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


<li>[[Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law]]<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)


<li>[[The Treaty of London]]<dd>21 June 1867<dd>Granting neutrality to Luxembourg<dd>(French translation)
*[[Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law]]
:16 April 1856.


<li>[[St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Certain Explosive Projectiles]]<dd>29 November -  11 December 1868
*[[The Treaty of London (1867)]]
:21 June 1867:Granting neutrality to Luxembourg:(French translation)


<li>[[Timeline of Events]]<dd>1870 - 1914
*[[St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Certain Explosive Projectiles]]
:29 November - 11 December 1868


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm The Ems Telegram]<dd>1870<dd>Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71
*[[Timeline of Events]]
:1870 - 1914


<li>[[The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany]]<dd>7 October 1879
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/emstelegram.htm The Ems Telegram]
:1870:Precipitating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71


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


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


<li>[[The Three Emperors' League]]<dd>18 June 1881<dd>Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.
*[[On the Nature of War by Helmut Moltke (the Elder)]]
:1880


<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]]
*[[The Three Emperors' League]]
:18 June 1881
:Linking Germany and Austria-Hungary with Russia.


<li>[[The Triple Alliance]]<dd>20 May 1882<dd>(English translation of the above)<dd>See also [[expanded version of 1912]]
*[[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]]


<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)
*[[The Triple Alliance (The English Translation)]]
:20 May 1882
:See also [[expanded version of 1912 (In English)]]


<li>[[The Reinsurance Treaty]]<dd>18 June 1887<dd>Bismarck's alliance with Russia
*[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)


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


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


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


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


<li>[[Willy-Nicky Letters  between the Kaiser and the Czar|''Willy-Nicky Letters'' between the Kaiser and the Czar]]<dd>1894 - 1914<dd>(English translations -- including introduction and timeline)
*[[The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention]]
:18 August 1892
:Leading to the Triple Entente


<li>'''''British Official Documents on the Origins of the War'''''<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]
*[[Willy-Nicky Letters  between the Kaiser and the Czar|''Willy-Nicky Letters'' between the Kaiser and the Czar]]
<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><b>Major Resource!</b>
: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].


<li>[[Hague Convention]]<dd>29 July 1899 & other ratification dates
*'''''British Official Documents on the Origins of the War'''''
::Multi-volume set ed. by G. P. Gooch and Harold Temperley
::Vol. I, [http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/digobject.cfm?Idno=99001094& <i>The End of British Isolation</i>: 1897 - 1903 (University of Toronto Digital Collections])
::Vol. XI, [http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/1914m/gooch/firstpps.htm <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914 (HTML version)]
::Vol. XI [https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments11grea <i>The Outbreak of War</i>: June 28 - August 4 1914 (published facsimile version)]  
::<b>Major Resource!</b>


<li>[[The First 'Open Door Note']]<dd>6 September 1899
*[[Hague Convention]]
:29 July 1899 & other ratification dates


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


<li>[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]<dd>11 December 1899<dd>(English translation)  
*[[Bülow's 'Hammer and Anvil' Speech before the Reichstag]]
:11 December 1899
:(German original)  


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


<li>[[The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy]]<dd>November 1901
*[[Kaiser Wilhelm II on German Interests in China]]
:2 July 1900


<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
*[[The ABC Proposal for British Foreign Policy]]
:November 1901


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


<li>[[The Schlieffen Plan]]<dd>1905
*[[The Entente Cordiale Between The United Kingdom and France]]
:8 April 1904
:Later joined by Russia


<li>[[The First Moroccan Crisis]]<dd>31 March 1905
*[[The Schlieffen Plan]]
:1905


<li>[[Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War]]<dd>1905
*[[The First Moroccan Crisis]]
:31 March 1905


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


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/youngturkproclamation.htm Proclamation of the Young Turks]<dd>1908
*[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


<li>[[The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary]]<dd>September - October 1908
*[[The Anglo-Russian Entente]]
:1907


<li>[[The Daily Telegraph Affair|The ''Daily Telegraph'' Affair]]<dd>28 October 1908
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/youngturkproclamation.htm Proclamation of the Young Turks]
:1908


<li>[[The Racconigi Bargain]]<dd>(Excerpts)<dd>October 1909
*[[The Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary]]
:September - October 1908


<li>[[Norman Angell's The Great Illusion|Norman Angell's ''The Great Illusion'']]<dd>1910
*[[The Daily Telegraph Affair|The ''Daily Telegraph'' Affair]]
:28 October 1908


<li>[[Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech]]<dd>21 July 1911
*[[The London Naval Conference]]
:26 February 1909


<li>[[Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report]]<dd>24 September 1911<dd>(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)
*[[The Racconigi Bargain]]
:(Excerpts)
:October 1909


<li>[[The Narodna Odbrana |The ''Narodna Odbrana'']]<dd>1911
*[[Norman Angell's The Great Illusion|Norman Angell's ''The Great Illusion'']]
:1910


<li>[[Constitution of the Black Hand |Constitution of the ''Black Hand'']]<dd>1911
*[[Agadir Crisis: Lloyd George's Mansion House Speech]]
:21 July 1911


<li>[[The Haldane Mission]]<dd>8 - 12 February 1912
*[[Luxembourg Railways Intelligence Report]]
:24 September 1911
:(Contains facsimiles of original handwritten documents)


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


<li>[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]<dd>5 December 1912<dd>(Fifteen articles in the original French.)
*[[Constitution of the Black Hand |Constitution of the ''Black Hand'']]
:1911


<li>[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]<dd>5 December 1912<dd>(English translation of the above)
*[[The Haldane Mission]]
:8 - 12 February 1912


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


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1913inauguration.htm President Wilson's Inaugural Address]<dd>4 March 1913
*[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance]]
:5 December 1912
:(Fifteen articles in the original French.)


<li>[[The Zabern Affair]]<dd>1913
*[[Amended Version of The Triple Alliance (English translation of the above)]]
:5 December 1912:


<li>[[British Imperial Connexions to the Arab National Movement]]<dd>1912-1914
*[[Austro-Hungarian / Rumanian Accord]]
:5 February 1913
:(In the original French)


<li>[[Prince Lichnowsky's Mission to London, Memoirs]]<dd>1912-1914
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1913inauguration.htm President Wilson's Inaugural Address]
:4 March 1913


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


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