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1904Asia
 

 
Kilburn Brothers, n.d., 16511 the Siberian Sharp-shooters taking up their position at Liao Yang, Manchuria (Detail), Stereocard, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/11883
Russo-Japanese War 
1906Europe - Spain
 

 
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., After the explosion to [sic] Madrid, Stereocard, Paul Frecker, LL/12001
Attempted assassination of Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) and Princess Victoria-Eugenie of Battenburg in Madrid with a bomb on their wedding day. 
1914Global
 
First World War 
1914North America - Panama
 
Panama Canal completed 
1915Europe - Turkey
 
Armenian massacres 
1916Europe - Great Britain
 
The Easter Rising in Dublin fails to free Ireland from British rule. 
1917North America - USA
 
The US enters the First World War on the Allied side. 
1917Europe - Russia
 
Russian Revolution 
1917Middle East
 
Balfour Declaration gives support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine 
1918Europe
 
Armistice is signed ending the First World War. 
1918Europe - Germany
 
Following the First World War the German Empire collapses and the Weimar Republic is born. This initiates a period of political, social and artistic upheaval that stimulates new ideas in design, typography, art and photography. 
1919Europe
 
Treaty of Versailles is signed and settles, for a time, the issues raised by the First World War. 

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