WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1914
Find out what all happened February to July 1914

The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union. (1. March 1914)

USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched. (11. July 1914)

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by Bosnia Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I. (28. June 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)

Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (27. April 1914)

Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members. (13. February 1914)

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

World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. (28. July 1914)

Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia. (29. June 1914)

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

The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania. (28. February 1914)

Aris is founded in Thessaloniki. (25. March 1914)

Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government. (27. July 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 Bondetåget, a peasant uprising in support of the monarchy, takes place in Sweden (6. February 1914)

The first ever National Challenge Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1. (16. May 1914)

Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball. (11. July 1914)

First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. (8. March 1914)

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

The Crown council of Romania decides for the country to remain neutral in World War I. (21. July 1914)