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1914 | World War I begins GO ! |
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1914 | 1 August - Belgian, German and French mobilisation begins |
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1914 | 1 August - Belgian, German and French mobilisation begins |
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1914 | 2 August - German troops invade Luxembourg, Poland and France |
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1914 | 3 August - Germany declares war on France |
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1914 | 10 August - France and Great Britain declare war on Austria |
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1914 | 26 August - Viviani becomes premier of France |
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1914 | 3 September - Paris placed in state of siege: Government transferred to Bordeaux |
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1914 | 5 November - Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey |
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1915 | 26 April - France, Russia, Italy and Britain conclude secret Treaty of London |
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1915 | 17 October - France at war with Bulgaria |
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1915 | 29 October - Briand becomes premier of France, succeeding Viviani |
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1915 | 12 December - Aristide Briand forms French war government |
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1916 | 19 May - Britain and France conclude the Sykes-Picot Agreement
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1917 | 10 January - Allies state war objectives in response to Wilson's peace note of 18 December
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1917 | 19 March - Alexander Ribot becomes French premier, succeeding Briand |
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1917 | 23 March - Austrian Emperor Charles I makes a peace proposal to French President Poincare
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1917 | 15 May - Petain becomes French Western Front Commander-in-Chief |
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1917 | 14 September - Paul Painleve becomes French premier, succeeding Ribot |
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1917 | 15 November - Georges Clemenceau becomes Premier of France, succeeding Painlove |
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1917 | 27 November - Supreme Allied War Council established at Versailles |
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1918 | 29 September - Bulgaria signs armistice |
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1918 | 30 October - Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies |
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1918 | 3 November - Austria signs an armistice |
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1918 | 11 November - Germany signs armistice, it goes into effect at 11 AM |
