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1914 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1914th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 914th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1914 ...
May 14 – Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation. ... U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1895 to 1914 (born 1839) February 23 – Henry M. Teller, ...
Clive Bell's formalist study Art.; Laurence Binyon's poem For the Fallen, containing his Ode of Remembrance, first published in The Times 21 September.; James Joyce's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man commences serialization in The Egoist (2 February) and his collection of short stories Dubliners is published (June).
Within a few hours on Christmas Eve 1914, entire units simply stopped fighting, thus giving birth to what is now known as the Christmas Truce. Stunningly, some 100,000 soldiers participated.
On this day, the Austrians launched a counterattack. However, they ran into the Russian guard and fled. The Russians took 1,800 prisoners. [10] The Austrians hoped that the next day they would be able to stop the Russians, the directive stated: The outcome of tomorrow's attacks (November 18) by all three armies is crucial for success in the war.
1914. Official national holiday. ... Source: “Memorializing Motherhood: Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother’s Day,” a dissertation by Katharine Lane Antolini .
That same day, Grey, who was worried by the tone of the ultimatum (which he felt seemed designed to be rejected), warned Lichnowsky of the dangers of "European war à quatre" (involving Russia, Austria, France and Germany) if Austro-Hungarian troops entered Serbia. Grey suggested mediation between Italy, France, Germany, and Britain as the best ...
Austria-Hungary's telegram to the Kingdom of Serbia declaring war, 28 July 1914. World War I – At 11:00 a.m., Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia by telegram. [162] The same day, a manifesto titled "To my peoples" and signed by Emperor Franz Joseph was released informing the citizens of the Austria-Hungary that the Empire was going to war ...