Murder of the Archduke

• When was archduke Franz Ferdinand killed?

  28th June 1914
• Who killed him?

  Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand Gang
• Why was he killed?

  He was the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, the Black Hand Gang, a Serbian group, hated the empire.
• When does Germany agree to support A-H?

  5th July
• When does A-H send the demands to Serbia?

  23rd July
• When does Serbia agree to all demands except the one that would lead to an end of Serbian independence?

  25th July
• When does Russia promise to help Serbia?

  26th July
• When does A-H declare war on Serbia?

  28th July
• When does Russia mobilise?

  29th July
• When does Germany declare war on Russia?

  1st August
• When does Germany put the Schlieffen Plan into operation?

  2nd August
• When does Germany declare war on France?

  3rd August
• When does Britain declare war on Germany?

  4th August (Germany invaded Belgium, going against the Treaty of London)