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TIME-LINE - BACKGROUND TO WORLD WAR ONE |
| 1823 |
US adapts a policy to resist European colonial expansion at the American continent - the Monroe Doctrine |
| 1839 |
Britain along with the other major European powers signs a pact that guarantees the sovereignty of Belgium |
| 1860 |
Kingdom of Italy is founded |
| 1864 |
Prussian-Danish War |
| 1866 |
Prussian-Austrian War (Seven Weeks War) |
| 1870-71 |
Franco-Prussian War. France lost Alsace-Lorraine |
| 1871 |
The German Empire is founded (at the Mirror Hall of Versailles) |
| 1873 |
Dreikaiserbund (Germany+Austria-Hungary+Russia) |
| 1878 |
Russo-Turkish War (Treaty of San Stefano / Congress of Berlin) |
| 1879 |
Dual Alliance (Germany+Austria-Hungary) |
| 1881 |
Three Emperors' League (Germany+Austria-Hungary+Russia) |
| 1882 |
Triple Alliance (Germany+Austria-Hungary+Italy) |
| 1887 |
Reinsurance Treaty (Secret treaty between Germany+Russia) |
| 1888 |
Wilhelm II becomes Emperor of Germany |
| 1890 |
Otto von Bismarck is forced to resign |
| 1892 |
Franco-Russian military agreement |
| 1894 |
Franco-Russian Alliance |
| 1897 |
Tirpitz becomes naval minister - von Bülow becomes minister of foreign affairs. They start "Weltpolitik" |
| 1898 |
The German naval building program starts |
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Fashoda Crisis (between France and Great Britain in Sudan) |
| 1902 |
British-Japanese Treaty |
| 1904 |
Entente Cordiale (France+Great Britain) |
| 1904-05 |
Russo-Japanese War |
| 1905 |
First Moroccan Crisis |
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Russian Revolt (Revolution) |
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Schlieffen Plan done... |
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Great Britain introduced a new battleship - HMS Dreadnought |
| 1907 |
Triple Entente (France+Great Britain+Russia) |
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Anglo-Russian Convention (division of Persia) |
| 1908 |
The Daily Telegraph Affair |
| 1908-09 |
Bosnian Crisis (Blank Cheque) |
| 1911 |
Second Moroccan Crisis |
| 1912-13 |
First Balkan War (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro against Turkey) |
| 1913 |
Second Balkan War (Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, Romania against Bulgaria) |
| 1914 |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia |
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia - July 28th. WWI has started... |
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