ABSTRACT
Oct. Outbreak of Boer war 1900 June Second German Naval Law 1902 Jan. Anglo-Japanese alliance signed 1903 Murder of King Alexander of
Serbia 1904 Apr. Anglo-French entente; colonial
agreements signed between Britain and France
1905 Feb.–June First Moroccan crisis Dec. Anglo-French military and
naval talks begin 1906 Jan.–Apr. Algeciras Conference on
Morocco; Britain supports France
1907 June Second Hague Peace Conference July Triple Alliance renewed for six
years Aug. Anglo-Russian Convention
signed; Triple Entente in place
1908 Oct. Austrian annexation of BosniaHerzegovina announced; German support for Austria
1911 July-Nov. Second Moroccan Crisis arising out of Agadir incident
Sept. Italy declares war on Turkey and invades Tripoli
1912 Feb. Unsuccessful visit of Haldane mission to Germany to halt naval race
Apr. Italian fleet bombards forts off Dardanelles
Sept. Balkan League formed by Serbia, Greece, Montenegro and Bulgaria v. Turkey
Oct. Outbreak of first Balkan war; Italy makes peace with Turkey
Dec. Armistice between Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro
8 Dec. War Council in Berlin 1913 Jan. Increased military budget
accepted by German Reichstag May. Treaty of London ends first Bal-
kan war; Albania created June Bulgaria declares war on Serbia,
Montenegro and Greece Turkey and Romania join in against Bulgaria
Aug. French army law increases period of conscription from two to three years
Oct. Treaty of Bucharest; Serbia gains Macedonia
Nov. Liman von Sanders appointed to command of Constantinople District
1914 May Secret naval talks between Britain and Russia
28 June Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo For subsequent events see Table of Events on pp. 411-12.
