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1914

July

24
- Grey proposes an international conference to prevent warOn 24 July 1914 Sir Edward Grey proposed that four powers jointly mediate between Vienna and St Petersburg before the crisis turned into a war.
27
- France and Italy accept the British proposal for a conferenceOn 27 July 1914 France and Italy backed the British plan for an ambassadors' conference in London. The same day Germany rejected it.
28
- German government rejects British conference proposalOn 28 July 1914 Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg confirmed that Germany would not take part in the conference of the powers proposed by Britain.