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Siege of Antioch
Kerbogha arrives before Antioch & besieges the besiegers
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Kerbogha arrives before Antioch & besieges the besiegers
Lives in Gascony for the next 3 yrs. Forced to pay homage to Philip IV in order to defend Gascony
Appointed Pope, Bertrand de got Archbishop of Bordeaux, a Gascon subject of Edward I
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Mepham is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
A church council was held at Pisa in 1409 under the auspices of the cardinals to try solving the dispute. At the fifteenth session, 5 June 1409, the Council of Pisa deposed the two pontiffs as schismatical, heretical, perjured, and scandalous But added to the problem by electing another incumbent, Alexander V. He reigned from June 26, 1409, to his death in 1410
A church council was held at Pisa in 1409 under the auspices of the cardinals to try solving the dispute. At the fifteenth session, 5 June 1409, the Council of Pisa deposed the two pontiffs as schismatical, heretical, perjured, and scandalous But added to the problem by electing another incumbent, Alexander V. He reigned from June 26, 1409, to his death in 1410
Simnel's supporters land in Lancashire with Irish troops and Flemish mercenaries before marching inland.
Created Viscount Beauchamp, after Jane Seymour marries Henry VIII
Has Hoorn executed, a loyal Roman Catholic subject. Has Egmont executed, a loyal Roman Catholic subject
Spinola permitted the surviving defenders to leave Breda with military honours.
Justinus surrendered Breda after a siege lasting more than nine months.
After Royalists take Leicester Fairfax is ordered nth
Marches to Newport Pagnell on his way to besiege Oxford
Allen acts among the Agitators as elected soldier representatives help bind the Army to the Solemn Engagement against disbandment on Parliament's terms
Sexby is associated with the soldier representatives who press the Army's grievances as the New Model Army refuses disbandment until arrears, indemnity and political safeguards are secured
Cromwell is associated with the Army leadership as officers and Agitators commit the Army not to disband until soldiers' pay, indemnity and political security are addressed
The Army Council supports the Solemn Engagement of the Army, drawn up because Parliament seeks to disband the New Model Army before settling arrears, indemnity and the soldiers' grievances
Cromwell acts among the Army Grandees as the New Model Army refuses disbandment on Parliament's terms and insists that the soldiers' political and military grievances must be settled
Fairfax stands at the head of the New Model Army Grandees as officers and Agitators adopt the Solemn Engagement, resisting parliamentary disbandment until soldiers' arrears, indemnity and grievances are secured
Ireton supports the Army's Solemn Engagement, binding the soldiers together against disbandment before their grievances are settled.
Ottoman forces take the Acropolis after the Greek defeat near Phaleron
Turkish forces enter Athens & force the defenders of the Acropolis to capitulate
Major Jacob Brown is mortally wounded during the Mexican bombardment of Fort Texas
Elected member of the Cape Colonys legislative assembly for Beaufort West
Nana Sahib emerges as the principal rebel leader at Cawnpore as Company forces are besieged in their entrenchment.
Arkansas votes to secede from the Union after the outbreak of war
Appointed President of Ecuador, 1st term
Occupies the Transvaal capital after Boer forces withdraw.
British troops enter Pretoria during Roberts's advance.
Enters Pretoria with British forces during the main advance.
British troops enter the Transvaal capital.
The railway line to Tianjin was cut by Boxers in the countryside and Beijing was isolated
British troops enter Pretoria during Roberts's advance.
Spain occupies Laraiche and Alcazar
Spain occupies Laraiche and Alcazar
Spain occupies Laraiche and Alcazar
Spain occupies Laraiche and Alcazar
Gives evidence about White Star Line management and company instructions following Ismay's testimony.
Leaves Scapa Flow aboard HMS Hampshire for the wartime mission to Russia.
Killed on his visit to Nicholas II when the Hampshire hits a mine
HMS Hampshire struck a mine west of Orkney and sank rapidly while carrying Kitchener to Russia; only twelve men survived.
Appointed Commander of the U-Boats
Appointed Commander of the U-Boats
Argues for socialist participation in coalition government during the congress
Opposes moderate Soviet support for coalition government.
Draft registration day for nearly 10 million men aged 21-31
French is created Earl of Ypres after the war.
