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  1. First Indochina War

    Phan Bội Châu was imprisoned

    1914Vietnam

    Due to French pressure, Japan deported Phan Bội Châu to China. Witnessing Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution, Châu was inspired to commence the Viet Nam Quang Phục Hội movement in Guangzhou. From 1914 to 1917, he was imprisoned by Yuan Shikai's counterrevolutionary government.

  2. Josip Broz Tito

    Broz was arrested

    1914Novi Sad, Serbia

    Soon after the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the 25th Croatian Home Guard Regiment marched towards the Serbian border, but Broz was arrested for sedition and imprisoned in the Petrovaradin fortress in present-day Novi Sad.

  3. Adolf Hitler

    To Munich

    1914Munich, Germany

    After he was deemed by the medical examiners as unfit for service, he returned to Munich.

  4. Francisco Franco

    Rif War

    1914Morocco

    He obtained a commission to Morocco. Spanish efforts to occupy their new African protectorate provoked the protracted Rif War (from 1909 to 1927) with native Moroccans.

  5. Marie Curie

    The Radium Institute

    1914Paris, France

    Curie's second Nobel Prize enabled her to persuade the French government into supporting the Radium Institute, built in 1914, where research was conducted in chemistry, physics, and medicine.

  6. Marie Curie

    France's First Military Radiology Centre

    1914Paris, France

    During World War I, She became the director of the Red Cross Radiology Service and set up France's first military radiology centre, operational by late 1914.

  7. Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Turks made up a significant portion of the population of the island

    1914Cyprus

    Turks made up a significant portion of the population of the island and had ruled the island for several hundred years prior to leasing the island to the British and the subsequent British annexing of the island in 1914.

  8. Cypriot intercommunal violence

    The island was annexed by the United Kingdom

    1914Cyprus

    In 1914, after the Ottoman Empire joined World War I on the side of the Central Powers, the island was annexed by the United Kingdom.

  9. Armenian Genocide

    Ottoman authorities had already begun a propaganda drive to present Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire as a threat

    1914Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    By 1914, Ottoman authorities had already begun a propaganda drive to present Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire as a threat to the empire's security.

  10. Mona Lisa

    Returned to the Louvre

    Sunday Jan 4, 1914Paris, France

    Peruggia was an Italian patriot who believed that Leonardo's painting should have been returned to an Italian museum. Peruggia may have been motivated by an associate whose copies of the original would significantly rise in value after the painting's theft. After having kept the Mona Lisa in his apartment for two years, Peruggia grew impatient and was caught when he attempted to sell it to Giovanni Poggi, director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It was exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery for over two weeks and returned to the Louvre on 4 January 1914.

  11. Igor Stravinsky

    Their Fourth son was born

    Thursday Jan 15, 1914Lausanne, Switzerland

    The Stravinsky family returned to Switzerland (as usual) in the fall of 1913. On 15 January 1914, a fourth child, Marie Milène (or Maria Milena), was born in Lausanne. After her delivery, Katya was discovered to have tuberculosis and was confined to the sanatorium at Leysin, high in the Alps. Igor and the family took up residence nearby.

  12. Marcus Garvey

    Mohamed Ali began employing Garvey's services as a writer for the magazine

    1914England, United Kingdom

    In 1914, Mohamed Ali began employing Garvey's services as a writer for the magazine.

  13. Adolf Hitler

    To Salzburg for medical assessment

    Thursday Feb 5, 1914Salzburg, Austria-Hungary, Austria

    Hitler journeyed to Salzburg on 5 February 1914 for medical assessment.

  14. Xinhai Revolution

    Luo was Caught and Killed

    Tuesday Mar 3, 1914Taiwan

    Luo was caught and killed on 3 March 1914. What was left was known as the "Miaoli incident", where more than 1,000 Taiwanese were executed by the Japanese police. Luo's sacrifice is commemorated in Miaoli.

  15. Igor Stravinsky

    Completing his first Opera

    Saturday Mar 28, 1914Leysin, Switzerland

    Stravinsky turned his attention to completing his first opera, the Nightingale (usually known by its French title Le Rossignol), which he had begun in 1908 (that is, before his association with the Ballets Russes). The work had been commissioned by the Moscow Free Theatre for the handsome fee of 10,000 rubles. and he completed Le Rossignol at Leysin on 28 March, 1914.

  16. Igor Stravinsky

    Returning To Clarens

    Apr, 1914Clarens, Switzerland

    In April, they were finally able to return to Clarens.

  17. Mexican Revolution

    The Seizure and Occupation of The port of Veracruz

    Apr, 1914Veracruz, Mexico

    In April 1914, U.S. opposition to Huerta culminated in the seizure and occupation of the port of Veracruz by U.S. marines and sailors.

  18. Josip Broz Tito

    Went on to come second in the army fencing championships

    May, 1914Budapest, Austria-Hungary

    After winning the regimental fencing competition, Broz went on to come second in the army fencing championships in Budapest in May 1914.

  19. Mother's Day

    A National Holiday to Honor Mothers

    Sunday May 10, 1914U.S.

    In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, held on the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.

  20. Igor Stravinsky

    The Premiere of Le Rossignol

    Tuesday May 26, 1914Paris, France

    As the Moscow Free Theatre had gone bankrupt, Le Rossignol was first performed under Diaghilev's auspices at the Paris Opéra on 26 May 1914, with sets and costumes designed by Alexandre Benois.

  21. Irish War of Independence

    Nationalist leader John Redmond forced the Volunteers to give his nominees a majority on the ruling committee

    Jun, 1914Ireland

    In June 1914, Nationalist leader John Redmond forced the Volunteers to give his nominees a majority on the ruling committee.

  22. Winston Churchill

    Churchill convinced the House of Commons to authorize the government purchase of a 51 percent share in the profits of oil produced by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

    Jun, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    In June 1914, he convinced the House of Commons to authorize the government purchase of a 51 percent share in the profits of oil produced by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, to secure continued oil access for the Royal Navy.

