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*[[Address of the President of the United States to the Senate]]<dd></dd>22 January 1917<dd></dd>Appealing to Europeans for "peace without victory" | *[[Address of the President of the United States to the Senate]]<dd></dd>22 January 1917<dd></dd>Appealing to Europeans for "peace without victory" | ||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1917inauguration.htm Inaugural Address of President Wilson]<dd></dd>4 March 1917 | *[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1917inauguration.htm Inaugural Address of President Wilson]<dd></dd>4 March 1917<dd></dd>At the beginning of his second term in office | ||
<dd></dd>At the beginning of his second term in office | |||
*[http://www.histdoc.net/history/abdic.html The Abdication of Nicholas II]<dd></dd>15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar) | *[http://www.histdoc.net/history/abdic.html The Abdication of Nicholas II]<dd></dd>15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)<dd></dd>(Russian facsimile and transcription) | ||
<dd></dd>(Russian facsimile and transcription) | |||
*[[The Abdication of Nicholas II]]<dd></dd>15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)<dd></dd>(English translation) | *[[The Abdication of Nicholas II]]<dd></dd>15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)<dd></dd>(English translation) | ||
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*V. I. Lenin, [http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/apriltheses.htm The April Theses]<dd></dd>April 1917<dd></dd>Calling for Soviet control of the Russian state | *V. I. Lenin, [http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/apriltheses.htm The April Theses]<dd></dd>April 1917<dd></dd>Calling for Soviet control of the Russian state | ||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haighindenburgdespatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch] | *[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haighindenburgdespatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch]<dd></dd>31 May 1917 | ||
<dd></dd>31 May 1917 | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm U.S. Espionage Act]<dd></dd>15 June 1917<dd></dd>The act was amended in May 1918 as the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1918/usspy.html Sedition Act]<br> and subsequently repealed in 1921. | *[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm U.S. Espionage Act]<dd></dd>15 June 1917<dd></dd>The act was amended in May 1918 as the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1918/usspy.html Sedition Act]<br> and subsequently repealed in 1921. | ||
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*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/1918rv1/ch5menu.htm The Bolshevik <i>Coup d'Etat</i> in Russia]<dd></dd> As documented in telegrams by Yale's Avalon Project.<dd></dd>7 - 22 November 1917 | *[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/1918rv1/ch5menu.htm The Bolshevik <i>Coup d'Etat</i> in Russia]<dd></dd> As documented in telegrams by Yale's Avalon Project.<dd></dd>7 - 22 November 1917 | ||
*[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/focsani.htm The Truce of Focsani Between Roumania and the Central Powers] | *[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/focsani.htm The Truce of Focsani Between Roumania and the Central Powers]<dd></dd>9 December 1917<dd></dd>(Note: This is a description, not the text itself.) | ||
<dd></dd>9 December 1917<dd></dd>(Note: This is a description, not the text itself.) | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/jerusalemdecree.htm The Fall of Jerusalem]<dd></dd>December 1917<dd></dd>The Ottoman surrender Jerusalem to British control | *[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/jerusalemdecree.htm The Fall of Jerusalem]<dd></dd>December 1917<dd></dd>The Ottoman surrender Jerusalem to British control |
Revision as of 17:18, 9 January 2007
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- The Zimmerman Note19 January 1917
- Address of the President of the United States to the Senate22 January 1917Appealing to Europeans for "peace without victory"
- Inaugural Address of President Wilson4 March 1917At the beginning of his second term in office
- The Abdication of Nicholas II15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)(Russian facsimile and transcription)
- The Abdication of Nicholas II15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)(English translation)
- Announcement of the First Provisional Government16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)
- Grand Duke Mikhail's Manifesto16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)
- Telegram from the American Consulate in Sweden to the U.S. Secretary of State17 March 1917Forwarding concerns about the Russian revolutionary movement
- The Proclamation of Baghdad
by Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude
19 March 1917 - Telegram from the American Consulate General in Petrograd
to the U.S. Secretary of State20 March 1917Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Petrograd - Telegram from the American Consulate General in Moscow
to the U.S. Secretary of State20 March 1917Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Moscow - Lansing's Memorandum of the US Cabinet Meeting20 March 1917
- Wilson's War Message to Congress2 April 1917Asking Congress for a declaration of war
- Senator Norris Opposes U.S. Entry into the War4 April 1917
- Senators Norris and Lafollette Oppose Wilson's War Message4 - 5 April 1917
- Formal U.S. Declaration of War6 April 1917
- "Do Your Bit for America15 April 1917President Wilson's appeal to the American public
- First Battle of the Scarpe (Capture of Vimy Ridge)A collection of various documents, records, and maps. 9 - 14 April 1917
- V. I. Lenin, The April ThesesApril 1917Calling for Soviet control of the Russian state
- Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch31 May 1917
- U.S. Espionage Act15 June 1917The act was amended in May 1918 as the Sedition Act
and subsequently repealed in 1921. - The Reichstag Peace Resolution19 July 1917Ignored by the High Command
- Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal1 August 1917Ignored by virtually all
- The 27 Articles of T.E. Lawrence20 August 1917
- Lenin's Call to Power24 October 1917Urging that power be seized from the Provisional Government(Leading immediately to the October Revolution)
- Lenin's Decree on Peace26 October 1917Encouraging a widening of the Socialist revolution beyond Russia
- Militarism (1906 monograph by Karl Liebknecht)First American printing of the English translation: October, 1917
- The Balfour Declaration2 November 1917British approval for a Jewish homeland in Palestine
- The Bolshevik Coup d'Etat in Russia As documented in telegrams by Yale's Avalon Project.7 - 22 November 1917
- The Truce of Focsani Between Roumania and the Central Powers9 December 1917(Note: This is a description, not the text itself.)
- The Fall of JerusalemDecember 1917The Ottoman surrender Jerusalem to British control
- Soviet Recognition of Finnish Independence18 December 1917
- Soviet Recognition of the Republic of FinlandAlsoavailable in English translation18 - 23 December 1917
- Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch on the 1917 Campaigns25 December 1917
- Propaganda Leaflets1915 - 1918
- History of Intelligence (B), British Expeditionary Force in FranceJanuary 1917 - April 1919