1204
Capture of Constantinople
The conquest and sack of Constantinople, an event at which Dandolo was present and in which he played a directing role
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The conquest and sack of Constantinople, an event at which Dandolo was present and in which he played a directing role
The Catholic Crusaders take permanent control of the Eastern Orthodox capital of Constantinople (or Byzantium) and established a Catholic state, the Latin Empire, the Byzantine Empire is never again as powerful
The conquest and sack of Constantinople, an event at which Dandolo was present and in which he played a directing role
The French army enters Paris, without Burgundy the English cannot defend it
The French army enters Paris, without Burgundy the English cannot defend it
The London clergy accept the oath. The commissioners offer the Oath to Sir Thomas More and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, both of whom refuse it
Asserts Parliaments authority to legislate in matters of religion by denying the authority of the Pope, which More would not accept. Asks to appear before a commission and swear allegiance to the Act of Succession, More accepts Parliaments right to declare Anne the legitimate Queen of England, but refuses to take the oath because of an anti-papal preface to the Act
Asks to appear before a commission and swear allegiance to the Act of Succession, More accepts Parliaments right to declare Anne the legitimate Queen of England, but refuses to take the oath because of an anti-papal preface to the Act
Thomas More accepts Parliament's power over succession but refuses the oath because it rejects papal authority.
Thomas More is summoned to swear the oath recognising Henry VIII's marriage settlement and succession.
Offers freedom of conscience to individuals & specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King
Offers freedom of conscience to individuals & specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King
Issues the Edict of Nantes making limited concessions to the Huguenots
Marks the end of eight religious wars that tore apart the population of France during the second half of 16th century. Issues the Edict of Nantes making limited concessions to the Huguenots
Offers freedom of conscience to individuals & specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King
The Edict of Nantes is Issued by Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic
The Edict separates civil from religious unity, treats some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opens a path for secularism and tolerance
Offers freedom of conscience to individuals and specific concessions to the Protestants such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights
The Edict separates civil from religious unity, treats some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opens a path for secularism and tolerance. Signs the Edict of Nantes establishing the rights of the Protestants.
including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King. Marks the end of eight religious wars that tore apart the population of France during the second half of 16th century
Issues the Edict of Nantes making limited concessions to the Huguenots
Issued by Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic
Marks the end of eight religious wars that tore apart the population of France during the second half of 16th century. Issues the Edict of Nantes making limited concessions to the Huguenots.
Offers freedom of conscience to individuals & specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King.
The Edict separates civil from religious unity, treats some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opens a path for secularism and tolerance.
The Commons elects Glanville to preside over the Short Parliament.
Hampden returns to Parliament as a prominent opponent of ship money.
Ashley-Cooper sits for Tewkesbury when the Short Parliament assembles.
Holles is returned for Dorchester when Parliament meets in April.
Pym is returned for Tavistock and prepares to lead opposition in the Commons.
St John enters the Short Parliament after his prominent legal opposition to ship money.
Charles addresses his first English Parliament since dissolving Parliament in 1629.
Charles addresses his first English Parliament since dissolving Parliament in 1629.
Pym emerges as a leading Commons spokesman when the Short Parliament opens.
Hampden opposes granting subsidies before the Commons examines national grievances.
Strafford urged the Short Parliament to grant supplies before debating wider political grievances.
Charles asks both Houses to provide rapid financial support against Scotland.
Charles asks both Houses to provide rapid financial support against Scotland.
Charles summons Parliament after eleven years to seek funds for war against the Covenanters.
Charles summons Parliament after eleven years to seek funds for war against the Covenanters.
Holles participates in opposition to unconditional subsidies during the Short Parliament.
Glanville opens Commons business during the first Parliament held since 1629.
Charles ends eleven years of Personal Rule by meeting the Short Parliament.
Charles ends eleven years of Personal Rule by meeting the Short Parliament.
The King asks the Commons to finance military operations against the Scottish Covenanters.
The King asks the Commons to finance military operations against the Scottish Covenanters.
Strafford delivers a forceful defence against the parliamentary accusations.
Princess Henrietta is surrendered to Parliament
Princess Henrietta is surrendered to Parliament
Captures the garrison ar Exeter & Princess Henrietta becomes a prisoner of Parliament
The surrender ends Royalist resistance in the west and places Princess Henrietta in Parliamentarian hands.
The surrender at Exeter allows Fairfax to declare the western campaign effectively finished.
John Berkley surrenders & surrenders Princes Henrietta to Parliament. John Berkley surrenders & ends the war in the west
Surrenders at Exeter, Fairfax declares that the Western War is over
Makes clear that Gods providence had spoken against his office of king, "I would not seek to set up that which Providence hath destroyed and laid in the dust, and I would not build Jericho again"
Is formally introduced into the House of Lords four days after becoming Earl of Marlborough.