  23. Armenian Genocide

    Massacre of Phocaea

    Friday Jun 12, 1914Phocaea, Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    Occurred in June 1914, as part of the ethnic cleansing policies of the Ottoman Empire. It was perpetrated by irregular Turkish bands against the predominantly ethnic Greek town of Phocaea, modern Foça, on the east coast of the Aegean Sea. The massacre was part of a wider anti-Greek campaign of genocide launched by the Young Turk Ottoman authorities, which included boycott, intimidation, forced deportations, and massive killings; and was one of the worst attacks during the summer of 1914.

  24. Edward VIII

    Grenadier Guards

    Jun, 1914United Kingdom

    He had joined the Grenadier Guards in June 1914, and although Edward was willing to serve on the front lines, Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener refused to allow it, citing the immense harm that would occur if the heir to the throne were captured by the enemy.

  25. Louis Armstrong

    Released from jail

    Sunday Jun 14, 1914New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

    On June 14, 1914, Armstrong was released into the custody of his father and his new stepmother, Gertrude. He lived in this household with two stepbrothers for several months. After Gertrude gave birth to a daughter, Armstrong's father never welcomed him, so he returned to his mother, Mary Albert. In her small home, he had to share a bed with his mother and sister.

  26. Marcus Garvey

    Three-week journey across the Atlantic

    Jun, 1914Atlantic Ocean

    After managing to save the funds for a fare, he boarded the SS Trent in June 1914 for a three-week journey across the Atlantic. En route home, Garvey talked with an Afro-Caribbean missionary who had spent time in Basutoland and taken a Basuto wife. Discovering more about colonial Africa from this man, Garvey began to envision a movement that would politically unify black people of African descent across the world.

  27. Marcus Garvey

    Back in London

    1914London, England, United Kingdom

    Back in London, he wrote an article on Jamaica for the Tourist magazine, and spent time reading in the library of the British Museum. There he discovered Up from Slavery, a book by the African-American entrepreneur and activist Booker T. Washington.

  28. Library of Congress

    Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service

    1914Washington D.C., U.S.

    In 1914, Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service as a separative administrative unit of the library. Based in the Progressive era's philosophy of science as a problem-solver, and modeled after successful research branches of state legislatures, the LRS would provide informed answers to Congressional research inquiries on almost any topic.

  29. World War 1

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination

    Sunday Jun 28, 1914Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Tension existed in Europe especially in the troubled Balkan regions in the southeast of Europe. A number of alliances involved European powers, Ottoman Empire, Russia and other parties had existed for years, but political instability in the Balkans threatened to destroy these agreements, till the spark of the World War I was ignited in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie was shot by Serbian nationalist Gaverilo Princip.

  30. World War 1

    Assassination consequences

    Sunday Jun 28, 1914Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    The Austro-Hungarian authorities encouraged the subsequent anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo, in which Bosnian Croats killed 2 Bosnian Serbs and damaged numerous Bosnian Serb assets. violent actions against Serbs were also organized outside Sarajevo, in other Austro-Hungarian controlled in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  31. United Nations

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination

    Sunday Jun 28, 1914Sarajevo, Kingdom of Serbia (Present-Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    In 1914, a political assassination in Sarajevo set off a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I. As more and more young men were sent down into the trenches, influential voices in the United States and Britain began calling for the establishment of a permanent international body to maintain peace in the postwar world.

  32. Marcus Garvey

    Garvey arrived back in Jamaica

    Jul, 1914Jamaica

    Garvey arrived back in Jamaica in July 1914. There, he saw his article for Tourist republished in The Gleaner. He began earning money selling greeting and condolence cards which he had imported from Britain, before later switching to selling tombstones.

  33. Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky made a quick trip to Ustilug To Retrieve Personal Effects

    Jul, 1914Ustyluh, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

    In July 1914, with war looming, Stravinsky made a quick trip to Ustilug to retrieve personal effects including his reference works on Russian folk music. He returned to Switzerland just before national borders closed following the outbreak of World War I. The war and subsequent Russian Revolution made it impossible for Stravinsky to return to his homeland, and he did not set foot upon Russian soil again until October 1962.

  34. Mexican Revolution

    Huerta Stepped Down and Fled To Puerto México

    Jul, 1914Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

    Huerta's position continued to deteriorate. In mid-July 1914, after his army suffered several defeats, he stepped down and fled to Puerto México. Seeking to get himself and his family out of Mexico, he turned to the German government, which had generally supported his presidency. The Germans were not eager to allow him to be transported into exile on one of their ships, but relented. Huerta carried "roughly half a million marks in gold with him" as well as paper currency and checks.

  35. Marcus Garvey

    One Aim. One God. One Destiny

    Wednesday Jul 15, 1914Jamaica

    Also in July 1914, Garvey launched the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, commonly abbreviated as UNIA. Adopting the motto of "One Aim. One God. One Destiny", it declared its commitment to "establish a brotherhood among the black race, to promote a spirit of race pride, to reclaim the fallen and to assist in civilizing the backward tribes of Africa".

  36. World War 1

    German Failure

    Monday Jul 20, 1914France

    By 20 July, the Germans had retreated across the Marne to their starting lines, having achieved little, and the German Army never regained the initiative.

  37. Marcus Garvey

    UNIA officially expressed its loyalty to the British Empire

    1914Jamaica

    UNIA officially expressed its loyalty to the British Empire, King George V, and the British effort in the ongoing First World War.

  38. World War 1

    Delivering the Ultimatum

    Thursday Jul 23, 1914Austria-Hungary

    On 23 July, Austria-Hungary delivered to Serbia the July Ultimatum, a series of ten demands that were made intentionally unacceptable, in an effort to provoke a war with Serbia.

  39. World War 1

    Serbia Responds

    Jul, 1914Serbia

    Serbia decreed general mobilization on the 25th. Serbia accepted all of the terms of the ultimatum except for article six, which demanded that Austrian delegates be allowed in Serbia for the purpose of participation in the investigation into the assassination. Following this, Austria broke off diplomatic relations with Serbia and, the next day, ordered a partial mobilization.

  40. Adolf Hitler

    World War I

    Tuesday Jul 28, 1914Germany

    World War I Begun.

  41. Treaty of Versailles

    Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

    Tuesday Jul 28, 1914Serbia

    War broke out unexpectedly following the July Crisis in 1914. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, followed quickly by the entry of most European powers into the First World War.

