On this day, Tue May 15 07:40:07 +0000 2018, One Hundred Years Ago


61 distributors of the illegal Belgian newspaper Libre Belgique are brought to trial, receiving long prison sentences. The paper had routinely referred to the Kaiser as “His Satanic Majesty”.

This Project
Charting the daily events of World War One, this history project aims to provide a bite-sized and engaging way to follow the events of 100 years ago. Using a variety of sources, I aim to refer to the main events of the war on the centenary of their occurrence. However, it's not just about the main events, I have also taken time to research lesser known events in order to help the reader to feel engaged with the scope of the war.
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