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Restoration
The acts of the revolutionary Government are denounced. Issues a proclamation announcing he is resuming the exercise of royal power. Baronial ministers & sheriffs are replaced by royalists
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The acts of the revolutionary Government are denounced. Issues a proclamation announcing he is resuming the exercise of royal power. Baronial ministers & sheriffs are replaced by royalists
Lands at Milford Haven with the support of Charles VIII of France
Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven
Lands with Henry Tudor at Milford Haven
Lands with Henry Tudor at Milford Haven
Convenes the Diet of Worms after Frederick III's death.
France & England are officially at peace after a peace Treaty is signed
1st session to negotiate peace with the French
Mary Queen of Scots is sent to France for safety and marriage to the Dauphin
Mary, Queen of Scots, leaves for France, frustrating the English policy of securing her marriage to Edward.
Suleyman I the Magnificent cals off the attack on Senglea & the Fort of St Michael
Suleyman I the Magnificent cals off the attack on Senglea & the Fort of St Michael
Arrives in Macau and begins language study for the China mission
Works in Macau as the Jesuit China mission prepares to move beyond the Portuguese settlement
Parma is trapped in Dunkirk by a shallow harbour. Informed by from Parma that the "Great Enterprise" is hopeless
The Spanish are unable to reach the coast of Flanders to meet up with the army of the Duke of Parma, Medina Sidonia decides to return to Spain. The English and Spanish fleets again engage off the coast of Flanders, the English again are more successful
The English and Spanish fleets again engage off the coast of Flanders, the English again are more successful
Parma is trapped in Dunkirk by a shallow harbour. Informed by from Parma that the "Great Enterprise" is hopeless
Pym supports legislation declaring ship money unlawful without parliamentary authority.
Lenthall presides as the Commons completes legislation against ship money.
Parliamentary legislation declares ship money unlawful without parliamentary consent.
Parliamentary legislation declares ship money unlawful without parliamentary consent.
Hampden sees legislation overturn the fiscal principle used against him.
St John supports the legal measure invalidating non-parliamentary ship money.
Invests the lower side of Bouchain as the Allies begin encircling the fortress in view of Villars's army.
Washington mobilises militia to enforce the federal excise tax on distilled spirits.
Colombia, then known as New Granada, wins it's independence from Spain at the Battle of Boyaca
Fights at the Battle of Boyaca, Colombia, then known as New Granada, wins its independence from Spain at the Battle of Boyaca
Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Irish Parliamentary Reform Bill
British forces restore Shah Shuja to the throne during the First Anglo-Afghan War.
Chooses Ottowa as the capital of Canada
The Companies Act consolidates registration and limited-liability rules for joint-stock companies.
Lincoln signs legislation restricting bigamy in United States territories
The Estrup Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Council President of Denmark.
Begins the Reedtz-Thott Government in Copenhagen and serves as Council President of Denmark.
Spain accepts McKinleys peace terms
Is appointed commander of the international expeditionary force.
Measures increasing ionization at high altitude during a balloon flight.
Concludes that penetrating radiation reaches Earth from outer space.
The Army Bill imposes 3 years military service
The BEF lands at Ostend, Calais & Dunkirk
Germany captures Liege
Ludendorf commands the 14th Infantry Brigade in Liege & accepts its surrender. Ludendorf calls up the zeppelins to drop bombs into the city and citadel, and personally leads 14th Brigade in between the forts into the city, forcing the Belgian garrison there to surrender
The taking of Mulhouse, albeit without opposition, sparked wild celebrations in France, the French are regarded as liberators by the inhabitants of Mulhouse
Appointed Commander of the French Army
Appointed Commander of the French Army
Austria is at war with Montenegro
Calls for the first one hundred thousand volunteers needed to begin building the New Armies.
The BEF lands at Ostend, Calais & Dunkirk
Ludendorf calls up the zeppelins to drop bombs into the city and citadel, and personally leads 14th Brigade in between the forts into the city, forcing the Belgian garrison there to surrender
Johnston orders the Auckland Battalion forward after delays prevent the planned dawn assault.
Godley commits the Auckland Battalion in an unsuccessful daylight attack toward the summit of Chunuk Bair.
