POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers meets secretly at Bertchtold’s house and approves ultimatum final text. It is to be delivered at 18:00 on July 23 when French President Poincare leaves Russia. Press scare over alleged ‘Greater Serbia’ conspiracy. POLITICS: BRITAIN… learn more
POLITICS: BRITAIN Spithead Naval Review (18-20 July): King George V reviews 260 Royal Navy ships off Portsmouth. learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA Report that Serbia has called up 70,000 reservists. Council of Ministers alter ultimatum delivery date to July 23. POLITICS: TURKEY Turk Berlin Embassy informs Constantinopel war not avoidable. learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA Count Berchtold cables Minister in Sofia to seek Bulgaria’s alliance against Serbia, but envoy fails to see Tsar Ferdinand by July 31. Austrian official to Rome Ambassador ‘we absolutely want to avoid the world war although Germany is… learn more
POLITICS: HUNGARY Count Tisza tells Budapest Chamber relations with Serbia ‘must be cleared up’. POLITICS: FRANCE Senat passes £56.3 million military credits plus first general income tax (beginning 1916). learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers finally decide on action against Serbia; 48-hour ultimatum to be devlivered on July 25, after French State visit to Russia and harvesting. Berchtold gives Berlin no details, only date. POLITICS: BRITAIN House of Lords passes… learn more
POLITICS: SERBIA Reports of projected attack on Austrian Legation at Belgrade. POLITICS: RUSSIA Woman stabs Rasputin at his Tobolsk home, Siberia. POLITICS: FRANCE Senate revelations (13-14 July) of Army deficiencies. POLITICS: BRITAIN The Times leader on ‘Failure of Recruiting’. learn more
POLITICS: FRANCE French President Poincare and Prime Minister Vivani embark at Dunkirk for long-arranged state visit to Russia; they sail in the newly completed battleship France. POLITICS: AUSTRIA The Austrian ambassador in Berlin urges Austrian Foreign Minister Berchtold to take… learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA Baron Wiesner arrives from Vienna in Sarajevo to speed up inquiry and report about the assassination until July 13. He cables to Vienna on midday July 13, that no evidence to implicate Serbian Government. learn more
POLITICS: SERBIA Russian Minister dies suddenly at Austrian Legation in Belgrade. POLITICS: ITALY General Cadorna appointed Chief of Staff. POLITICS: IRELAND Ulster Provincial Government first meets at Belfast and reaffirms determination to resist Home Rule. learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA The Emperor receives Baron Wiesner initial report on Sarajevo murders. Count Berchtold comments ‘His Majesty seemed ready for action against Serbia’ POLITICS: BRITAIN The Times describes Austrian press campaign against Serbia (‘pestilent rats’). Scheme for Provincial Government in… learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador in Vienna insists to Austrian foreign minister Berchtold on necessity for an energetic attack on Serbia before Russia can intervene. Austrian official is speaking to Ambassador of Rome: ‘We are completely one with Berlin . .… learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers and Chief of Staff meet for nearly 7 hours; only Count Tisza disagrees on principle of unacceptable ultimatum to Serbia. POLITICS: GERMANY Foreign Ministry instructs London Ambassador ‘…to avoid everything that could create the impression,… learn more
POLITICS: GERMANY The Kaiser leaves Kiel on imperial yacht Hohenzollern for his annual summer cruise in Norwegian waters. He will not come back before July, 26. learn more
POLITICS: GERMANY Austrian Special Envoy Count Hoyos arrives in Berlin to find out German intentions after Sarajevo. Austrian Ambassador lunches at Potsdam New Palace with the Kaiser who receives Francis Josephs letter about punishing ‘this gang of criminal agitators in… learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA Archduke’s funeral at Artstetten family castle, 50 miles West of Vienna, after Hofburg Vienna lying-in-state. learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza demands in letter to Count Berchtold that Council of Ministers meet. POLITICS: TURKEY Constantinople announced that Berlin-Bagdad Railway will terminate at Basra. POLITICS: TIBET Anglo-Russian-Chinese Convention in Tibet. learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador assures Count Berchtold and Emporer Francis Joseph (‘I see a very dark future’) of Berlin’s support. Francis Joseph asks Colonnel Bardoff: ‘And how did the Archduke bear himself ?’ – ‘Like a soldier, Your Majesty.’ –… learn more
POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austrian battleship Viribus Unitis arrives at Trieste with Sarajevo victims’ bodies. POLITICS: SOUTH AFRICA Indian Relief Act. POLITICS: USA Navy Prohibition begins and in West Virginia. learn more
POLITICS: GERMANY German Ambassador in Vienna informs Berlin that the Austrian Foreign Minister Count Berchtold holds Belgrade for responsible of the assassination. POLITICS: AUSTRIA Francis Joseph receives Hungarian government condolences, but its Prime Minister Count Tisza urges passive policy. POLITICS:… learn more
