| 1905 | Britain | France | Germany | Russia | Japan |
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| Jan | Rouvier became prime minister | revolution started | occupied Port Arthur | ||
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| Mar | William II visited Tangier | Russia lost battle of Mukden to Japan | |||
| April | Lansdowne FS opposed German ambition for a port in Morocco | Delcassé FM resigned & withdrew | |||
| May | Japan destroyed last Russian fleet at Tsushima | ||||
| June | Delcassé resigned | William II made Bülow a prince | |||
| July | Rouvier PM agrees to German demand for a conference on Morc. | William II & Nicholas II signed European defensive alliance at Björkö | |||
| Aug | renewed alliance with Japan | renewed alliance with Britain | |||
| Sept | made peace on US mediation, Japan controlled Korea | ||||
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| Nov | revolution reached climax | ||||
| Dec | Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary | ||||
| 1906 | Grey authorised conversations between Br & Fr general staffs | Moroccan conference of the Powers at Algeçiras | |||
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| Mar | Algeçiras agreement, French control Moroccan police with Spain | ||||
| April | Bülow heart attack in Reichstag | ||||
| May | Izvolski became Foreign Minister | ||||
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| Sept | British secretary for war Haldane visited German army on the anniversary of Sedan | ||||
| Oct | Clemenceau, Prime Minister | Russian Foreign Minister Izvolski visited Berlin &refused to visit London | |||
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| July | Jules Cambon went as ambassador to Berlin and sought entente | Russia and Japan agreed on joint monopoly of Manchuria | |||
| Aug | Britain and Russia agreement on spheres of influence in Persia, on Tibet and Afghanistan; Anglo-Russian entente | ||||
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| Oct | William II visited England &offered share in Baghdad railway; Britain proposed discuss with France &Russia | ||||
| Nov | supplementary naval law (program of Dreadnought building) | ||||
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| 1908 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
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| Feb | Izvolski proposed Anglo-Russian attack Turkey | ||||
| Mar | increased naval estimates | ||||
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| June | Edward VII & Hardinge met Nicholas II & Izvolski at Reval; Russians refused urges to build her army; agreement on reform program in Macedonia | ||||
| July |
Chancellor of exchequer Lloyd George proposed that Germany cut down rate of naval building |
Young Turk revolution; Izvolski offered support A-H annex B & H | |||
| Aug | Edward VII & Hardinge visited William II; Germany refused British proposal of reducing naval race | ||||
| Sept | secret contract for 2 battleships | Aehrenthal met Izvolski at Buchlov; bargain over B&H and Straits | |||
| Oct | Britain & France didn't support Izvolski抯 schemes on the Straits | Bülow supported A-H decision; Daily Telegraph interview affair | proclaimed annexation of B&H | PM Stolypin threatened resign | |
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| 1909 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
| Jan | Moltke promised A-H to mobilize whole army if Russia mobilizes | ||||
| Feb | Edward VII visited Berlin | joint declaration of French political predominance in Morocco | |||
| Mar | 4 battleships authorized | Germany forced Russia and Serbia to acknowledge A-H annexation of B&H; Bosnian crisis over | |||
| April | German Foreign Minister Kiderlen suggested Anglo-German naval convention on no-war promises | ||||
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| June | Bülow resigned; Bethmann Hollweg became Chancellor | ||||
| July | 4 "contingent" ships authorized | ||||
| Aug | Britain and Germany started negotiations on cuts in naval program & on general political relations | ||||
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Izvolski bargain with Italy at Racconigi on Straits & Tripoli | ||||
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| Dec |
agreement with Italy on principle of non-intervention | ||||
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Sazonov, new Foreign Minister | ||||
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| Nov | William II met Nicholas II & Sazonov at Potsdam; bargain on Anglo-Russian entente & Persia failed | ||||
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| 1911 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
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| Mar | Grey offered Germany "a general political formula" and a deal over railways in Baghdad & Persia | ||||
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| May | occupied Fez in Morocco | ||||
| June | Secretary of state Kiderlen demanded compensation from France | ||||
| July | fleet prepared for action | Caillaux became Prime Minister; secret negotiate with Germany | Panther anchored in Agadir | ||
| Aug | Russia warned it wouldn't fight for France; Germany confirmed deal over Persia & Baghdad railway | ||||
| Sept | uncommitted to Italy抯 war with Turkey at Tripoli | German secretary of state Kiderlen agreed to French protectorate over Morocco in return for territory in French Congo | |||
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| Nov | France and Germany signed the agreement over Morocco | tried claim reward from France | "Charykov kite" offered t Turkey | ||
| Dec | Grey threatened to resign & to dissolve Anglo-Russian entente |
Sazonov repudiated Izvolski-Charykov intrigue | |||
| 1912 | Caillaux replaced by Poincaré | ||||
| Feb | Haldane visited Berlin & offered colonial concession if German naval program doesn't increase | consulted France on Balkan | |||
| Mar | Germany published new naval program and Anglo-German negotiations failed & never renewed | Serbia and Bulgaria signed alliance against Turkey | |||
| April | French ambassador proposed that Britain renew offer of alliance | economic crisis after Turks closed the Straits against Italy | |||
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| June | William II met Nicholas II at Port Baltic | ||||
| July | France and Russia concluded a project of naval convention for co-operation in the Mediterranean | ||||
