1914
ID: 1226
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand leads to July Crisis. Germany gives Austria-Hungary 'blank check' support, leading to World War I
ID: 1226
1914
ID: 1227
German Foreign Office initiates 'jihad strategy' - Kaiser Wilhelm II declares himself 'protector of Islam,' attempts to incite Islamic uprising against British Empire
ID: 1227
1914
ID: 1229
World War I - German military doctrine based on Darwinian philosophy; Kaiser: 'the Reich needs new territory'
ID: 1229
1914
ID: 1230
Vernon Kellogg documents: 'The creed of the almightiness of natural selection based on violent struggle is the gospel of the German intellectuals'
ID: 1230
1914
ID: 1231
Pope St. Pius X dies of broken heart - 'I have seen the war' - dies offering life for peace
ID: 1231
1914
ID: 2363
Uniform Partnership Act (UPA) promulgated - American uniform law treats partnership as aggregate of individuals
ID: 2363
1914
ID: 4226
Thomas J. Watson Sr. joins C-T-R as general manager, begins transformation of company culture and expansion
ID: 4226
1914
ID: 4281
IBM introduces first successful electric typewriter - adds motor to power type bars
ID: 4281
1914
ID: 4609
Felix Hausdorff publishes Grundzüge der Mengenlehre - systematic foundation of topology
ID: 4609
1914
ID: 5650
First laboratory-confirmed case of rabies in a skunk in California
ID: 5650
1914
ID: 1228
July 1914
Lenin declares: 'To reject war in principle is un-Marxist... Who objectively stands to gain from the slogan Peace? In any case, not the revolutionary proletariat.'
ID: 1228
1914
ID: 1224
August 20, 1914
Pope Saint Pius X dies - last entry before World War I
ID: 1224
1914
ID: 1225
September 3, 1914
Pope Benedict XV elected one month after World War I begins, issues 'Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum' - 'Because of the love of Jesus that burns in our heart, we feel ourselves the father of all'
ID: 1225