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Timeline of World War I
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| Title | Details | Start | End |
| Austria-Hungary sends an ultimatum to Serbia. The Serbian response is seen as unsatisfactory. | 23.07.1914 | ||
| Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia mobilizes. The Great War begins. | 28.07.1914 | ||
| Germany enjoins Russia to stop mobilizing. Russia says mobilization is against Austria-Hungary only. | 31.07.1914 | ||
| Germany declares war on France. | 1.08.1914 | ||
| Italy declares its neutrality. | 1.08.1914 | ||
| Germany and the Ottoman Empire sign a secret alliance treaty. | 1.08.1914 | ||
| Germany invades Luxembourg. | 2.08.1914 | ||
| Germany invades Belgium[1] to outflank the French army. | 4.08.1914 | ||
| Britain protests the violation of Belgian neutrality, guaranteed by a treaty; | 4.08.1914 | ||
| German Chancellor replies that the treaty is just a chiffon de papier (a scrap of paper). | 4.08.1914 | ||
| The United Kingdom declares war on Germany. | 4.08.1914 | ||
| Montenegro declares war on Austria-Hungary. | 5.08.1914 | ||
| The Ottoman Empire closes the Dardanelles. | 5.08.1914 | ||
| The Germans besiege and then capture the fortresses of Liège, Belgium. | 5.08.1914 | 16.08.1914 | |
| Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia. | 6.08.1914 | ||
| Serbia declares war on Germany. | 6.08.1914 | ||
| The British Expeditionary Force arrives in France. | 7.08.1914 | ||
| Montenegro declares war on Germany. | 9.08.1914 | ||
| France declares war on Austria-Hungary. | 11.08.1914 | ||
| The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary. | 12.08.1914 | ||
| Battle of the Frontiers. The Germans obtain a victory against the British Expeditionary Force and Frances Fifth Army. | 14.08.1914 | 24.08.1914 | |
| The Serbs defeat the Austro-Hungarians at the Battle of Cer. | 16.08.1914 | 19.08.1914 | |
| The Russian army enters East Prussia. Battle of Stalluponen. | 17.08.1914 | ||
| The Germans attack the Russians in East Prussia. The attack is a failure in addition to being a violation of the Schlieffen Plan. | 20.08.1914 | ||
| Battle of Tannenberg: the Russian army undergoes a heavy defeat by the Germans. | 17.08.1914 | 2.09.1914 | |
| The Germans occupy Brussels. | 20.08.1914 | ||
| Austria-Hungary declares war on Belgium. | 22.08.1914 | ||
| Japan declares war on Germany. | 23.08.1914 | ||
| Battle of Kraśnik. The Austro-Hungarian First Army defeats the Russian Fourth Army | 23.08.1914 | 25.08.1914 | |
| The Germans siege and capture the Maubeuge Fortress. | 24.08.1914 | 7.09.1914 | |
| Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary. | 25.08.1914 | ||
| British and French forces invade Togoland, a German protectorate in West Africa. | 26.08.1914 | ||
| Battle of Le Cateau. Allied retreat. | 26.08.1914 | 27.08.1914 | |
| Battle of Lemberg. The Russians capture Lviv. | 26.08.1914 | 11.09.1914 | |
| Battle of Tsingtao: British and Japanese forces capture the German-controlled port of Tsingtao in China. | 27.08.1914 | 7.11.1914 | |
| The Royal Navy wins the First Battle of Heligoland Bight, North Sea. | 28.08.1914 | ||
| Battle of Saint Quentin, aka Battle of Guise. Orderly Allied retreat. | 29.08.1914 | 30.08.1914 | |
| New Zealand occupies German Samoa (later Western Samoa). | 30.08.1914 | ||
| Austro-Hungarian defeat at the Battle of Rava Russka. | 3.09.1914 | 11.09.1914 | |
| First Battle of the Marne. The German advance on Paris is halted, marking the failure of the Schlieffen Plan. | 5.09.1914 | 12.09.1914 | |
