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Elizabeth of York is buried at Westminster Abbey
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Elizabeth of York is buried at Westminster Abbey
Henry VIIIs 1st Parliament closes
Is executed after joining the rebellion against Mary.
Henry Grey is executed for supporting the Wyatt Rebellion against Mary's Spanish marriage.
Akbar's forces storm Chittor after a prolonged siege, bringing the fortress under Mughal control.
Imprisoned for raising questions about the succession in Parliament
Begins the impeachment of the Duke of Buckingham
Henrietta Maria sails for the Netherlands carrying valuables used to obtain military supplies.
Henrietta Maria sails for the Netherlands with Princess Mary and part of the crown jewels.
Princess Mary travels with her mother to join the Prince of Orange.
Despite the attenrions of Batten the Queen lands at Bridlington Quay
Introduces the "Humble Petition & Advice" to Parliament. Addresses Parliament & calls for the return of the monarch, the House of Lords
Executed after the failure of the free-colored uprising
The district Arts Commission secured the embroidery as national property and ensured its preservation.
Charles Grey moves for a second reading in the Commons, as tributes are made to Wilberforce, who had laboured for the cause during the preceding twenty years, the bill was carried by 283 votes to 16
Pushes south through the Ross Sea and reaches a new farthest south latitude near the Great Ice Barrier
All scheduled trains between Exeter and Newton temporarily operate using Brunel's atmospheric traction system.
Forms a minority Tory Protectionist Government for 9 months
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
The British Government recognizes the Independence of the Orange free state
The British Government recognizes the Independence of the Orange free state
Succeeds as King of Romania
Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter Jaccuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter Jaccuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter Jaccuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Accounts are published of police confrontation outside the Commons with Suffragettes
The WSPU claim police act under Churchills instructions during Black Friday. Accounts are published of police confrontation outside the Commons with Suffragettes
Demonstrations pass off peacefully. Balk observes that the Cossacks are reluctant to confront the crowds
128,000 workers take to the streets demanding an end to the World War and an increase in food
International Womens Day demonstrations
Links increased home production with the need to reduce pressure on vulnerable merchant shipping.
The February Revolution is ignited by International Womens Day, women textile workers and soldier's wives
Places food, munitions and essential raw materials ahead of less critical imports.
Announces restrictions on imports to conserve merchant shipping for food and war materials.
128,000 workers take to the streets demanding an end to the World War and an increase in food
The February Revolution is ignited by International Womens Day, women textile workers and soldier's wives
Warns Parliament that solving the shipping shortage is essential to Allied success.
Lenin secures Bolshevik acceptance of harsh German peace terms as enemy forces advance rapidly into former imperial territory.
German engineer Arthur Scherbius applies for a patent for a cipher machine using rotors and, with E. Richard Ritter, founds the firm of Scherbius & Ritter
Telegrams German peace terms to Moscow
Demands the Soviet Government withdraw its army from the Ukraine. Demands the Soviet Government evacuate Livonia & Estonia
Threatens to resign if German peace terms are not accepted. Argues that "the policy of revolutionary phrase making" is over
Speaks on Ministry of Health policy while serving on Labour’s opposition benches.
Japan occupies all of China north of the Great Wall
Declares a state of emergency
Succeeds as King of Belgium
The Panzer Army Africa, (now called the German-Italian Panzer Army,) is redesignated as the Italian First Army and put under the command of Italian general Giovanni Messe, while Rommel is placed in command of a new Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
The Panzer Army Africa, (now called the German-Italian Panzer Army,) is redesignated as the Italian First Army and put under the command of Italian general Giovanni Messe, while Rommel is placed in command of a new Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
The Panzer Army Africa, (now called the German-Italian Panzer Army,) is redesignated as the Italian First Army and put under the command of Italian general Giovanni Messe, while Rommel is placed in command of a new Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
Priority is switched to bombing U-boat bases
The Panzer Army Africa, (now called the German-Italian Panzer Army,) is redesignated as the Italian First Army and put under the command of Italian general Giovanni Messe, while Rommel is placed in command of a new Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
The Panzer Army Africa, (now called the German-Italian Panzer Army,) is redesignated as the Italian First Army and put under the command of Italian general Giovanni Messe, while Rommel is placed in command of a new Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
The Panzer Army Africa, (now called the German-Italian Panzer Army,) is redesignated as the Italian First Army and put under the command of Italian general Giovanni Messe, while Rommel is placed in command of a new Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika)
Orders mass deportation of Caucasian Muslim nations, Chechens & Ingush to Kazakhstan are deported for resisting Soviet rule and abetting the Germans, 475,000 persons are evicted
Orders mass deportation of Caucasian Muslim nations, Chechens & Ingush to Kazakhstan are deported for resisting Soviet rule and abetting the Germans, 475,000 persons are evicted
Israel signs an armistice with Egypt
Wins Birmingham Stechford after boundary changes abolish Southwark Central.
