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Edward Grey Fallodon, 1st
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1862
Birth
Birth of Edward Grey
1885
Election
Berwick Elected Member of Parliament for Berwick-Upon-Tweed
1905
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointed Foreign Minister
1907
Alliance
London Concludes the Anglo-Russian entente
1907
Convention St Petersburg
St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence
1907
Diplomacy
London Concludes the Anglo-Russian entente
St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence
1907
Entente Anglo Russian
London Concludes the Anglo-Russian entente
1907
Rule of Afghanistan
St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence
1911
Incident Agadir
Agadir Backs France against Germany in the Agadir Incident
1914
Diplomacy
Bethman-Hollweg offers not to invade France if Britain remains neutral, Grey refuses
1914
Invasion of Belgium
3rd Aug Declares in the Commons the British army will act immediately if Belgium is threatened
1914
Quote Grey
Aug "lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime"
1915
Diplomacy
Warns Bulgaria that if she attacks Serbia Britain will come to Serbia's assistance
1915
Invasion of Serbia
Salonika An Allied Expeditionary Force lands the day of the Austro-German attack of Serbia
River Vardar Bulgarian forces are driven back from the eastern bank of the Vardar by the Allies
1925
Quote Grey
"The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war"
1933
Death
Death of Edward Grey

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