| First Battle of the Masurian Lakes: The Russian Army of the Neman withdraws from East Prussia with heavy casualties. | 7.09.1914 | 14.09.1914 | |
| Second Austro-Hungarian attempt at invading Serbia fails. | 8.09.1914 | 17.09.1914 | |
| Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg lays out Germanys war aims. | 9.09.1914 | ||
| Australian forces occupy German New Guinea. | 11.09.1914 | 21.09.1914 | |
| Troops from South Africa begin invading German South-West Africa. | 13.09.1914 | ||
| The First Battle of the Aisne ends in a substantial draw. The Race to the Sea begins. | 13.09.1914 | 28.09.1914 | |
| Erich von Falkenhayn replaces Helmuth von Moltke the Younger as German Chief of Staff. | 14.09.1914 | ||
| The Siege of Przemyśl begins | 17.09.1914 | ||
| The Germans siege and capture Antwerp, Belgium. | 28.09.1914 | 10.10.1914 | |
| Battle of the Vistula, aka Battle of Warsaw. | 29.09.1914 | 31.10.1914 | |
| Battle of the Yser. French and Belgian forces secure the coastline of Belgium. | 16.10.1914 | 31.10.1914 | |
| The First Battle of Ypres ends the Race to the Sea. The Germans are prevented from reaching Calais and Dunkirk. | 19.10.1914 | 22.11.1914 | |
| Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire. | 1.11.1914 | ||
| Battle of Coronel. Von Spees German cruiser squadron defeats a Royal Navy squadron under Christopher Cradock. | 1.11.1914 | ||
| The United Kingdom begins the naval blockade of Germany. | 2.11.1914 | ||
| Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire. | 3.11.1914 | ||
| Von Lettow-Vorbecks German colonial forces defeat the British at the Battle of Tanga, German East Africa. | 3.11.1914 | 5.11.1914 | |
| France and the United Kingdom declare war on the Ottoman Empire. | 5.11.1914 | ||
| The Austro-Hungarians enter Belgrade. | 6.11.1914 | ||
| Battle of Cocos, northeast Indian Ocean. The Australian cruiser Sydney destroys the German cruiser Emden. | 9.11.1914 | ||
| Battle of Łódź | 11.11.1914 | 6.12.1914 | |
| Sultan Mehmed V declares Jihad on the Allies. | 11.11.1914 | ||
| Battle of the Falklands. Von Spees German cruiser squadron is defeated by the Royal Navy. | 8.12.1914 | ||
| The German fleet shells Scarborough and Hartlepool, England. | 16.12.1914 | ||
| An unofficial Christmas truce is declared between large numbers of German and French forces. | 24.12.1914 | 25.12.1914 | |
| The Russians win the Battle of Sarikamis, Caucasia. | 29.12.1914 | 2.01.1915 | |
| The Russian offensive in the Carpathians begins. It will continue until April 12. | 2.01.1915 | ||
| First Zeppelin raid on Great Britain. | 19.01.1915 | ||
| Battle of Dogger Bank between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the German Hochseeflotte. | 24.01.1915 | ||
| The Ottomans fail to capture the Suez Canal. | 28.01.1915 | 3.02.1915 | |
| Germany begins submarine warfare against merchant vessels. | 4.02.1915 | ||
| Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes. The Russian X Army is defeated. | 7.02.1915 | 22.02.1915 | |
| British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles. The Gallipoli Campaign begins. | 19.02.1915 | ||
| Battle of Neuve Chapelle. After an initial success, a British offensive is halted. | 10.03.1915 | 13.03.1915 | |
| The Siege of Przemyśl ends. The Russians capture the fortress. | 22.03.1915 | ||
| At the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans use chemical weapons (gas) for the first time. | 22.04.1915 | 25.05.1915 | |
| Allied forces land on Gallipoli. | 25.04.1915 | ||
| London Pact between the Entente and Italy. | 25.04.1915 | ||