  42. World War 1

    Deceleration of the War

    Tuesday Jul 28, 1914Austria-Hungary

    Finally, on 28 July 1914, a month after the assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

  43. Edward VIII

    WWI

    Tuesday Jul 28, 191411:56:00 AMEurope

    When the First World War broke out in 1914, Edward had reached the minimum age for active service and was keen to participate.

  44. World War 1

    Russian Support

    Wednesday Jul 29, 1914Russia

    On 29 July, Russia, in support of Serbia, declared partial mobilization against Austria-Hungary.

  45. World War 1

    Germany Responds."state of danger of war"

    Friday Jul 31, 1914Germany

    Russia, in support of Serbia, declared partial mobilization against Austria-Hungary. German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg waited until the 31st for an appropriate response, when Germany declared Erklärung des Kriegszustandes or State of Danger of War.

  46. New York Stock Exchange

    Exchange was closed in WWI

    Friday Jul 31, 1914New York City, New York, U.S.

    The exchange was closed shortly after the beginning of World War I (July 31, 1914), but it partially re-opened on November 28 of that year in order to help the war effort by trading bonds and completely reopened for stock trading in mid-December.

  47. World War 1

    Wrong Information

    Saturday Aug 1, 1914Germany

    On 1 August, Wilhelm ordered General Helmuth von Moltke the Younger to "march the whole of the army to the East" after being wrongly informed that the British would remain neutral if France was not attacked. Moltke told the Kaiser that attempting to redeploy a million men was unthinkable, and that making it possible for the French to attack the Germans "in the rear" would prove disastrous. Yet Wilhelm insisted that the German army should not march into Luxembourg until he received a telegram sent by his cousin George V, who made it clear that there had been a misunderstanding. Eventually the Kaiser told Moltke, "Now you can do what you want."

  48. Winston Churchill

    Churchill was tasked with overseeing Britain's naval effort when the First World War began

    Aug, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    As First Lord, Churchill was tasked with overseeing Britain's naval effort when the First World War began in August 1914.

  49. World War 1

    Germany entered into World War I

    Saturday Aug 1, 1914Germany

    Germany entered into World War I on August 1, 1914, when it declared war on Russia.

  50. World War 1

    The battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes

    Aug, 1914East Prussia,(Germany that time)

    Russian plans for the start of the war called for simultaneous invasions of Austrian Galicia and East Prussia. Although Russia's initial advance into Galicia was largely successful, it was driven back from East Prussia by Hindenburg and Ludendorff at the battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes in August and September 1914.

  51. World War 1

    France is in the war

    Monday Aug 3, 1914France

    On 3 August Germany declared war on France; on the same day, they sent the Belgian government an ultimatum demanding unimpeded right of way through any part of Belgium, which was refused. Early on the morning of 4 August, the Germans invaded; King Albert ordered his military to resist and called for assistance under the 1839 Treaty of London.

  52. X-ray

    X-ray in world war

    1914France

    In 1914 Marie Curie developed radiological cars to support soldiers injured in World War I. The cars would allow for rapid X-ray imaging of wounded soldiers so battlefield surgeons could quickly and more accurately operate.

  53. World War 1

    War in Africa

    Monday Aug 10, 1914South Africa

    On 10 August, German forces in South-West Africa attacked South Africa; sporadic and fierce fighting continued for the rest of the war. The German colonial forces in German East Africa, led by Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, fought a guerrilla warfare campaign during World War I and only surrendered two weeks after the armistice took effect in Europe.

  54. World War 1

    Kolubara battles

    Aug, 1914Serbia

    The Battle of Kolubara was fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in November and December 1914, during the Serbian Campaign of World War I.

  55. World War 1

    Battle of Cer

    Saturday Aug 15, 1914Serbia

    The Battle of Cer was a military campaign fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in August 1914, starting three weeks into the Serbian Campaign, the initial military action of the First World War. It took place around Cer Mountain and several surrounding villages, as well as the town of Šabac. The battle was a part of the first Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia, began on the night of 15 August when elements of the Serbian 1st Combined Division encountered Austro-Hungarian outposts that had been established on the slopes of Cer Mountain earlier in the invasion. The clashes that followed escalated into a battle for control over several towns and villages near the mountain, especially Šabac.

  56. Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle was involved in fierce fighting in the First World War

    Saturday Aug 15, 1914Dinant, Belgium

    De Gaulle was involved in fierce fighting from the outset As a platoon commander, He received his baptism of fire on 15 August and was among the first to be wounded, receiving a bullet in the knee at the Battle of Dinant.

  57. World War 1

    Battle of the Frontiers

    Saturday Aug 22, 1914Belgium and France

    The initial German advance in the West was very successful: by the end of August the Allied left, which included the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), was in full retreat; French casualties in the first month exceeded 260,000, including 27,000 killed on 22 August during the Battle of the Frontiers.

  58. Marcus Garvey

    Garvey met Amy Ashwood

    Aug, 1914Jamaica

    In August 1914, Garvey attended a meeting of the Queen Street Baptist Literary and Debating Society, where he met Amy Ashwood, recently graduated from the Westwood Training College for Women. She joined UNIA and rented a better premises for them to use as their headquarters, secured using her father's credit. She and Garvey embarked on a relationship, which was opposed by her parents. In 1915 they secretly became engaged. When she suspended the engagement, he threatened to commit suicide, at which she resumed it.

  59. World War 1

    German intervention

    Friday Aug 28, 1914Germany

    Because mighty Russia support Serbia, and that will be a real threat, Austria-Hungary to declare war until its leaders reserved assurance from a great ally, German leader Kaisar Wilhelm II that Germany will support them. Austrian leaders had fear that Russian intervention will involve others, France and possibly Great Britain as well.

  60. Benito Mussolini

    Mussolini supported the socialist parties

    1914Italy

    Mussolini supported a number of socialist parties at the beginning of the World War I in August 1914. Mussolini headed up the pro-Bolshevik wing of the Italian Socialist Party who purged moderate or reformist socialists.

  61. World War 1

    New Zealand occupied German Samoa

    Sunday Aug 30, 1914Samoa

    New Zealand occupied German Samoa (later Western Samoa) on 30 August 1914.

  62. Irish War of Independence

    Redmond encouraged the Volunteers to enlist in the British Army

    Sep, 1914Ireland

    In September 1914, Redmond encouraged the Volunteers to enlist in the British Army, a faction led by Eoin MacNeill broke with the Redmondites, who became known as the National Volunteers, rather than fight for Britain in the war.

