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*[[Treaties and Documents Relative to the Neutrality of the Netherlands and Belgium]]<dd></dd>1839-1914<dd></dd>Taken from an appendix to Alexander Fuehr's <i>The Neutrality of Belgium</i> (1915)


*[[Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law]]<dd></dd>16 April 1856.
*[[Treaties and Documents Relative to the Neutrality of the Netherlands and Belgium]]
:1839-1914
:Taken from an appendix to Alexander Fuehr's <i>The Neutrality of Belgium</i> (1915)
 
*[[Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law]]
:16 April 1856.
 
*[[The Treaty of London (1867)]]
:21 June 1867:Granting neutrality to Luxembourg:(French translation)
 
*[[St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Certain Explosive Projectiles]]
:29 November -  11 December 1868


*[[The Treaty of London]]<dd></dd>21 June 1867<dd></dd>Granting neutrality to Luxembourg<dd></dd>(French translation)
*[[Timeline of Events]]
:1870 - 1914


*[[St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Certain Explosive Projectiles]]<dd></dd>29 November -  11 December 1868
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm The Ems Telegram]
:1870:Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71


*[[Timeline of Events]]<dd></dd>1870 - 1914
*[[The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany]]
:7 October 1879


*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm The Ems Telegram]<dd></dd>1870<dd></dd>Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71
*[[Oxford Laws of War on Land]]
:9 September 1880


*[[The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany]]<dd></dd>7 October 1879
*[[On the Nature of War by Helmut Moltke (the Elder)]]
:1880


*[[Oxford Laws of War on Land]]<dd></dd>9 September 1880
*[[The Three Emperors' League]]
:18 June 1881
:Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.


*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/moltke.html <i>On the Nature of War</i> by Helmut Moltke (the Elder)]<dd></dd>1880
*[[The Triple Alliance (The French Original) | The Triple Alliance]]
:20 May 1882:Joining Italy with the Germany/Austria-Hungary alliance.
:(Eight articles in the original French)
:See also [[expanded version of 1912]]


*[[The Three Emperors' League]]<dd></dd>18 June 1881<dd></dd>Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.
*[[The Triple Alliance (The English Translation)]]
:20 May 1882
:See also [[expanded version of 1912 (In English)]]


*[[The Triple Alliance]]<dd></dd>20 May 1882<dd></dd>Joining Italy with the Germany/Austria-Hungary alliance.<dd></dd>(Eight articles in the original French)<dd></dd>See also [[expanded version of 1912]]
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html Bismarck and the "Polish Question."]
:28 January 1886
:Speech to the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament
:(English translation)


*[[The Triple Alliance (The English Translation)]]<dd></dd>20 May 1882<dd></dd>See also [[expanded version of 1912]]
*[[The Reinsurance Treaty]]
:18 June 1887:Bismarck's alliance with Russia


*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html Bismarck and the "Polish Question."]<dd></dd>28 January 1886<dd></dd>Speech to the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament<dd></dd>(English translation)
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/internat.html <i>Die Internationale</i>]
:1888:Translated by Richard S. Levy


*[[The Reinsurance Treaty]]<dd></dd>18 June 1887<dd></dd>Bismarck's alliance with Russia
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/dismiss.html Bismarck's Fall from Power]
:1890


*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/internat.html <i>Die Internationale</i>]<dd></dd>1888<dd></dd>Translated by Richard S. Levy
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/wilhelm.html Wilhelm II -- Swearing In New Recruits]
:23 November 1891


*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/dismiss.html Bismarck's Fall from Power]<dd></dd>1890
*[[The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention]]
:18 August 1892
:Leading to the Triple Entente


*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/wilhelm.html Wilhelm II -- Swearing In New Recruits]<dd></dd>23 November 1891
*[[Willy-Nicky Letters  between the Kaiser and the Czar|''Willy-Nicky Letters'' between the Kaiser and the Czar]]
:1894 - 1914
:Transcriptions of original English correspondence.
:See also [http://rave.ohiolink.edu/ebooks/dmc/OSU/LettersfromKaisertotheCzar%5FWilliamII%5F318pgs.070.51338553.pdf facsimile of the 1920 print edition].


*[[The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention]]<dd></dd>18 August 1892<dd></dd>Leading to the Triple Entente
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm British Official Documents on the Origins of the War]
:Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley:Vol. I, <i>The End of British Isolation</i>: 1897 - 1903:[http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/digobject.cfm?Idno=99001094& University of Toronto Digital Collections]
:Vol. XI, <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914:[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/gooch/mainguch.htm Dual Frame version]
:[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm Standard version]
:<b>Major Resource!</b>


*[[Willy-Nicky Letters  between the Kaiser and the Czar|''Willy-Nicky Letters'' between the Kaiser and the Czar]]<dd></dd>1894 - 1914<dd></dd>(English translations -- including introduction and timeline)
*[[Hague Convention]]
:29 July 1899 & other ratification dates


*'''''British Official Documents on the Origins of the War'''''<dd></dd>Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley<dd></dd>Vol. I, <i>The End of British Isolation</i>: 1897 - 1903, [http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/digobject.cfm?Idno=99001094& University of Toronto Digital Collections]
*[[The First 'Open Door Note']]
<dd></dd>Vol. XI, <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914, [http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/gooch/mainguch.htm Dual Frame version]; &nbsp;[http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm Standard version]<dd></dd><b>Major Resource!</b>
:6 September 1899