Moves to Birmingham Stechford after Southwark Central disappears during boundary changes.
A swing of 3.3% from Labour to Conservative produces a Labour majority of 6
Reduced Labour majority: Labour 315, Conservatives 298, Liberals 9 and others 8. Labour polls a popular vote not exceeded by any political party until 1992
The Labour Party wins 48.8% of votes cast, a record, and 315 MPs
Is elected Conservative MP for Bexley at the 1950 general election.
Retains Coventry East at the 1950 general election.
Helps the Conservatives recover ground in the 1950 general election
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Retains Wakefield for Labour with a substantial majority in the general election.
Healey again contests Pudsey and Otley but remains outside the House of Commons.
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
General election outcome recorded for Michael Mackintosh Foot: Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Government context for this general election: Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Elected Member of Parliament for Bexley
Healey contests Pudsey and Otley again but does not win the seat.
Appointed Prime Minister of France
Begins a South American goodwill mission known as Operation Amigo, visiting Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Kabariti participates in parliamentary reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Johnson marked ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, which clarified presidential succession and created a procedure for filling a vacant vice presidency.
Rocket & mortar attacks are launched on 100 cities & bases throughout South Vietnam
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Recording starts at Chateau d'Herouville outside Paris for the soundtrack of "Obscured By Clouds", the album is finished by the 29th
Recording starts at Chateau d'Herouville outside Paris for the soundtrack of "Obscured By Clouds", the album is finished by the 29th
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Holds 300 members of the Cortes at gunpoint in a failed coup
Leads 200 civil guards in a takeover of the Cortes. Holds 300 members of the Cortes at gunpoint in a failed coup
Uses the Twenty-Sixth Party Congress to call for another round of arms-control negotiations.
Opens his final Communist Party Congress with a lengthy report on domestic and international policy.
The ambulance dispute is settled
Maintains a credible threat of amphibious assault on Kuwait.
The deception fixes Iraqi forces along the coast.
Bush requires Iraq to begin withdrawing immediately or face coalition ground attack.
Iraq fails to accept the coalition's unconditional withdrawal deadline.
Hall's Hubble spectroscopy identifies oxygen in Europa's tenuous atmosphere, the first such detection around a planetary satellite.
Mugabe opens his campaign by attacking opposition presidential candidates.
Congressman Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota introduced a bill that would bar the president from prohibiting travel to Cuba or preventing transactions required for such trips
Wins re-election as President of Nigeria.
Places towns in Lombardy and Veneto under quarantine as cases rise.
Raises South Korea's alert to the highest level amid the Daegu outbreak.
Starmer presents five long-term missions intended to guide a future Labour government.
Starmer makes sustained economic growth the first of Labour's national missions.
Releases Swing Fever with Jools Holland, returning to swing and big-band standards.
Sheppard announces two newly confirmed irregular moons of Neptune, raising the known total to sixteen.
The Government confirms the first 750 schools selected for free breakfast clubs.
Birth of Samuel Pepys
Birth of Erich Kastner, writer of childrens books
Birth of Naruhito Hironomiya, eldest son of Akihito
Death of Albrecht von Roon
Martyr of the Munich Beerhall putsch, mytholigised by the "Horst Wessel Lied"
Death of Mabel Normand
Death of Nellie Melba
Death of Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
Death of Frank Launder
Death of Stanley Matthews
Davis and the Mississippi Rifles help stabilize the American line at Buena Vista
Defeated by General Zachary Taylor
Santa Anna attacks Taylor at Buena Vista but withdraws after heavy fighting
Defeats Santa Anna at Buena Vista
Taylor defeats Santa Anna at Buena Vista and holds northern Mexico
Escapes across the Sittang after an attack by the Japanese but loses heavy equipment
Coronation of Catherine of Valois, Queen to Henry V
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