Gustav Wahl takes office as the first Director of the Deutsche Bücherei The International Exhibition for the Book Trade and Graphic Design (Bugra) opens in Leipzig. Peace activist Bertha von Suttner dies in Vienna. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Germay declares war on France Start of the war collection in the Imperial University and State Library of Strasburg Kriegserklärung England an Deutschland Start of the war collection in the Royal Library in Berlin Japan declares war on Germany Meeting of the managing board in the Buchhändlerhaus. Negotiation about a war collection for the Deutsche Bücherei.