  63. World War 1

    Battle of Marne

    Saturday Sep 5, 1914France

    Von Kluck (German Leader) used this freedom to disobey orders, opening a gap between the German armies as they closed on Paris. The French and British exploited this gap to halt the German advance east of Paris at the First Battle of the Marne from 5 to 12 September and push the German forces back some 50 km (31 mi).

  64. Benito Mussolini

    Mussolini decried socialism

    Saturday Sep 5, 1914Italy

    On 5 December 1914, Mussolini denounced orthodox socialism for failing to recognize that the war had made national identity and loyalty more significant than class distinction. He fully demonstrated his transformation in a speech that acknowledged the nation as an entity, a notion he had rejected before the war.

  65. Winston Churchill

    Churchill assumed full responsibility for Britain's aerial defense

    Sep, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    In September, Churchill assumed full responsibility for Britain's aerial defense.

  66. World War 1

    Race to the Sea

    Saturday Sep 12, 1914France and Belgium

    After the First Battle of the Marne (5–12 September 1914), Allied and German forces unsuccessfully tried to outflank each other, a series of manoeuvres later known as the "Race to the Sea". By the end of 1914, the opposing forces were left confronting each other along an uninterrupted line of entrenched positions from Alsace to Belgium's North Sea coast.

  67. IBM

    Thomas J. Watson

    1914New York, U.S.

    In 1914, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., fired from the National Cash Register Company by John Henry Patterson, was offered a position at CTR. Watson joined CTR as General Manager.

  68. Irish War of Independence

    Third Home Rule Act

    Friday Sep 18, 1914Ireland

    The British Parliament passed the Third Home Rule Act on 18 September 1914 with an amending Bill for the partition of Ireland introduced by Ulster Unionist MPs, but the Act's implementation was immediately postponed by the Suspensory Act 1914 due to the outbreak of the First World War in the previous month. The majority of nationalists followed their IPP leaders and John Redmond's call to support Britain and the Allied war effort in Irish regiments of the New British Army, the intention being to ensure the commencement of Home Rule after the war.

  69. Yasunari Kawabata

    Grandfather's Death

    1914Osaka, Japan

    In May 1914, Kawabata's grandfather died when he was fifteen.

  70. World War 1

    Czechoslovak Legion

    Sep, 1914Russia

    The Czechoslovak Legion fought on the side of the Entente. Its goal was to win support for the independence of Czechoslovakia. The Legion in Russia was established in September 1914.

  71. Winston Churchill

    Churchill visited Antwerp to observe Belgian defenses against the besieging Germans

    Oct, 1914Antwerp, Belgium

    In October, Churchill visited Antwerp to observe Belgian defenses against the besieging Germans and promised British reinforcements for the city. Soon afterwards, however, Antwerp fell to the Germans and Churchill was criticized in the press. He maintained that his actions had prolonged resistance and enabled the Allies to secure Calais and Dunkirk.

  72. Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle rejoined his regiment

    1914France

    Charles rejoined his regiment in October, as commander of the 7th company. Many of his former comrades were already dead.

  73. Winston Churchill

    Third child

    Wednesday Oct 7, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    On 7 October, Clementine gave birth to their third child, Sarah.

  74. World War 1

    Battles of Penang

    Wednesday Oct 28, 1914Penang island

    On 28 October, the German cruiser SMS Emden sank the Russian cruiser Zhemchug in the Battle of Penang. Japan seized Germany's Micronesian colonies and, after the Siege of Tsingtao, the German coaling port of Qingdao on the Chinese Shandong peninsula.

  75. Armenian Genocide

    Shaykh ul-Islam proclaimed Jihad (Holy War) against the Christians

    Nov, 1914Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    In November 1914 Shaykh ul-Islam proclaimed Jihad (Holy War) against the Christians: this was later used as a factor to provoke radical masses in the implementation of the Armenian Genocide.

  76. Armenian Genocide

    WWI

    Monday Nov 2, 1914Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    On 2 November 1914, the Ottoman Empire opened the Middle Eastern theater of World War I by entering hostilities on the side of the Central Powers and against the Allies. The battles of the Caucasus Campaign, the Persian Campaign, and the Gallipoli Campaign affected several populous Armenian centers. Before entering the war, the Ottoman government had sent representatives to the Armenian congress at Erzurum to persuade Ottoman Armenians to facilitate its conquest of Transcaucasia by inciting an insurrection of Russian Armenians against the Russian army in the event a Caucasus front was opened.

  77. World War 1

    Belgrade under fire

    Nov, 1914Belgrade, Serbia

    Faced with Russia in the east, Austria-Hungary could spare only one-third of its army to attack Serbia. After suffering heavy losses, the Austrians briefly occupied the Serbian capital, Belgrade. A Serbian counter-attack in the Battle of Kolubara succeeded in driving them from the country by the end of 1914. For the first ten months of 1915, Austria-Hungary used most of its military reserves to fight Italy.

  78. Winston Churchill

    Asquith called a War Council

    Nov, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    In November, Asquith called a War Council, consisting of himself, Lloyd George, Edward Grey, Kitchener, and Churchill. Churchill put forward some proposals including the development of the tank and offered to finance its creation with Admiralty funds.

  79. Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle mental adjutant

    Dec, 1914France

    In December he became regimental adjutant.

  80. Mother's Day

    Spelling

    1914U.S.

    Jarvis specifically noted that "Mother's" should "be a singular possessive, for each family to honor its own mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world." This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his 1914 presidential proclamation, by the U.S. Congress in relevant bills, and by various U.S. presidents in their proclamations concerning Mother's Day.

  81. Armenian Genocide

    Minister of War Enver Pasha implemented a plan to encircle and destroy the Russian Caucasus Army

    Thursday Dec 24, 1914Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    On 24 December 1914, Minister of War Enver Pasha implemented a plan to encircle and destroy the Russian Caucasus Army at Sarikamish in order to regain territories lost to Russia after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Enver Pasha's forces were routed in the battle, and almost completely destroyed. Returning to Constantinople, Enver Pasha publicly blamed his defeat on Armenians in the region having actively sided with the Russians.

