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| Oct. 18 |
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| Treaty of Lausanne, between the Ottoman Empire and Italy. This had been under discussion since July and had been forced by an Italian ultimatum (Oct. 12): the Ottomans promised to withdraw their forces from Tripoli, and the Italians promised to withdraw from the Aegean Islands; the Ottomans were allowed to keep in Tripoli a representative of the sultan as caliph. | 1 |
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| Oct. 22 |
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| Bulgarian victory at Kirk Kilissé, in Thrace, where the Ottomans had rashly taken the offensive. | 2 |
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| Oct. 24–26 |
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| Serbian victory at Kumanovo. | 3 |
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| Oct. 28–Nov. 3 |
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| Great Bulgarian victory at Lulé Burgas. Advance of the Bulgarians to the Chatalja lines, last line of defense before Constantinople. | 4 |
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| Nov. 3–5 |
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| Russian warnings to the Bulgarians against the occupation of Constantinople, which the Russians would resist by the use of their fleet. | 5 |
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| Nov. 10 |
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| The Serbs reached the Adriatic after overrunning northern Albania. | 6 |
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| Nov. 15–18 |
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| Serb victory at Monastir. | 7 |
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| Nov. 17–18 |
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| Bulgarian attack on the Chatalja lines, which failed. | 8 |
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| Nov. 24 |
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| The Austrians announced their unalterable opposition to territorial access to the Adriatic for Serbia and came out for an independent Albania. Acute international crisis. The Serbs remained steadfast and were at first supported by Russia, which was given assurances by France of support in the event of war with Germany. Austria was supported by Italy, which also opposed the appearance of the Serbs on the Adriatic. The Germans, after some hesitation, promised Austria support if it was attacked while defending its interests. Britain was sympathetic to the Austrian position and tried to work with Germany for an adjustment without jeopardizing relations to France and Russia. The crisis was most acute in late Nov. and early Dec., when both Austria and Russia began to mobilize. It was overcome when the Russians, unprepared for war, abandoned the Serb territorial claims. | 9 |
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| Dec. 3 |
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| Armistice among the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and Serbia. Greece did not join in it. Operations were to continue around Scutari (besieged by the Montenegrins), Janina (invested by the Greeks), and Adrianople. | 10 |
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| Dec. 5 |
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| Last renewal of the Triple Alliance, for six years from July 1914. This reflected the closer relations between Italy and Austria and the friction between Italy and Britain and France, growing out of the occupation of the Dodecanese. | 11 |
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| Dec. 17 |
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| Opening of the London peace conference. At the same time an ambassadorial conference at London discussed the status and boundaries of Albania, the fate of the Aegean Islands, and so on. | 12 |
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