18 events found for 1914
Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfi
Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U
The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society
The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty
The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland
The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives
The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liver
Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing
Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta
The Illinois Monument is dedicated at Cheatham Hill in what is now the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Causes of World War I: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo, beginning t
The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations…
Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
The US Navy launches the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship.
The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S.…
July Crisis: Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to…
World War I: In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on the Kingdom of Serbia and begins…