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==1914==
===Events preceding British Declaration of War===
*[[Austria-Hungary]]: Secretary of the Legation at [[Belgrade]] sends despatch to Vienna suggesting Serbian complicity in the crime of [[Sarajevo]]. Anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo and throughout [[Bosnia]] generally.
 
==1915==
*{{EF}} '''Austro-Germans advance towards the Vistula and the Bug'''. Russians repulse an attack near [[Halicz]].
*{{SF}} [[Dardanelles]]: Turkish counter-attacks repulsed with heavy loss.
*{{PO}} National Registration Bill introduced by Mr. Walter Long.<ref>The National Registration Bill provided for the registration of all people between 15 and 65 years of age in England, Scotland and Wales, Scilly Isles and (with reservations) [[Ireland]].</ref>
 
==1916==
*{{WF}} Champagne: German first and second line trenches[[trench]]es taken at Tahure; German attack on [[Hill 304]] ([[Verdun]]), repulsed.
*{{EF}} Germans repulsed north-east of Vilna.
*{{NO}} Turkish steamers sunk by Russians in the Black Sea.
*{{PO}} Roger Casement found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. U.S.[[USA]] demands apology from [[Austria]] for the sinking of the ''Petrolite''.
 
==1917==
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==1918==
*{{WF}} French, south of [[River Ourcq]], carry hill between Mosloy and Passy-en-Valois.
*{{EF}} Provisional Government proclaimed at Vladivostok (some members remaining at Tomsk).