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Invasion of Persia
Heads an invasion force of 90,000, never to return alive
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Heads an invasion force of 90,000, never to return alive
Julian the Apostate invades Persia
Julian the Apostate reaches the Persian capital Ctesiphon
Victorious at the Battle of Maes Moydog, against the rebel prince of Wales Madog ap Llywelyn
Organises a parade in St Johns Fields where the newly crowned King is acclaimed
Henry VII grants a patent to John & Sebastian Cabot to search for new lands
Henry VII grants John Cabot and his sons authority to seek unknown lands under the English flag.
Will only recognize Mary as successor if she marries & Mary marries Leicester
France & Sweden sign a pact
Has 9 MPs arrested
Appoints Laud & Wentworth as advisers to rule without Parliament
Essex supports Parliament's claim to direct armed forces without royal assent.
Parliament passes the Militia Ordinance to place county forces under its nominees.
Essex supports implementation of Parliament's Militia Ordinance.
Parliament passes the Militia Ordinance to place county forces under its nominees.
Pym supports Parliament's Militia Ordinance, which places county military forces under commanders approved by Parliament.
Pym supports an ordinance placing county militias under parliamentary nominees.
Prince Satohito succeeds as Emperor Reigen after the abdication of Emperor Go-Sai.
Purcell wrote special anthems & Archbishop Tenison preaches the service. Attended by both Houses of Parliament
The fourth anniversary of the Boston Massacre, gives a speech strongly condemning the British
Parliament enacts legislation empowering the Crown to negotiate peace with the US
Sieyes entered the Committee of Public Safety during the final phase of the Convention and participated in post-Thermidor government.
Approves an expedition to Egypt
The Roman Catholic Relief Bill passes through the House of Commons
Mexican artillery opens bombardment against the United States fort opposite Matamoros
Mexican forces begin the siege of Fort Texas near the Rio Grande
Appointed President of the Argentine Confederation
Appointed President of the Argentine Confederation
Completes with Engels a private circular answering factional attacks and preparing for confrontation with Bakunin's supporters.
Boer leaders sign the Pretoria Convention restoring Transvaal self-government.
Oates's frostbitten feet worsen severely as the polar party struggles north across the Barrier.
The Provisional Government dismisses all governors & their deputies
Pravda resumes printing & Molotov is appointed to the editorial board
Pravda resumes printing & Molotov is appointed to the editorial board
The Provisional Government dismisses all governors & their deputies
Receives command of forces assigned to crush the revolt.
Fiume surrenders to the Fascists
Fiume surrenders to the Fascists
Raises matters concerning the General Medical Council in the Commons.
The First Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
Begins the Ivar Lykke Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.
Salamanca begins his presidency amid escalating tensions with Paraguay.
Assassinated by the Ketsumeidan, "Blood Brotherhood League"
The Peder Kolstad Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
The NSDAP wins only 44% of the vote but are able to use it to gain total power
Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor by President Hindenburg, the SPD receives 18.25% of the votes during the last free elections gaining 120 seats
The Nazis increase their vote to 44% giving the Nazis & their coalition allies the German National Peoples Party 52%. Falls far short of the 2/3 majority to establish dictatorship by consent of Parliament
The Nazis win 288 out of 647 seats in the Reichstag. The Nazis poll 17,277,180 votes, failing to win a majority with 43. 9% of the total. The Nazis need the 52 seats won by their Nationalist allies to win a majority.
With Communist electoral participation also suppressed (the Communists had previously polled 17% of the vote), the Nazis are able to increase their share of the vote in the March 5, 1933 Reichstag elections from 33% to 44%.
Hitler makes a speech on the "Day of the Awekening Nation"
Directs propaganda during the Reichstag election, presenting the Nazi campaign as a defence against Marxism and national collapse.
Fails to win an outright Nazi majority, but uses coalition support and repression to move toward dictatorial authority.
With Communist electoral participation also suppressed (the Communists had previously polled 17% of the vote), the Nazis are able to increase their share of the vote in the March 5, 1933 Reichstag elections from 33% to 44%
Hitler makes a speech on the "Day of the Awekening Nation"
The Fins are forced out of the Karelian Isthmus
Marguerite Oswald purchased a modest frame house on Bartholomew Street, where the family lived while she attempted to support her children.
In Operation Lustre British forces are ferried to Greece to defeng it against the German invasion
In Operation Lustre British forces are ferried to Greece to defeng it against the German invasion
Replaced by Lieutenant General Alexander
Bombs Essen with 442 bombers, 14 fail to return
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Directs Munchhausen, a prestige colour fantasy film made for UFA.
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Promotes radical land reform in northern Korea.
Makes his famous "iron curtain" speech at Fulton, Missouri, USA
Leaves the office of Paymaster General and is succeeded by Hilary Marquand.
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's
Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party
Appointed Prime Minister of Russia
The government enacted an agrarian reform law intended to redistribute land and modernize rural production.
