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Assassination of Vitelius
Vespasians supporters enter Rome & drag Vitelius through the streets & kill him
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Vespasians supporters enter Rome & drag Vitelius through the streets & kill him
Vespasians supporters enter Rome & drag Vitelius through the streets & kill him
Benedict IX, Gregory VI & Sylvester III are repudiated
Held captive in Durenstein Castele 1193-1194
Captured by Leopold of Austria when returning back to England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Resumes negotiations
Makes a personal gift of œ10,000 to the Protestant Church
Implements the Gregorian calendar change in France in December 1582
Charles II gives assent to the Corporation Act during the Cavalier Parliament.
Charles II gives assent to the Corporation Act, reshaping municipal government after the Restoration.
Charles II gives royal assent to the Corporation Act regulating municipal office.
Clarendon's ministry backs the Corporation Act as part of the Restoration settlement.
Turnor presides over the Commons during the Parliament that passes the Corporation Act.
William III of Orange summons leading peers to advise on government and the constitutional crisis following James II's departure.
Joins William III in the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV
Joins the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV
Faces the enlarged Grand Alliance led by William III and Leopold I
William III of Orange joins England and the Dutch Republic with the Habsburg monarchy in the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV's France.
Sets about reforming the Russian calendar
Declares War on The Netherlands
The Conference formally agrees to the independence of Belgium from Holland
Texas declares independence from Mexico & its President, de Santa Anna
Texas declares independence from Mexico & its President, de Santa Anna
Police repression strikes Lenin's League of Struggle circle.
Supports the prospective Liberal Party candidate at the Ludlow by-election
Supports the prospective Liberal Party candidate at the Ludlow by-election
Port Arthur surrenders to the Japanese
Scott takes photographs during the glacier stage, adding his own images to the expedition's visual record.
Turns back with the first supporting party.
Returns north with the first supporting party.
Returns from the southern journey support work.
Returns with the first supporting party.
White's withdrawal plan succeeds as the final ANZAC troops leave before dawn with virtually no casualties.
De Lisle's remaining troops leave the Suvla sector during the successful December evacuation.
The Vesenkha gains control over Government finance of industry & wages state wages
The Vesenkha gains control over Government finance of industry & wages state wages
The Vesenkha gains control over Government finance of industry & state wages
The National Conference of Spartacists is held in Berlin
The National Conference of Spartacists is held in Berlin
Released from Landsberg prison after serving 9 months of a 5 yr sentence
Released from Landsberg prison after serving 9 months of a 5 yr sentence
Britain extends recognition to the Nationalist government as Chiang consolidates international legitimacy.
Appointed Chief of Naval Operations
Villarroel joins military and MNR conspirators in overthrowing Penaranda.
Villarroel assumes leadership of Bolivia after the December military coup.
Promoted to the five-star rank of General of the Army.
Temporarily receives operational control of US First and Ninth Armies during the Ardennes crisis.
Appointed Chancellor of Austria
Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor
Experimental breeder reactor produces electricity from nuclear fuel.
Kerensky develops his views through soviet criticism after 1917.
Becomes a leading figure associated with the National Liberation Front
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations endorses agreed United States-Soviet principles for future general and complete disarmament negotiations.
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
McCone completed discussions in Saigon and found weak governmental leadership, uncertain military progress, and serious shortcomings in reporting on the counterinsurgency.
A message is sent to Hanoi indicating an interest in a peace settlement
Karl-Heinz Ruhland is arrested by the police and begins talking (he only knew the gangs code names), Ruhland becomes a star witness at many of the Baader-Meinhof trials
Ulrike Meinhof bolts at a police check point, leaving an ID card with a very recent picture of her newly-peroxided hair style
Karl-Heinz Ruhland is arrested by the police and begins talking (he only knew the gangs code names), Ruhland becomes a star witness at many of the Baader-Meinhof trials
Mujibur Rahman is released from prison & becomes President of Bangladesh
Bhutto becomes civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator after Yahya Khan resigns.
Gul Hassan Khan becomes Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army after Yahya Khan leaves office.
Sheik Rahman is nominated as president
Sheik Rahman is nominated as president
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto succeeds Yahya Khan as President.
Yahya Khan relinquishes power after Pakistan's defeat and the separation of East Pakistan as Bangladesh.
Killed by an ETA car bomb
Releases album, "Dark Horse" in the UK
An unauthorised landing on South Georgia by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff
An unauthorised landing on South Georgia by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff
His workers land at Leith without proper permission.
Nottinghamshire miners vote to defy union rules
Announces 225,000 Hong kong citizens will be given British citizenship
Banks refuse to continue Government plans for student loans
Resigns delaring Russia is heading for a dictatorship
Is asked to monitor implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in occupied territories.
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi personally does not participate because his demands for additional delegations of the homeland KwaZulu and the Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini were declined
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) , under the chairmanship of the judges Michael Corbett , Petrus Shabort and Ismail Mahomed, begins with a plenary session
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) , under the chairmanship of the judges Michael Corbett , Petrus Shabort and Ismail Mahomed, begins with a plenary session
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) , under the chairmanship of the judges Michael Corbett , Petrus Shabort and Ismail Mahomed, begins with a plenary session
The IFP is represented by Frank Mdlalose at CODESA
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) , under the chairmanship of the judges Michael Corbett , Petrus Shabort and Ismail Mahomed, begins with a plenary session
Delegations from 19 political groups discuss drafting the new constitution
Appointed Secretary of Labour
Appointed Secretary of Energy
Appointed Secretary of Transport
Iliescu begins a further presidential term after winning the 2000 election.
Michael Ogio becomes Governor-General of Papua New Guinea
Scores the opening goal as Real Madrid defeat San Lorenzo 2-0 in the Club World Cup final.
Scores twice as Barcelona defeat River Plate 3-0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup.
Becomes Arsenal head coach after assisting Pep Guardiola.
Begins his first senior managerial appointment.
The Withdrawal Agreement Bill passes second reading after the Conservative election victory.
Wins a second presidential term in the national election held amid opposition challenges and logistical problems.
Death of Vitelius, assassinated
Death of John Ernst Steinbeck
Death of Luis Carerro Blanco
Death of Carl Edward Sagan
Death of Juzo Itami
Stenbock defeats Danish and Saxon forces at Gadebusch in Sweden's last major field victory of the war.
Commands the British column ambushed by Boer forces.
Defeats Anstruther's column at Bronkhorstspruit.
Destroys the British 94th Regiment during an ambush
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