| First Battle of Krithia. The Allied advance is repelled. | 28.04.1915 | ||
| Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów: the German troops under General Mackensen break through the Russian lines in Galicia. | 1.05.1915 | 3.05.1915 | |
| Second Battle of Krithia. The Allied attempts at advancing are thwarted again. | 6.05.1915 | 8.05.1915 | |
| The British liner Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat. | 7.05.1915 | ||
| Troops from Hungary rout the Russians at Jarosław. Lviv is again in Austrian hands. | 10.05.1915 | ||
| Windhoek, capital of German South-West Africa, is occupied by South African troops. | 12.05.1915 | ||
| Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. | 23.05.1915 | ||
| Third Battle of Krithia. Yet another Allied failure. | 4.06.1915 | ||
| The Russians leave Przemyśl. | 4.06.1915 | ||
| Mackensen breaks again through the Russian lines in the Lviv area. | 22.06.1915 | ||
| First Battle of the Isonzo. | 23.06.1915 | 7.07.1915 | |
| The Austro-Hungarians re-enter Lviv. | 27.06.1915 | ||
| The British win the Battle of Gully Ravine. | 28.06.1915 | 5.07.1915 | |
| The German forces in South-West Africa surrender. | 9.07.1915 | ||
| Second Battle of the Isonzo. | 18.07.1915 | 3.08.1915 | |
| The Germans occupy Warsaw. | 5.08.1915 | ||
| Battle of Sari Bair, aka the August Offensive. Last and unsuccessful attempt by the British to seize the Gallipoli peninsula. | 6.08.1915 | 29.08.1915 | |
| Germany suspends unrestricted submarine warfare. | 1.09.1915 | ||
| Nicholas II removes Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, personally taking that position. | 8.09.1915 | ||
| The Germans occupy Vilnius. The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive ends. | 19.09.1915 | ||
| Battle of Loos. A major British offensive fails. | 25.09.1915 | 28.09.1915 | |
| Serbia is invaded by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. | 6.10.1915 | ||
| Bulgaria declares war on Serbia | 14.10.1915 | ||
| The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. | 15.10.1915 | ||
| France declares war on Bulgaria. | 16.10.1915 | ||
| Third Battle of the Isonzo | 18.10.1915 | 4.11.1915 | |
| Italy and Russia declare war on Bulgaria. | 19.10.1915 | ||
| A French army lands in Salonika and, with the help of British and Italian troops, sets up a Balkan Front. | 27.10.1915 | ||
| Fourth Battle of the Isonzo | 10.11.1915 | 2.12.1915 | |
| Battle of Ctesiphon, in present-day Iraq. | 22.11.1915 | 25.11.1915 | |
| The Serbian army collapses. It will retreat to the Adriatic Sea and be evacuated by the Italian and French Navies. | 27.11.1915 | ||
| The Siege of Kut, Mesopotamia, by the Ottomans begins. | 7.12.1915 | ||
| Douglas Haig replaces John French as commander of the British Expeditionary Force. | 19.12.1915 | ||
| Austro-Hungarian offensive against Montenegro, which capitulates. | 8.01.1915 | 16.01.1916 | |
| The Gallipoli Campaign ends in an Allied defeat and an Ottoman victory. | 9.01.1916 | ||
| Corfu occupied by the Allies. | 11.01.1916 | ||
| Reinhard Scheer is appointed commander of Germanys Hochseeflotte. | 24.01.1916 | ||
| Conscription introduced in the United Kingdom by the Military Service Act. | 27.01.1916 | ||
| Battle of Erzurum. | 13.02.1916 | 16.02.1916 | |
| The Battle of Verdun begins. | 21.02.1916 | ||
| German Kamerun (Cameroon) surrenders. | 28.02.1916 | ||
| Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare. | 1.03.1916 | ||
| Fifth Battle of the Isonzo. | 1.03.1916 | 15.03.1916 | |
| Battle of Dujaila: a British attempt to relieve Kut fails. | 8.03.1916 | ||