Malone refuses to send the Wellington Battalion into a suicidal daylight attack and waits for darkness.
White leads the 8th Light Horse Regiment in the opening waves of the attack at The Nek.
Hammersley's headquarters lacks reliable knowledge of forward battalion positions while much of the division waits for orders.
Hammersley's division advances inland from Suvla toward Chocolate Hill amid confused command arrangements.
The 11th Manchester Regiment advances onto the Kiretch Tepe sector while much of the Suvla force remains near the beaches.
Monash's exhausted brigade becomes delayed in broken terrain and fails to reach Hill 971 on schedule.
Stopford continues directing the Suvla operation largely from offshore while opportunities inland diminish.
Birdwood allows the Nek assault to proceed although the supporting advance toward Chunuk Bair is behind schedule.
Johnston accepts the plan for the Wellington Battalion to attack the summit before dawn.
Kannengiesser receives warning that Allied troops have landed north of Ari Burnu and moves to assess the Suvla threat.
Malone leads the Wellington Battalion in capturing the Apex on Rhododendron Ridge during the Sari Bair offensive.
Johnston's brigade reaches the Chunuk Bair approaches late after difficult night movement.
Stopford fails to press rapidly inland after the largely unopposed landing, allowing Ottoman reinforcements to occupy the heights.
Mahon's 10th Division units land at Suvla and enter the expanding northern beachhead.
Hill's 10th Division battalions are divided between C Beach and Gazi Baba, complicating concentration of the Irish division.
Birdwood's ANZAC command proceeds with the attack at The Nek despite the failure to secure the intended supporting heights.
Hughes commits the 3rd Light Horse Brigade to the assault at The Nek.
Reports improving Allied prospects after the failure of Germany's spring offensives.
Canadian Corps is moved secretly into position before the surprise attack.
A train is constructed for Trotsky to command the Red Army
His government confronts French demands for productive pledges during Allied discussions on Germany's reparations position.
Unemployment reaches 2,000,000
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
Forms a Conservative government during the Great Depression.
Speaks for the coalition on wartime economic policy and organisation.
Rejects the Navys proposals for carrying the Army as "suicide"
Rejects the Navys proposals for carrying the Army to England as "suicide"
Rejects the Navys proposals for carrying the Army to England as "suicide". Rejects the Navys proposals for carrying the Army as "suicide"
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army
Appointed Commander of the Eighth Army
Appointed Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Mikawa assembles a cruiser force at Rabaul to attack Allied ships supporting the Guadalcanal landings.
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
Reinforcements were moved west by Marshal Gunther von Kluge and employed in various counterattacks, the largest of which (codenamed Operation Luttich) was launched on 7 August between Mortain and Avranches
Operation Luttich had been defeated by concerted, large-scale fighter-bomber air strikes against the German Panzers and trucks & in the process, forces of the German 7th Army became further enveloped by the Allied advance out of Normandy
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
Operation Luttich had been defeated by concerted, large-scale fighter-bomber air strikes against the German Panzers and trucks
Reinforcements were moved west by Marshal Gunther von Kluge and employed in various counterattacks, the largest of which (codenamed Operation Luttich) was launched on 7 August between Mortain and Avranches. Operation Luttich had been defeated by concerted, large-scale fighter-bomber air strikes against the German Panzers and trucks
Orders Patton to Le Mans & the British to Falaise. Launched by Bradley to totally defeat the Germans in Normandy
Commands an encirclement of the German Army Group B in the Caen sector
Launches the II Canadian Corps on a renewed offensive towards Falaise
The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey
Congress rejects Russian proposals for arms & atomic weapons
Tahar Ben Ammar became chief minister and led negotiations toward internal autonomy and independence.
Receives congressional authorization to use military force in Vietnam
Enables Johnson to use armed force to help SEATO members to "defend their freedom". Congress authorizes "measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the US"
Defends administration policy during passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Votes against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Votes against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Returns to Earth with Scott and Worden after the first Apollo J-type mission.
Returns with Scott and Irwin after the longest Apollo mission flown to that date.
Meets Nixon with Republican congressional leaders and makes clear that the president lacks sufficient support to survive the approaching impeachment process.
