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Rule of Gascony
Arrives in Bordeaux to concilliate Gascony
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Arrives in Bordeaux to concilliate Gascony
The Bishop of Durham was on his way from Newcastle with 2000 cavalry and 5000 infantry, they arrive at Ponteland, where they meet groups of men fleeing from battle, which forces the Scots to retire
Arrested at Bosworth & kept at the Tower for 3 years by Henry VII
Henry VII joins up with Lord Stanley & his brother William Stanley
Henry VII joins up with Lord Stanley & his brother William Stanley
Marries Anne of Denmark
Launches an invasion of North East England & reaches Durham
Crosses into England & begins the 2nd Bishops War
Charles leaves London to supervise the English war effort in northern England.
Charles leaves London to supervise the English war effort in northern England.
The Covenanter army crosses into England and advances through Northumberland.
The Covenanter army crosses into England and advances through Northumberland.
Receives royal assent for his translation to the archbishopric of Canterbury.
Four years after the first Battle of Narva, Peter I captures Narva
Presents reform proposals to Louis XVI
The Constituent Assembly begins voting on the declaration article by article.
Released in order to reinforce the army of Italy's General staff
Released in order to reinforce the army of Italy's General staff.
Brings the combined fleet into Cadiz instead of the Channel.
Supports the departure of the naval and military expedition intended to liberate Peru.
Observes the brilliant transient S Andromedae in M31, later recognized as a supernova and the first supernova recorded in the Andromeda Galaxy.
Discovers that malaria is spread by mosquitoes
Germany captures Brussels
Germany captures Brussels
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
The Battle of Gumbinnen, initiated by forces of the German Empire is the first major German offensive on the Eastern Front during the First World War
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf). Francois persuades Prittwitz to launch an offensive against the Russian First Army while the Second Army was still far to the south
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
Launches an attack on the French right
Samsonovs Second Army starts to advance into East Prussia
Castelnaus army is forced to retreat to Nancy
Rennenkampfs invasion of Prussia stops at Gumbinnen
Francois persuades Prittwitz to launch an offensive against the Russian First Army while the Second Army was still far to the south
Samsonovs Second Army starts to advance into East Prussia
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
Castelnaus army is forced to retreat to Nancy
D'Oyly-Hughes swims ashore from E11 and damages the Constantinople-Baghdad railway line.
Peyton's yeomanry units move into reserve behind Lala Baba before the planned 21 August assault.
Relations with Kerensky deteriorate over power and military authority.
Kerensky develops his views through october crisis after 1917.
Takes acting presidential authority during the 1931 institutional crisis.
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade. Final day of the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottowa
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade
The USA joins the Internation Labour Organisation
The office centralizes coercive procedures for Jewish emigration.
Opens the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna.
Poland refuses Russia passage, a precondition of an Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement. Hitler sends Stalin a telegram pressing for a pact
Cables Stalin accepting the draft for the pact & urges ratification of the Treaty
Invites Ribbentrop to Moscow for 23 August. Hitler cables Stalin accepting the draft NAZI-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
It is anounced that Germany & Russia have concluded a commercial agreement
It is anounced that Germany & Russia have concluded a commercial agreement
Signs a trade agreement with Russia
Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick
Assassinated in Mexico City
Kesselring is ordered to concentrate his forces in the Pas de Calais
Praises Fighter Command pilots in his speech on the Few.
Seaborg isolates pure plutonium using a separation method suitable for development on an industrial scale.
The Allies advance as far as the Seine, Hitler orders a retreat across the Seine
The Ukranian Front advances into Romania
Organizes a truce in Paris between the Germans & the Resistance
The FFI occupy the Hotel de Ville, Paris town hall & at noon a truce is agreed
Makes his maiden speech in Parliament
Dalton is forced to suspend the convertibility of the pound
The Government suspends sterling convertibility after rapid losses of dollar reserves.
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, after 4 days of revolt following his dismissal
Mossadeq surrenders to General Zahedi
the first nuclear power generated in Britain is produced in Calder Hall
the first nuclear power generated in Britain is produced in Calder Hall
Senegal becomes independent
Senegal becomes independent
Lee and Marina submitted the numerous certificates, photographs, and forms required for Soviet permission to leave the country.
The Act creates programmes for job training, community action and poverty reduction.
Signs the Economic Opportunity Act, creating the Office of Economic Opportunity and major War on Poverty programmes.
Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, is taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue
Soviet forces detain Alexander Dubcek and other Czechoslovak reform leaders during the Warsaw Pact intervention.
The Dubcek reforms go too far for Russia and Russia invades. Russian troops and vehicles cross the Czech border at 18 points without any resistance
The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces. The relaxation after the Prague Spring ends when 200,000 Soviet troops invade Czech.
Dubcek calls upon his people not to resist
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000.
The occupation is followed by a wave of emigration, unseen before and stopped shortly after (estimate: 70,000 immediately, 300,000 in total), typically of highly qualified people.
Dubcek and other detained Czechoslovak leaders are taken to Moscow for negotiations with the Soviet leadership.
The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces
Dubcek calls upon his people not to resist
Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, is taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue.
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000.
The occupation is followed by a wave of emigration, unseen before and stopped shortly after (estimate: 70,000 immediately, 300,000 in total), typically of highly qualified people.
Appointed Prime Minister of Czech Rep
Tries to introduce more contact with the west and socialism with a human face
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000
Forms a Government after Warsaw Pact occupation
"Angie" is recorded in Jamaica, it reaches no 2 in the UK charts
Voyager 2 launches first, beginning the twin-spacecraft exploration of the outer planets.
