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Queen Dowager
Death of Henry V. Henry V never saw their child (the future Henry VI). Catherine is only 20 and becomes a Queen Dowager
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Death of Henry V. Henry V never saw their child (the future Henry VI). Catherine is only 20 and becomes a Queen Dowager
Rules on behalf of Henry VI who is only 9 months old
Rules France on behalf of Henry VI who is only 9 months old
Henry Vs 9 month son Henry VI become King of England & heir to the French throne
Succeeds as King of England. His uncle the Duke of Bedford acts as protector of England & Regent in France
Succeeds as King of France. Inherits the thrones of England & France. Henry VIs uncle the Duke of Bedford is appointed Protector of England
Birth of Indiairth of Nuruddin Salim Jahangir
Supports the Ruthven lords as James VI is moved under their control to Stirling
Charles’s defeated northern army withdraws toward York after abandoning Newcastle.
Charles’s defeated northern army withdraws toward York after abandoning Newcastle.
Confirmed as Archbishop of Canterbury after the Restoration church settlement.
Completes Liverpool's Old Dock, one of the first enclosed commercial wet docks.
Vergniaud was elected to the Legislative Assembly as a deputy for the Gironde.
Under the terms of the Convention of Cintra the French are forced to retreat. Josephs coronation as King of Spain is resolved by the Cintra Convention
San Sebastian falls
San Sebastian falls
Appointed Prime Miinister of Britain, ater the death of George Canning
Receives a patent for a machine designed to cut grass evenly.
Parliament authorises construction of the Great Western Railway between London and Bristol.
Calls for intellectual independence from inherited European traditions.
Delivers The American Scholar address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
The Great Western section between Bristol and Bath opens, using Brunel's broad gauge and associated masonry structures.
Opens his original Bristol Temple Meads terminus.
Trains begin running from Brunel's Bristol station toward Bath.
Predicts Neptune's position from gravitational perturbations in Uranus's orbit.
Assumes senior British naval responsibility after Price's death during the Petropavlovsk operation.
Appointed acting President of Ecuador
Fisher becomes Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth.
Habibullah refuses to formally accept an Anglo-Russian convention negotiated without Afghan participation.
Explains wartime handling of Irish Home Rule legislation while hostilities continue.
Responds to criticism concerning censorship and the treatment of newspaper reporting during the war.
Gives Parliament a further statement on the developing war and the Government response.
Emerges from the failed Kornilov movement with emergency authority but weakened support among conservatives and socialists.
The attempted march on Petrograd fails without major battle.
The attempted movement on Petrograd ends without a major battle as supporting troops disperse or abandon the operation.
Faces the failure of his challenge after communication failures, railway resistance and political agitation stop the advance.
The failure of Kornilov strengthens Bolshevik claims that revolutionary organisations successfully defended the capital.
Commands Third Army during the Second Battle of Bapaume phase.
Leads New Zealand Division in Third Army operations during the Bapaume phase.
Monash directs the Australian Corps assault on Mont St Quentin and Peronne.
Orders the bombing & occupation of the Greek island of Corfu
Greece appeals after Italy occupies Corfu.
Italian forces occupy Corfu during a League crisis.
Orders the bombing & occupation of the Greek island of Corfu
Orders the bombing & occupation of the Greek island of Corfu
The United States recognizes the government of Alvaro Obregon after negotiations over claims and property rights.
The Young Plan meets with great objections from the United Kingdom but, after a first Hague Conference, the plan is finalized
British troops restore order in Palestine
The Young Plan meets with great objections from the United Kingdom but, after a first Hague Conference, the plan is finalized
The German forces for the invasion of Poland codename Fall Weiss are divided into Army Group North (German 3rd and 4th armies) and Army Group South (German 8th, 10th, and 14th armies), and the Slovakian Army Group Bernolak
The German forces for the invasion of Poland codename Fall Weiss are divided into Army Group North (German 3rd and 4th armies) and Army Group South (German 8th, 10th, and 14th armies), and the Slovakian Army Group Bernolak
208th Infantry Division - Commanded by General Moritz Andreas, consists of the 309th, 337th, and 338th Infantry Regiments
The Eighth Army is commanded by General of Infantry Johannes Blaskowitz
23rd Infantry Division - Commanded by General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, consists of the 9th, 67th, and 68th Infantry Regiments
The SS broadcasts a provocative message from Gleiwitz radio station
The German forces for the invasion of Poland codename Fall Weiss are divided into Army Group North (German 3rd and 4th armies) and Army Group South (German 8th, 10th, and 14th armies), and the Slovakian Army Group Bernolak. SS men dressed in Polish uniforms stage a border skirmish at Hochlinden
206th Infantry Division - Commanded by General Hugo Hofl, consists of the 301st, 312th, and 413rd Infantry Regiments
The 4th Army is commanded by General of Artillery Guenther von Kluge
XI Corps - Commanded by General Emil Lee
The 14th Army is commanded by Colonel General Wilhelm List
73rd Infantry Division - Commanded by General Friedrich von Rabenau, consists of the 170th, 186th, and 213th Infantry Regiments
The Tenth Army is commanded by General of Artillery Walter von Reichenau
10th Panzer Division - Commanded by General Ferdinand Schaal, consists of the 4th Panzer Brigade and 10th Motorized Rifle Brigade
X Corps - Commanded by General Wilhelm Ulex
XIII Corps - Commanded by General Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs
The German forces for the invasion of Poland codename Fall Weiss are divided into Army Group North (German 3rd and 4th armies) and Army Group South (German 8th, 10th, and 14th armies), and the Slovakian Army Group Bernolak
The Tenth Army is commanded by General of Artillery Walter von Reichenau
Russian forces enter Bucharest
The Soviet Army enters Bucharest capital of Romania
The only important political support for Peron came from the CGT (the main confederation of labor unions), which called the workers to defend the president. Peron addresses a workers demonstration
Leads a rebel column west toward Las Villas.
