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Event war Europe

Battle of the Marne

1914 CE

French counterattack that halted the German advance and saved Paris in the opening month of World War I.

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Standing in 1914 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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1914 CE World War I 1914 CE East African Campaign (WWI) 1914 CE Cathedral Notre-Dame du Congo 1914 CE Al-Muhdhar Mosque 1914 CE Battle of Tannenberg 1914 CE Basilica of Sacré-Cœur