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran
Records a four-song Pulp demo at Studio Electrophonique that later helps secure a BBC session.
NUM assets are sequestrated. 2 Miners begin Court action against the Yorkshire NUM for striking without a ballot
Sends US forces to Saudi Arabia to prevent an Iraqi invasion
V.P. Singh's government announces implementation of reservations for Other Backward Classes in central government employment.
Authorizes coalition forces to deploy in defense of Saudi Arabia.
Coordinates Saudi and coalition forces during Operation Desert Shield.
Orders major US forces to deploy to Saudi Arabia.
Orders US forces to deploy to Saudi Arabia.
The deployment deters further Iraqi expansion after Kuwait's invasion.
Mobutu opens a national conference intended to negotiate political transition.
Croatia retakes Krajina, and force 150,000 Serb refugees to flee, heightening fears that the conflict will spread
Al-Qaeda bomb the US Tanzanian embassy. Al-Qaeda bomb the US Kenyan embassy
US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are bombed
Al-Qaeda bomb the US Tanzanian embassy
US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are bombed
Al-Qaeda bomb the US Kenyan embassy
Quiroga succeeds President Banzer after illness forces Banzer to resign.
Chelsea defeat Arsenal to win the Community Shield before the new league season.
Signs a new four-year Chelsea contract after winning the Premier League title.
Manchester United defeat Leicester City at Wembley to win the Community Shield.
ISRO conducts the inaugural SSLV developmental flight during S. Somanath's tenure as chairman.
Kamel Madouri became head of government of Tunisia.
Faces pressure after Ukraine's Kursk incursion.
Min Aung Hlaing becomes acting president after Myint Swe's death
Birth of Robert Dudley, son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and his lover Douglas Sheffield, daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
Bruno Mussolini, son of Benito Mussolini, is killed in an air accident while testing a Piaggio P.108 bomber near Pisa.
Death of Edward William Gott, plane shot down. Aircraft shot down the day after Churchill advises appointing him Eighth Army Commander
Myint Swe dies after a long illness while acting president
The English and Spanish fleets again engage off the coast of Flanders, the English again are more successful
The Spanish are unable to reach the coast of Flanders to meet up with the army of the Duke of Parma, Medina Sidonia decides to return to Spain. The English and Spanish fleets again engage off the coast of Flanders, the English again are more successful
The English and Spanish fleets again engage off the coast of Flanders, the English again are more successful
The Spanish are unable to reach the coast of Flanders to meet up with the army of the Duke of Parma, Medina Sidonia decides to return to Spain. The English and Spanish fleets again engage off the coast of Flanders, the English again are more successful
On the day after Gravelines, the wind had backed, southerly, enabling Medina Sidonia to move the Armada northward (away from the French coast), the English pursue the Spanish fleet, to prevent it returning to escort Parma
Colombia, then known as New Granada, wins it's independence from Spain at the Battle of Boyaca
Fights at the Battle of Boyaca, Colombia, then known as New Granada, wins its independence from Spain at the Battle of Boyaca. 1,600 troops & several of the Spanish commanders, including Barreiro himself, are captured at the end of the battle
Enters New Granada & defeats the Spanish at Boyaca
Fights at the Battle of Boyaca, Colombia, then known as New Granada, wins its independence from Spain at the Battle of Boyac
Fights at the Battle of Boyaca, Colombia, then known as New Granada, wins its independence from Spain at the Battle of Boyaca. el Puente de Boyaca, is no longer in use but it has been maintained as a symbol of the Independence of South America. After the battle, Santander & Anzotegui are promoted to the rank of Division General, the equivalent of Major General
Ludendorf commands the 14th Infantry Brigade in Liege & accepts its surrender. Ludendorf calls up the zeppelins to drop bombs into the city and citadel, and personally leads 14th Brigade in between the forts into the city, forcing the Belgian garrison there to surrender
The taking of Mulhouse, albeit without opposition, sparked wild celebrations in France, the French are regarded as liberators by the inhabitants of Mulhouse. The Battle of Mulhouse was intended to secure the recapture of Alsace (with Lorraine to follow separately), territories lost to Germany as a consequence of losing the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71
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