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August 25, 1914
On August 25, 1914, world War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
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World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included Europe and the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific. The war saw important developments in weaponry including tanks, aircraft, artillery, machine guns, and chemical weapons.
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1914 (MCMXIV) 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…
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On August 25, 1914
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1914 World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary. 1914–1918 global conflict
World War I, or the First World War, also known as The Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major areas of conflict included Europe and the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific. The war saw important developments in weaponry including tanks, aircraft, artillery, machine guns, and chemical weapons.
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1914 World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost. 1914–1915 WWI German assault on the Belgian town of Leuven
The Sack of Leuven was the German assault on the Belgian town of Leuven, part of the events collectively known as the Rape of Belgium, taking place during the First World War. Over the course of several days of pillaging and brutality, 248 people were killed and 1,500 were deported to Germany where they were held at the Munster internment camp until January 1915. The Library of the Catholic University of Leuven was destroyed after it was set on fire by the occupying German soldiers and 1,120 of the 8,928 homes in Leuven were destroyed.
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- April 20 Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.
- April 21 Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
- April 24 The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
- August 1 World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- August 1 World War I: The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
- August 12 World War I: France, the United Kingdom and the British Empire declare war on Austria-Hungary.
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