| Lake Naroch offensive. | 18.03.1916 | 4.04.1916 | |
| Easter Rising by Irish rebels against the United Kingdom. | 23.04.1916 | ||
| The British forces under siege at Kut surrender to the Ottomans. | 29.04.1916 | ||
| Germany suspends unrestricted submarine warfare. | 10.05.1916 | ||
| Austro-Hungarian Strafexpedition in Trentino. | 15.05.1916 | 10.06.1916 | |
| Battle of Jutland between Britains Grand Fleet and Germanys Hochseeflotte. | 31.05.1916 | 1.06.1916 | |
| The Brusilov Offensive begins. | 4.06.1916 | ||
| The Arab Revolt in Hejaz begins. | 5.06.1916 | ||
| The HMS Hampshire is sunk off the Orkney Islands; Lord Kitchener dies. | 5.06.1916 | ||
| Italy: Paolo Boselli succeeds Antonio Salandra as Prime Minister. | 10.06.1916 | ||
| The Battle of the Somme begins. | 1.07.1916 | ||
| Battle of Erzincan. | 2.07.1916 | ||
| Battles for Longueval and Delville Wood (Initial phase of the Battle of the Somme) | 14.07.1916 | ||
| Battle of Bazentin Ridge (Initial phase of the Battle of the Somme) | 14.07.1916 | ||
| Battle of Pozières (Initial phase of the Battle of the Somme) | 23.07.1916 | 7.08.1916 | |
| Battle of Romani. Ottoman attack on the British in the Sinai peninsula fails. | 3.08.1916 | 5.08.1916 | |
| Sixth Battle of the Isonzo. The Italians capture Gorizia (August 9). | 3.08.1916 | 17.08.1916 | |
| Battle of Guillemont (intermediate phase of the Battle of the Somme) | 18.08.1916 | 5.09.1916 | |
| Italy declares war on Germany. | 27.08.1916 | ||
| Romania enters the war on the Ententes side. Her army is defeated in a few weeks. | 27.08.1916 | ||
| Paul von Hindenburg replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as German Chief of Staff. | 29.08.1916 | ||
| The Central Powers create a unified command. | 6.09.1916 | ||
| Battle of Ginchy (intermediate phase of the Battle of the Somme) | 9.09.1916 | ||
| Allied offensive on the Salonika Front. | 10.09.1916 | 19.11.1916 | |
| Seventh Battle of the Isonzo | 14.09.1916 | 17.09.1916 | |
| Battle of Flers-Courcelette (last offensive of the Battle of the Somme). The British use armored tanks for the first time in history. | 15.09.1916 | ||
| The Brusilov Offensive ends with a substantial Russian success. | 20.09.1916 | ||
| Battle of Morval (part of the final stages of the Battle of the Somme) | 25.09.1916 | ||
| Battle of Thiepval Ridge (part of the final stages of the Battle of the Somme) | 26.09.1916 | 28.09.1916 | |
| Battle of Le Transloy (part of the final stages of the Battle of the Somme) | 1.10.1916 | 5.11.1916 | |
| Eighth Battle of the Isonzo. | 9.10.1916 | 12.10.1916 | |
| The French recapture Fort Douaumont near Verdun. | 24.10.1916 | ||
| Ninth Battle of the Isonzo. | 1.11.1916 | 4.11.1916 | |
| Battle of the Ancre (closing phase of the Battle of the Somme) | 13.11.1916 | 15.11.1916 | |
| The Battle of the Somme ends with enormous casualties and no winner. | 18.11.1916 | ||
| HMHS Britannic sinks after hitting a German mine | 21.11.1916 | ||
| Francis Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, dies and is succeeded by Charles I. | 21.11.1916 | ||
| David Beatty replaces John Jellicoe as commander of the Grand Fleet. Jellicoe becomes First Lord of the Sea. | 25.11.1916 | ||
| United Kingdom: Prime Minister Henry Asquith resigns and is succeeded by David Lloyd George. | 5.12.1916 | 7.12.1916 | |
| The Germans occupy Bucharest. The capital of Romania moved to Iaşi. | 6.12.1916 | ||
| Robert Nivelle replaces Joseph Joffre as Commander-in-Chief of the French Army. | 13.12.1916 | ||
| Battle of Magdhaba in the Sinai peninsula. | 23.12.1916 | ||
