Newspaper Headlines (from Chronicling America)
February 1917 Magazine Rack
American Art News (February 3, 1917)
L'Art et La Mode (February 1917)
The Atlantic Monthly (February 1917)
Aviation Week (February 1, 1917)
Aviation Week (February 15, 1917)
The Bookman (February 1917)
The Century Illustrated Magazine (February 1917)
Collier's: The National Weekly (February 3, 1917)
Collier's: The National Weekly (February 10, 1917)
Collier's: The National Weekly (February 17, 1917)
Collier's: The National Weekly (February 24, 1917)
The Delineator (February 1917)
Fame and Fortune Weekly (February 9, 1917)
Fame and Fortune Weekly (February 16, 1917)
Fame and Fortune Weekly (February 23, 1917)
Film Fun (February 1917)
Flight International Magazine (February 1, 1917)
Flight International Magazine (February 8, 1917)
Flight International Magazine (February 15, 1917)
Flight International Magazine (February 22, 1917)
The Forum (February 1917)
Frank Leslie's American Magazine (February 1917)
Index to stories for January to June 1917
Good Housekeeping (February 1917)
The Literary Digest (February 3, 1917)
The Literary Digest (February 10, 1917)
The Literary Digest (February 17, 1917)
The Literary Digest (February 24, 1917)
Maclean's (February 1, 1917)
Motion Picture Magazine (February 1917)
Motion Picture News (February 3, 1917)
Motography (February 1, 1917)
Moving Picture World (February 1917)
Munsey's Magazine (February 1917)
The Nation (February, 1917)
The Nation's Business (February 1917)
The New Republic (February, 1917)
The New York Clipper (February 1917)
The Outlook (February, 1917)
The Photo-Play Journal (February 1917)
Photo-Play Magazine (February 1917)
Picture-Play Magazine (February 1917)
Popular Mechanics (February 1917)
Punch's Almanack for 1917
The Saturday Evening Post (February, 1917)
The Saturday Evening Post (February, 1917)
The Saturday Evening Post (February, 1917)
The Saturday Evening Post (February, 1917)
Scientific American (February, 1917)
Scientific American (February, 1917)
Scientific American (February, 1917)
Scientific American (February, 1917)
The Screamer (February, 1917)
St. Nicholas: A Magazine for Boys and Girls (Feb. 1917)
Social (February 1917)
The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly (February 1917)
Variety (February 1917)
March 1
- Zimmermann Telegram
The U.S. government releases the text of the Zimmermann Telegram
to the public.
March 2
– The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
March 4 - Woodrow Wilson is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.
Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives.
March 7
– "Livery Stable Blues",
recorded with "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" on February 26 by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
in the United States, becomes the first jazz
recording commercially released. On August 17 the band records "Tiger Rag".
March 8
(N.S.) (February 23, O.S.) – The February Revolution
begins in Russia: Women calling for bread in Petrograd start riots, which spontaneously spread throughout
the city.
March 11
– Mexican Revolution: Venustiano Carranza
is elected president of Mexico; the United States gives de jure recognition of his government.
March 12
– The Duma
declares a Provisional Government.
March 14
– Republic of China
terminates diplomatic relations with Germany.
March 15
(N.S.) (March 2, O.S.) – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
abdicates his throne and his son's claims. This is considered to be the
end of the Russian Empire after 196 years.
March 17
(N.S.) (March 4, O.S.) – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia refuses the throne, and power passes to the newly
formed Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov.
March 26
– WWI: First Battle of Gaza:
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force
troops virtually encircle the Gaza garrison but are then ordered to
withdraw, leaving the city to the Ottoman defenders.
March 30
– Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
steps down as Prime Minister
of Sweden.
He is replaced by the right-wing businessman and politician Carl Swartz .
March 31
– The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies, which
become the US Virgin Islands,
after paying $25 million to Denmark.
April 2
– WWI: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the United States Congress
for a declaration of war on Germany.
April 6
– WWI: The United States declares war on Germany.
April 8
(N.S.) (March 26, O.S.) – In Petrograd,
40,000 ethnic Estonians demand national autonomy within Russia.
April 9–12
– WWI: Canadian troops win the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
April 10
– An ammunition factory explosion in Chester, Pennsylvania
kills 133.
April 12
(N.S.) (March 30 O.S.) – The Autonomous Governorate of Estonia is formed within Russia
from the Governorate of Estonia
and the Northern part of the Governorate of Livonia.
April 16
(N.S.) (April 3, O.S.) – Vladimir Lenin arrives at the Finland Station in Petrograd.
WWI: The Nivelle Offensive commences.
April 17
(N.S.) (April 4, O.S.) – Vladimir Lenin's April Theses are published. They become very influential in the following July Days and Bolshevik Revolution.
WWI: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force begins the Second Battle of Gaza.
This unsuccessful frontal attack on strong Ottoman defences along with the first battle, resulted in
10,000 casualties, the dismissal of the force commander General Archibald Murray and the beginning of the Stalemate in Southern Palestine.
The Times and the Daily Mail (London newspapers both owned by Lord Northcliffe) print atrocity propaganda
of the supposed existence of a German Corpse Factory.
April 26
– WWI: Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne between France, Italy and the United Kingdom to settle
interests in the Middle East signed.
