1903

1914 Europe from USMA

Jan. 22 - Hay-Herran Treaty gave the United States the right to build the Panama Canal.

Mar. 5 - Germany and Turkey agreed to develop the railroad to Baghdad, funded by the German-owned Baghdad Railway Co. headed by Georg von Siemens, that had buiilt the Constantinople to Angora RR in 1888.

Apr. 16 - Kishinev pogrom against Jews in Kishinev, Russia

Apr. 20 - British and French bankers pulled out of the German consortium to build the Baghdad Railway in the face of Russian opposition.

May 1 - King Edward VII visited Paris, a symbol of growing Anglo-French friendship that would lead to Entente.

June 11 - King Alexander of Serbia was assasinated in Belgrade with Queen Draga, by a plot of army leaders.

Aug. 29 - Russia established the Viceroyalty of the Far East and intended to continue expansion in Manchuria and Korea despite Japanese opposition.

Sept. 8 - Turkey suppressed an uprising of the Macedonian Central Revolutionary Committee, and massacred 50,000 Bulgarians near Monastir.

Oct. 14 - The Russian fleet moved off Korea, facing a Japanese fleet, as Russia continued to expand it influence from Manchuria southward.

Dec. 17 - Wright Bros flew the first heavier-than-air powerd aircraft at Kitty Hawk.

Links:

• Timeline from Trenches on the Web

Sources:

• Hale, Oron J. The Great Illusion, 1900-1914. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 361 p.
• Joll, James. The Origins of the First World War. 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 1992. 264 p.
• Stone, Norman. Europe Transformed, 1878-1919. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1999. 339 p.
• Taylor, A. J. P. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954. 638 p

   

---