1254
Constitution of England
2 knights are summoned to represent each shire to discuss taxation. 1st example of elected representatives meeting to discuss taxation
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2 knights are summoned to represent each shire to discuss taxation. 1st example of elected representatives meeting to discuss taxation
John I marries Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, who had proved to be a worthy ally, consolidating the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance that endures to the present day
John I marries Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, who had proved to be a worthy ally, consolidating the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance that endures to the present day
John I marries Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, who had proved to be a worthy ally, consolidating the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance that endures to the present day
Parliament makes Henry VIII Supreme Head of the Church in England
Convocation recognises Henry VIII as supreme head of the English Church so far as the law of Christ allows.
Parliament passes the attainder condemning Catherine Howard and Jane Rochford; Henry VIII gives effect to the measure through royal assent.
Is condemned for treason by parliamentary attainder rather than a conventional criminal trial.
An Anglo-Imperial alliance is completed against France
Completes an Anglo-Imperial alliance with Charles V against Francis I of France.
The agreement prepares coordinated pressure on Francis I.
Completes an alliance with Emperor Charles V against France.
A Dutch fleet drives the Swedish away from Copenhagen
Helps defend Copenhagen against Swedish assault.
Drives the Swedes away from Copenhagen
Declares in Parliament for "a speedy honourable & I hope lasting peace with the Dutch"
Professional stranglers murder Jahandar Shah in prison
Professional stranglers murder Jahandar Shah in prison
11 Feb-12 May, the British capture Charleston & Carolina then enforce conscription
Pitts supporters remain in opposition. Forms a coalition a "Ministry of all the talents"
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain after the death of his cousin William Pitt
Parliament can appoint the future George IV as Regent due to the health of George III
Parliament can appoint the future George IV as Regent due to the health of George III
Parliament can appoint the future George IV as Regent due to the health of George III
The Regency Act removes the restrictions on the Regency
The Regency Act removes the restrictions on the Regency
Republicans gain strong popular support but fail to win enough legislative seats
Illinois voters choose legislators who will decide the Senate contest
Republicans win more popular votes but Democrats retain control of the legislature and reelect Stephen Douglas
Cuza abdicates after officers and political opponents force his removal.
Catargiu joins the three-member regency governing after Cuza's abdication.
Golescu joins the provisional regency established after Cuza's removal.
Haralambie represents the army in the three-member princely regency.
The Proclamation of the First Spanish Republic by the Cortes reaffirms Cuba as inseparable to Spain, Marti responds with an essay, "The Spanish Republic" and "The Cuban Revolution"
The Proclamation of the First Spanish Republic by the Cortes reaffirms Cuba as inseparable to Spain, Marti responds with an essay, "The Spanish Republic" and "The Cuban Revolution"
The Proclamation of the First Spanish Republic by the Cortes reaffirms Cuba as inseparable to Spain, Marti responds with an essay, "The Spanish Republic" and "The Cuban Revolution"
The Proclamation of the First Spanish Republic by the Cortes reaffirms Cuba as inseparable to Spain, Marti responds with an essay, "The Spanish Republic" and "The Cuban Revolution"
Offers Britain German support over Africa in return for the cession of Heligoland
Offers Britain German support over Africa in return for the cession of Heligoland
Threatens to topple the Government if the Lords veto is not abolished
Links Irish parliamentary support to constitutional reform.
Presses the Liberal government to remove the Lords' permanent veto.
Collapses with scurvy near One Ton Depot.
Discusses stronger economic measures against German trade during the war.
Reviews plans for a household canvass in support of voluntary military recruiting.
Churchill explains the Admiralty's policy on judicial inquiries into major naval losses.
Appointed Commander in Chief
Appointed Provisional Reich President by the National Constitutional Assembly
Appointed Provisional Reich President by the National Constitutional Assembly
Mussolini signs a Treaty with the Pope
The Italian Government recognizes the Catholic Church. Signs a Treaty with Mussolini establishing the Vatican City
Cristea becomes prime minister under Carol II's royal dictatorship.
Forced to lift the Austrian Nazi Party ban. Forced to amnesty Nazis in Austria & appoints Seyss-Inquart in the Cabinet
Visits Hitler at Berchtesgaden
German units disembark for Tripoli
Sets out proposals for central planning machinery as reconstruction responsibilities are reorganised.
Promoted to temporary full General while commanding Allied forces in North Africa.
Approves inviting France to occupy a German zone and join the Allied Control Council.
Agrees to regular meetings of the three foreign ministers, beginning with a session in London.
Agrees that the conference to draft the United Nations Charter will open in the United States on 25 April.
Supports the Declaration on Liberated Europe, which commits the Allies to democratic political processes in liberated states.
Secures Allied agreement to Soviet interests in southern Sakhalin, the Kurile Islands, Port Arthur and Manchurian railways.
Reviews final protocol language on the United Nations, Iran, Yugoslavia and the Turkish Straits.
Raises the subject of Iranian oil during the final tripartite luncheon.
Records final plenary revisions to the communiqué and conference protocol.
Agrees that the Soviet Union will enter the war against Japan after Germany's defeat under specified Far Eastern conditions.
Signs the tripartite protocol governing the initial Allied approach to German reparations.
