Earthquake. Hondo, Japan. March 16, 1914
Mexican seizure of a United States ship in Tampico Harbor during the Mexican Revolution. 1914
Woodrow Wilson sends United States fleet to Tampico, Mexico. 1914
United States Marines land at Tampico, Mexico. 1914
United States Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico. April 21, 1914 (April 21-Nov. 23).
Victoriano Huerta is elected President of Mexico. July 5, 1914
Victoriano Huerta, President of Mexico, resigns. July 15, 1914
End of the Vera Cruz incident.
United States recognizes the government of Venustiano Carranza,
the new president of Mexico. 1914
Destruction of Salem, Massachusetts by fire. June 25-26, 1914
Peace Treaty between Serbia and the Ottoman Turkish Empire. 1914
Assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia, by Garrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist. Austria believes that Serbia is responsible for the murder. June 28, 1914
Outbreak of World War I (June 28, 1914-Nov. 11, 1918). June 28, 1914
William II, Emperor of Germany, promises German support to Austria-Hungary if any actions are taken against Serbia. July 5, 1914
