WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1914
Find out what all happened January to October 1914

In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place. (12. February 1914)

The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes the Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland. (25. May 1914)

World War I: The German minelayer Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion. (5. August 1914)

World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war. (22. August 1914)

French composer Albéric Magnard killed after shooting at invading German soldiers. (3. September 1914)

World War I: The beginning of the Battle of Cer. (15. August 1914)

The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York, New York. (30. May 1914)

Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government. (27. July 1914)

Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz, Veracruz. (21. April 1914)

World War I: A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the latter's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground. (15. August 1914)

World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia. (15. August 1914)

World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war. (8. September 1914)

World War I: Battle of Mons; the British Army begins withdrawal. (23. August 1914)

World War I: Germany declares war against France. (3. August 1914)

19 men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike. (20. April 1914)

The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany. (18. October 1914)

The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo. (4. July 1914)

The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I. (1. August 1914)

World War I: German forces occupy Brussels. (20. August 1914)

HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. (26. February 1914)