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| 1884 |
| | | US-born British inventor Hiram Maxim demonstrates the first prototype of his machine gun, using the recoil force to eject the spent cartridge and insert a new one | |
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| 1892 |
| | | Frederick Lugard's Maxim machine gun settles a Protestant-Catholic clash in Kampala, the capital of Buganda | |
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| 1905 |
| | | The first German submarine, or U-boat, is constructed in a programme to catch up with Britain and France in this area | |
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| 1906 |
| | | Britain launches HMS Dreadnought, the first of a massive new class of battleship | |
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| 1906 |
| | | In direct response to Britain's new Dreadnought, Germany increases the production of battleships | |
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| 1907 |
| | | President Roosevelt sends a fleet of warships on a goodwill tour of the world that also demonstrates US power | |
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| 1911 |
| | | US inventor Isaac Newton Lewis patents a lighter version of the machine gun | |
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| 1913 |
| | | The Vickers Fighting Biplane No 1 is unveiled in London at the Olympia Aero Show as the world's first purpose-built fighter plane | |
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| 1915 |
| | | Winston Churchill is a firm supporter of a new invention, the tank, encouraging its initial development while still at the Admiralty | |
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| 1915 April 1 |
| | | The French aviator Roland Garros fires a machine gun through the propeller in his fighter plane, using metal plates to deflect any bullets that hit the propeller | |
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