The Kinks release the album Kinda Kinks.
Tests the lunar module descent engine, including crewed throttling planned for lunar landing operations.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force after required ratifications are deposited.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force, giving the IAEA major verification responsibilities.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force during Nixon's presidency.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force during Brezhnev's leadership.
Hunt met campaign attorney Paul O'Brien while pressing concerns that financial and other commitments made to him had not been fulfilled.
Directs Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.
Enters Harold Wilson's cabinet as Secretary of State for Employment.
Returns to the Home Office when Labour forms a minority government.
Healey is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term.
Appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury, most powerful position outside the Cabinet
Appointed Foreign Minister
Appointed Home Secretary, 2nd term
Appointed Minister of Trade & Industry
Appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary
Takes responsibility for employment policy as Labour seeks voluntary wage restraint.
Healey becomes Chancellor as inflation and wage pressure dominate economic policy.
Appointed Secretary of State for Prices & Consumer Protection
Begins his second period as Home Secretary in Harold Wilson's government.
Appointed Secretary of State for Trade & Industry
Appointed Secretary of State for Prices & Consumer Protection
Appointed Employment Secretary
Appointed Minister of Health & Social Security
Appointed Secretary of State for Social Services
Appointed Minister of the Environment
Begins implementing Labour's industrial relations programme with trade union support.
The British pound falls below the equivalent of $2 for the first time.
The British pound falls below the equivalent of $2 for the first time
Britain gives up on the Ulster talks and decides to retain rule in Northern Ireland indefinitely
Voyager 1 images show Callisto's heavily cratered and ancient surface.
Voyager 1 images reveal Europa's bright, fractured icy surface.
Voyager 1 obtains the first close spacecraft image of Amalthea, showing its elongated reddish shape.
Identifies Thebe, a small inner moon of Jupiter, in Voyager imagery.
Voyager 1 makes its closest approach to Jupiter and surveys its atmosphere, rings and moons.
Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington refuses to send a submarine to patrol off the Islands and South Georgia
Venera 14 lands on Venus and returns further images and direct measurements of surface material.
Dave Gilmour releases his second solo album, "About Face", co-written with Pete Townshend
Dave Gilmour releases his second solo album, "About Face", co-written with Pete Townshend
Answers a parliamentary question concerning the Statement on the Defence Estimates.
Cortonwood colliery strikes over closure plans
The year long miners strike is called off
Speaks in a Commons debate on the European Community while continuing his long-standing opposition to supranational European integration.
Due to bin Ladens continuous verbal assault on King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, on 5 March 1994 Fahd sent an emissary to Sudan demanding bin Ladens passport; bin Ladens Saudi citizenship was also revoked
Due to bin Ladens continuous verbal assault on King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, on 5 March 1994 Fahd sent an emissary to Sudan demanding bin Ladens passport; bin Ladens Saudi citizenship was also revoked
The Treasury completes the multi-year programme of official gold auctions.
Massimino helps replace a reaction wheel assembly used to control Hubble's orientation and stable pointing.
Newman helps complete installation of Hubble's new solar arrays, increasing the observatory's available electrical power.
Libya submits its initial chemical-weapons declaration to the OPCW.
The Bank begins purchasing assets with newly created central-bank money to support demand.
Appointed acting President of Venezuela after the death of Hugo Chavez
Declares a state of emergency after COVID-19 cases are found in Bethlehem.
Publication of The Mirror and the Light.
Scores Arsenal's equaliser as the team recover to defeat Chelsea 3-1 in the Women's League Cup final.
Pauses some intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Birth of Henry II, son of Geoffrey V of Anjou (Geoffrey Plantagenet, son of Fulk of Jerusalem), was Count of Anjou and Count of Maine
Birth of Henry II, son of Matilda His mother, Empress Matilda, was a claimant to the English throne as the daughter of Henry I (1100-1135), son of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy.
His claim to the throne is strengthened by his descent from both the English Saxon kings and the kings of Scotland through his maternal grandmother Matilda of Scotland
whose father was Malcolm III of Scotland and whose mother was Margaret of Wessex.
Birth of Heitor Villa-Lobos
Birth of Chou En-Lai
Death of Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee
Death of Clement VII
Death of Dan Takuma, assassinated
Death of Joseph Stalin
Death of Joseph Stalin
Death of Joseph Stalin, Churchill is the last survivor of the war time triumvirate
Enters the collective leadership struggle that follows Joseph Stalin's death.
Comments on Stalin’s death and Soviet uncertainty.
Victorious at the Battle of Maes Moydog, against the rebel prince of Wales Madog ap Llywelyn
US air support succeeds in bombing the attackers into retreat. The 272nd Regiment of the Vietcong 9th Div attack the American 3rd Brigade
Organises a parade in St Johns Fields where the newly crowned King is acclaimed
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