| Togoland is divided into British and French administrative zones. | 27.12.1916 | ||
| Grigori Rasputin, Russias éminence grise, is assassinated. | 29.12.1916 | ||
| Battle of Roof. The British drive the Ottomans out of Sinai. | 9.01.1917 | ||
| The German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends a telegram to his ambassador in Mexico, instructing him to propose the Mexican government an alliance against the United States. | 16.01.1917 | ||
| Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare. | 1.02.1917 | ||
| Second Battle of Kut. The British recapture the city. | 23.02.1917 | ||
| The Germans withdraw to the Hindenburg Line. | 23.02.1917 | 5.04.1917 | |
| Arz von Straussenberg replaces Conrad von Hötzendorf as Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff. | 1.03.1917 | ||
| The British capture Baghdad. | 8.03.1917 | 11.03.1917 | |
| Russia: Czar Nicholas II abdicates. A provisional government is appointed. | 15.03.1917 | ||
| First Battle of Gaza. The British attempt to capture the city fails. | 26.03.1917 | ||
| The United States of America declares war on Germany. | 6.04.1917 | ||
| The Canadians obtain a significant victory in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. | 9.04.1917 | 12.04.1917 | |
| The Second Battle of the Aisne (aka Nivelle Offensive) ends in disaster for both the French army and its commander Robert Nivelle. | 16.04.1917 | 9.05.1917 | |
| Second Battle of Gaza. The Ottoman lines resist a British attack. | 19.04.1917 | ||
| Series of mutinies in the French army. | 29.04.1917 | 20.05.1917 | |
| Allied offensive on the Salonika Front. | 5.05.1917 | 15.05.1917 | |
| Battle of Arras. The British attack a heavily fortified German line without obtaining any strategic breakthrough. | 9.05.1917 | 16.05.1917 | |
| Tenth Battle of the Isonzo. | 12.05.1917 | 6.06.1917 | |
| Philippe Pétain replaces Robert Nivelle as Commander-in-Chief of the French Army. | 15.05.1917 | ||
| Battle of Mount Hermada in the Karst. | 23.05.1917 | ||
| The British recapture Messines Ridge. | 7.06.1917 | 8.06.1917 | |
| Battle of Mount Ortigara. | 10.06.1917 | 29.06.1917 | |
| Greece: King Constantine I abdicates. | 12.06.1917 | ||
| First American troops land in France. | 25.06.1917 | ||
| The Kerensky Offensive fails. It is the last Russian initiative in the war. | 1.07.1917 | 19.07.1917 | |
| Arab rebels led by Lawrence of Arabia seize the Jordanian port of Aqaba. | 6.07.1917 | ||
| Corfu Declaration about the future Kingdom of Yugoslavia. | 20.07.1917 | ||
| The Battle of Passchendaele (aka Third Battle of Ypres) begins. | 31.07.1917 | ||
| Battle of Mărăşeşti. | 6.08.1917 | 20.08.1917 | |
| Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo. | 18.08.1917 | 28.08.1917 | |
| Russia: General Kornilovs coup attempt fails. | 8.09.1917 | ||
| Battle of Ramadi, Mesopotamia. | 27.09.1917 | 28.09.1917 | |
| Battle of Caporetto. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans break through the Italian lines. The Italian army is defeated and falls back on the Piave River. | 24.10.1917 | 4.11.1917 | |
| Italy: Vittorio Emanuele Orlando succeeds Paolo Boselli as Prime Minister. | 30.10.1917 | ||
| Third Battle of Gaza. The British break through the Ottoman lines. | 31.10.1917 | 7.11.1917 | |
| Balfour Declaration: the British government supports plans for a Jewish national home in Palestine. | 2.11.1917 | ||
| The Allies agree to establish a Supreme War Council at Versailles. | 5.11.1917 | ||
| The October Revolution begins in Russia. The Bolsheviks seize power. | 7.11.1917 | ||
