| 8-9 |
Evacuation of Cape Helles completes
the departure of Allied forces from Gallipoli |
| 21 |
Battle of Hanna in Mesopotamia |
| 25 |
Introduction of conscription
in Britain for single men |
|
| 21 |
Battle of Verdun
starts (ends 18 Dec) |
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| 24 |
Easter Rising in Dublin |
| 26 |
Sykes-Picot agreement secretly
made in Paris |
| 29 |
Surrender of besieged British
forces at Kut
|
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| 16 |
Conscription extended to married
men in Britain |
| 31 |
Battle of Jutland starts (ends
1 June) |
|
| 4 |
Brusilov offensive starts (ends
20 Sep) |
|
| 1 |
Battle of the Somme starts (ends
18 Nov) |
|
| 27 |
Romania joins the war on the
side of the Allies |
|
|
| 21 |
Death of Franz Joseph; Karl I
becomes Habsburg emperor |
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| 6 |
Austro-German capture of Bucharest |
| 7 |
David Lloyd George replaces Asquith
as British prime minister |
| 11 |
Founding of Ministry of Labour |
| 12 |
German Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg
offers to open peace talks with the Allies in a neutral country |
| 21 |
Lloyd George government rejects
German offer of peace talks |
| 22 |
Founding of Ministries of Food,
Pensions and Shipping |
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