| Aug | Poincaré told Sazonov that England would aid France in case of German attack and urged Russian naval agreement with Britain | ||||
| Sept | Anglo-Russia naval agreement | fleet at Brest moved to Toulon | |||
| Oct | Austro-Russian warned Balkan league. First Balkan War | ||||
| Nov | Grey & Cambon exchanged letters on consultation & cooperation | urged co-op on Br & Fr to keep Russia out of Constantinople | Insists on independent Albania | threatened war vs. Bulgaria | |
| Dec | Balkan peace conference | Balkan states armistice with Turkey | |||
1913 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
| Jan | Poincaré became President | prepared a new army bill | |||
| Feb | An Austrian prince visited Russia and appealed to solidarity | ||||
| Mar | army bill created mass-army | Balkan war renewed; Turkey lost Adrianople | |||
| April | Great Powers agreed on a naval demonstration and forced Montenegro out of Scutari, which they had resolved should go to Albania but was seized by Montenegro | ||||
| May | Treaty of London ended the 1stBalkan war; Albania gained international existence; Turkey asked for a German mission to reorganize her armed forces | ||||
| June | Britain and Germany revived a 1898 agreement over Portuguese colonies in Africa but didn't sign it | Bulgaria attacked Greece & Serbia and was defeated | |||
| July | wrote off share in Turkey抯 debt | ||||
| Aug | extended army service to 3 yrs | Peace of Bucharest ended 2nd Balkan war | |||
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| Oct | sent an ultimatum and forced Serbia to withdraw from Albania | ||||
| Nov | an admiral reorganized the Turkish navy | General Liman von Sanders was in charge of Turkish army | |||
| Dec | Russian Prime Minister visited | plan a vast increase in forces | |||
1914 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
| Jan | Liman won Sanders crisis over | Sazonov thinks to revive Poles | |||
| Feb | agreed over Baghdad railway; William II said Russia is enemy | ||||
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| April | George V & Grey visited Paris; Grey uncommitted about Russia | ||||
| May | concluded they must strike before Russian army expands | a Turkish delegation visited | |||
| June | naval talks with Russia | Viviani became Prime Minister | William II met Francis Ferdinand | Ferdinand is killed in Sarajevo | Nicholas II visited Rumania |
| July | cabinet overruled commitment | Poincaré & Viviani visited Russia | encouraged A-H to fight Serbia | declared war on Serbia | decided on general mobilization |
| Aug | demand respect neutral Belgium | Delcassé, new foreign minister | declared war on Russia &France | promised free Polish nation | |
| Sept | Agreed with France, Russia not to make separate peace | German army was halted on the Marne and driven back in defeat | Turkey closed Straits to trade | ||
| Oct | 2 cruisers attacked Black Sea | promised Rumania Transylvania | |||
| Nov | announced to annex Egypt | a line of trenches running from Switzerland to the sea | was driven from Belgrade | ||
| Dec | offer to withdraw from Belgium | appealed to allies for assistance | |||
1915 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
| Jan | propose to attack Dardanelles | acquiesced British attack | |||
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| Mar | agreed to Russian demand | demanded Straits & territory | |||
| April | agreed to Russian demand | ||||
| May | Germany and Austria-Hungary army broke through at Gorlice | ||||
| June | Germany and Austria-Hungary drove Russian army out of Galicia | ||||
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| Sept | Germany and Austria-Hungary army took Poland and Lithuania | ||||
| Oct | Joffre foresaw long period of war | Bulgaria entered the war against Serbia | |||
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| Dec | agreed to remain in Salonica | ||||
1916 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
| Jan | Sykes-Picot agreement allotted Syria to Fr, Mesopotamia to Britain | ||||
| Feb | Grey-House agreement on the offer of American mediation | German attack on the fortress of Verdun started | |||
| Mar | French prime minister Briand proposed that allies should guarantee Russia抯 promises to Poland; Sazonov warned him off Poland | ||||
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| May | offensive back to Galicia | ||||
| June | German attack on the fortress of Verdun ended | ||||
| July | launched Battle of the Somme | ||||
| Aug | accepted Rumanian terms for entering the war | Hindenberg & Ludendorff | accepted Rumanian terms | ||
| Sept | Italy declared war on Germany | was allotted Armenia & Kurdistan | |||
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| Nov | Lansdowne urged negotiations | William II & Francis Joseph promised independent Poland | |||
| Dec | rejected German announcement | announced willing to negotiate | |||
| 1917 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
| Jan | Entente defined war-aims | Entente defined war-aims | unrestricted submarine warfare | Entente defined war-aims | |
| Feb | allied conference at Petrograd to co-ordinate strategy and resources; Franco-Russian agreement on Saar, Alsace, Lorraine for France & Poland for Russia | ||||
| Mar | revolution dethroned the tsar | ||||
| April | St. Jean de Maurienne agreement offers Italy Smyrna & Koniah | Bethmann underwrote High Command抯 peace terms | |||
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| July | Reichstag pass peace resolution | fought last battle & was defeated | |||
| Aug | declined papal mediation | Kühlmann, secretary of state | |||
| Sept | declined papal mediation | ||||
| Oct | made recovery of Alsace & Lorraine essential war-aim | Kühlmann announced never to surrender Alsace & Lorraine | |||
| Nov | Clemenceau, new prime minister | defeated Italy at Caporetto | Bolsheviks seized power | ||
| Dec | Bolsheviks published secret treaties | ||||
| 1918 | Britain | France | Germany | Austria-Hungary | Russia |
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| Mar | Bolsheviks made a peace of surrender with Germany at Brest-Litovsk; Russia lost the Baltic provinces and the Ukraine | ||||
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| Aug | Allied attack at Amiens | ||||
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| Oct | conquered Jerusalem &Damascus | occupied Beirut | informed US to sue for peace | ||
| Nov | German Republic was proclaimed & signed armistice | Emperor resigned and the empire disintegrated | |||