Heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is shot during his visit to Sarajewo.
Continent - Europe
Events happening in Europe.
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1914
28 June
Franz Ferdinand wounded.
Political event -
1914
28 July1914
4 December
First Serbian Campaign
Military actionAustro-Hungary begins its offensive south, hoping to take down Serbia as soon as possible. -
1914
4 August
Germans initiate Schlieffen Plan
Military action -
1914
17 August1914
14 September
Russian invasion of East Prussia
Military actionAccording to the terms of their alliance with the rest of Entente, Russian Empire invades Eastern Prussia in force. -
1914
24 August1914
11 September
Battle of Galicia
Military actionOpening engagements in Galicia turn to be unfavourable to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
1914
5 September1914
12 September
First Battle of the Marne
Military action -
1914
17 September1914
19 October
Race to the Sea
Military actionFollowing its defeat in First Battle of the Marne, German Empire changes its tactic in the West for a more... minimalistic one. -
1914
19 October1918
12 March
First Trench Warfare
Military actionFollowing the Cantral Powers defeat during the First Battle of the Marne, the war in the west enters first period of prolonged trench warfare. Casualties grow immensely. -
1915
12 January1915
9 February
Battle of Sarikamish
Military actionMajor military engagement in the Caucasus Front between Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire. -
1915
17 February1916
9 January
Gallipoli Campaign
Military actionDisastrous attempt to open another front and open the Dardanelle straits for Entente sea trade. -
1915
22 April1915
25 May
2nd. Battle of Ypres
Military actionGerman Empire attempts to capture a strategic town in Belgium. First use of poison gas on the battlefield. -
1915
2 May1915
22 June
Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive
Military action -
1915
17 May
Kaiser calls off unrestricted submarine warfare
Military actionFollowing international protests after the sinking of the Lusitania, Kaiser Wilhelm decides to call off unrestricted submarine warfare in fear of causing more countries join the Entente. -
1915
23 May
Italy joins the war
Political eventKingdom of Italy decides to join Entente... after long deliberations.[/justify[1915
5 October
Bulgaria joins the war
Political eventBulgaria - under its almost insanely ambitious monarch - joins the war. Serbia is defeated.1916
5 January1916
20 March
Second Serbian Campaign
Military actionFollowing the collapse of Serbia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (mostly without German help) concludes the fighting on the Balkan Peninsula... for now.1916
21 February1916
18 December
Battle of Verdun
Military actionA German attempt to bleed out the Entente by engaging it in a prolonged battle ends poorly.1916
4 May1916
20 September
Brusilov Offensive
Military action1916
31 May1916
1 June
Battle of Jutland
Military actionGerman Empire achieves undecisive victory in the naval battle against British Empire.1916
1 July1916
18 November
Battle of the Somme
Military action1916
27 August
Kingdom of Romania joins the war.
Political eventKingdom of Romania - that, until one, was rather... reserved in its policy towards the war - finally joins the Entente.1916
28 August1916
January
Romanian Campaign
Military actionA Romanian offensive into the Austro-Hungarian Empire ends in one of the greatest disasters in contemporary military history.1916
21 November
Franz Joseph I dies.
Life, Death1917
8 March1917
16 March
February Revolution in Russia.
RevolutionFollowing defeats on the Eastern front, Tsar Nicholas is forced to abdicate. The Russian Republic is born.1917
2 April1917
12 July
Ludendorff's Offensive
Military action1917
12 May1917
19 November
Last Battles of the Isonzo
Military actionWith 11th and 12th Battle of the Isonzo, the long period of battles fought over the river finally ends.1917
2 June
Greece joins Entente
Political eventFollowing years long National Schism and almost terroristic actions of Entente, Greece finally joins the war.1917
4 June1917
25 October
Kerensky Offensive
Military actionDesperately hoping to reunify the Russian Republic around the ongoing war against Central Powers, a great Russian offensive on the Eastern Front begins.1917
7 July1917
24 July
July Days in Petrograd
RevolutionFollowing a victory during the Kerensky Offensive and a sudden surge in popularity and organization of the Provisional Government, the forces loyal to it are left with no choice but to counteract the ongoing riots in Petrograd with force.1918
12 March1918
28 October
Kaiserslacht Offensive
Military action1918
15 June1918
28 October
Second Battle of the Marne
Military actionThe Kaiserslacht offensive once again reaches the Marne river. The results are catastrophic... and change the world forever.1918
15 October
Kaiser Wilhelm Thaumaturgie Institut created
FoundingTo capitalize on the return of the Thaumaturgy to the world, German Empire creates a dedicated research organisation.1918
28 October1920
11 March
Sitzkrieg
Military actionA temporary period of unofficial armistice, as all sides of the Great War prepare for final confrontation... while desperately trying to reorganize themselves internally to avoid collapsing.Additional timelines
1918
5 November
JBSW formed.
