Mar. 8 Germany declares war on Portugal.

Mar. 24 French steamer “Sussex” is torpedoed without warning (page
             115).

Apr. 18 Russians capture Trebizond, in Turkey.

Apr. 18 United States note declaring that she will sever diplomatic
             relations unless Germany abandons present methods of
             submarine warfare.

Apr. 24- Insurrection in Ireland. 
May 1

Apr. 29 Gen. Townshend surrenders at Kut-el-Amara.

May 4 Germany’s conditional pledge not to sink merchant ships
             without warning (page 116).

May 14- Great Austrian attack on the Italians through the Trentino. 
June 3

May 19 Russians join British on the Tigris.

May 24 Conscription bill becomes a law in Great Britain.

May 31 Naval battle off Jutland, in North Sea.

June 4-30 Russian offensive in Galicia and Bukowina.

June 5 Lord Kitchener drowned.

July 1- Battle of the Somme (page 108). 
Nov. 17

July 27 Germans execute Captain Fryatt, an Englishman, for having
             defended his merchant ship by ramming the German submarine
             that was about to attack it.

Aug. 9 Italians capture Gorizia.

Aug. 27 Italy declares war on Germany.

Aug. 27- Roumania enters war on the side of the Allies, and most of
Jan. 15 the country is overrun. (Fall of Bucharest, Dec. 6.)

Oct. 7 German submarine appears off American coast and sinks
             British passenger steamer “Stephano” (Oct. 8).

Nov. 19 Monastir retaken by Allies (chiefly Serbians).

Nov. 29 United States protests against Belgian deportations.

Dec. 6 Lloyd George succeeds Asquith as British prime minister.

Dec. 12 German peace offer.  Refused (Dec. 30) as “empty and
             insincere.”

Dec. 18 President Wilson’s peace note. Germany replies evasively
             (Dec. 26).  Entente Allies’ reply (Jan. 10) demands
             “restorations, reparation, indemnities.”

1917

Jan. 10 The Allied governments state their terms of peace.

Jan. 31 Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare in specified
             zones.

Feb. 3 United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.

Feb. 24 Kut-el-Amara taken by British under Gen. Maude.

Feb. 26 President Wilson asks authority to arm merchant ships.

Feb. 28 “Zimmermann note” published.

Mar. 11 Bagdad captured by British under Gen. Maude.

Mar. 11-15 Revolution in Russia, leading to abdication of Czar
             Nicholas II (Mar. 15).  Provisional Government formed by
             Constitutional Democrats under Prince Lvov.