Timelines

Year	Date	Lewisham	International
1914	March 28th	St Mary's Institute foundation stone laid
1914	June 28th		Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo
1914	July 5th		Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia
1914	July 18th	Deptford Central Library (Carnegie building), opens at a total cost of £12,753
1914	July 29th - December 9th		Austria-Hungary repeatedly invades Serbia but is repeatedly repulsed
1914	July 28th		Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
1914	August 1st		Germany declared war on Russia
1914	August 3rd		Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.
1914	August 4th		Britain declared war on Germany
1914	August 4th		Germany invades neutral Belgium
1914	August 4th		US President Woodrow Wilson declares policy of US neutrality
1914	August 14th		Battle of the Frontiers begins
1914	August 17th - 19th		Russia invades East Prussia
1914	August 23rd		The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France.
1914	August 23rd		Japan declares war on Germany
1914	August 23rd - September 2nd		Austria-Hungary invades Russian Poland (Galicia)
1914	August 26th - 30th		Battle of Tannenberg, which Russia loses; Germany's greatest success of the war on Eastern Front
1914	September 5th - 10th		First Battle of Marne, halts German advance, resulting in stalemate and trench warfare
1914	September 9th - 14th		First Battle of Masurian Lakes, which Russia loses
1914	September 14th		First Battle of Aisne begins
1914	September 15th - November 24th		The "race to the sea", trenches appear on September 15
1914	September 17th - 28th		Austro-German attack on western Poland
1914	October 14th - November 22th		First Battle of Ypres
1914	October 17th	Riot in Deptford against German shops
1914	October 18th-19th	Riots in Deptford - German shops wrecked, plus Harp of Erin pub
1914	October 29th		Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central Powers
1914	December 8th		Battle of the Falkland Islands
1914	December 21st		First German air raid on Britain
1914	December 25th		Unofficial Christmas truce declared by soldiers along the Western Front
1915	January 1st - March 30th		Allied offensive in Artois and Champagne
1915	January 3rd	Lewisham born poet James Elroy Flecker dies of TB
1915	January 15th		Japan's 21 demands on China
1915	January 19th		The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place
1915	February - April		Austro-Hungarian attack on Russian Poland (Galicia) collapses, with the Russians counterattacking
1915	February 4th		German U-boat attacks on Allied and neutral shipping; declares blockade of Britain
1915	February 7th - 21st		Russians suffer heavy losses at Second Battle of Masurian Lakes (also known as the Winter Battle)
1915	February 19th		Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles
1915	February 19th - August		Allied amphibious attack on the Dardanelles and Gallipoli (initiated by Winston Churchill, who resigns as a consequence) ends with the Turkish siege of the Allied forces
1915	March 1st		First passenger ship sinks, the British liner Falaba
1915	March 11th		Britain announces blockade of German ports
1915	April-June		Germans focus on Eastern Front, breaking through Gorlice-Tarnow and forcing Russia out of much of Poland
1915	April 22nd - May 25th		First use of poison gas by Germany starts Second Battle of Ypres
1915	April 25th		Allied troops landed in Gallipoli
1915	April 26th		France, Russia, Italy and Britain conclude secret Treaty of London
1915	May 2nd		Austro-German offensive on Galicia begins
1915	May 7th		The “Lusitania” was sunk by a German U-boat
1915	May 9th		Second Battle of Artois begins
1915	May 21st	Albany Institute toy factory opened by her Royal Highness Duchess of Albany
1915	May 23rd		Italy declared war on Germany and Austria
1915	May 25th		British Prime Minister Asquith reorganises his Liberal government as a coalition of the parties
1915	June 29th - December 2nd		Italians launch unsuccessful attack on Hungarians at 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battles of Isonzo; there are to be 12 in total
1915	July	Ilderton Road slipper baths open
1915	August 4th		Germans capture Warsaw
