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| 1914 August 2 |
| | Germany and the Ottoman empire sign a secret treaty of alliance | |
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| 1914 August 2 |
| | German troops move into Luxembourg and demand passage through neutral Belgium | |
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| 1914 August 3 |
| | With her troops already poised to attack, Germany declares war on France | |
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| 1914 August 3 |
| | Italy declares neutrality amid the rush of other major European powers into war | |
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| 1914 August 4 |
| | German troops invade Belgium, violating her guaranteed neutrality | |
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| 1914 August 4 |
| | Bound by treaty to defend Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany | |
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| 1914 |
| | With five major European nations committed within a few days to hostilities, World War I begins | |
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| 1914 August 4 |
| | President Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the European war | |
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| 1914 |
| | The new republican government of Portugal offers Britain support in the war | |
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| 1914 August 7 |
| | Spain declares a policy of neutrality in the rapidly developing European war | |
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