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| c. 1914 |
| | | Robert Tressell's Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is published posthumously in an abbreviated version | |
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| 1914 |
| | | Ivor Novello has a great success with his topical song Keep the Home Fires Burning (with lyrics by Lena Ford) | |
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| 1914 |
| | | Charlie Chaplin introduces his most famous character, the little tramp, in Kid Auto Races at Venice | |
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| 1914 |
| | | The British government changes the status of Egypt from a Turkish province to a British protectorate | |
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| 1914 June 28 |
| | | Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip | |
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| 1914 |
| | | Austria-Hungary plans to attack Serbia, in response to the assassination of the archduke, and seeks a guarantee of German support | |
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| 1914 |
| | | Germany promises to support Austria-Hungary if a strike against Serbia provokes war with Russia | |
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| 1914 July |
| | | Erskine Childers sails his own yacht from Germany to Ireland with 900 rifles and 14,000 rounds of ammunition for the Irish Volunteers | |
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| 1914 July 28 |
| | | Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, following this with bombardment of the Serbian capital, Belgrade | |
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| 1914 July 30 |
| | | The Austrian attack on Serbia causes Russia to mobilize her army | |
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