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geore callaghan was born
George Astley Callaghan was bor December 21, 1852 -
event 6
Austria-hungary declares war on serbia -
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the united kingdom declares war on Germany, after Germany invades belgium -
event 1
German u-boats destroied the cressly, aboukir and Houge with the loss of 1,400 sailors latter that month the britain naval forces avenged the fallen sailors -
event 2
admiral franz von hipper and the first high seas fleet bombarded the coastal towns of scarbough, hartpool and whitby along side were the fleet of sir George Astley Callaghan and his 1,600 men -
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admiral hipper planed to make another raid but the german forces defeated them before they could attack -
event 8
the dardanelles campaign begins -
event 9
the battle of Gallipoli begins -
event 10
Tsar Nicolas II taked=s personal control over russias armies -
event 11
the battle of verdun begins (the battle of verdun is the longest battle i nhistory) -
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jutland, a battle took place against the royal navy and Gemany, The royal navy lost a total of 3 battlecruisers, 3 cruisers, 8 destroyers and suffered 6,100 casualties. The Germans lost a total of 1 battle ship, 1 battle cruiser, 4 cruisers and 5 destroyers with 2,550 casualties -
event 12
Germany sends the secret zimmerman telegram to mexico in effort to entice mexico to join the war, teh british intercept and decipher the code message -
event 5
German naval forces attack british naval forces and the fleet was led by sir George Astley Callaghan -
event 13
the battle of passchen daele (also known as the third battle of ypres) begins -
event 14
German flying ace baron manfred von richthofen (also known as red baron) is shot down -
event 15
the secon battle of teh amrne begins -
george dies
george callaghan died in November 23, 1920