Signs the protocol establishing principles and machinery for German reparations.
Signs the reparations protocol calling for German payments in kind to Allied countries.
Signs the American-Soviet agreement governing the care and repatriation of liberated prisoners and civilians.
Joins Roosevelt and Stalin in approving the secret Far Eastern agreement on Soviet entry against Japan.
Signs the secret agreement setting conditions for Soviet entry into the war against Japan.
Signs the final Protocol of Proceedings on behalf of the British government.
Signs the Protocol of Proceedings summarizing the principal conclusions reached by the three governments.
Signs the conference Protocol of Proceedings for the United States.
Proposes wording changes to the final conference communiqué during the eighth plenary meeting.
Bissell discusses creation of a Cuban Revolutionary Council to provide political leadership for the anti-Castro operation.
The Beatles begin their first US tour at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C
The Beatles begin their first US tour at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C
A later FBI report to the Warren Commission included the Hosty information that had been missing from the December submission.
The Red Guard captures Shanghai & uses the Paris commune of 1871 as a model
The Red Guard captures Shanghai & uses the Paris commune of 1871 as a model
Represents Soviet foreign policy in the arms-control diplomacy around the Seabed Treaty.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil is signed in Washington, Moscow and London
Heaths favoured candidate William Whitelaw loses to Thatcher, 146 to 79
Defeated by Margaret Thatcher
Appointed Leader of the Conservative Party
UNITAs capital falls to the FNLA
Magazine's Shot by Both Sides enters the Official Singles Chart and reaches number forty-one.
Bakhtiar's government collapses and he goes into hiding before fleeing Iran
The armed forces declare neutrality, causing the final collapse of the Pahlavi state
Khomeini declares victory as the monarchy collapses and the revolutionary state takes power
Khomeini's supporters take power after the collapse of Bakhtiar's government
Khomeini declares the triumph of the revolution after Bakhtiar's government collapses
Khomeini's followers consolidate power as the revolutionary victory becomes clear
Khomeini's movement takes power after the collapse of the monarchy
Khomeini declares victory as revolutionary forces defeat the monarchy's last government
Khomeini's revolutionary movement takes power after the monarchy collapses
Assumes power as head of a theocratic state
Chan Sy is formally appointed Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea
Resigns after an enquiry into the massacre of Palestinian refugees in West Beirut
Is acquitted after the Belgrano documents case.
Faces trial over leaked Belgrano documents.
Released during an exchange for 5 East Europeans
British Airways shares begin trading after the airline's flotation.
Nelson Mandela is released from prison
Released from the Victor Verster prison after 27 years
Mandela is released from prison
Mandela is released from prison after 27yrs
Mandela is released from prison after 27yrs
Ends more than twenty-seven years of imprisonment.
Appointed Prime Minister of Sweden
Walks free from Victor Verster Prison.
Succeeds Charles Haughey as Taoiseach.
Al-Khasawneh participates in parliamentary reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Bowersox commands Discovery as the second Hubble servicing mission launches to install new instruments and maintain the observatory.
Appointed interim President of Ecuador after the removal of Abdala Bucaram
Directs Aimee and Jaguar.
A bin Laden broadcast by al-Jazeera says, "we will fight for our brothers in Iraq"
Bennett releases first WMAP results that refine the age, composition, and geometry of the universe
Receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Officials show weapons, including mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosive penetrators they say were manufactured in Iranian factories, they also say that Iranian Government officials sanctioned the transfer of the weapons
Officials show weapons, including mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosive penetrators they say were manufactured in Iranian factories, they also say that Iranian Government officials sanctioned the transfer of the weapons
Berdymukhamedov wins the presidential election after Niyazov's death
US Justice Department officials announce that a US Government official and up to four Chinese nationals are being charged with spying on the United States and giving US military secrets to the Chinese Government
Beckham makes history by drawing level with Bobby Moores record of 108 caps for an English outfield player, coming on as a substitute for Stewart Downing in a friendly match against Spain
Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister under the Global Political Agreement.
Assumes executive authority for the military council after Hosni Mubarak resigns.
Reports an agreement that reduces the European Union's seven-year spending ceiling in real terms.
The Vatican confirms that Benedict XVI would resign the papacy on 28 February 2013, as a result of his advanced age, the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415
Reitze announces the first direct detection of gravitational waves by the LIGO collaboration
Berdymukhamedov signals an early presidential election and managed succession
Scores twice as Real Madrid defeat Al Hilal 5-3 in the Club World Cup final.
Scores twice as Real Madrid defeat Al Hilal 5-3 to win the Club World Cup.
Birth of Joseph Leo Mankiewicz
Birth of Farouk, son of Fuad I
Dies suddenly, clearing Nero’s dynastic rival.
Benefits from Britannicus’s removal as a rival.
Queen Elizabeth of York dies following childbirth, leaving Henry VII a widower.
Rene Descartes dies in Stockholm after a severe respiratory illness, aged fifty-three.
Godard van Reede, Earl of Athlone, dies after long Dutch military service.
Death of Jahandar Shah, assassinated
Death of Takashi Shimura
The Admiralty forms the Battle Cruiser Fleet and retains Beatty as commander of Britain's fast capital ships.
Crowned King of France
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