Progress of the Great War Sinking of Lusitania and Teutonic Drives
A condensed review by E. W. Pickard highlights the Lusitania sinking and the Teutonic advances through Poland and Serbia, noting prominent individuals who have died. The survey captures key shifts on the European front and reflects the era's major wartime events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cusitania
Poland
Serbia
Vast World War Timeline From 1915 to 1916 Summary
Chronological survey lists major WWI events from Jan to Dec including British battleship Formidable sunk, Russian offensives in Caucasus, German Zeppelin raids on English coast, U-boat attacks on ships like Carib and Frye, Dardanelles battles, Italy declaring war on Austria-Hungary, and shifting fronts in Galicia, Serbia, and Bulgaria with numerous naval actions and diplomatic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engish Channel
Caucasus
Uzsok Pass
Carpathians
Carnathian Pass
Transylvana
Norfolk
Armouth
Sandringham
King’s Lynn
Cmer
Sherringham
Beeston
Jean
Blue
Beatty
Fieht
North Sea
Kicies
Rusasien
Poland
Great Britain
Germany
England
Carib
Tiecin
Dardanelles
Dacia
Brest
Isid
Keesareccan
William P. Frye
Prinz Eftel Friedrich
Prinz Eftel
Newport News
Frye
Britth Torpad
Ariel Hiiish
Neuve Chapelle
Augustowo
Polari
Order In Council
Germren
Dresden
Salkland Islands
Glasgow
Krert
Orama
American Sanitary Commission
Serbia
Irresistible
Ocean
Bouvet
Przemyr
Urumtah
Persia
Ghent
Ermans
East Prussia
Gallfpolpeninavn
Hungary
Champane
Agullar
Falaba
Beskid
Mejidiech
Hoarpalyee
Nefattp
New York
Belgium
Nord Sea
United States
Leon Gambette
Loubdria
Uzech Pass
Arr
Wang
Scilly Islands
Yarrow
Mas
Ireland
Josa
A. G. van Gerbdilt
Elbert Hubbard
Chas
Frohman
Hoxs
Klein and
Charles
Plamondon
Liban
Venizelos
U. S
Turkey
Baltic Sea
Sea of Marmara
Bielsk
Russia
Ossowetz
Bialystok
Brest-Litovsk
Okita
Adolphe Pegoud
Lutsk
Lusitania
Hague Tribunal
Grodno
Dumba
Hernstorff
J. F. J. Archibald
Allan Hner Hesperian
Fastnet
Wilson
Auvatrian
London
Orduna
Anglo-French Financial Commission
America
von Hindenburg
Riga
Galicia
Vilna
Aegean Sea
Stuttgart
Wurtemberg
Ostrow
Western Front
Armerican
Benedetto
Brin
Austria-Hungary
Thousan
Drina
Danube
Alexander Zaimis
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Semendria
Edith Cavell
Brussels
France
Italy
Nish-Saloniki
Vranya
Tahure Hill
Prinz Adalbert
Labau
Carmen
Dvinsk
Teutons
Marquette
Aegean
Briand
Zaimis
Chamber of Deputies
Prilip
Babuna Pass
Nish
Greece
M. Skoulandis
Mediterranean
Baltic
Churchill
Morava Valley
Verona
Ancona
Cerna River
Anglia
English Channel
Austria
Goritz
Novibazar
Libau
Bagdad
Scutari
Fort Willam
Atlantic Coast
Albania
Avlona Monastir
Buenz
Hamburg-American Line
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Washington
Sonnino
Roumania
Henry Ford
Peace Crusaders
Koetfer
Kaliser
Sir Douglas Haig
Field Marshal French
Flanders
Jersey City
Welland Canal
Vienna
Gallipoli
Major events unfold from January through December in 1915
A compact yearbook of U S happenings spans January to December with key items including Alabama becoming dry after June 3, Wilson inaugurating transcontinental telephone to Panama-Pacific expo, the Panama-Pacific fair opening, North Dakota abolishing the death penalty, Rear Admirals appointed, Thaw acquitted, Census passing 100 million, Leo Frank case developments, Roosevelt libel verdict, Georgia commutation for Frank, Zealous civic and religious conventions, Edison heading civilian inventors, Panama canal disruption, Army training camps, and major church and political appointments and closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Wilson
