News – Page 86 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Historian Margaret MacMillan charts daily events leading up to the First World War for BBC Radio 4

On the eve of the centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, BBC Radio 4 is launching a daily programme charting the road to war in 1914.

June 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Controversial statue of Gavrilo Princip unveiled in East Sarajevo

The Editor of Centenary News is in Sarajevo for the start of the First World War Centenary – and has just sent this update.

June 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Countdown: key dates coming up to mark 100th anniversary of the First World War

Centenary News lists the major commemorations taking place in July and August 2014 to mark the outbreak of the First World War 100 years ago.

June 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Events in Sarajevo mark the Centenary of the Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

The assassination of the Archduke on June 28th 1914 was remembered today in series of events in Sarajevo.

June 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Crowd gathers for the Assassination Anniversary in Sarajevo street

The Editor of Centenary News reports from Sarajevo on how the city marked the moment when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.

June 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated

Today marks exactly 100 years since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914.

July 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British Library exhibition: ‘Enduring War: Grief, Grit and Humour’

The British Library has developed an exhibition which explores how people in Britain coped with life during the First World War.

July 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Details of 600,000 Canadians added to Lives of the First World War digital database

The details of 600,000 Canadian men and women have been added to the Lives of the First World War digital database for people to add pictures and memories.

July 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Executed nurse Edith Cavell to feature on UK First World War Centenary coin

Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed during the First World War, is to be commemorated on a new £5 Centenary coin.

July 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Welsh churches apologise for “perversion of Jesus’ message” during First World War

The Union of Welsh Independent Churches has apologised for the role it played in encouraging men to enlist to fight during the First World War.