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<li>[[Timeline of Events]]<dd>1870 - 1914
<li>[[Timeline of Events]]<dd>1870 - 1914


<li>[[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm">The Ems Telegram]]<dd>1870<dd>Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71
<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm The Ems Telegram]<dd>1870<dd>Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71


<li>[[The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany]]<dd>7 October 1879
<li>[[The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany]]<dd>7 October 1879
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<li>[[Oxford Laws of War on Land]]<dd>9 September 1880
<li>[[Oxford Laws of War on Land]]<dd>9 September 1880


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/moltke.html"><i>On the Nature of War</i> by Helmut Moltke (the Elder)]]
<li>[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/moltke.html <i>On the Nature of War</i> by Helmut Moltke (the Elder)]<dd>1880
<dd>1880


<li>[[1914m/liga3.html">The Three Emperors' League]]
<li>[[The Three Emperors' League]]<dd>18 June 1881<dd>Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.
<dd>18 June 1881
<dd>Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.


<li>[[The Triple Alliance]]<dd>20 May 1882<dd>Joining Italy with the Germany/Austria-Hungary alliance.<dd>(Eight articles in the original French)<dd>See also [[expanded version of 1912]]


<li>[[1914m/triporig.html">The Triple Alliance]]
<li>[[The Triple Alliance]]<dd>20 May 1882<dd>(English translation of the above)<dd>See also [[expanded version of 1912]]
<dd>20 May 1882
<dd>Joining Italy with the Germany/Austria-Hungary alliance.
<dd> (Eight articles in the original French)  
<dd>See also [[1914m/tripori2.html">expanded version of 1912]]


<li>[[1914m/tripally.html">The Triple Alliance]]
<li>[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html">Bismarck and the "Polish Question."]<dd>28 January 1886<dd>Speech to the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament<dd>(English translation)
<dd>20 May 1882
<dd>(English translation of the above)
<dd>See also [[1914m/tripall2.html">expanded version of 1912]]


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/speech.html">Bismarck and the "Polish Question."]]
<li>[[The Reinsurance Treaty]]<dd>18 June 1887<dd>Bismarck's alliance with Russia
<dd>28 January 1886
<dd>Speech to the Lower House of the Prussian Parliament
<dd>(English translation)


<li>[[1914m/reinsure.html">The Reinsurance Treaty]]
<li>[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/internat.html <i>Die Internationale</i>]<dd>1888<dd>Translated by Richard S. Levy
<dd>18 June 1887
<dd>Bismarck's alliance with Russia


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/internat.html">
<li>[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/dismiss.html Bismarck's Fall from Power]<dd>1890
<i>Die Internationale</i>]]
<dd>1888
<dd>Translated by Richard S. Levy


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/dismiss.html">
<li>[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/wilhelm.html Wilhelm II -- Swearing In New Recruits]<dd>23 November 1891
Bismarck's Fall from Power]]
<dd>1890


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/wilhelm.html">
<li>[[The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention]]<dd>18 August 1892<dd>Leading to the Triple Entente
Wilhelm II -- Swearing In New Recruits]]
<dd>23 November 1891


<li>[[1914m/franruss.html">The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention]]
<li>[[<i>Willy-Nicky Letters</i> between the Kaiser and the Czar]]<dd>1894 - 1914<dd>(English translations -- including introduction and timeline)
<dd>18 August 1892
<dd>Leading to the Triple Entente


<li>[[1914m/willnick/wnmaina.htm"><i>Willy-Nicky Letters</i> between the Kaiser and the Czar]]
<li><font size=+1><i>British Official Documents on the Origins of the War</font></i> <dd>Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley<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]
<dd>1894 - 1914
<dd>Vol. XI, <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914, [[1914m/gooch/mainguch.htm">Dual Frame version]]; [[1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm">Standard version]]<dd><b>Major Resource!</b>
<dd>(English translations -- including introduction and timeline)


<li><font size=+1><i>British Official Documents on the Origins of the War</font></i>
<li>[[Hague Convention]]<dd>29 July 1899 & other ratification dates
<dd>Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley
<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]]
<dd>Vol. XI, <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914,
[[ 1914m/gooch/mainguch.htm">Dual Frame version]];
[[1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm">Standard version]]
<dd><b>Major Resource!</b></dl>


<li>[[hague.html">Hague Convention]]
<li>[[The First 'Open Door Note']]<dd>6 September 1899
<dd>29 July 1899 & other ratification dates


<li>[[1914m/opendoor.html">The First 'Open Door Note']]
<li>[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]<dd>11 December 1899<dd>(German original)
<dd>6 September 1899


<li>[[1914m/bulow.html">Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]
<li>[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]<dd>11 December 1899<dd>(English translation)  
<dd>11 December 1899
<dd>(German original)  


