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Chancellor
Appointed Chancellor of a Government in Scotland established by Edward I
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Appointed Chancellor of a Government in Scotland established by Edward I
Appointed Justiciar of a Government in Scotland established by Edward I
Opens a Scottish Parliament at Berwick which swears feality to Edward I
Opens a Scottish Parliament at Berwick which swears feality to Edward I
Appointed Trerasurer in Edward Is Parliament
Justinus commanded Breda's garrison and organised the city's defence against Spinola.
Spinola opened the prolonged Spanish siege of Breda with a large encircling army.
Monck helps preserve English artillery during the retreat from Newburn.
Conway commands English troops defending the River Tyne crossings against the Covenanters.
Astley commands infantry supporting the English defensive position near Newburn.
Monck organises part of the English withdrawal after the position collapses.
Essex joins peers requesting a Parliament after the defeat at Newburn.
Bristol urges the King to seek parliamentary assistance during the national emergency.
Saye and Sele signs the petition demanding a Parliament and redress of grievances.
Brooke joins the aristocratic opposition demanding constitutional consultation.
Howard of Escrick signs the peers petition seeking parliamentary government.
Mandeville supports the peers appeal for Parliament after military defeat.
Paget urges Charles to call Parliament and settle the Scottish conflict.
Warwick signs the request for Parliament and an end to arbitrary government.
Bedford signs the peers petition urging Charles to summon Parliament and negotiate peace.
Hertford supports the petition for parliamentary advice and a negotiated settlement.
Mulgrave supports summoning Parliament to address war, finance and religious grievances.
Wharton joins the petitioners demanding Parliament and investigation of grievances.
Cromwell musters a troop of horse for Parliament's army.
Cromwell receives authority to command a troop of horse raised around Huntingdon.
Desborough serves as quartermaster to Cromwell's newly raised troop of horse.
Lucas is condemned after Colchester's surrender for returning to arms despite an earlier undertaking not to fight Parliament again.
Lucas is executed after Colchester's surrender as Parliament punishes renewed Royalist resistance.
Fairfax receives the surrender of Colchester after a hard Royalist siege during the Second Civil War.
Lucas surrenders with the Royalist garrison after the long siege of Colchester ends following the defeat at Preston.
Captures Upton Bridge enabling Cromwell to advance on both banks of the Severn
Lambert leads horse and dragoons in a daring attack that recaptures the damaged Upton Bridge south of Worcester.
Massey is badly wounded while Royalist troops contest Lambert's seizure of Upton Bridge.
Marries Charles II of Spain by proxy
Marries Maria Anna of Neuburg by proxy after the death of his first wife
Begins the Seven Years War by launching a pre-emptive invasion of Saxony
Begins the Seven Years War by launching a pre-emptive invasion of Saxony
Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn, Enceladus
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Diebitsch advances within 68 kilometers of Constantinople, causing panic on the streets of the capital
Diebitsch advances within 68 kilometers of Constantinople, causing panic on the streets of the capital
Diebitsch advances within 68 kilometers of Constantinople, causing panic on the streets of the capital
Demonstrates the Tom Thumb steam locomotive on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Forms a cabinet under European financial pressure and becomes Egypt's first modern Prime Minister.
Wolseley's army secures its position during the canal-zone campaign.
Nominated by the Socialist Labour Party as Presidential Candidate
Draws up detailed plans to create a War Fleet of 79 battleships by 1920
Reviews practical measures intended to speed the enlistment of wartime volunteers.
Beatty withdraws his battlecruisers after the German light forces have suffered severe losses.
Addresses arrangements for Belgian refugees displaced by the German invasion.
Answers questions about publishing official lists of British military casualties.
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Ninth Army
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Ninth Army
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army, to fill the gap on the Marne front
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army, to fill the gap on the Marne front
Austria is at war with Belgium
Austro-Hungarian declaration of war received by Belgian Government. Austria is at war with Belgium
Beatty's heavy ships overwhelm German cruisers encountered during the closing phase of the battle.
Beatty commits his battlecruisers despite mine and submarine risks to support the hard-pressed British flotillas.
Beatty moves his battlecruisers toward the fighting after British light forces come under increasing pressure.
Beatty's intervention helps turn the confused action into a clear British naval victory.
Austro-Hungarian declaration of war received by Belgian Government
Appointed Military Governor of Paris
Appointed Military Governor of Paris
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army, to fill the gap on the Marne front
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army, to fill the gap on the Marne front
The Russian Second Army disintegrates, Samsonov shoots himself
Reynell leads the 9th Light Horse Regiment in close fighting during the renewed assault on Hill 60.
Reynell is killed while his regiment fights for Ottoman trenches during the second phase of the Hill 60 battle.
Reynell is killed while his regiment is engaged in the continuing struggle for Hill 60.
Godley tells the depleted 10th Australian Light Horse to attack a trench near the summit of Hill 60.
Authorises defensive measures around Petrograd while political organisations mobilise workers and soldiers against Kornilov.
Allows revolutionary groups greater freedom to organise resistance as the threat from Kornilov appears to increase.
Appeals to the army after Kerensky denounces him.
Attempts to rally military support while troops associated with his movement continue toward the Petrograd region.
Maintains that his programme is intended to restore order rather than destroy the revolution.
Bolsheviks gain influence by helping resist Kornilov.
Bolshevik organisers gain greater freedom to mobilise workers and soldiers for the defence of Petrograd.
The party presents Kornilov's action as evidence that counter-revolutionary forces threaten the gains of February.
Krymov cavalry advance toward Petrograd falters near Luga.