*[[Hague Convention]]<dd></dd>29 July 1899 & other ratification dates
*[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]
:11 December 1899
:(German original)


*[[The First 'Open Door Note']]<dd></dd>6 September 1899
*[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag (The English Translation)]]
:11 December 1899
:(English translation)


*[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]<dd></dd>11 December 1899<dd></dd>(German original)
*[[Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China]]
:2 July 1900


*[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]<dd></dd>11 December 1899<dd></dd>(English translation)
*[[The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy]]
:November 1901


*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/china.html Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China]<dd></dd>2 July 1900
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/anglojapanesealliance1902.htm Anglo-Japanese Alliance]
:30 January 1902
:To counter French and Russian designs in the Far East


*[[The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy]]<dd></dd>November 1901
*[[The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France]]
:8 April 1904
:Later joined by Russia


*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/anglojapanesealliance1902.htm Anglo-Japanese Alliance]<dd></dd>30 January 1902<dd></dd>To counter French and Russian designs in the Far East
*[[The Schlieffen Plan]]
:1905


*[[The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France]]<dd></dd>8 April 1904<dd></dd>Later joined by Russia
*[[The First Moroccan Crisis]]
:31 March 1905


*[[The Schlieffen Plan]]<dd></dd>1905
*[[Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War]]
:1905


*[[The First Moroccan Crisis]]<dd></dd>31 March 1905
*[http://tmh.floonet.net/pdf/eyre_crowe_memo.pdf Memorandum on the Present State of British Relations with France and Germany] by Eyre Crowe
:1 January 1907


*[[Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War]]<dd></dd>1905
*[[The Anglo-Russian Entente]]
:1907


*[[The Anglo-Russian Entente]]<dd></dd>1907
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/youngturkproclamation.htm Proclamation of the Young Turks]
:1908


*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/youngturkproclamation.htm Proclamation of the Young Turks]<dd></dd>1908
*[[The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary]]
:September - October 1908


*[[The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary]]<dd></dd>September - October 1908
*[[The Daily Telegraph Affair|The ''Daily Telegraph'' Affair]]
:28 October 1908


*[[The Daily Telegraph Affair|The ''Daily Telegraph'' Affair]]<dd></dd>28 October 1908
*[[The London Naval Conference]]
:26 February 1909


*[[The Racconigi Bargain]]<dd></dd>(Excerpts)<dd></dd>October 1909  
*[[The Racconigi Bargain]]
:(Excerpts)
:October 1909  


*[[Norman Angell's The Great Illusion|Norman Angell's ''The Great Illusion'']]<dd></dd>1910
*[[Norman Angell's The Great Illusion|Norman Angell's ''The Great Illusion'']]
:1910


*[[Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech]]<dd></dd>21 July 1911
*[[Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech]]
:21 July 1911


*[[Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report]]<dd></dd>24 September 1911<dd></dd>(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)
*[[Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report]]
:24 September 1911
:(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)


*[[The Narodna Odbrana |The ''Narodna Odbrana'']]<dd></dd>1911
*[[The Narodna Odbrana |The ''Narodna Odbrana'']]
:1911


*[[Constitution of the Black Hand |Constitution of the ''Black Hand'']]<dd></dd>1911
*[[Constitution of the Black Hand |Constitution of the ''Black Hand'']]
:1911


*[[The Haldane Mission]]<dd></dd>8 - 12 February 1912
*[[The Haldane Mission]]
:8 - 12 February 1912


*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/class.html Heinrich Class, "<i>If I were Kaiser</i>"]<dd></dd>1912<dd></dd>English translation of <i>Wenn ich Kaiser wär'</i>.
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/class.html Heinrich Class, "<i>If I were Kaiser</i>"]
:1912:English translation of <i>Wenn ich Kaiser wär'</i>.


*[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]<dd></dd>5 December 1912<dd></dd>(Fifteen articles in the original French.)
*[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]
:5 December 1912
:(Fifteen articles in the original French.)


*[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]<dd></dd>5 December 1912<dd></dd>(English translation of the above)
*[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance (English translation of the above)]]
:5 December 1912:


*[[Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord]]<dd></dd>5 February 1913<dd></dd>(In the original French)
*[[Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord]]
:5 February 1913
:(In the original French)


*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1913inauguration.htm President Wilson's Inaugural Address]<dd></dd>4 March 1913
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1913inauguration.htm President Wilson's Inaugural Address]
:4 March 1913


*[[The Zabern Affair]]<dd></dd>1913
*[[The Zabern Affair]]
:1913


*[[British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement]]<dd></dd>1912-1914
*[[British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement]]
:1912-1914


*[[Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs]]<dd></dd>1912-1914
*[[Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs]]
:1912-1914


*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/bernhardi.html<i>The Next War</i>, by General Friedrich von Bernhardi]<dd></dd>1914
*[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/bernhardi.html<i>The Next War</i>, by General Friedrich von Bernhardi]
:1914
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