1915	September 5th		Tsar Nicholas takes command of Russian armies
1915	September 7th - 8th	SL.2 Zeppelin drops bombs on Deptford. LZ.74 bombs New Cross
1915	September 22nd		Second Battle of Champagne begins
1915	September 25th		Start of the Battle of Loos
1915	October - November		Austro-German-Bulgarian forces invade Serbia, expelling Serbian army from the country
1915	October 3rd		Anglo-French force lands at Salonika in Greece
1915	December 19th		The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli
1915	December 19th		Sir Douglas Haig replaces Sir John French as commander of British Expeditionary Force
1915	December 28th		Allies begin withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli
1916	January 27th		Conscription introduced in Britain
1916	July 29th		US marines land in Haiti
1916	February 21 - December 18		German attack on Verdun in the longest battle of the war, ultimately defended by the French at great cost to both sides
1916	February 21st		Start of the Battle of Verdun
1916	March 9th		Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico
1916	March 11th - November 14th		5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Battles of Isonzo between Italy and Austria-Hungary
1916	March 24th		French passenger ship, Sussex, torpedoed
1916	April		British forces in Mesopotamia begin advance on Baghdad
1916	April 24th		Easter rebellion starts in Ireland
1916	April 29th		British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia
1916	May 4th		Germany renounces submarine policy
1916	May 19th		Britain and France conclude Sykes-Picot agreement
1916	May 31st		Battle of Jutland
1916	June - August		Turkish forces, led by Enver Pasha, are defeated by the Russians in the Caucasus
1916	June 4th		Start of the Brusilov Offensive
1916	June 4th - September 20th		Russian Brusilov offensive in Carpathia nearly knocks Austria-Hungary out of the war
1916	June 5th		With British support (led by T.E. Lawrence), Hussein, grand sherif of Mecca, lead an Arab revolt against the Turks in the Hejaz
1916	July 1st		Start of the Battle of the Somme, with the greatest number of casualties in British military history, 60,000
1916	August - December		Romania enters the war with the Allies, but is quickly overrun by German forces
1916	August 10th		End of the Brusilov Offensive
1916	August 24th - 25th	Heinrich Mathy's L.31 Zeppelin bombs Deptford Dry Dock
1916	August 28th		Italy declares war on Germany
1916	August 31st		Germany suspends submarine assaults
1916	September 15th		Tanks introduced for the first time on the Somme battlefield by the British
1916	October 15th		Germany resumes U-boat attacks
1916	November 7th - 9th		US President Woodrow Wilson secures re-election
1916	November 18th		End of the Battle of the Somme
1916	November 28th		First German airplane (as opposed to zeppelin) air-raid on Britain
1916	November 29th		US occupation of Santa Domingo proclaimed
1916	December 7th		David Lloyd George replaces Asquith as British Prime Minister
1916	December 12th		Germany issues peace note suggesting compromise peace
1916	December 18th		US President Woodrow Wilson requests statements of war objectives from warring nations in peace note
1917	January 10th		Allies state peace objectives in response to US President Woodrow Wilson's December 1916 peace note
1917	January 31st		Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare
1917	February 3rd		US severs diplomatic ties with Germany
1917	February 23rd - April 5th		German forces begin withdrawal to strong positions on the Hindenburg Line
1917	February 24th		Zimmermann Telegram is passed to the US by Britain, detailing alleged German proposal of an alliance with Mexico against the US
1917	February 26th		US President Woodrow Wilson requests permission from Congress to arm US merchantmen
1917	March 1st		Zimmermann Telegram published in US press
1917	March 11th		British capture Baghdad
1917	March 15th		Tsar Nicholas II abdicates as a consequence of Russian Revolution
1917	March 20th		US President Woodrow Wilson's war cabinet votes unanimously in favour of declaring war on Germany
1917	March 12th		US President Woodrow Wilson announces arming of US merchantmen by executive order after failing to win approval from Congress
