FIRST WORLD WAR 1. 1866: Russia defeated Austria 2. 1870: Russia defeated France-Unification of Germany 3.

1871: Germany annexed Alsace Lorraine from France 4. 1882: Emergence of the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy(G-A-I) 5. 1888: Kaisar William II become the Emperor of Germany 6. 1902: Anglo-japanese Treaty of Friendship 7. 1904: Anglo-French Agreement to resolve outstanding disputes 8. 1907: Emergence of the Triple Entente of England, France and Russia (E-F-R) 9. 1908: Political Revolution in Turkey, Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Balkan region, Bulgaria declared its independence 10. 28-6-1914: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the Crown-Prince of Austria 11. 28-7-1914: Austria declared war on Serbia 12. 1915:Italy entered the war on the side of the Allied powers

13. 6-4-1917: USA declared war on Germany 14. November 1917: Russia withdrew from the war 15. 11-11-1918: Surrender of Germany-First World War came to an end 16. 1919-1920: Paris Peace Conference, followed by singing of the Peace Treaties.