  82. First Indochina War

    Phan Bội Châu was imprisoned

    1914Vietnam

    Due to French pressure, Japan deported Phan Bội Châu to China. Witnessing Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution, Châu was inspired to commence the Viet Nam Quang Phục Hội movement in Guangzhou. From 1914 to 1917, he was imprisoned by Yuan Shikai's counterrevolutionary government.

  83. Josip Broz Tito

    Broz was arrested

    1914Novi Sad, Serbia

    Soon after the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the 25th Croatian Home Guard Regiment marched towards the Serbian border, but Broz was arrested for sedition and imprisoned in the Petrovaradin fortress in present-day Novi Sad.

  84. Adolf Hitler

    To Munich

    1914Munich, Germany

    After he was deemed by the medical examiners as unfit for service, he returned to Munich.

  85. Francisco Franco

    Rif War

    1914Morocco

    He obtained a commission to Morocco. Spanish efforts to occupy their new African protectorate provoked the protracted Rif War (from 1909 to 1927) with native Moroccans.

  86. Marie Curie

    The Radium Institute

    1914Paris, France

    Curie's second Nobel Prize enabled her to persuade the French government into supporting the Radium Institute, built in 1914, where research was conducted in chemistry, physics, and medicine.

  87. Marie Curie

    France's First Military Radiology Centre

    1914Paris, France

    During World War I, She became the director of the Red Cross Radiology Service and set up France's first military radiology centre, operational by late 1914.

  88. Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Turks made up a significant portion of the population of the island

    1914Cyprus

    Turks made up a significant portion of the population of the island and had ruled the island for several hundred years prior to leasing the island to the British and the subsequent British annexing of the island in 1914.

  89. Cypriot intercommunal violence

    The island was annexed by the United Kingdom

    1914Cyprus

    In 1914, after the Ottoman Empire joined World War I on the side of the Central Powers, the island was annexed by the United Kingdom.

  90. Armenian Genocide

    Ottoman authorities had already begun a propaganda drive to present Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire as a threat

    1914Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    By 1914, Ottoman authorities had already begun a propaganda drive to present Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire as a threat to the empire's security.

  91. Mona Lisa

    Returned to the Louvre

    Sunday Jan 4, 1914Paris, France

    Peruggia was an Italian patriot who believed that Leonardo's painting should have been returned to an Italian museum. Peruggia may have been motivated by an associate whose copies of the original would significantly rise in value after the painting's theft. After having kept the Mona Lisa in his apartment for two years, Peruggia grew impatient and was caught when he attempted to sell it to Giovanni Poggi, director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It was exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery for over two weeks and returned to the Louvre on 4 January 1914.

  92. Igor Stravinsky

    Their Fourth son was born

    Thursday Jan 15, 1914Lausanne, Switzerland

    The Stravinsky family returned to Switzerland (as usual) in the fall of 1913. On 15 January 1914, a fourth child, Marie Milène (or Maria Milena), was born in Lausanne. After her delivery, Katya was discovered to have tuberculosis and was confined to the sanatorium at Leysin, high in the Alps. Igor and the family took up residence nearby.

  93. Marcus Garvey

    Mohamed Ali began employing Garvey's services as a writer for the magazine

    1914England, United Kingdom

    In 1914, Mohamed Ali began employing Garvey's services as a writer for the magazine.

  94. Adolf Hitler

    To Salzburg for medical assessment

    Thursday Feb 5, 1914Salzburg, Austria-Hungary, Austria

    Hitler journeyed to Salzburg on 5 February 1914 for medical assessment.

  95. Xinhai Revolution

    Luo was Caught and Killed

    Tuesday Mar 3, 1914Taiwan

    Luo was caught and killed on 3 March 1914. What was left was known as the "Miaoli incident", where more than 1,000 Taiwanese were executed by the Japanese police. Luo's sacrifice is commemorated in Miaoli.

  96. Igor Stravinsky

    Completing his first Opera

    Saturday Mar 28, 1914Leysin, Switzerland

    Stravinsky turned his attention to completing his first opera, the Nightingale (usually known by its French title Le Rossignol), which he had begun in 1908 (that is, before his association with the Ballets Russes). The work had been commissioned by the Moscow Free Theatre for the handsome fee of 10,000 rubles. and he completed Le Rossignol at Leysin on 28 March, 1914.

  97. Igor Stravinsky

    Returning To Clarens

    Apr, 1914Clarens, Switzerland

    In April, they were finally able to return to Clarens.

  98. Mexican Revolution

    The Seizure and Occupation of The port of Veracruz

    Apr, 1914Veracruz, Mexico

    In April 1914, U.S. opposition to Huerta culminated in the seizure and occupation of the port of Veracruz by U.S. marines and sailors.

  99. Josip Broz Tito

    Went on to come second in the army fencing championships

    May, 1914Budapest, Austria-Hungary

    After winning the regimental fencing competition, Broz went on to come second in the army fencing championships in Budapest in May 1914.

  100. Mother's Day

    A National Holiday to Honor Mothers

    Sunday May 10, 1914U.S.

    In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, held on the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers.

  101. Igor Stravinsky

    The Premiere of Le Rossignol

    Tuesday May 26, 1914Paris, France

    As the Moscow Free Theatre had gone bankrupt, Le Rossignol was first performed under Diaghilev's auspices at the Paris Opéra on 26 May 1914, with sets and costumes designed by Alexandre Benois.

  102. Irish War of Independence

    Nationalist leader John Redmond forced the Volunteers to give his nominees a majority on the ruling committee

    Jun, 1914Ireland

    In June 1914, Nationalist leader John Redmond forced the Volunteers to give his nominees a majority on the ruling committee.

  103. Winston Churchill

    Churchill convinced the House of Commons to authorize the government purchase of a 51 percent share in the profits of oil produced by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

    Jun, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    In June 1914, he convinced the House of Commons to authorize the government purchase of a 51 percent share in the profits of oil produced by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, to secure continued oil access for the Royal Navy.

  104. Armenian Genocide

    Massacre of Phocaea

    Friday Jun 12, 1914Phocaea, Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    Occurred in June 1914, as part of the ethnic cleansing policies of the Ottoman Empire. It was perpetrated by irregular Turkish bands against the predominantly ethnic Greek town of Phocaea, modern Foça, on the east coast of the Aegean Sea. The massacre was part of a wider anti-Greek campaign of genocide launched by the Young Turk Ottoman authorities, which included boycott, intimidation, forced deportations, and massive killings; and was one of the worst attacks during the summer of 1914.