The Jon Thorlaksson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Begins the Tryggvi Thorhallsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
The all-party Lucknow conference vote for dominion status for India
The all-party Lucknow conference vote for dominion status for India
Formulates a plan for the Dominion Status of India
Appointed acting President of Ecuador
Menendez serves as provisional President while Martinez campaigns for election
The Vatican endorses Francos regime
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Division
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Division
Appointed Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister until Oct
Resigns due to dissatisfaction with his wartime leadership
Demands the Australians in Tobruk be relieved which the Allies reluctantly agree to
Orders the capture of the Grozny oilfields in the Caucus
Announces the Government will run centrally. Announces resistance organisations & Liberation Committee's will have advisery roles
The French Resistance is dissolved
Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon
Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon
Toulon and Marseille are liberated during Operation Dragoon
Accepts the post of supreme political adviser in the provisional Government
Accepts the post of supreme political adviser in the provisional Government
Accepts the post of supreme political adviser in the provisional Government
Meets Mao Zedong in Chongqing for negotiations intended to avert renewed civil war after Japan’s surrender.
Attends peace talks with Chiang Kaishek in Chongqing
Accepts the post of supreme political adviser in the provisional Government
Accepts the post of supreme political adviser in the provisional Government
Announces the establishment of the ManchurianPeoples Government
The JCS gives its approval for the Inchon landings
A Marine hardship board recommended approval of Lee's request for early active-duty release because of his mother's claimed dependency.
Kerensky develops his views through army reform after 1917.
McCone sent Gordon Gray a memorandum reviewing the history and development of the Buon Enao counterinsurgency project in South Vietnam.
Popularises protest songwriting during the civil rights era.
Sing Dylan's Blowin in the Wind at the March on Washington.
250,000 civil rights supporters join the "March on Washington"
The Third Einar Gerhardsen Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
Begins the John Lyng Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.
Makes the "I have a dream speech"
Works on political material later central to The Times They Are a-Changin.
Ranjit Singh Dyal leads troops in the assault that captures the strategically important Haji Pir Pass during the 1965 war.
The Czech National Assembly declares the Soviet occupation illegal
The Czech National Assembly declares the Soviet occupation illegal
Appointed Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party
The First Olafur Johannesson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Begins the Geir Hallgrimsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland
25,000 Protestant & Catholic women march through Belfast
25,000 Protestant & Catholic women march through Belfast
Israels PM Begin announced his intention to resign as fighting continued in Lebanon with no apparent end in sight
Attempts to consolidate annexation despite international rejection.
Proclaims Kuwait an Iraqi province after the invasion.
Appointed Minister of Internal Affairs for USSR
Heads Luxembourg when its Maastricht ratification notification is formally completed.
Galileo flies past asteroid Ida, becoming the second spacecraft encounter with an asteroid.
Galileo images Ida's heavily cratered surface and extensive regolith during the close asteroid encounter.
Several ministers depart the cabinet at the same time.
Leaves office after political disagreements within the government.
Dianna is no longer married to the Prince of Wales, and so has ceased to be a Royal by-marriage, Diana loses the style Her Royal Highness and instead was styled, as Diana, Princess of Wales
Their divorce is finalised, Diana receives a lump sum settlement of around œ17,000,000 along with a legal order preventing her from discussing the details.
Under Elizabeth IIs Letters Patent, a divorced wife of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland "shall not be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness.".
Releases Sing When You're Winning, expanding his international commercial reach.
Chairs the sixth UNMOVIC Commissioners session.
The Commission continues readiness work for future inspections.
Coaches Argentina to Olympic football gold after winning every match of the tournament.
Scores the only goal as Argentina defeat Paraguay to win their first Olympic football gold medal.
Finishes the Olympic football tournament as leading scorer with eight goals during Argentina's gold-medal campaign.
Shaukat Aziz becomes Prime Minister after winning a National Assembly vote.
Accepts the Democratic presidential nomination before a large convention crowd in Denver
It is reported that Cuba had notified at least 2 foreign Governments that it could not meet debt payments
It is reported that Cuba had notified at least 2 foreign Governments that it could not meet debt payments
Modi launches the Jan Dhan programme to expand access to bank accounts and basic financial services.
An indigenous air-breathing scramjet technology demonstrator is flight-tested during A. S. Kiran Kumar's chairmanship.
Obtains approval to prorogue Parliament during the Brexit crisis.
Announces resignation as Prime Minister because of ill health.
Ukraine says Robotyne is liberated during the counteroffensive.
Birth of Nik Turner
Birth of Hugh Alan Cornwell, later guitarist, vocalist and founding member of The Stranglers.
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal & guillotined
Found guilty of treason by a revolutionary tribunal and guillotined.
Death of actor Chadwick Boseman.
Within a few weeks Buda & Pest fall to the Turks. Reaches the Plain of Mohacs & discovers the Hungarian army preparing for battle
Strafford attempted to restore order after the English defeat at Newburn opened northern England to Scottish occupation.
Scottish Covenanters defeat the English army at Newburn.
The Covenanter army defeats English forces attempting to defend the River Tyne crossings.
Scottish Covenanters defeat the English army at Newburn.
The Covenanter army defeats English forces attempting to defend the River Tyne crossings.
Two days after the battle the city of Newcastle is surrendered to the Scots. Leads to the Treaty of Ripon
Defeats a small Irish force led by Alasdair Macolla MacDonald
Massey is badly wounded when Lambert's Parliamentarian horse and dragoons recapture Upton Bridge south of Worcester.
British forces defeat an Egyptian attack near Kassassin.
The Royal Navy wins an early North Sea action against German light forces off Heligoland.
The Russian Second Army disintegrates, Samsonov shoots himself
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