World War I History
1894 - Russian ruler Czar Nicholas II was crowned.
1914 - Gavrilo Princip set out from Belgrade on a 10-day-long journey towards Sarajevo and a planned rendezvous with fellow young nationalist agitators. On June 28, Princip killed Franz Ferdinand and Sopie which led to the beginning of World War I.
| "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime." - British foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey on August 3, 1914 |