The premiere performance of the Messiah in Dublin
Excommunicated by Pope Pius VI after consecrating constitutional bishops
Excommunicates Talleyrand and other clergy connected with the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Brought to trial but acquited
Jean Paul Marat was brought to trial and acquitted.
The Catholic Emancipation Act, becomes law & the vote is extended to Catholics
Responds at the Jefferson Day dinner with a toast emphasizing liberty and states' rights.
Declares that the federal Union must be preserved during the Jefferson Day dinner.
Reform Bill, 3rd, passes through the Lords, 12 Bishops for & 16 against
The Second Joseph Lebeau Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.
Begins the Jean-Baptiste Nothomb Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.
Orders Paraguayan forces into Corrientes after Argentina refuses passage toward Uruguay.
Attempts to remove personal rating from the Franchise Bill but defeated by Disraeli
Attempts to remove personal rating from the Franchise Bill but defeated by Disraeli
Advances low-temperature chemistry through successful production of liquid nitrogen.
Co-achieves the first stable liquefaction of nitrogen.
Taylor returns from the first Western Party journey after extended geological fieldwork west of McMurdo Sound.
Taylor and his companions complete the first Western Party journey by returning across the sea ice to Cape Evans.
Dramatization of, "Pygmalion"
Birdwood and senior ANZAC officers inspect the Gallipoli coast from HMS Queen Elizabeth before the landings.
Haig sends reserves toward Bailleul as German attacks threaten the northern British front.
Denikin assumes command of the Volunteer Army after Kornilov is killed during the fighting around Ekaterinodar.
Appointed Commander of the Volunteer Army
Proclaims the "dictatorship of the proletariat". Forms an Executve Council, the Council lasts for 2 weeks
Blames the Jews for the loss of the war, inflation & the occupation of the Ruhr
Blames the Jews for the loss of the war, inflation & the occupation of the Ruhr
Voters approve the abolition of the monarchy and establishment of a republic.
Escapes from his captors
Employs Helen Dukas as his secretary and assistant, beginning a long professional association.
King George II appoints Metaxas Prime Minister after political deadlock.
King George II appoints Ioannis Metaxas to form a government.
King George II appoints Ioannis Metaxas Prime Minister.
Britain & France pledge to support Romania. Britain & France pledge to support Greece
Italy captures Albania
Welcomes the second naval attack that destroys the remaining German destroyers.
Commands surviving German destroyers as the Royal Navy attacks.
His destroyer force is destroyed or scuttled after the second battle.
Commands HMS Cossack during Whitworth's attack on German destroyers.
Commands HMS Warspite during the second naval battle.
Whitworth leads HMS Warspite and destroyers in the second naval attack on the German Narvik force.
German forces enter Belgrade during the invasion whose planning Jodl helped coordinate at OKW.
Escapes by plane to Greece after the surrender of Yugoslavia to the Germans
German & Hungarian troops enter Belgrade
Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact
Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact
Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact
Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact
Soviet forces take Vienna
Truman learns of the secret atomic-bomb development programme from Secretary of War Henry Stimson shortly after becoming president.
Russia establishes a provisional coaltion Government with Renner as Prime Minister
Russia establishes a provisional coaltion Government with Renner as Prime Minister
Groza's government adopts the first communist constitution.
Miro Cardona is told that a provisional government proclaimed in Cuba would not receive automatic United States recognition.
Berle and Schlesinger tell Miro Cardona that United States troops will not be sent to support the anti-Castro operation.
A Radio Moscow broadcast predicts an imminent CIA-supported invasion of Cuba.
Kennedy advisers note a Soviet broadcast predicting an imminent invasion of Cuba.
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Smith becomes Prime Minister of Rhodesia after succeeding Winston Field.
Survives the Apollo 13 emergency after the lunar landing is aborted.
Leads the crew after Apollo 13 loses an oxygen tank.
Reports the oxygen tank failure aboard Apollo 13.
Helps activate Aquarius as the crew transfers into the lunar module after the oxygen tank failure.
Moves into Aquarius and helps activate the lunar module as an emergency lifeboat after the oxygen tank failure.
Reports spacecraft warnings after an oxygen tank explosion cripples Apollo 13’s service module.
Helps develop power-up procedures after being removed from the Apollo 13 crew.
Checks lunar module Aquarius earlier than originally planned to assess its helium tank pressure.
Reports that Apollo 13 has had a problem.
13-15 April, killed during a coup led by Felix Malloum, an army Chief of Staff
13-15 April, killed during a coup led by Felix Malloum, an army Chief of Staff
People's Representative Assembly confirms Khieu Samphan as head of state
FROLINAT guerrillas fail to assassinate Malloum
Produces Black Rose for Thin Lizzy during Gary Moore's return to the band.
Sanjay Kulkarni reaches Bilafond La during Operation Meghdoot as Indian troops establish positions on the Saltoro Ridge.