Voyager 2 launches on the mission that will eventually perform humanity's first close reconnaissance of Neptune.
Releases Gotta Serve Somebody from Slow Train Coming.
Releases Slow Train Coming during his gospel period.
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
Directs Lola.
Sicardy helps obtain further occultation evidence confirming that Neptune possesses persistent ring arcs.
Subsequent talks at New York & Geneva make slow progress
Sings on Tyr, continuing Black Sabbath's late-1980s and early-1990s Tony Martin era.
Russian troops defect to Yeltsin & the coup collapses
Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
Witnessed by Warren Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of US President Bill Clinton and Israels Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin with the PLOs Chairman Yasser Arafat
Witnessed by Warren Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of US President Bill Clinton and Israels Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin with the PLOs Chairman Yasser Arafat
Helps shepherd the secret Oslo channel that produces the draft Declaration of Principles before the Washington signing.
Facilitates contacts in the secret Oslo process that leads to the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian self-government.
Supports the secret Oslo channel that produces the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles.
Supports the secret Oslo channel that defines the Palestinian Authority as an interim self-government body.
Signs the Minimum wage Increase Act
Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
The US launches missiles at suspected bin Laden bases in retaliation for the bombing of embassies in Africa. Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
The US retaliates against the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania with air strikes against alleged training camps in Sudan and Afghanistan
Named head of Russias FSB domestic intelligence agency
Named head of Russias FSB domestic intelligence agency
Directs Run Lola Run, an international breakthrough for German cinema.
Begins an international career that produces unprecedented appearance records.
Makes his senior Portugal debut in a friendly against Kazakhstan.
Tai participates in government appointment connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Diarra forms a broader government intended to restore national unity and constitutional order.
Scores the decisive penalty in the Olympic final shootout.
Secures Brazil's first men's Olympic football gold medal.
Announces support for delivering F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine
Announces Danish support for F-16 aircraft to Ukraine.
Welcomes the Netherlands' commitment to transfer F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine after training conditions are met.
Birth of Charles Etienne Camus
Birth of Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Gagern, son of Hans Christoph Ernst, Baron von Gagern,a liberal statesman from Hesse
Birth of Benjamin Harrison
Birth of Bret Harte
Birth of Raymond Poincare, son of a middle class familly in Eastern France
Birth of Leonard Bernstein
Birth of George John Mitchell
Birth of David Anthony "Dave" Brock
Birth of Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr
Birth of Laurent Fabius
Birth of Ralf Hutter, later co-founder, keyboard player and principal voice of Kraftwerk.
Birth of Robert Anthony Plant
Birth of Robert Plant, later Led Zeppelin's singer and lyricist.
Death of Oswine
Death of Edward Herbert
Death of Jules Laforgue
Death of William Booth
Death of Paul Ehrlich, Nobel Prize winning bacteriologist
Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick
Death of Leon Trotsky, assassinated
Death of Bernard William Griffin, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
Death of Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans
Dies in Bournemouth after suffering strokes in later life.
Defeats Louis VI who had been assisting the Norman rebels
The Bishop of Durham was on his way from Newcastle with 2000 cavalry and 5000 infantry, they arrive at Ponteland, where they meet groups of men fleeing from battle, which forces the Scots to retire
The Bishop of Durham was on his way from Newcastle with 2000 cavalry and 5000 infantry, they arrived at Ponteland where they met groups of men fleeing from the battlefield which demoralised them
Killed at the Battle of Bosworth
Captured during the Battle of Bosworth
Leaves from his military HQ for Leicester to do Battle with Henry Tudor
Four years after the first Battle of Narva, Peter I captures Narva
Helps defeat Bourbon forces near Saragossa.
A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
Austria attempts to remove Spain from Italy & defeats the Spanish fleet. A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
Santa Anna's forces suffer defeat at Churubusco after the American victory at Contreras
Scott's army defeats Mexican forces at Contreras during the approach to Mexico City
Ward is mortally wounded. The Chinese merchants army of liberation under Ward wins 11 victories in 4 months
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf). Francois persuades Prittwitz to launch an offensive against the Russian First Army while the Second Army was still far to the south
At the mercy of the German artillery the Russians are were forced to retreat 8 km in the early afternoon but the lines are stabilized when the Russian 29th Division arrived, and the battle turned into a stalemate
The Battle of Gumbinnen, initiated by forces of the German Empire is the first major German offensive on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Commands Commander-XVIII Corps.
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf).
At first the German advance went well, but faltered once they came under Russian artillery fire, and the Russians were able to turn their flanks and force them to retreat to the Insterburg-Angerburg lines, leaving 6,000 prisoners in Russian hands
At the mercy of the German artillery the Russians are were forced to retreat 8 km in the early afternoon but the lines are stabilized when the Russian 29th Division arrived, and the battle turned into a stalemate.
The Chief of Staff reacted by removing Prittwitz and his deputy Waldersee, replacing them with Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff. Prittwitz's panic partially affected Moltke, who now feared that Berlin itself could now be threatened by the advancing Russians.
Jodl serves with his artillery unit during the fighting around Sarrebourg.
By the time he withdrew to Gumbinnen after this battle, his corps had inflicted 5,000 casualties and managed to capture about 3,000 Russian prisoners
Samsonov runs into a German trap, 1st day of the Battle of Tannenberg
Commands the 32nd Infantry Division against the Japanese
Scores a notable victory over the Japanese
Defeats the Japanese in their attempt to invade Mongolia
Attacks the Japanese in what began as a series of border skirmishes in May
Ravenna under Nebbia enters heavy fighting during the first major Soviet attacks against the Italian positions on the Don.
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