Diary JULY 16, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 16, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Count Berchtold cables Minister in Sofia to seek Bulgaria’s alliance against Serbia, but envoy fails to see Tsar Ferdinand […]
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World War One Diary for Thursday, July 16, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Count Berchtold cables Minister in Sofia to seek Bulgaria’s alliance against Serbia, but envoy fails to see Tsar Ferdinand […]
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 15, 1914: POLITICS: HUNGARY Count Tisza tells Budapest Chamber relations with Serbia ‘must be cleared up’. POLITICS: FRANCE Senat passes £56.3 million military
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 14, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers finally decide on action against Serbia; 48-hour ultimatum to be delivered on July 25, after French
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World War One Diary for Monday, July 13, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Reports of projected attack on Austrian Legation at Belgrade. POLITICS: RUSSIA Woman stabs Rasputin at his Tobolsk home, Siberia.
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World War One Diary for Sunday, July 12, 1914: POLITICS: FRANCE French President Poincare and Prime Minister Vivani embark at Dunkirk for long-arranged state visit to Russia; they sail in
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World War One Diary for Saturday, July 11, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Baron Wiesner arrives from Vienna in Sarajevo to speed up inquiry and report about the assassination until July 13.
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World War One Diary for Friday, July 10, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Russian Minister dies suddenly at Austrian Legation in Belgrade. POLITICS: ITALY General Cadorna appointed Chief of Staff. POLITICS: IRELAND
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World War One Diary for Thursday, July 9, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA The Emperor receives Baron Wiesner initial report on Sarajevo murders. Count Berchtold comments ‘His Majesty seemed ready for action
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 8, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador in Vienna insists to Austrian foreign minister Berchtold on necessity for an energetic attack on Serbia before
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 7, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers and Chief of Staff meet for nearly 7 hours; only Count Tisza disagrees on principle of
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World War One Diary for Monday, July 6, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY The Kaiser leaves Kiel on imperial yacht Hohenzollern for his annual summer cruise in Norwegian waters. He will not
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World War One Diary for Sunday, July 5, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY Austrian Special Envoy Count Hoyos arrives in Berlin to find out German intentions after Sarajevo. Austrian Ambassador lunches at
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World War One Diary for Saturday, July 4, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Archduke’s funeral at Artstetten family castle, 50 miles West of Vienna, after Hofburg Vienna lying-in-state.
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World War One Diary for Friday, July 3, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza demands in letter to Count Berchtold that Council of Ministers meet. POLITICS: TURKEY Constantinople
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World War One Diary for Thursday, July 2, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador assures Count Berchtold and Emperor Francis Joseph (‘I see a very dark future’) of Berlin’s support. Francis
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