Moore
San Franciseco
San Francisco
North Dakota
Fletcher
Goward
Cowles
Harry K. Thaw
Census Bureau
Syracuse
Supreme Court
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Barnes
Slaton
Georgia
Leo Frank
Duprisonmant
Pnarcie" Chon
Chicago
Albania
Thomas A. Edison
Navy Department
Harry K- Thaw
Joé ‘Cooper
Morris Keller
Des Moines
Culebra
Panama Canal
Business Men‘s Army
Plattsburg
N. Y
Delaware
Massachusetts
Fort Sheridan
Illinois
G. A. R. National
Washington
Hawaii
Annapolis
E. R. Monfort
Cincinnati
Thompson
Norman Galt
Mundelein
Brooklyn
American Civic Association
American Association For Labor Legislation
Timeline of global upheavals and leadership changes
A compact 12 month ledger of revolutions, elections, and political shocks. From Paraguay and Haiti to China Japan and Portugal, notable events include dictatorships reshaped, rulers displaced, and major regimes restructuring. Also noted are eruptions, epidemics, and pivotal royal or papal appointments shaping 20th century geopolitics.
Disasters of the Year Hit Palm of 19th Century Years
A compiled list details a sequence of calamities across 19 cities and regions. Events include deaths, injuries, and massive property losses from earthquakes, hurricanes, fires, explosions, and storms worldwide from January to December. Names of places such as central Italy Hawaii California England Panama Chicago New Orleans San Clara Delaware and more appear with dates and casualty figures.
Congress Debates Immigration Literacy and Suffrage Moves
A chronological roundup notes President Wilson vetoing the immigration bill over a literacy test, House rejection of a woman suffrage amendment, indictments of Terre Haute officials in a 1916 election conspiracy, and various diplomatic and political changes including cabinet resignations and appointments, with state actions on prohibition and suffrage outlined through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senatee
Wilson
House of Representatives
Mondell
Terre Haute
House
Interstate Trade Commission
Joseph. E. Davies
Wisconsin
Edward N. Hurley
Illinois
William J. Harris
Georgia
William H. Parry
Washington
Gates, Rublee
New Hdd
Timeline of major 1900s transportation and public figures events
The record lists numerous 1900s developments from federal price inquiry into wheat to reorganizations and court actions affecting railroads and steamship lines. It notes leadership changes at the Interstate Commerce Commission and key deaths, speeches, and visits of notable figures in finance, industry, and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Goulds
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain
Dayton Cash Register
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Trade Commission
Washington
Joseph R. Davies
Wisconsin
Charles C. McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
James S. Harlan
International Mercantile Marine Company
J. B. Greenhut Company
New York
Rock Island Railroad Company
Great Lakes
Pan American Financial Conference
Moore-Reid Syndicate
Rock Island
Eastman Kodak Company
Buffalo
N. Y
L—U
Chicago labor turmoil and Mexican events span 1913
A compiled timeline records Chicago building trades strikes and settlements from March to July, with wage gains in railroad engine crews and multiple citywide work stoppages. It also tracks Mexican affairs from Carranza’s rise, battles, uprisings, and U S recognition through November.
