Abt 1914 - 1914 (0 years)
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| 1 | 1914 | - 1914—1914:
Irish Home Rule Act provides for a separate Parliament in Ireland; the position of Ulster
to be decided after the War
- 1914—1914:
Chaplin and De Mille make their first films
- 28 Jun 1914—28 Jun 1914:
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
- 4 Aug 1914—4 Aug 1914:
Britain declares war on Germany, citing Belgian neutrality as reason
- 5 Aug 1914—5 Aug 1914:
British cableship Telconia cut through all five of Germany's undersea telegraph
links to the outside world
- 15 Aug 1914—15 Aug 1914:
Panama Canal opened, the Canal cement boat 'Ancon' making the first official
transit (plans for a grand opening were cancelled due to the start of WW1)
- Oct 1914—Oct 1914:
Battle of Ypres - beginning of trench warfare on western front
- 27 Nov 1914—27 Nov 1914:
First policewoman goes on duty in Britain
- 16 Dec 1914—16 Dec 1914:
German battleships bombard Hartlepool and Scarborough
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