36 events found for 1914
A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Mass
The Franck–Hertz experiment, the first electrical measurement to clearly demonstrate quantum mechanics, was presented to
Under the Protocol of Corfu, the Principality of Albania officially recognized Northern Epirus as an autonomous self-gov
RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City
Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social even
As part of the Ottoman Empire's policies of ethnic cleansing, Turkish irregulars began a six-day massacre in the predomi
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip (pi
The US Navy launched the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first Standard-type battleship.
George V reviewed more than 200 Royal Navy vessels at Spithead, England.
The Cape Cod Canal (pictured), connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, opened on…
The first shots of World War I were fired by the Austro-Hungarian river monitor Bodrog on Serbian defences near…
The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.
World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to…
The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to…
The Endurance departed Plymouth, England, on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German…
World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at…
First World War: German forces captured Rossignol in Belgium, taking more than 3,800 French prisoners.
First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement…
In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons,…