European War Year In Review 1915
The calendar year 1915 marked a decisive, brutal phase of the European conflict with shifting fronts from Poland to the Dardanelles. Major milestones included the Russian advances at Warsaw and Lemberg, the British and French costly battles in Artois Champagne and Neuve Chapelle, the shift of battles to the Balkans, and Italy joining the Allied cause. The year closed with Haig replacing French in command on the Western Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Turkey
Africa
Asia
Poland
Flanders
France
Warsaw
Galicia
Vistula
Niemen
Dardanelles
Rome
Athens
Sofia
Bucharest
Przemysl
of Neuve Chapelle
Meuse
Moselle
St. Mihiel
Belgium
Pon Ypres
Russia
Lemberg
Vilna
Champagne
Artois
Balkans
Venizelos
Constantine
Serbia
Bulgaria
Danube
England
Italy
Golden Horn
Kraguyevarz
Nish
Germany
Saloniki
Greece
Isonzo
Goritz
Venice
United States Faces Naval War Strains in Europe
The article chronicles the intensified diplomatic and maritime frictions between the United States, Germany, and Great Britain from January to December, detailing seizures, sinkings, and protests over neutral shipping, the Lusitania disaster, submarine warfare, and recalls of German agents and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Europe
Washington
Germany
Ireland
State Department
United States
Gulflight
Scilly Islands
William J. Bryan
England
William P. Frye
Hague
Mexican Civil War Shifts as Villa and Obregon Rise
The article traces early 1910s Mexican turmoil with Villa deposing Gutierrez and backing Garza, Carranza holding Vera Cruz, and Obregon rising to lead the Carranza faction. It notes British American naval warning, battles for Mexico City, and US recognition of Carranza’s de facto government by October 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Villa
Republic of Mexico
Gutierrez
General Garza
City of Mexico
Carranza
Vera Cruz
United States
Villa
Obregon
Gonzales
Mexico City
Zapata
Lansing
Mexico
Sixty third congress ends with neutrality and policy moves
The Sixty third congress wraps up on March 4 adopting a neutrality enforcement resolution while approving naval funding for two battleships six destroyers and eight submarines. President Wilson sees several nominations confirmed and major generals named as Bermuda Canal ties shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Panama Canal
Senate
Goethals
Gorgas
West Virginia
Tennessee
House
Arkansas
Iowa
Idaho
Utah
North Dakota
South Dakota
Fletcher
Howard
Cowles
Spry
Alaska
New Jersey
Bryan
William J. ‘Bryan
Global Political Shifts and Labor Strikes Around 1916
A retrospective roundup details changes from The Hague pact on opium to Haiti’s upheavals, with Haiti’s president killed and U S marines deployed. It notes Greece's Venizelos resignation, Denmark’s constitutional moves extending female suffrage, Portugal electing Braga, and Chile and Peru inaugurations. It also covers strikes at Remington arms, New York garment workers, Welsh coal, and U S commodity booms with record wheat and corn yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Teeren Oe
United States
Chita He Hotiata
Gen
E Milbransg
Davilmar Puéador
Haiti
Marcis
Greece
Euletherios Venizelos
Constantine
Demetrios Gounaris
M. Skouloudis
Italy
Germany
Austria
Serbia
Balfour
Bonar Law
Theophile Braga
Portugal
Christian
Alberta
Canada
Sam
Washington
Juan Luis San Fuentes
Chile
Jose Pardo
Peru
Port Au Prince
Dartinguenave
Yuan Shih-kai
Yoshihito
Kioto
Industrial Strikes Roil U S Cities Across Year
Early in the year the industrial relations commission in New York drew attention as capitalists shared views on capital and Labor. A factory gunfire near Roosevelt New Jersey left one dead and several wounded among striking workers. Chicago carpenters demanded higher wages triggering a two day paralysis and later reached a wage compromise. A 60000 garment workers strike in New York was averted by wage hikes of 12 to 15 percent. Bayonne Standard Oil employees sparked rioting with fatalities and injuries among strikers police and onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington Arms Works
Bridgeport
Genn
New York City
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Lloyd George
United States
Industrial Relations Commission
Roosevelt
N. J
Chicago
Standard Oil
Bayonne
Year of disasters recalls a tumultuous 1915
A compiled list of catastrophic events from 1915 describes earthquakes in central Italy near Avezzano, an American Samoa tidal wave, California quakes, floods in southern China, deadly storms across the U S, ship and mine disasters, and large fires. The record notes the Eastland disaster in Chicago, multiple rail and factory fires, explosions, and the DuPont and Roebling plant fires with high death tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
Lange
Italy
Rome
Avezzado
Manus Islands
Imperial Valley
California
Missouri
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
China
Canton
Erie
Vesuvius
Etna
Stromboli
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast
San Diego
Mexico
Leyland
W. Va
Honolulu
Virginia
Colon
Panama
Hogland
Carlisle
Eastland
Chicago River
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Peabody
Magss
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bethlehem Steel Company
Roebling Sons Company
Trenton
Avalon
Catalina Island
DuPont Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
DuPont
Hopewell
McClure Newanaper Syndicate
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Ognized
Paign
Mackensen
Hindenburg
Austria-Hungary
Ancona
New York
British War Office
Sir Douglas Haig
Sir John French
Dumba
United States Secret Service
Robert Fay
America
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Carl Buenz
Hamburg-American Line
Presiaire Wilson
Robert Laings
Prohibition Beaur
Alabama
Interstate Combe Commission
Middle West
Eastman Kodak Company
Constitutional Convention
New York State
South Carolina
Wilson
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Clarke
Champ Clark
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