Skip to content
Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · Public domain
Conflict Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE · 4 years

A global war with devastating military and civilian losses that contributed to the collapse of the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires.

See it on the timeline

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

World War I on Wikipedia.

Read the article

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Allied Powers
  • Central Powers

Key moments

Defining events in the World War I.

  1. 1914 Marne
  2. 1915 Gallipoli
  3. 1916 Verdun
  4. 1916 Somme
  5. 1918 Hundred Days

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

See the whole view

Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Russian Empire

1721 CE – 1917 CE

Conflict · Europe

Ukrainian War of Independence

1917 CE – 1921 CE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Austria

Founded 1918 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

Estonian War of Independence

1918 CE – 1920 CE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Estonia

Founded 1918 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1914 CE and 1918 CE.

1914 CE Battle of Tannenberg 1914 CE Battle of the Marne 1914 CE Basilica of Sacré-Cœur 1915 CE Gallipoli Campaign 1916 CE Battle of Verdun

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Las Lajas Sanctuary Landmark · Americas 1916 CE – still standing Persia Polity · Middle East 400 CE – 1914 CE Panama Canal Route Trade route · Americas 1914 CE John F. Kennedy Figure · United States 1917 CE – 1963 CE Dutch–Aceh War Conflict · East Asia 1873 CE – 1914 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
Image credits 9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons