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Codex Iustinianus
The first draft of the Codex Iustinianus, a codification of imperial constitutions from the 2nd century onward, is issued
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The first draft of the Codex Iustinianus, a codification of imperial constitutions from the 2nd century onward, is issued
The first draft of the Codex Iustinianus, a codification of imperial constitutions from the 2nd century onward, is issued
Declared "lady of the English" by Henry of Blois as a preliminary to the coronation
The Act gives final authority in matrimonial and ecclesiastical causes to courts within the king's realm.
The Act in Restraint of Appeals declares England an empire and forbids appeals from English courts to Rome.
The garrison at Ypres surrenders to Parma.
Captures Ypres during the Spanish reconquest of the southern Netherlands
Captures Ypres for Spain during the Dutch Revolt.
The armistice of Judenbourg is concluded after the Battle of Tagliamento
The Treaty of Loeben is concluded after the armistice of Judenbourg
Captures Badajoz but the British sustain 5,000 casualties
Introduces a story about sacrifice, transformation and an immortal soul.
Satirizes vanity and conformity through a ruler deceived by false weavers.
Publishes The Emperors New Clothes alongside The Little Mermaid.
Publishes The Little Mermaid in a new childrens fairy-tale booklet.
Texas Constitutional Convention votes to accept the United States annexation proposal
Appointed Prime Minister of Hungary, the first Prime Minister of Hungary
Appointed Prime Minister of Hungary, the first Prime Minister of Hungary. Appointed by Ferdinand I to be the first Prime Minister of the new Parliamentary Government of Hungary
Proclaims the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in force for the United States
Aspinwall incorporates the Panama Railroad Company to build a railway across the isthmus.
Makes Maiden Speech in Parliament agaist the 2nd Reading of the Oxford University Bill
Makes Maiden Speech in Parliament agaist the 2nd Reading of the Oxford University Bill
Tatya Tope is captured after betrayal by Man Singh of Narwar, ending his long guerrilla campaign.
Lincoln addresses a special session of Congress at the start of his presidency
Immigration Act creates federal machinery to encourage immigrant labor and settlement
Lincoln signs legislation encouraging immigration to the United States
Completes preparations for a dawn assault against the strongly defended Mahdist camp on the Atbara.
Is appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
Debates Lenin's radical Soviet policy.
Supports Bolshevik work inside the Soviet movement.
Uses the Bolshevik newspaper to press a new revolutionary program
Renounces Austrian citizenship
Brunswick makes Hitler a German citizen on the eve of the Presidential election. Avoids deportation from Germany by becoming "staatenlos",
Brunswick makes Hitler a German citizen on the eve of the Presidential election
Failed attempt to assassinate Mussolini
Holds a meeting of the Workers Committee & refuses to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek
Holds a meeting of the Workers Committee & refuses to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek
Resumes the Northern Expedition as Nationalist forces advance toward Beijing.
Introduces the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, removing Jews and political opponents from public posts.
Appoints Nazi Reich Governors to run all German states subjecting them to the Reich
Abolishes state assemblies & transfers all sovereign power to the Reich
Suspends the campaign of civil disobedience
Deposed after failing to end political violence, deposed by the Cortes
Zog calls for resistance as Italian forces land on the Albanian coast
Aranitasi faces the Italian invasion with limited and poorly prepared Albanian forces
Ulqinaku fights against Italian troops during the defence of Durres
Kupi helps organize resistance against Italian troops landing at Durres
Zog leaves Albania after the Italian invasion
Guzzoni commands the Italian expeditionary force sent against Albania
Kotta's government faces collapse as Italian forces invade Albania
Victor Emmanuel III supports Mussolini's move to occupy Albania
Sends troops into Albania
22,000 Italian troops land in 4 Albanian ports
Italian forces land in Albania and force Zog into exile
Italian forces invade Albania and begin the collapse of Zog's monarchy
Mussolini orders the invasion of Albania to expand Italian control across the Adriatic
Italian troops land at Albanian ports and overthrow Zog's kingdom
Italian troops land at Durres as the main invasion force enters Albania
Italian troops land at Sarande as Albania is attacked from several ports
Italian forces land at Shengjin to widen the invasion front
Italian troops land at Vlore during the opening phase of the invasion
Messe participates in the Italian landing operations at Durres
Jacomoni supports Italian political plans during the invasion
Lutjens commands the distant cover force as German warships sail for Norway.
Rommel occupies Derna
The British & US forces join up in North Africa
Appointed Supreme of Commander Army Group South in the Ukraine
Appointed Supreme of Commander Army Group South in the Ukraine
Appointed Supreme Commander of Army Group South
Montgomery presents his strategy for the invasion at St Pauls School, a ninety day battle, ending when all the forces reach the Seine, pivoting on an Allied-held Caen, with British and Canadian armies forming a shoulder & US armies wheeling right
Montgomery presents his strategy for the invasion at St Pauls School, a ninety day battle, ending when all the forces reach the Seine, pivoting on an Allied-held Caen, with British and Canadian armies forming a shoulder & US armies wheeling right
Explains the intended Normandy battle to senior commanders at his headquarters in St Paul's School.
Hara survives the sinking of Yahagi after repeated American carrier-aircraft attacks during Operation Ten-Go.
Aruga orders Yamato abandoned after uncontrollable flooding and remains aboard when the battleship capsizes and explodes.
Publicly frames Indochina in terms of the domino theory
Supports continued use of foreign aid for France in Indochina
Begins another short term as Prime Minister after Chan Nak
Dien Bien Phu falls & marks the end of French rule in Indochina
Spain recognizes the independence of Morocco
Spain recognizes the independence of Morocco
Becomes Prime Minister for another short Sangkum government
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed. The new Yugoslavian constitution declares Tito President for life
The Warren Commission received Carlos Bringuier's testimony about Oswald's visits to his store, the August confrontation, and the later WDSU debate.
Delivers "Peace Without Conquest" Speech offering Hanoi "unconditional discussions" to stop the war in return for massive modernization of Vietnam
Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 100,000 troops
Announces on TV that "Vietnamization has succeeded"
Loc Ninh falls to North Vietnamese forces
PAVN forces capture Loc Ninh during the Easter Offensive
Mao approves Deng Xiaoping's removal from all posts after the Tiananmen Incident
Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback, his driver, and his bodyguard are shot and killed by two RAF members while waiting at a red traffic light. Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
Assassination of the federal prosecutor-general Siegfried Buback, claimed by the Ulrike Meinhof Commando, in revenge for the suicide of Ulrike Meinhof
Defers commercial reprocessing to limit weapons risks.
Continues Genesis as a trio with Banks and Collins after Hackett's departure.
Former prime minister Hoveyda is executed after a revolutionary court trial
Valley of the Dolls enters the Official Singles Chart and reaches number twenty-three.
Voters approve the new constitution giving sweeping powers to President Marcos
A task force is sent by Britain to recapture the Falkland Islands from Argentina
Reagan approves the Haig peace mission
London demonstration in support of the miners
Russia announces a unilateral freeze of medium-range nuclear missiles
Russia announces a unilateral freeze of medium-range nuclear missiles
Announces Russias withdrawal from Afghanistan
Declares Bosnian Serb separation from Bosnia.
Chea Sim serves as head of state during the transitional period
The Serbs' assembly in session in Banja Luka declared a severance of governmental ties with Bosnia and Herzegovina
Attempts to address the nation after the president's death.
Commands Belgian UNAMIR personnel during the opening violence.
Pope John Paul II makes remarks at the conclusion of a concert in commemoration of the Shoah (holocaust), in which he acknowledges the Nazi Holocaust killing of Jews
UNAMIR seeks to protect her amid escalating violence.
Is murdered by government soldiers in Kigali.
Her killing removes a prominent moderate political leader.
Peacekeepers are assigned to protect Prime Minister Uwilingiyimana.
Ten Belgian peacekeepers are murdered after being disarmed.
Their deaths contribute to Belgium's decision to withdraw.
Liam Gallagher marries Patsy Kensit
Liam Gallagher marries Patsy Kensit
Lucinschi leaves office after one presidential term
Vladimir Voronin becomes President after parliamentary election by the communist majority
Tells the US forces that the Kurds will not claim the oil rich city of Kirkuk
Tells the US forces that the Kurds will not claim the oil rich city of Mosul
Tells the US forces that the Kurds will not claim the oil rich city of Kirkuk
Tells the US forces that the Kurds will not claim the oil rich city of Mosul
bin Abdullah participates in regional diplomacy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
New Horizons images 1994 JR1 from about 111 million kilometres away, then the closest spacecraft observations of a small Kuiper Belt object.
The Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Faces questions over family finances after the Panama Papers revelations.
Begins the Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Kabila appoints Tshibala under the framework of the Saint Sylvester Agreement.
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.
Orders missile strikes on a Syrian airbase after a chemical weapons attack.
The council assumes executive powers from President Hadi.
Addresses Greece's Parliament and discusses the destruction of Ukrainian cities including Mariupol.
Jackson is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
His formal presidency effectively ends.
Becomes chairman of the new Presidential Leadership Council.
Supports the transfer to Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council.
Transfers presidential powers to a new leadership council.
Saudi Arabia backs the new anti-Houthi executive structure.
Birth of Francis Xavier
Birth of William Wordsworth
Birth of Kurt von Schleicher
Birth of Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
Birth of Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker
Birth of Billie Holiday
Birth of James Garner
Birth of Ulrike Marie Meinhof
Birth of Florian Schneider, later Kraftwerk co-founder and electronic sound innovator.
Death of Joan of Acre, at the manor of Clare in Suffolk
Ulqinaku is killed resisting the Italian landing at Durres
Ito cancels the failed Ten-Go mission after catastrophic air attacks and dies aboard Yamato when the battleship sinks.
Death of Henry Ford
Death of Henri Guisan
Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback, his driver, and his bodyguard are shot and killed by two RAF members while waiting at a red traffic light
Grant defeats Confederate troops led by Johnston who is killed
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