1718 events
World War I: British forces launched the Battle of Aubers, an offensive on the Western Front, as part of the larger Seco
First World War: Australian and New Zealand troops repelled the third attack on Anzac Cove, inflicting heavy casualties
First World War: The British and French prime ministers, H. H. Asquith and René Viviani, met at Calais to discuss…
First World War: The British and French prime ministers, H. H. Asquith and René Viviani, met at Calais to discuss…
U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince to begin a nineteen-year occupation of Haiti.
A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Mass
The Franck–Hertz experiment, the first electrical measurement to clearly demonstrate quantum mechanics, was presented to
Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social even
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip (pi
The US Navy launched the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first Standard-type battleship.
George V reviewed more than 200 Royal Navy vessels at Spithead, England.
The first shots of World War I were fired by the Austro-Hungarian river monitor Bodrog on Serbian defences near…
The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.
World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to…
World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to…
The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to…
World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German…
World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at…
First World War: German forces captured Rossignol in Belgium, taking more than 3,800 French prisoners.