Political eventThe French Republic and United Kingdom respond to reemergence of thaumaturgy by joint actions.1919
3 January1919
13 January
January Republic in Germany
Revolution1919
7 February
Aleister Crowley joins JBSW
Political event1919
12 March
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Resumed
Political eventWith the United States slowly changing into an arsenal of Entente, the submarine warfare is finally restarted.1919
4 May1919
12 September
North-Italian Offensive
Military action1920
11 March1920
23 June
Hundred Days Offensive
Military actionEntente forces, bolstered by the United States, push the Germans back from their position near Paris.1920
11 March1920
15 June
Second Kerensky Offensive
Military actionA disastrous attempt by the Russian Republic to retake lost central Poland, and... the reason for Revolution.1920
13 May1920
18 May
May Revolution
RevolutionAs The Russian Provisional Government's authority plummeted due to disasters on the front, the Revolution finally happens.1920
12 June
Kingdom of Romania annexes Bessarabia
Political event1920
23 June1920
23 July
June Armistice
Political eventFollowing the Entente's success in the Hundred Days Offensive, a first attempt to broker peace is made.1920
12 July1920
22 November
Civil war in Finland
Military action1920
23 July1922
13 April
Second Trench Warfare
Military action1921
March
Volunteer Army organized.
Military action1921
12 April1921
22 August
Baltic Offensive
Military action1921
5 November
Piłsudski Freed
Political event1922
13 April1922
15 June
Paris Offensive
Military actionFollowing a major reorganization of the Central Powers armies, the time for a last offensive of the war has come.1922
22 May1922
13 September
Weimar Congress
Political eventFollowing the German success in the Paris Offensive, peace talks finally start.1922
2 June
Italy collapses.
RevolutionAs the defeat of the Entente looks ensured, internal dissent erupts in Italy.1922
11 June1922
14 June
Pope Benedict XV falls unconscious.
Life, Supernatural1922
19 June1922
1 October
Second Risorgimento
Military actionBenedict XV unites a variety of Catholic militia on the Italian Peninsula and begins the reconquest of Italy.1922
July
Sacred Union Broken
Political eventUnion sacrée, the political truce that hold the French Republic together during the war, finally breaks.1922
July
Rasputin returns.
Life, Supernatural1922
2 July
US and Central Powers sign peace treaty.
Political event1922
22 September
Ludendorff Coup
Revolution1922
27 September
Poland seizes western provinces.
Military actionUsing the sudden collapse of Imperial Germany, forces of the Kingdom of Poland seize western territories.1922
31 September1922
22 October
Hindenburg Offensive
Military actionGerman loyalists recapture Berlin.1922
5 October
Greater German Republic proclaimed.
Political eventFollowing fall of Berlin, the new German government relocates to Munich and proclaims a new German state.1922
8 October
Pope proclaims crusade against GGR
Religious event1922
15 October1922
29 October
Vienna Conference
Political eventSurprisingly - for anyone involved - the pope calls leadership of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Poland (two majority-Catholic countries participating in the war) for a meeting in Vienna.1922
22 November
November Constitution in Poland
Political eventFollowing collapse of German control over Poland, a new - provisional - constitution is made.1923
March
GGR occupies Holland and Denmark
Military action1923
7 March1923
22 September
Todesmarsch
Military action1923
3 May1923
14 October
Spanish Civil War
Revolution1923
2 July
Axis Created
Political eventAn unlikely alliance between Soviet Russia and the Greater German Republic is created.1923
31 August 05:00
Creation of the Olomuc Exclusion Zone
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventThe GGR takes desperate measures to prevent a Polish-Imperial German counterattack while the bulk of their troops are fighting in Vienna.
1923
12 September
Kresy reorganized.
Political event1924
1 March1924
21 March
The Pomeranian Offensive
Military actionUnder direction of the Kaiser, Paul von Hindenburg makes a strike to move the frontline north of Berlin further westward, and makes an interesting discovery...
1924
2 April1924
12 July
Rozwadowski's Northern Offensive
Military action1924
6 May 04:00
Bombardment of Dresden
Military actionThe preliminary bombardment of the City of Dresden by the GGR results in mysterious events, an aborted offensive, and further credence to papal claims...
1924
22 June
Kingdom of Finland joins Central Powers
Military actionFollowing a brief civil war and a period of armistice, the Kingdom of Finland finally chooses a side.