Northern Irelands 1st Parliament sits
A border Turkey & Iraq border Treaty is signed by Turkey, Iraq & Britain
1st Woman member of cabinet in Britain
Appointed Member of cabinet
MacDonald forms the new Labour Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
Appointed Prime Minister of Belgium
Directs Fury, his first American feature film.
Appointed Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier General
Appointed Commander 2nd Battalion of the 36th Panzer Regiment
Appointed Commander 2nd Battalion of the 36th Panzer Regiment
French forces withdraw after helping recapture the town.
Polish Highland Brigade evacuates after the Allied victory.
Operation, Fall Rot (Case Red), German forces outflank the Maginot Line
Operation, Fall Rot (Case Red), German forces outflank the Maginot Line
Withdraws French forces after their role in the recapture of Narvik.
Withdraws the Polish Highland Brigade from Narvik after the Allied victory.
Continues evacuation arrangements for Allied forces in northern Norway.
Operation Fall Rot (Case Red) is began and German forces outflank the Maginot Line and push deeper into France
Appointed Under Secretary of State for War
Appointed Under Secretary of State for War
Yamamoto abandons the Midway invasion after the destruction of Nagumo's four fleet carriers.
USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
Signs a decree making Umberto "Lieutenant of the Realm"
Railway yards are bombed in Bangkok
The highest tonnage of bombs in one night during the war is dropped by Britain
Announces the Allied liberation of Rome in the Commons
The attackers pour out of their battered gliders, completely surprising the German defenders, and take Horsa & Pegasus bridges within 10 minutes. A force of 181 men, led by Major John Howard, take off from RAF Tarrant Rushton in Dorset, southern England in six Horsa gliders to capture Pegasus Bridge, and also "Horsa Bridge", a few hundred yards to the east, over the Orne River
Announces the Allied liberation of Rome in the Commons
Writes a brief statement accepting personal responsibility in case the Normandy landings fail.
3 Airbourne Divisions land behind enemy lines at St Mere-Eglise & Caen
Announces an imminent Allied assault on the coast of France in the Commons
The highest tonnage of bombs in one night during the war is dropped by Britain. Dummy parachutists are dropped just east of the intended landing area. 176,000 men & 20,000 vehicles are to be landed in 2 days. 1,000 British bombers strike 10 German gun batteries, 5,000 tons of bombs are dropped
176,000 men & 20,000 vehicles are to be landed in 2 days
Gives the go ahead for Operation Overlord for 6th June
Commands infantryman who land by glider & capture 2 bridges codenamed Pegasus & Horsa
Leaves his HQ & returns to Germany, convinced the Allies are not about to invade
The Allied Control Commission administers Germany after its occupation by the Allies
The Allied Control Commission administers Germany after it's occupation by the Allies
The Allied Berlin Declaration abolishes all the institutions of German civil Government, and establishes that the constitution no longer holds any legal force
The Allied Berlin Declaration abolishes all the institutions of German civil Government, and establishes that the constitution no longer holds any legal force
Opening day of the Allied Control Commission for German administration
Opening of the Allied Control Commission by Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin
USA., Britain, Russia & France declare supreme authority over Germany
USA, Britain, Russia & France declare supreme authority over Germany
USA., Britain, Russia & France declare supreme authority over Germany
USA, Britain, Russia & France declare supreme authority over Germany
The US is prepared to finance European reconstruction
Denmark adopts a new constitution
The US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
The US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos
Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minnesota
The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime"
The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime"
Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy
The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime". Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy
State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested. Khomeini is arrested in 1963 after declaring the Shah a "wretched miserable man" who had "embarked on the destruction of Islam in Iran"
Three days of major riots throughout Iran follow, with Khomeini supporters claiming 15,000 dead from police fire
State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
Three days of major riots throughout Iran follow, with Khomeini supporters claiming 15,000 dead from police fire. Khomeini is arrested in 1963 after declaring the Shah a "wretched miserable man" who had "embarked on the destruction of Islam in Iran"
Releases Liza Jane under the name Davie Jones with the King Bees, his first commercial single.
Appointed President of Honduras
Closes the Suez Canal after the Six-Day War, leaving the waterway blocked for years.
