<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> declares war on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dardanelles">Dardanelles</a> is subsequently closed.<sup about="#mwt60" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_2#cite_note-10" id="mwZA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwZQ">[10]</span></a></sup>
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