  105. Edward VIII

    Grenadier Guards

    Jun, 1914United Kingdom

    He had joined the Grenadier Guards in June 1914, and although Edward was willing to serve on the front lines, Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener refused to allow it, citing the immense harm that would occur if the heir to the throne were captured by the enemy.

  106. Louis Armstrong

    Released from jail

    Sunday Jun 14, 1914New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

    On June 14, 1914, Armstrong was released into the custody of his father and his new stepmother, Gertrude. He lived in this household with two stepbrothers for several months. After Gertrude gave birth to a daughter, Armstrong's father never welcomed him, so he returned to his mother, Mary Albert. In her small home, he had to share a bed with his mother and sister.

  107. Marcus Garvey

    Three-week journey across the Atlantic

    Jun, 1914Atlantic Ocean

    After managing to save the funds for a fare, he boarded the SS Trent in June 1914 for a three-week journey across the Atlantic. En route home, Garvey talked with an Afro-Caribbean missionary who had spent time in Basutoland and taken a Basuto wife. Discovering more about colonial Africa from this man, Garvey began to envision a movement that would politically unify black people of African descent across the world.

  108. Marcus Garvey

    Back in London

    1914London, England, United Kingdom

    Back in London, he wrote an article on Jamaica for the Tourist magazine, and spent time reading in the library of the British Museum. There he discovered Up from Slavery, a book by the African-American entrepreneur and activist Booker T. Washington.

  109. Library of Congress

    Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service

    1914Washington D.C., U.S.

    In 1914, Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service as a separative administrative unit of the library. Based in the Progressive era's philosophy of science as a problem-solver, and modeled after successful research branches of state legislatures, the LRS would provide informed answers to Congressional research inquiries on almost any topic.

  110. World War 1

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination

    Sunday Jun 28, 1914Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Tension existed in Europe especially in the troubled Balkan regions in the southeast of Europe. A number of alliances involved European powers, Ottoman Empire, Russia and other parties had existed for years, but political instability in the Balkans threatened to destroy these agreements, till the spark of the World War I was ignited in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie was shot by Serbian nationalist Gaverilo Princip.

  111. World War 1

    Assassination consequences

    Sunday Jun 28, 1914Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    The Austro-Hungarian authorities encouraged the subsequent anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo, in which Bosnian Croats killed 2 Bosnian Serbs and damaged numerous Bosnian Serb assets. violent actions against Serbs were also organized outside Sarajevo, in other Austro-Hungarian controlled in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  112. United Nations

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassination

    Sunday Jun 28, 1914Sarajevo, Kingdom of Serbia (Present-Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    In 1914, a political assassination in Sarajevo set off a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I. As more and more young men were sent down into the trenches, influential voices in the United States and Britain began calling for the establishment of a permanent international body to maintain peace in the postwar world.

  113. Marcus Garvey

    Garvey arrived back in Jamaica

    Jul, 1914Jamaica

    Garvey arrived back in Jamaica in July 1914. There, he saw his article for Tourist republished in The Gleaner. He began earning money selling greeting and condolence cards which he had imported from Britain, before later switching to selling tombstones.

  114. Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky made a quick trip to Ustilug To Retrieve Personal Effects

    Jul, 1914Ustyluh, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

    In July 1914, with war looming, Stravinsky made a quick trip to Ustilug to retrieve personal effects including his reference works on Russian folk music. He returned to Switzerland just before national borders closed following the outbreak of World War I. The war and subsequent Russian Revolution made it impossible for Stravinsky to return to his homeland, and he did not set foot upon Russian soil again until October 1962.

  115. Mexican Revolution

    Huerta Stepped Down and Fled To Puerto México

    Jul, 1914Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

    Huerta's position continued to deteriorate. In mid-July 1914, after his army suffered several defeats, he stepped down and fled to Puerto México. Seeking to get himself and his family out of Mexico, he turned to the German government, which had generally supported his presidency. The Germans were not eager to allow him to be transported into exile on one of their ships, but relented. Huerta carried "roughly half a million marks in gold with him" as well as paper currency and checks.

  116. Marcus Garvey

    One Aim. One God. One Destiny

    Wednesday Jul 15, 1914Jamaica

    Also in July 1914, Garvey launched the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, commonly abbreviated as UNIA. Adopting the motto of "One Aim. One God. One Destiny", it declared its commitment to "establish a brotherhood among the black race, to promote a spirit of race pride, to reclaim the fallen and to assist in civilizing the backward tribes of Africa".

  117. World War 1

    German Failure

    Monday Jul 20, 1914France

    By 20 July, the Germans had retreated across the Marne to their starting lines, having achieved little, and the German Army never regained the initiative.

  118. Marcus Garvey

    UNIA officially expressed its loyalty to the British Empire

    1914Jamaica

    UNIA officially expressed its loyalty to the British Empire, King George V, and the British effort in the ongoing First World War.

  119. World War 1

    Delivering the Ultimatum

    Thursday Jul 23, 1914Austria-Hungary

    On 23 July, Austria-Hungary delivered to Serbia the July Ultimatum, a series of ten demands that were made intentionally unacceptable, in an effort to provoke a war with Serbia.

  120. World War 1

    Serbia Responds

    Jul, 1914Serbia

    Serbia decreed general mobilization on the 25th. Serbia accepted all of the terms of the ultimatum except for article six, which demanded that Austrian delegates be allowed in Serbia for the purpose of participation in the investigation into the assassination. Following this, Austria broke off diplomatic relations with Serbia and, the next day, ordered a partial mobilization.

  121. Adolf Hitler

    World War I

    Tuesday Jul 28, 1914Germany

    World War I Begun.

  122. Treaty of Versailles

    Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

    Tuesday Jul 28, 1914Serbia

    War broke out unexpectedly following the July Crisis in 1914. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, followed quickly by the entry of most European powers into the First World War.

  123. World War 1

    Deceleration of the War

    Tuesday Jul 28, 1914Austria-Hungary

    Finally, on 28 July 1914, a month after the assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.