<li>[[1914m/buloweng.html">Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]
<li>[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/china.html Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China]<dd>2 July 1900
<dd>11 December 1899
<dd>(English translation)


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/china.html">Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China]]
<li>[[The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy]]<dd>November 1901
<dd>2 July 1900


<li>[[1914m/abc.html">The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy]]
<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/anglojapanesealliance1902.htm Anglo-Japanese Alliance]<dd>30 January 1902<dd>To counter French and Russian designs in the Far East
<dd>November 1901


<li>[[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/anglojapanesealliance1902.htm">Anglo-Japanese Alliance]]
<li>[[The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France]]<dd>8 April 1904<dd>Later joined by Russia
<dd>30 January 1902
<dd>To counter French and Russian designs in the Far East


<li>[[1914m/entecord.html">The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France]]
<li>[[The Schlieffen Plan]]<dd>1905
<dd>8 April 1904
<dd>Later joined by Russia


<li>[[1914m/schlieffen.html">The Schlieffen Plan]]
<li>[[The First Moroccan Crisis]]<dd>31 March 1905
<dd>1905


<li>[[1914m/morocco.html">The First Moroccan Crisis]]
<li>[[Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War]]<dd>1905
<dd>31 March 1905


<li>[[1914m/portsmouth.html">Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War]]
<li>[[The Anglo-Russian Entente]]<dd>1907
<dd>1905


<li>[[1914m/anglruss.html">The Anglo-Russian Entente]]
<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/youngturkproclamation.htm Proclamation of the Young Turks]<dd>1908
<dd>1907


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


<li>[[1914m/bosherz.html">The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary]]
<li>[[The <i>Daily Telegraph</i> Affair]]<dd>28 October 1908
<dd>September - October 1908


<li>[[1914m/dailytel.html">The <i>Daily Telegraph</i> Affair]]
<li>[[The Racconigi Bargain]]<dd>(Excerpts)<dd>October 1909
<dd>28 October 1908


<li>[[1914m/racco.html">The Racconigi Bargain]] (Excerpts)
<li>[[Norman Angell's <i>The Great Illusion</i>]]<dd>1910
<dd>October 1909


<li>[[1914m/illusion.html">Norman Angell's <i>The Great Illusion</i>]]
<li>[[Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech]]<dd>21 July 1911
<dd>1910


<li>[[1914m/llgeorge.html">Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech]]
<li>[[Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report]]<dd>24 September 1911<dd>(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)
<dd>21 July 1911


<li>[[1914m/lux-pm.html">Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report]]
<li>[[The <i>Narodna Odbrana</i>]]<dd>1911
<dd>24 September 1911
<dd>(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)


<li>[[1914m/odbrana.html">The <i>Narodna Odbrana</i>]]
<li>[[Constitution of the <i>Black Hand</i>]]<dd>1911
<dd>1911


<li>[[1914m/blk-cons.html">Constitution of the <i>Black Hand</i>]]
<li>[[The Haldane Mission]]<dd>8 - 12 February 1912
<dd>1911


<li>[[1914m/haldane.html">The Haldane Mission]]
<li>[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/class.html Heinrich Class, "<i>If I were Kaiser</i>"]<dd>1912<dd>English translation of <i>Wenn ich Kaiser wär'</i>.
<dd>8 - 12 February 1912


<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/class.html">Heinrich Class, "<i>If I were Kaiser</i>"]]
<li>[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]<dd>5 December 1912<dd>(Fifteen articles in the original French.)
<dd>1912
<dd>English translation of <i>Wenn ich Kaiser wär'</i>.


<li>[[1914m/tripori2.html">Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]
<li>[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]<dd>5 December 1912<dd>(English translation of the above)
<dd>5 December 1912
<dd>(Fifteen articles in the original French).


<li>[[1914m/tripall2.html">Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]
<li>[[Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord]]<dd>5 February 1913<dd>(In the original French)
<dd>5 December 1912
<dd> (English translation of the above)


<li>[[1914m/roumaine.html">Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord]]
<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1913inauguration.htm President Wilson's Inaugural Address]<dd>4 March 1913
<dd>5 February 1913
<dd>(In the original French)


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


<li>[[1914m/zabern.html">The Zabern Affair]]
<li>[[British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement]]<dd>1912-1914
<dd>1913
 
<li>[[1914m/arabetuk.html"> British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement]]
<dd>1912-1914
 
<li>[[1914m/lichnowy.html"> Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs]]
<dd>1912-1914
 
<li>[[http://h-net.org/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/bernhardi.html"><i>The Next War</i>, by General Friedrich von Bernhardi]]
<dd>1914
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<li>[[Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs]]<dd>1912-1914


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