India launches Operation Meghdoot and deploys troops to secure strategic positions on the Siachen Glacier.
Makes his first team debut at home to Queens Park Rangers, coming on as a substitute
Appointed party leader after the death of Enver Hoxha
An agreement is signed returning Macao to China in 1999
The Kremlin admits to the massacre of 15,000 Polish army officers by the NKVD in 1940
A Palestinian blows himself up on a bus in Hadera in central Israel, six Israelis are killed and 25 wounded, Hamass 1st suicide bombing
A Palestinian blows himself up on a bus in Hadera in central Israel, six Israelis are killed and 25 wounded, Hamass 1st suicide bombing
A Palestinian blows himself up on a bus in Hadera in central Israel, six Israelis are killed and 25 wounded, Hamass 1st suicide bombing
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Receives Security Council approval for UNMOVIC's organizational plan.
The Commission proceeds with recruitment and operational preparations.
al-Fayez participates in regional diplomacy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Appointed acting President of Venezuela until Hugo Chavez was restored
Breaks the London Marathon world record, 2 hrs 15 mins 25 secs
President Barack Obama loosens the travel ban, now allowing Cuban-Americans to travel freely to the country
President Barack Obama loosens the travel ban, now allowing Cuban-Americans to travel freely to the country
74 of Cuba's dissidents sign a letter to the United States Congress in support of a bill that would lift the US travel ban for Americans wishing to visit Cuba
Meets President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss military, diplomatic and political pressure on the Qadhafi regime.
Becomes First Chairman of the National Defence Commission.
Promulgates legislation establishing civil unions for same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
Vote Leave is designated the official Leave campaign.
Vote Leave is designated the official campaign for leaving the European Union.
Designated official campaign for leaving the European Union.
Designated official campaign for remaining in the European Union.
North Korea tests a solid-fuel ICBM.
Wins the Masters and completes the career grand slam.
Government data shows the waiting list more than 206,000 lower than in July 2024.
Birth of Guy Fawkes
Thomas Wentworth was born into a prominent Yorkshire landowning family.
Birth of Thomas Jefferson
Birth of Arthur Travers Harris
Birth of Robert Watson-Watt
Birth of Arthur William Fadden
Birth of Samuel Beckett
Birth of Julius Kambarage Nyerere
Birth of Alan Clark
Is killed by artillery fire during the siege of Ekaterinodar.
Kornilov is killed by artillery fire during the Volunteer Army's assault on Ekaterinodar.
13-15 April, killed during a coup led by Felix Malloum, an army Chief of Staff
Death of Ian Kinloch MacGregor
Edward exhibited the brothers naked corpses in St. Pauls Cathedral for three days to quell any rumours that they had survived, before allowing them to be laid to rest in the family vault at Bisham Abbey.
He brought Henry VI along to prevent the Lancastrians from retaking their king. The bodies of the two Neville brothers were brought back to London. They did not suffer the customary fate accorded to traitors quartering and display at the city gates.
Lancastrian scouts probed Barnet, which lay 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of London, but were beaten off.
On 13 April their main army took up positions on a ridge of high ground north of Barnet to prepare for battle the next day. Warwick arrayed his army in a line from east to west, on either side of the Great North Road running through Barnet
Warwicks army heavily outnumbered Edwards, although sources differ on exact numbers. Lancastrian strength ranges from 10,000 to 30,000 men, with 7,000 to 15,000 on the Yorkist side. Facing this disadvantage, Edward hurried to meet the Lancastrians with a surprise attack.
Driven back by Prince Maurice to Tewkesbury
Drives Waller & Massey back to Tewkebury
Driven back by Prince Maurice to Tewkesbury
Charles XII defeats a joint Polish-Saxon Army
Commands the Army of Italy against the Austrians & Sardinians
Commands surviving German destroyers during the second naval battle.
Commands HMS Warspite during the second naval attack.
His destroyer force is destroyed or scuttled after the British attack.
Commands HMS Cossack during the attack on German destroyers.
Leads HMS Warspite and destroyers in the second naval battle.
Bey commands surviving German destroyers as the Royal Navy destroys the remaining Narvik destroyer force.
Welcomes the destruction of German destroyers at Narvik.
British naval forces destroy or force the scuttling of the remaining German destroyers at Narvik.
Crutchley commands HMS Warspite as the battleship supports the second naval attack on Narvik.
Gadow's 3rd Destroyer Flotilla is destroyed or scuttled during the second naval battle at Narvik.
Sherbrooke commands HMS Cossack during Whitworth's attack against the remaining German destroyers.
Whitworth leads HMS Warspite and destroyers into Ofotfjord to destroy the remaining German destroyers.
Leads HMS Warspite and destroyers into Ofotfjord.
Ordered to consolidate on the Egyptian border & concentrate on capturing Tobruk
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