  124. Edward VIII

    WWI

    Tuesday Jul 28, 191411:56:00 AMEurope

    When the First World War broke out in 1914, Edward had reached the minimum age for active service and was keen to participate.

  125. World War 1

    Russian Support

    Wednesday Jul 29, 1914Russia

    On 29 July, Russia, in support of Serbia, declared partial mobilization against Austria-Hungary.

  126. World War 1

    Germany Responds."state of danger of war"

    Friday Jul 31, 1914Germany

    Russia, in support of Serbia, declared partial mobilization against Austria-Hungary. German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg waited until the 31st for an appropriate response, when Germany declared Erklärung des Kriegszustandes or State of Danger of War.

  127. New York Stock Exchange

    Exchange was closed in WWI

    Friday Jul 31, 1914New York City, New York, U.S.

    The exchange was closed shortly after the beginning of World War I (July 31, 1914), but it partially re-opened on November 28 of that year in order to help the war effort by trading bonds and completely reopened for stock trading in mid-December.

  128. World War 1

    Wrong Information

    Saturday Aug 1, 1914Germany

    On 1 August, Wilhelm ordered General Helmuth von Moltke the Younger to "march the whole of the army to the East" after being wrongly informed that the British would remain neutral if France was not attacked. Moltke told the Kaiser that attempting to redeploy a million men was unthinkable, and that making it possible for the French to attack the Germans "in the rear" would prove disastrous. Yet Wilhelm insisted that the German army should not march into Luxembourg until he received a telegram sent by his cousin George V, who made it clear that there had been a misunderstanding. Eventually the Kaiser told Moltke, "Now you can do what you want."

  129. Winston Churchill

    Churchill was tasked with overseeing Britain's naval effort when the First World War began

    Aug, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    As First Lord, Churchill was tasked with overseeing Britain's naval effort when the First World War began in August 1914.

  130. World War 1

    Germany entered into World War I

    Saturday Aug 1, 1914Germany

    Germany entered into World War I on August 1, 1914, when it declared war on Russia.

  131. World War 1

    The battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes

    Aug, 1914East Prussia,(Germany that time)

    Russian plans for the start of the war called for simultaneous invasions of Austrian Galicia and East Prussia. Although Russia's initial advance into Galicia was largely successful, it was driven back from East Prussia by Hindenburg and Ludendorff at the battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes in August and September 1914.

  132. World War 1

    France is in the war

    Monday Aug 3, 1914France

    On 3 August Germany declared war on France; on the same day, they sent the Belgian government an ultimatum demanding unimpeded right of way through any part of Belgium, which was refused. Early on the morning of 4 August, the Germans invaded; King Albert ordered his military to resist and called for assistance under the 1839 Treaty of London.

  133. X-ray

    X-ray in world war

    1914France

    In 1914 Marie Curie developed radiological cars to support soldiers injured in World War I. The cars would allow for rapid X-ray imaging of wounded soldiers so battlefield surgeons could quickly and more accurately operate.

  134. World War 1

    War in Africa

    Monday Aug 10, 1914South Africa

    On 10 August, German forces in South-West Africa attacked South Africa; sporadic and fierce fighting continued for the rest of the war. The German colonial forces in German East Africa, led by Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, fought a guerrilla warfare campaign during World War I and only surrendered two weeks after the armistice took effect in Europe.

  135. World War 1

    Kolubara battles

    Aug, 1914Serbia

    The Battle of Kolubara was fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in November and December 1914, during the Serbian Campaign of World War I.

  136. World War 1

    Battle of Cer

    Saturday Aug 15, 1914Serbia

    The Battle of Cer was a military campaign fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in August 1914, starting three weeks into the Serbian Campaign, the initial military action of the First World War. It took place around Cer Mountain and several surrounding villages, as well as the town of Šabac. The battle was a part of the first Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia, began on the night of 15 August when elements of the Serbian 1st Combined Division encountered Austro-Hungarian outposts that had been established on the slopes of Cer Mountain earlier in the invasion. The clashes that followed escalated into a battle for control over several towns and villages near the mountain, especially Šabac.

  137. Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle was involved in fierce fighting in the First World War

    Saturday Aug 15, 1914Dinant, Belgium

    De Gaulle was involved in fierce fighting from the outset As a platoon commander, He received his baptism of fire on 15 August and was among the first to be wounded, receiving a bullet in the knee at the Battle of Dinant.

  138. World War 1

    Battle of the Frontiers

    Saturday Aug 22, 1914Belgium and France

    The initial German advance in the West was very successful: by the end of August the Allied left, which included the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), was in full retreat; French casualties in the first month exceeded 260,000, including 27,000 killed on 22 August during the Battle of the Frontiers.

  139. Marcus Garvey

    Garvey met Amy Ashwood

    Aug, 1914Jamaica

    In August 1914, Garvey attended a meeting of the Queen Street Baptist Literary and Debating Society, where he met Amy Ashwood, recently graduated from the Westwood Training College for Women. She joined UNIA and rented a better premises for them to use as their headquarters, secured using her father's credit. She and Garvey embarked on a relationship, which was opposed by her parents. In 1915 they secretly became engaged. When she suspended the engagement, he threatened to commit suicide, at which she resumed it.

  140. World War 1

    German intervention

    Friday Aug 28, 1914Germany

    Because mighty Russia support Serbia, and that will be a real threat, Austria-Hungary to declare war until its leaders reserved assurance from a great ally, German leader Kaisar Wilhelm II that Germany will support them. Austrian leaders had fear that Russian intervention will involve others, France and possibly Great Britain as well.

  141. Benito Mussolini

    Mussolini supported the socialist parties

    1914Italy

    Mussolini supported a number of socialist parties at the beginning of the World War I in August 1914. Mussolini headed up the pro-Bolshevik wing of the Italian Socialist Party who purged moderate or reformist socialists.

  142. World War 1

    New Zealand occupied German Samoa

    Sunday Aug 30, 1914Samoa

    New Zealand occupied German Samoa (later Western Samoa) on 30 August 1914.

  143. Irish War of Independence

    Redmond encouraged the Volunteers to enlist in the British Army

    Sep, 1914Ireland

    In September 1914, Redmond encouraged the Volunteers to enlist in the British Army, a faction led by Eoin MacNeill broke with the Redmondites, who became known as the National Volunteers, rather than fight for Britain in the war.