Major League Baseball Antitrust Suit and 1900s Sports Highlights
Federal suits against the National and American leagues cite Sherman antitrust law on January 5. American Association elevated to major league status on January 2. Then multiple 1900s sports feats appear: Jess Willard knockout of Jack Johnson in Havana on April 5. Ralph De Palma sets a 60 mile auto record in Indianapolis on May 3. Jerome Travers wins the national amateur golf title on June 19. Yale defeats Harvard in a regatta on June 2. Dario Resta wins a 500 mile race at Chicago on June 26 with a 97.6 mph average. Cornell wins intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie on June 23. Olympic Cup claimed by Chicago golf team in Cleveland on July 17. Charles Evans of Chicago wins western amateur golf on July 24. Tom McNamara leads best meteren open golf in August. Louis B. Clarke beats Gil Anderson in a 270 mile war race on August 0. Robert Gardner is noted in a September 4 entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal League
American Association
Jess Willard
Jack Johnson
Havana
Cubs
Ralph de Palma
Indianapolis
Wisconsin University
Jerome Travers
Yale
Harvard
New London
Dario Resta
Peugeot
Chicago
Cornell
Poughkeepsie
Cleveland
Charles Evans
Chan
Tom McNamara
Cage
Louis B. Clarke
Gil
Anderson
Robert Gardner
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Trentino
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Sheerness Harbor
Przemysl
Gradisca
Lemberg
Mosciska
Karlsruhe
English
Rana Ruska
de Wet
Lens
Vistula
Bruges
S&s. Navy Department
Sayville
L. I
Africa
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British Wew
Europe
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Berlin
Leelanan
Sandmarine
Lublin
Mitau
Courland
Warsaw
Ivangorod
India
Lynx
Praga
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Sherer
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Society of Jesus
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Haiti
China
Manchuria
Japan
Manuel de Arriaga
Portugal
Guillaume
Rossalvo Bobro
Port Au Prince
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Etna
Stromboli
Dartinguen
National Assembly
Vilthjalmar Stefansson
Shanghai
Yan Shi-Kai
Havre
Camille de Coppet
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New River & Pocahontas Coal Co
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Texas
Ardmore
Oklo
New Orleans
Peabody
Mass
Santa Clara
Astoria
Ore
Bethlehem Steel Company
Roebling Sons Company
Trenton
N. J
Avalon
Catalina Island
du Pont Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Hopewell
du Pont Powder Town
Roberts
Terre
Haute
Bryan
Thomas Taggart
Robert Lansing
Frank L. Polk
U. S. State Department
South Carolina
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
S W. McCall
Prohibition
Ohio
A. O. Stanley
Kentucky
E. C. Harrington
Maryland
Clark
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
Pretorius
Louis Times
Herman Ridder
Neu Staats: Zeitung
Lewis Waller
Ala
Kalamazoo
Mich
August Pitou
Hobesound
Fla
Jesus Rabi
Santiago
Edward Smith
American Shipbuilding Company
Stephen Phillips
C. S. Bramwell
Army Engineer Corps F
Abraham Gruber
Pene
F. M. Cockrell
Earl of Glasgow
Fairline
Scotland
Viscount Aliverstore
Karl Goldmark
Jeanne Gerville-Reache
Bridgeport
Conn
Walter Crane
Henry King
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Charles Francis Adams
Morgean Robertson
Atlantic City
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Lyman B. Glover
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
F. Hopkinson Smith
Willam R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Kansas City
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Baron Herbert de Reuter
Reuter
Telegram Company
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
O’donovan Rossa
Porfirio Diaz
Paris
James E. Quigley
A. J. Blethen
Seattle Times
J.A. Holmes
Federal Bureau of Mines
Denver
St. Clair McKelway
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Sarah Cowell le Moyne
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray
Oxford English Dictionary
Maarten Maartens
Zeist
Holland
B. F. Tracy
Navy
George Fitch
Berkeley
Cal
John C. Black
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Serafino Vannutelli
Sacred College
Rome
Paul Erlich
Bad Homburg
C.J. Finlay
Federal Board of Arbitration
Western
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers of Chicago
Chicago Surface Lines
Bayonne
Standard Oil Co
Standard Oil
N. C
Carranza
Obregon
Puebla
Gen
Angeles
Garza
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
General Obregon
Jose Curo
Guantanamo
Vera Cruz
Zapata
John B. Mc
Norris Ranch
Brownsville
Tex
Rito Grande
Mercedes
Corporal Wilman
Villa
Pascual Orozco
Huerta
Lansing
Posse
Agua Prieta
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