| Armando Diaz replaces Luigi Cadorna as Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Army. | 8.11.1917 | ||
| First Battle of the Piave: the Austro-Hungarians and Germans try unsuccessfully to cross the river. | 9.11.1917 | 28.12.1917 | |
| The Battle of Passchendaele (aka Third Battle of Ypres) ends in a stalemate. | 10.11.1917 | ||
| France: Paul Painlevé is replaced by Georges Clemenceau as Prime Minister. | 13.11.1917 | ||
| Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, North Sea. | 17.11.1917 | ||
| Battle of Cambrai. A British attack fails and the battle results in a stalemate. | 20.11.1917 | 3.12.1917 | |
| The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary. | 7.12.1917 | ||
| Battle of Jerusalem. The British enter the city (December 11) | 8.12.1917 | 26.12.1917 | |
| Russia signs an armistice with Germany. | 23.12.1917 | ||
| Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points. | 8.01.1918 | ||
| Fighting resumes on the Eastern Front. | 18.02.1918 | ||
| The British capture Jericho. | 21.02.1918 | ||
| German troops capture Estonia. | 25.02.1918 | ||
| At Brest-Litovsk, Leon Trotsky signs the peace treaty with Germany. | 3.03.1918 | ||
| First phase of the Spring Offensive (Operation Michael). The Germans obtain a Pyrrhic victory. | 21.03.1918 | 25.03.1918 | |
| Artillery bombardment of Paris. | 23.03.1918 | 7.08.1918 | |
| French Marshall Ferdinand Foch is appointed Supreme Commander of all Allied forces. | 26.03.1918 | ||
| Royal Air Force founded by combining the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. | 1.04.1918 | ||
| Second phase of the Spring Offensive (Operation Georgette). The results are disappointing for the Germans. | 4.04.1918 | ||
| Treaty of Bucharest between Romania and the Central Powers. It will never be ratified. | 7.05.1918 | ||
| Third Battle of the Aisne (aka Operation Blücher-Yorck, third phase of the Spring Offensive). After initial gains, the German advance is halted. | 27.05.1918 | 6.06.1918 | |
| Final phase of the Spring Offensive (Operation Gneiseau). Despite substantial territorial gains, the Germans do not achieve their strategic goals | 9.06.1918 | 12.06.1918 | |
| Second Battle of the Piave: the Austro-Hungarian offensive is repelled. | 13.06.1918 | 23.06.1918 | |
| Second Battle of the Marne and last German offensive on the Western Front, which fails when the Germans are counterattacked by the French. | 15.07.1918 | 5.08.1918 | |
| Battle of Amiens, first phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | 8.08.1918 | 11.08.1918 | |
| Battle of Havrincourt, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | 12.09.1918 | ||
| The Allies break through the Bulgarian lines at Dobro Polje. | 15.09.1918 | ||
| Battle of Doiran, The Bulgarians halt the British and Greek advance. | 18.09.1918 | 19.09.1918 | |
| Battle of the Hindenburg Line, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. The Allies break through the German lines. | 18.09.1918 | 10.10.1918 | |
| Battle of Megiddo. The British conquer Palestine. | 19.09.1918 | 21.09.1918 | |
| Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the final phase of the Hundred Days Offensive and of World War I. | 26.09.1918 | 11.11.1918 | |
| Bulgaria signs an armistice with the Allies. | 30.09.1918 | ||
| The British enter Damascus. | 1.10.1918 | ||
| Germany suspends submarine warfare. | 20.10.1918 | ||
| Battle of Vittorio Veneto. The Austro-Hungarian army is routed. The Italians enter Trent and land at Triest. | 24.10.1918 | 4.11.1918 | |
| Wilhelm Groener replaces Erich Ludendorff as Hindenburgs deputy. | 29.10.1918 | ||
