1914

Revision as of 00:18, 15 January 2007

Events

Dated Events

• Real World: June 28. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, by Gavrilo Princip.

• Real World: July 18. The U.S. Army forms its Signal Corps.

• Real World: July 28. World War I begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

• Real World: August 1. Germany declares war on Russia (a response to Russia's support for Serbia).

• Real World: August 2. Germany occupies Luxembourg.

• Real World: August 3. Germany declares war on France.

• Real World: August 4. Germany invades Belgium, prompting Great Britain to declare war on Germany. The United States declares itself neutral.

• Real World: August 5. The first electric traffic light is installed in Cleveland, Ohio. The United States and Panama sign the Panama Canal Treaty.

• Real World: August 15. The Panama Canal officially opens to boat traffic.

• Real World: August 20. Brussels, Belgium, is occupied by German troops.

• Real World: August 23. Japan declares war on Germany.

• Real World: September 1. St. Petersburg, Russia, renames itself Petrograd.

• Real World: September 3. Benedict XV becomes Pope.

• Real World: September 5. The First Battle of the Marne begins.

• Real World: September 6. Victory for the French and British at the Marne; Germany's advance on Paris is halted.

• Real World: October 29. Warships of the Ottoman Empire shell Russian ports in the Black Sea.

• Real World: November 4. France and Great Britain declare war on Turkey.

• Real World: November 5. Cyprus is annexed by Great Britain; France and Britain declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

Undated Events

• Atlantis: The Lost Empire: Events of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

The Warlords of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Notable Films

The Hazards of Helen (serial), The Patchwork Girl of Oz, The Perils of Pauline (serial), A Study in Scarlet.