Leads a rebel column west from Oriente.
Commands a column sent west during the final offensive.
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, 1st term
Publishes a spontaneous-symmetry-breaking mechanism with Robert Brout.
Explains how gauge particles can acquire mass through a scalar field.
Signs the Food Stamp Act of 1964, making the food stamp programme permanent.
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
Performs at the Isle of Wight Festival.
Appointed member of the military junta exercising presidential power after Costa e Silva became incapacitated
Appointed member of the military junta exercising presidential power after Costa e Silva became incapacitated
Appointed member of the military junta exercising presidential power after Costa e Silva became incapacitated
Hunt contacted CIA technical officers seeking a credit card for operational use after other support had been terminated, and the request was refused.
The Rolling Stones release Goats Head Soup.
"Goat's Head Soup" is released, reaches no 1 in the UK and US album charts
"Goat's Head Soup" is released, reaches no 1 in the UK and US album charts
Inflation peaks at about 26.9 percent as the Government seeks support for pay restraint.
Musa al-Sadr and two companions disappear during an official visit to Libya.
Presides over the club as the first Santiago Bernabeu Trophy is staged in Madrid.
The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
Workers have the right to strike & organise independent unions
The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
Workers have the right to strike & organise independent unions
The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
Succeeds as Princess of Great Britain
The last Russian troops withdraw from Lithuania during Yeltsin's presidency.
Negotiates a ceasefire with the IRA
Government record concerning the IRA: Negotiates a ceasefire with the IRA
Historical IRA record under Coalition Government: Negotiates a ceasefire with the IRA
IRA context for Albert Reynolds: Negotiates a ceasefire with the IRA
Negotiates a ceasefire with the IRA
Welcomes the IRA ceasefire as a major development in the Northern Ireland peace process.
North Korea launches a Taepodong rocket over Japan.
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I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measure the months, reconstitute chemical biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization
Iraq today is challenging the special commission to come up with a weapon and say where is the weapon in Iraq, and yet part of their efforts to conceal their capabilities, I believe, have been to disassemble weapons into various components and to hide these
Ritter said: "Iraq still has proscribed weapons capability. There needs to be a careful distinction here.
components throughout Iraq.
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components throughout Iraq.
I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measure the months, reconstitute chemical biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization
Iraq today is challenging the special commission to come up with a weapon and say where is the weapon in Iraq, and yet part of their efforts to conceal their capabilities, I believe, have been to disassemble weapons into various components and to hide these
program.
Ritter said: "Iraq still has proscribed weapons capability. There needs to be a careful distinction here.
Signs the Lusaka ceasefire agreement for the Rally for Congolese Democracy.
Gaddafi urges supporters to confront opponents demanding political change.
Frieman helps lead the Dark Energy Survey as it begins observing the southern sky to measure supernovae, galaxy clustering, weak lensing and galaxy clusters.
Appointed President of Brazil after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
Birth of Gaius, later known as Caligula.
Death of Henry V. Henry V never saw their child (the future Henry VI). Catherine is only 20 and becomes a Queen Dowager
Death of Henry V, after the Siege of Meaux
Death of Henry V, from dysentery in the Bois de Vincennes
Death of Henry V
Calls Diana Princess of Wales, "the peoples princess"
Diana dies after a high speed car accident in the Pont dAlma road tunnel in Paris along with Dodi Al-Fayed and the Acting Security Manager of the H“tel Ritz Paris, Henri Paul, who was instructed to drive the hired Mercedes-Benz through Paris secretl
Marches to Haddington persued by Leslie who puts Cromwell's rearguard into disorder
Persues Cromwell's forces to Haddington & creates disorder among the rearguard
Wounded in battle
The Allies lose over 40,000 men after failing to cross the Gallipoli peninsular
The Allies lose over 40,000 men after failing to cross the Gallipoli peninsular
Observes the 1st major tank Battle in history between Russia & Japan. Japan & Russia fight an undeclared war on the plains of Outer Mongolia. Fails to restrain the Japanese from persuing the Russians into Mongol territory
Defeat convinces the Japanese they cannot fight against the Russians
The Japanese are prevented from making any further incursions into Russian territory. In 1 day the Japanese suffer 50,000 casulties, their worst ever defeat. Defeat by Russia convinces the Japanese that they cannot fight against the Russians
The Russians destroy the IJA forces, 45,000 Japanese soldiers are killed
Destroys the IJA forces in & around Nomonhan, 45000 Japanese soldiers were killed
Bales out badly wounded and later loses part of his left leg.
Is shot down during combat with German bombers east of Duxford.
Airfields including Biggin Hill and Hornchurch face renewed attacks.
Commands No. 11 Group on Fighter Command's heaviest aircraft-loss day.
Rommel attacks the Alam Halfa Ridge
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