Lecture notes (week five): Militarism
Colonialism and Nationalism Lecture
Chronology
1873: Gründerkrach – economic depression in Germany
1879: German Alliance with Austria-Hungary forged
1894: Agreements between France and Russia
1881: Foundation of the Society for Germandom Abroad
1891: Foundation of the Pan-German League
1886: Foundation of the German Language Association
1887: Foundation of the German Colonial Society
1890: Heligoland-Sansibar Treaty
1892: Foundation of the Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft (German Peace Society)
1898: Foundation of the Navy League
1898: Fashoda Crisis – clash between British and French imperial ambitions
27 July 1900: Hunnenrede by Emperor William II. In Bremerhaven
1904: Entente cordiale – Agreement between France and Britain
1904: Foundation of the Imperial League to Combat Social Democracy
1905: First Moroccan Crisis
1905: Decision of the British Navy to build Dreadnoughts
1907: Agreement between Britain and Russia
1911: Second Moroccan Crisis
1912: SPD landslide in Reichstag elections
28 June 1914: Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo
28 July 1914: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
30 July 1914: General mobilisation in Russia
4 August 1914: Britain declares war on Germany
12 August 1914: French and British declaration of war on Austria-Hungary