apologize and that american flag be saluted april 12 aluerta refused to render a salute to the american flag in tampico april 14 Preel president dent wilson ordered atlantic and pacific fleets to mexican waters at once to enforce his demands on bluer lii I 1 ft federal army routed by villa at end of nine days battle at san redro pedro april 19 aluerta refused to agree to the demands of the united states for an unconditional salute of the flag and president wilson dratted drafted his message to congress and two proclamations declaring a hostile hos blockade of mexico ports and harbor arbor april 20 10 president personally asked congress for support in action against Ilu aluerta erta house adopted resolution giving president d ent tree free rein after debate in which hifa policy was assailed senate |