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Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated.

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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War 1.

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Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium. France invades Alsace. British forces arrive in France. Nations allied against Germany were eventually to include Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia, Romania, Greece, France, Belgium, United States, Canada, Serbia, India, Portugal, Montenegro, and Poland.

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Austria-Hungary Invades Russia.

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Allied forces halt German advance into France during first battle of the Marine.

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Germany begins naval blockade of Great Britain.

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Allied forces land on the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire.

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1907. George Grantham Bain Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-55384

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German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans.

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Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.

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Print (poster): lithograph. Maurice Toussaint. Paris: Cornille & Serre, [1919]. French World War I posters, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

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Germany begins the attack on Verdun.

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Naval Battle of Jutland takes place between British and German fleets.

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Taking away the wounded in motor ambulance (Somme). Stereograph. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Co., c1918. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

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Allied offensive begins the Battle of the Somme.

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Battle of Verdun ends with 550,000 French and 450,000 German casualties.

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Germany returns to unrestricted submarine warfare halted after the sinking of the Lusitania.

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United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.

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The United States declares war on Germany.

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[John Joseph Pershing . . . with eleven members of his staff, on deck of ship]. [between 1910 and 1920]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. L

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General John J. Pershing, newly selected commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, arrives in England with his staff.

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American combat forces arrive in France.

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Russia signs armistice with Germany.

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Woodrow Wilson. In album: Woodrow Wilson, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, 1921. National Photo Company Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, L

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President Woodrow Wilson presents to Congress his outline of Fourteen Points required for peace.

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The Stars and Stripes begins publication with a first issue of one thousand copies. Second Lieutenant Guy T. Viskniskki is the first managing editor of the newspaper.

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Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.

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Germany begins its final offensive of the war.

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American women recruited to serve as bilingual telephone operators for the AEF arrive in Europe.

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United States forces are victorious in the Battle of Cantigny, the first independent American operation.

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Another notch, Chateau Thierry - U.S. Marines. Print (poster): lithograph. Adolph Treidler, [1917]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ

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American forces stop German attempt to cross the Marne River at Chateau-Thierry.

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The Stars and Stripes suspends the Sporting Page.

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St. Mihiel. Print (poster): lithograph. Maurice Toussaint. Paris: Cornille & Serre, [1919]. French World War I posters, Prints and Photographs Division, Library

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American First Army attacks St. Mihiel salient.

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[Infantry] advancing on path through barbed wire entanglements . . . 107th Inf., 27th Div., near Beauquesnes, Somme, France. September 13, 1918. John Joseph Per

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Allied forces begin the attack at Meusse-Argonne, the final offensive of the war.

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Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending World War I.

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Harold Ross assumes editorship of The Stars and Stripes.

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British and American forces enter Germany.

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The Stars and Stripes War Orphans Adoption Campaign ends after raising 123,047 francs and placing 3,444 orphans for adoption.

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Sporting Page returns to The Stars and Stripes.

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Peace conference begins at Paris.

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First anniversary of The Stars and Stripes. Circulation surpasses 500,000.

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Draft of the covenant of the League of Nations is completed.

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Last issue of The Stars and Stripes is published.

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Allied and German representatives sign treaty of Versailles. The United States signs treaty of guaranty, pledging to defend France in case of an unprovoked attack by Germany.

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United States Senate fails to ratify Treaty of Versailles.

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Treaty of Versailles takes effect.

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United States Senate fails to ratify Treaty of Versailles for the second time.

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United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.