  144. World War 1

    Battle of Marne

    Saturday Sep 5, 1914France

    Von Kluck (German Leader) used this freedom to disobey orders, opening a gap between the German armies as they closed on Paris. The French and British exploited this gap to halt the German advance east of Paris at the First Battle of the Marne from 5 to 12 September and push the German forces back some 50 km (31 mi).

  145. Benito Mussolini

    Mussolini decried socialism

    Saturday Sep 5, 1914Italy

    On 5 December 1914, Mussolini denounced orthodox socialism for failing to recognize that the war had made national identity and loyalty more significant than class distinction. He fully demonstrated his transformation in a speech that acknowledged the nation as an entity, a notion he had rejected before the war.

  146. Winston Churchill

    Churchill assumed full responsibility for Britain's aerial defense

    Sep, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    In September, Churchill assumed full responsibility for Britain's aerial defense.

  147. World War 1

    Race to the Sea

    Saturday Sep 12, 1914France and Belgium

    After the First Battle of the Marne (5–12 September 1914), Allied and German forces unsuccessfully tried to outflank each other, a series of manoeuvres later known as the "Race to the Sea". By the end of 1914, the opposing forces were left confronting each other along an uninterrupted line of entrenched positions from Alsace to Belgium's North Sea coast.

  148. IBM

    Thomas J. Watson

    1914New York, U.S.

    In 1914, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., fired from the National Cash Register Company by John Henry Patterson, was offered a position at CTR. Watson joined CTR as General Manager.

  149. Irish War of Independence

    Third Home Rule Act

    Friday Sep 18, 1914Ireland

    The British Parliament passed the Third Home Rule Act on 18 September 1914 with an amending Bill for the partition of Ireland introduced by Ulster Unionist MPs, but the Act's implementation was immediately postponed by the Suspensory Act 1914 due to the outbreak of the First World War in the previous month. The majority of nationalists followed their IPP leaders and John Redmond's call to support Britain and the Allied war effort in Irish regiments of the New British Army, the intention being to ensure the commencement of Home Rule after the war.

  150. Yasunari Kawabata

    Grandfather's Death

    1914Osaka, Japan

    In May 1914, Kawabata's grandfather died when he was fifteen.

  151. World War 1

    Czechoslovak Legion

    Sep, 1914Russia

    The Czechoslovak Legion fought on the side of the Entente. Its goal was to win support for the independence of Czechoslovakia. The Legion in Russia was established in September 1914.

  152. Winston Churchill

    Churchill visited Antwerp to observe Belgian defenses against the besieging Germans

    Oct, 1914Antwerp, Belgium

    In October, Churchill visited Antwerp to observe Belgian defenses against the besieging Germans and promised British reinforcements for the city. Soon afterwards, however, Antwerp fell to the Germans and Churchill was criticized in the press. He maintained that his actions had prolonged resistance and enabled the Allies to secure Calais and Dunkirk.

  153. Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle rejoined his regiment

    1914France

    Charles rejoined his regiment in October, as commander of the 7th company. Many of his former comrades were already dead.

  154. Winston Churchill

    Third child

    Wednesday Oct 7, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    On 7 October, Clementine gave birth to their third child, Sarah.

  155. World War 1

    Battles of Penang

    Wednesday Oct 28, 1914Penang island

    On 28 October, the German cruiser SMS Emden sank the Russian cruiser Zhemchug in the Battle of Penang. Japan seized Germany's Micronesian colonies and, after the Siege of Tsingtao, the German coaling port of Qingdao on the Chinese Shandong peninsula.

  156. Armenian Genocide

    Shaykh ul-Islam proclaimed Jihad (Holy War) against the Christians

    Nov, 1914Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    In November 1914 Shaykh ul-Islam proclaimed Jihad (Holy War) against the Christians: this was later used as a factor to provoke radical masses in the implementation of the Armenian Genocide.

  157. Armenian Genocide

    WWI

    Monday Nov 2, 1914Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    On 2 November 1914, the Ottoman Empire opened the Middle Eastern theater of World War I by entering hostilities on the side of the Central Powers and against the Allies. The battles of the Caucasus Campaign, the Persian Campaign, and the Gallipoli Campaign affected several populous Armenian centers. Before entering the war, the Ottoman government had sent representatives to the Armenian congress at Erzurum to persuade Ottoman Armenians to facilitate its conquest of Transcaucasia by inciting an insurrection of Russian Armenians against the Russian army in the event a Caucasus front was opened.

  158. World War 1

    Belgrade under fire

    Nov, 1914Belgrade, Serbia

    Faced with Russia in the east, Austria-Hungary could spare only one-third of its army to attack Serbia. After suffering heavy losses, the Austrians briefly occupied the Serbian capital, Belgrade. A Serbian counter-attack in the Battle of Kolubara succeeded in driving them from the country by the end of 1914. For the first ten months of 1915, Austria-Hungary used most of its military reserves to fight Italy.

  159. Winston Churchill

    Asquith called a War Council

    Nov, 1914London, England, United Kingdom

    In November, Asquith called a War Council, consisting of himself, Lloyd George, Edward Grey, Kitchener, and Churchill. Churchill put forward some proposals including the development of the tank and offered to finance its creation with Admiralty funds.

  160. Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle mental adjutant

    Dec, 1914France

    In December he became regimental adjutant.

  161. Mother's Day

    Spelling

    1914U.S.

    Jarvis specifically noted that "Mother's" should "be a singular possessive, for each family to honor its own mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world." This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his 1914 presidential proclamation, by the U.S. Congress in relevant bills, and by various U.S. presidents in their proclamations concerning Mother's Day.

  162. Armenian Genocide

    Minister of War Enver Pasha implemented a plan to encircle and destroy the Russian Caucasus Army

    Thursday Dec 24, 1914Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

    On 24 December 1914, Minister of War Enver Pasha implemented a plan to encircle and destroy the Russian Caucasus Army at Sarikamish in order to regain territories lost to Russia after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Enver Pasha's forces were routed in the battle, and almost completely destroyed. Returning to Constantinople, Enver Pasha publicly blamed his defeat on Armenians in the region having actively sided with the Russians.