WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1914
Find out what all happened July to September 1914

World War I: German troops capture Namur. (24. August 1914)

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. (17. September 1914)

World War I: German troops conquer Namur. (28. August 1914)

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

World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia. (6. August 1914)

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

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

German submarine SM U-9 torpedoes and sinks the British cruisers, HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy on the Broad Fourteens off the Dutch coast with the loss of over 1,400 men. (22. September 1914)

Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship. (26. July 1914)

The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I. (18. September 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: 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)

In Brazil, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is founded. (26. August 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: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea. (6. August 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)

World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France. (13. September 1914)

World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, Belgium and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality. (4. August 1914)

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