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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 ...
History of the United States (1865–1918) ... 1914, except for bond trading. December 17 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Battle of Komarów (1914), part of the Battle of Lemberg. August 26, 1914 – February 18, 1916 African, Kamerun: Siege of Mora: August 27 Western: Rearguard Affair of Étreux: August 27 – November 7 Asian and Pacific: Siege of Tsingtao: British and Japanese forces capture the German-controlled port of Qingdao in Republic of China (1912 ...
1914 – Mother's Day established as a national holiday; 1914 – Federal Trade Commission created; 1914 – Clayton Antitrust Act; 1914 – ABC Powers; 1914 – World War I begins when Austria–Hungary declares war on Serbia; 1915 – The Birth of a Nation opens; 1915 – RMS Lusitania sunk; 1915 – First transcontinental telephone is hooked up
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.
Italy remained neutral in 1914 and joined the Allies in 1915. Map of the world with the participants in World War I c. 1917. Allied Powers in blue, Central Powers in orange, and the neutral countries are in grey. The identification of the causes of World War I remains a debated issue.
Daily Mail on 5 August 1914. The United Kingdom entered World War I on 4 August 1914, when King George V declared war after the expiry of an ultimatum to the German Empire.The official explanation focused on protecting Belgium as a neutral country; the main reason, however, was to prevent a French defeat that would have left Germany in control of Western Europe.