Edward Grey becomes Foreign Secretary
1905 · Event
The fly-fishing Liberal begins eleven years at the Foreign Office, deepening the Entente with France through secret military talks.
On these timelines: July Crisis & Outbreak of WW1, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
More from July Crisis & Outbreak of WW1
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- Britain declares war on Germany (1914)
- Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (1914)
- Russia orders general mobilisation (1914)
- Germany orders general mobilisation (1914)
- Čabrinović throws a bomb at the Archduke's motorcade (1914)
- Grey's speech to the Commons (1914)
- Bethmann Hollweg's 'scrap of paper' (1914)
Around 1905
- Russo-Japanese War (1904)
- Mexican Revolution (1910)
- Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910)
- Boxer Rebellion (1899)
- Irish revolutionary period (1912)
- World War I (1914)
- Pop music: the 1900s (1900)
- Pop music: the 1910s (1910)
- Xinhai Revolution (1911)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)