What important events happened during World War 1 in 1917?

Answer 1

The important events that happened during World War One were:Event Date - In Chronological order (order that it happened)

1. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - 28th June, 1914
2. *Austria-Hungary sends an Ultimatum to Serbia (country of the members of the "Black Hand" who assassinated the Archduke); they agree to 3 out of the 4 terms, but Austria-Hungary wanted all 4 so they declare war.
3. Great Britain declares war on Germany - 4th Aug, 1914
4. Lord Kitchener calls for 100,000 men to join British army - 7th Aug,1914
5. First German aircraft shot down by allied plane - 5th Oct, 1914
6. Battle of Ypres - 15th Oct, 1914
7. Christmas Truce on the Western Front - 25th Dec, 1914, (Germans and British played football)
8. German gas attack at Ypres - 22nd April, 1915
9. Sinking of the Lusitania - 7th May, 1915
10. First Zeppelin raid on London - 31st May, 1915
11. Germans attack at Verdun - 21st Feb, 1916
12. Battle of Jutland - 31st May, 1916
13. Start of the Battle of the Somme - 1st July, 1916
14. First use of the tanks, in the Battle of the Somme - 15th Sept, 1916
15. *Canadians take Vimy Ridge, February 1917 (VERY important if you take Canadian History because no other army was able to capture the ridge, and the Canadians were considered the underdogs at the time that they captured the ridge).
16. United States declares war on Germany - 6th April, 1917
17. United States troops arrive in France - 25th June, 1917
18. King George V changes his name to Windsor - 17th July, 1917
19. British attack at Passchendaele - 12th Oct, 1917
20. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates - 9th Nov, 1918
21. Armistice - 11th Nov, 1918
22. Paris Peace Conference - 12th Jan, 1919
23. Treaty of Versailles signed - 28th June, 1919.