Israel launches pre-emptive air strikes & ground attacks against Egypt
Assassinated in a hotel after leaving a primary victory celebration
Bombing resumes on targets in North Vietnam
The President of Yugoslavia visits Russia
Saunders begins a tenure that produces promotion, domestic cups and a league championship.
Saunders is appointed manager and begins rebuilding Aston Villa.
Holds the referendum in which voters choose to remain in the European Communities.
Campaigns for a Yes vote in the European Communities referendum.
The British population agrees to European Common Market membership
Leads the government during the referendum in which Jenkins campaigns for continued membership.
There is 64.5 percent turnout, 17.4 million vote for continued membership and 8.5 million against membership
Welcomes the referendum result confirming Britain's continued European Community membership.
Reopens the Suez Canal under Egyptian control after postwar clearance and disengagement agreements.
Reopens the Suez Canal to international navigation after clearance and reconstruction.
Syd Barrett unexpectedly visits Abbey Road while Pink Floyd work on material for Wish You Were Here
Presides over the formal reopening of the Suez Canal after eight years of closure.
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland
Releases Album, "Somewhere in England"
Indira Gandhi orders Operation Blue Star against armed Sikh militants inside the Golden Temple complex.
Indian forces assault the Golden Temple complex during Operation Blue Star against armed Sikh militants.
Cyndi Laupers "Time After Time" becomes #1 in the USA
House votes for sanctiona against South Africa
Scores Argentina's equaliser in a 1-1 World Cup group-stage draw with defending champions Italy.
Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
Voyager 2 begins sustained approach observations of Neptune from tens of millions of miles away.
Elected President of the Ukraine
Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church
The Land Acts of 1913 & 1936 are repealed. The Group Areas Act of 1950 is repealed
South African troops plunder Mandelas dwelling
The Land Acts of 1913 & 1936 are repealed. The Group Areas Act of 1950 is repealed
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland
Mariah Carey marries Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
Appointed interim President of Venezuela
Dodgy's debut studio album enters the UK albums chart.
Created Baron Shore of Stepney
Is sent by President Bush to the Middle East to build on ceasefire efforts after renewed Israeli-Palestinian violence.
Gives his final Security Council briefing as UNMOVIC chairman.
States inspectors found no evidence of resumed prohibited weapons programmes.
61% of people eligible to vote go to the polls, a 2% rise on 2001. 1s time a Labour Government wins 3 straight elections
"Iraq..a divisive issue in this country but I hope now that we can unite again"
Infrared measurements from Spitzer are used to estimate the mass of Andromeda's stars and to characterize the distribution of its old stellar population.
MESSENGER makes its second Venus flyby, using the encounter to reshape its orbit for later Mercury approaches.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signing a decree conferring the State Prize of the Russian Federation for the humanitarian work of Solzhenitsyn
Pasachoff observes the final transit of Venus of the twenty-first century, an event not repeated until 2117.
Nawaz Sharif begins his third term as Prime Minister.
The first developmental GSLV Mk III flight carrying GSAT-19 takes place while A. S. Kiran Kumar heads ISRO.
Discusses Russian aggression, prisoners and reforms with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.
Tokayev backs constitutional reforms reducing presidential powers
The Government announces free school meals for children in all Universal Credit households.
Gives birth to Edmund of Langley
Birth of Robert Rich, eldest son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and his wife Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich
Birth of John Charles Molteno
Death of Louis X
Has Hoorn executed, a loyal Roman Catholic subject. Has Egmont executed, a loyal Roman Catholic subject
Death of Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Yamaguchi remains aboard the crippled Hiryu and dies when the carrier is abandoned and scuttled.
Kaku remains aboard Hiryu with Yamaguchi and dies after the carrier is abandoned.
Death of Wihelm Falley, 1st German General killed during the Normandy invasion
Assassinated in a hotel after leaving a primary victory celebration
Death of Ronald Reagan
Defeats the Spanish & drives them out of Burgundy
Operation Fall Rot (Case Red) is began and German forces outflank the Maginot Line and push deeper into France
French forces evacuate after helping recapture Narvik.
Polish Highland Brigade evacuates after the Allied victory.
Continues evacuation arrangements after the temporary Allied victory at Narvik.
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