1917	April 2nd		US President Woodrow Wilson delivers war address to Congress
1917	April 6th		USA declared war on Germany
1917	April 9th		Canadian success at the Battle of Vimy Ridge
1917	April 9th - 20th		Nivelle Offensive (Second Battle of Aisne, Third Battle of Champagne) ends in French failure
1917	April 16th		France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front
1917	April 16th		Lenin arrives in Russia
1917	April 29th - May 20th		Mutiny breaks out among French army
1917	May 12th - October 24th		10th, 11th and 12th Battles of Isonzo fought, ending in Italian failure
1917	May 28th		Pershing leaves New York for France
1917	June 7th		British explode 19 large mines under the Messines Ridge
1917	June 15th		US Espionage Act passed
1917	June 26th		First US troops arrive in France, 1st Division
1917	June 27th		Greece enters the war on the side of the Allies
1917	July 2nd		Pershing makes first request for army of 1,000,000 men
1917	July 6th		T.E. Lawrence and the Arabs capture Aquaba
1917	July 11th		Pershing revises army request figures upwards to 3,000,000
1917	July 16th		Third Battles of Ypres (Passchendaele) begins
1917	July 31st		Start of the Third Battle at Ypres
1917	July 31st		Major British offensive launched at Ypres.
1917	September 1st		Germany takes the northernmost end of the Russian front in the Riga offensive
1917	September 19th - 20th	Zeppelin L45 bombs Hither Green
1917	October 24th		Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated
1917	October 24th		Austria-Germany breakthrough at Caporetto on Italian front
1917	November 6th		Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front
1917	November 7th		Bolshevik Revolution in Russia results in Communist government under Lenin taking office
1917	November 20th		British tanks won a victory at Cambrai
1917	November 20th		British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai
1917	December 5th		Armistice between Germany and Russia signed
1917	December 7th		US declares war on Austria-Hungary
1917	December 9th		Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks
1917	December 22nd		Russia opens separate peace negotiations with Germany (Brest-Litovsk)
1918	January - September		T.E. Lawrence leads Arab guerrillas in successful campaign against Turkish positions in Arabia and Palestine
1918	January 8th		US President Woodrow Wilson makes "Fourteen Points" speech to Congress
1918	February 11th		US President Woodrow Wilson makes "Four Principles" speech to Congress
1918	March 3rd		The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany.
1918	March 21st		Germany broke through on the Somme
1918	March 21st		Germany launches Spring push, eventually mounting five major offensives against Allied forces, starting with the Battle of Picardy against the British
1918	March 26th		Doullens Agreement gives General Ferdinand Foch "co-ordinating authority" over the Western Front
1918	March 29th		Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front
1918	April 9th		Germany launches second Spring offensive, the Battle of the Lys, in the British sector of Armentieres
1918	April 14th		Foch appointed Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces on Western Front
1918	May 19th - 20th	German Gotha twin-engine airplane bombs several areas in Lewisham
1918	May 25th		German U-boats appear in US waters for first time
1918	May 27th		Third German Spring offensive, Third Battle of the Aisne, begins in French sector along Chemin des Dames
1918	May 28th		US forces (28th Regiment of 1st Division) victorious in first major action, Battle of Cantigny
1918	June 6th		US 3rd Division captures Bouresches and southern part of Belleau Wood
1918	June 9th		Germans launch fourth Spring offensive, Battle of the Matz, in French sector between Noyan and Montdider
1918	June 15th		Italians prevail against Austro-Hungarian forces at Battle of Piave
1918	July 6th		US President Woodrow Wilson agrees to US intervention in Siberia
1918	July 15th		Final phase of great German Spring push, the Second Battle of Marne, begins
1918	July 16th - 17th		Former Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, and children, are murdered by the Bolsheviks
1918	July 18th		Allies counterattack against German forces, seizing initiative
1918	August 3rd		Allied intervention begins at Vladivosto
1918	August 8th		Haig directs start of successful Amiens offensive, forcing all German troops back to the Hindenburg Line; Ludendorff calls it a "black day" for German army
1918	September 12th		US forces clear the St.-Mihiel salient, during which the greatest air assault of the war is launched by the US
1918	September 19th		Start of British offensive in Palestine, the Battle of Megiddo
1918	September 26th		Battle of the Vardar pits Serb, Czech, Italian, French and British forces against Bulgarian forces
1918	September 26th		Meuse-Argonne offensive opens; the final Franco-American offensive of the war
1918	September 27th - October 17th		Haig's forces storm the Hindenburg Line, breaking through at several points
1918	September 28th - October 14th		Belgian troops attack at Ypres
1918	September 29th		Bulgaria concludes armistice negotiations
1918	October 4th		Germany asked the Allies for an armistice
1918	October 17th - November 11th		British advance to the Sambre and Schledt rivers, taking many German prisoners
1918	October 21st		Germany ceases unrestricted submarine warfare
1918	October 27th		Erich Ludendorff resigns
1918	October 29th		Germany’s navy mutinied
1918	October 30th		Turkey concludes an armistice with the Allies
1918	November 3rd		Austria made peace
1918	November 3rd		German fleet mutinies at Kiel
1918	November 3rd		Trieste falls to the Allies; Austria-Hungary concludes an armistice
1918	November 7th -11th		Germany negotiates an armistice with the Allies in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne
1918	November 9th		Kaiser William II abdicates
1918	November 10th		Kaiser Wilhelm II flees to Holland
1918	November 10th		German republic is founded
1918	November  11th		Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.
1918	November 11th		Armistice day; fighting ceases at 11am
1919	January 4th		Peace conference met at Paris
1919	January 10th - 15th		Communist revolt in Berlin
1919	January 18th		Start of peace negotiations in Paris
1919	January 25th		Peace conference accepts principle of a League of Nations
1919	February 6th		German National Assembly meets in Weimar
1919	February 14th		Draft covenant of League of Nations completed
1919	May 6th		Peace conference disposes of German colonies
1919	June 21st		German High Seas Fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow
1919	June 28th		The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.
1919	July 19th		Cenotaph is unveiled in London
1918
1920	July 25th	Wesleyan Church, Datmouth Road, Sydenham WW1 War Memorial unveiled
1920	April 10th	20th London Regiment, the Queen's Own, memorial unveiled by HRH Prince Albert and dedicated by the Bishop Suffragan of Woolwich. Holly Hedge House, Blackheath