1917

Events

Dated Events

• Real World: January 22. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson entreats the warring nations in Europe to have "peace without victory."

• Real World: January 25. The United States buys the Danish West Indies.

• Real World: January 28. U.S. troops abandon the search for Pancho Villa.

• Real World: January 31. Germany announces that it will initiate unrestricted submarine warfare.

• Real World: February 3. The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.

• Real World: February 24. The Zimmermann Telegram is given to the United States, detailing a secret alliance proposal by Germany to Mexico against the United States.

• Real World: March 1. The Zimmermann Telegram is made public.

• Real World: March 15. Tsar Nicholas II abdicates as a result of the February Revolution.

• Real World: March 21. The Danish West Indies become the Virgin Islands.

• Real World: April 6. The U.S. Congress, acting on the April 2 request of President Woodrow Wilson, declares war on Germany.

• Real World: May 13. In Cova da Iria, Portugal, three children see a vision of the Virgin Mary.

• Real World: June 13. The Germans bomb London.

• Real World: June 15. The Espionage Act is enacted in the United States.

• Real World: June 16. T.E. Lawrence leads Arab troops in an attack on Aqaba, seizing the city from the Turks.

• Real World: July 7. A provisional government is formed in Russia by Alexander Kerensky.

• Real World: October 26. Brazil declares war on Germany.

• Real World: November 7. The Russian Revolution begins when Bolshevik troops under Vladimir Lenin leads a revolt against the Kerensky provisional government.

• Real World: December 6. Two freighters collide in Halifax, Nova Scotia's harbor, creating an explosion unmatched until the atomic bomb explosion at Hiroshima.

New Fictional Works

Notable Films

Great Expectations, Tom Sawyer.

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