| Germanys Hochseeflotte mutinies. | 29.10.1918 | ||
| The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros. | 30.10.1918 | ||
| Austria-Hungary signs the armistice with Italy, effective November 4. | 3.11.1918 | ||
| Germany: Kaiser William II abdicates; republic proclaimed. | 9.11.1918 | ||
| Austria-Hungary: Kaiser Charles I abdicates. | 10.11.1918 | ||
| At 6 am, Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne. End of fighting at 11 a.m.. | 11.11.1918 | ||
| Austria proclaimed a republic. | 12.11.1918 | ||
| Czechoslovakia proclaimed a republic. | 14.11.1918 | ||
| German U-boats interned. | 14.11.1918 | ||
| 3 days after the armistice, fighting ends in the East African theater when General von Lettow-Vorbeck agrees a cease-fire on hearing of Germanys surrender. | 14.11.1918 | ||
| Germanys Hochseeflotte surrendered to the United Kingdom. | 21.11.1918 | ||
| The Germans evacuate Luxembourg. | 22.11.1918 | ||
| 9 days after agreeing a cease-fire, General von Lettow-Vorbeck formally surrenders his undefeated army at Abercorn in present-day Zambia. | 23.11.1918 | ||
| The Germans evacuate Belgium. | 27.11.1918 | ||
| Yugoslav independence proclaimed. | 1.12.1918 | ||
| Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany: the Peace Conference opens in Paris. | 18.01.1919 | ||
| Proposal to create the League of Nations accepted. | 25.01.1919 | ||
| German High Seas Fleet (53 ships) scuttled in Scapa Flow with nine deaths, the last casualties of the war. | 21.06.1919 | ||
| Treaty of Versailles signed. | 28.06.1919 | ||
| Germany ratifies the Treaty of Versailles. | 8.07.1919 | ||
| The United Kingdom ratifies the Treaty of Versailles. | 21.07.1919 | ||
| First meeting of the League of Nations held in London. Official end of World War I. | 10.01.1920 | ||
| Free City of Danzig established. | 10.01.1920 | ||
| The Paris Peace Conference ends. | 21.01.1920 | ||
| A plebiscite returns Northern Schleswig to Denmark. | 10.02.1920 | ||
| Conference of Sanremo, Italy, about League of Nations mandates in former Ottoman territories of the Middle East. | 19.04.1920 | 26.04.1920 | |
| Treaty of Trianon between the Allies and Hungary. | 4.06.1920 | ||
| Treaty of Sèvres between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire. The treaty is not recognized by the Turkish national movement, which consider the Istanbul government illegitimate. | 10.08.1920 | ||
| Gabriele DAnnunzio proclaims in Fiume the Italian Regency of Carnaro. | 8.09.1920 | ||
| League of Nations headquarters moved to Geneva, Switzerland. | 1.11.1920 | ||
| Treaty of Rapallo between Italy and Yugoslavia. Zadar is annexed by Italy and the Free State of Fiume is established. | 12.11.1920 | ||
| The League of Nations holds its first general assembly. | 15.11.1920 | ||
| Treaty of Kars between Bolshevik Russia and Turkey. | 13.10.1921 | ||
| Washington Naval Treaty, limiting naval tonnage, signed by France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. | 6.02.1922 | ||
| Genoa Conference. Representatives of 34 countries discuss economics in the wake of the Great War. | 10.04.1922 | 19.05.1922 | |
| Treaty of Rapallo between Germany and Bolshevik Russia to normalize diplomatic relations. | 16.04.1922 | ||
| Treaty of Kars ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. | 11.09.1922 | ||
| Treaty of Lausanne between the Allies and Turkey, successor State to the Ottoman Empire. It supersedes the Treaty of Sèvres. | 24.07.1923 | ||
| Treaty of Rome between Italy and Yugoslavia. Fiume is annexed by Italy and the neighboring town of Sušak is assigned to Yugoslavia. | 27.01.1924 |