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Lays the foundation stone of Lady Chapel
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Lays the foundation stone of Lady Chapel
Resigns the day after the convocation of the clergy seeking Royal consent for policies
Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor, realizing that the battle to save the King's marriage to Katherine of Aragon is lost, Mores resignation from the Council represents a triumph for Cromwell and the pro-Reformation faction at court
Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor, realizing that the battle to save the King's marriage to Katherine of Aragon is lost, Mores resignation from the Council represents a triumph for Cromwell and the pro-Reformation faction at court
Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor after refusing to support Henry VIII's break with Rome.
Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor after the Submission of the Clergy.
Resigns the day after the convocation of the clergy seeking Royal consent for policies
Cranmer sees Anne in the Tower and hears her confession
A Parliamentary committee is established to examine doctrine and the Duke of Norfolk presents six questions for the House to consider, which pass as the Act of Six Articles reaffirming a traditional view of the Mass, the Sacraments and the priesthood
A Parliamentary committee is established to examine doctrine and the Duke of Norfolk presents six questions for the House to consider, which pass as the Act of Six Articles reaffirming a traditional view of the Mass, the Sacraments and the priesthood
A Parliamentary committee is established to examine doctrine and the Duke of Norfolk presents six questions for the House to consider, which pass as the Act of Six Articles reaffirming a traditional view of the Mass, the Sacraments and the priesthood
The Churches are ordered to display a copy of the English Bible. Tha Act of Six Articles of the Protestant faith is passed
The Churches are ordered to display a copy of the English Bible. Tha Act of Six Articles of the Protestant faith is passed
A Parliamentary committee is established to examine doctrine and the Duke of Norfolk presents six questions for the House to consider, which pass as the Act of Six Articles reaffirming a traditional view of the Mass, the Sacraments and the priesthood
A Parliamentary committee is established to examine doctrine and the Duke of Norfolk presents six questions for the House to consider, which pass as the Act of Six Articles reaffirming a traditional view of the Mass, the Sacraments and the priesthood
The Six Articles confirm the conservative interpretation of doctrines such as the real presence, clerical celibacy, and the necessity of auricular confession, the private confession of sins to a priest. The Duke of Norfolk notes that the Lords committee into religious doctrine had not agreed on anything and proposes that the Lords examine six doctrinal questions, which form the basis of the Six Articles
The Duke of Norfolk notes that the Lords committee into religious doctrine had not agreed on anything and proposes that the Lords examine six doctrinal questions, which form the basis of the Six Articles
The Six Articles confirm the conservative interpretation of doctrines such as the real presence, clerical celibacy, and the necessity of auricular confession, the private confession of sins to a priest
Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England & spends the rest of her life under arrest
Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England & spends the rest of her life under arrest
Crosses the Solway into England
Helps capture Jamaica from Spain during Cromwell's Western Design
Commands the land forces that capture Jamaica after the failed attack on Hispaniola
The Western Design captures Jamaica from Spain under Penn and Venables
Begins the journey later recorded in Oku no Hosomichi
Accompanies Matsuo Basho on the journey north
Methuen signs the defensive alliance bringing Portugal into the Grand Alliance.
Peter II enters the alliance with England, Austria, and the Dutch Republic.
Methuen negotiates English agreements that help bring Portugal into the alliance.
Peter II brings Portugal into the anti-Bourbon alliance through treaties with England and the Dutch.
Peter II recognises Archduke Charles as the Allied claimant to Spain.
Stenbock is taken into captivity after the surrender of the Swedish force at Tonning.
Stenbock surrenders the Swedish army at Tonning after supplies fail and disease spreads through the camp.
Removed as Louis XIV was dead before the 1770 marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Arouet is imprisoned in the Bastille after being accused of writing satirical verses.
Marries Marie Antoinette
Completes String Quintet No 4 in G minor.
Robespierre successfully argued that members of the Constituent Assembly should not sit in the next legislature.
Sieyes signed the peace treaty concluded at The Hague between France and the Batavian Republic.
Napoleon conquers Lombardy as far as Mantua then creates the Lombard Republic
Founds the Lombard Republic
Sieyes returned from Berlin after being chosen to replace Rewbell as a member of the Executive Directory.
Spaniards under Blakes command successfully hold the allied flank against the strongest French infantry attack of the war, earning him promotion to Captain General
Spaniards under Blakes command successfully hold the allied flank against the strongest French infantry attack of the war, earning him promotion to Captain General
Wellington defeats the French under Nicolas Soult
The French are unable to relieve the siege of Badajoz after defeat at Albuhera
A Treaty of trade & peace is signed with Chile
Prussian authorities order Marx to leave after withdrawing his right of residence.
Replaces Canrobert as commander of French forces in Crimea.
Resigns command after disputes over operational direction.
Opens an electric railway at Lichterfelde near Berlin.
The line becomes the world's first electric tramway.
Is appointed Bezirksamtsassessor at Erding, continuing his rise through the Bavarian civil service.
Bell covers the withdrawal of dismounted men under close Boer fire and later receives the Victoria Cross for his actions.
British forces occupy the Orange Free State and rename it the Orange River Colony.
Completes the monumental sculpture facing Buckingham Palace.
King George V unveils Brock's completed Victoria Memorial.
Gives evidence about the evacuation and instructions received during Titanic's final hours.
Gives evidence about guiding third-class passengers and the loading of lifeboat 15.
Appears in the film Saved from the Titanic only weeks after surviving the disaster.
Haig ends the Arras offensive after tactical gains but no strategic breakthrough.
Offers an immediate peace to Russia
Resigns as Foreign Minister
Dismissed for not co-operating with the Germans in the Ukraine
Dismisses Bohm-Ermolli
The Germans reach Meuse at Chateau-Thierry within 40 miles of Paris
Marx cabinet of the Center, BVP, DDP, DVP, 2 term
Soviet-Czechoslovak pact, valid only if France supports both parties
Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties
Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties
Soviet-Czechoslovak pact, valid only if France supports both parties
Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties
Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties
Debates sending more RAF fighter squadrons to France.
Rommel captures Clairfay on the Maginot Line
The XIX Corps captures Ribemount in Northern France on its way to the Channel Coast
Joined by an embryo staff & remants of General Petiets Cavalry at Laon
Writes in his diary, "the breakthrough is developing along completely classical lines"
Attends a crisis meeting after the German breakthrough at Sedan.
Flies to Paris to discuss the collapsing French front.
Accompanies Churchill during the crisis meeting in Paris.
Explains the German breakthrough and the failure of French defences.
Accompanies Churchill and records strategic discussions.
Attends as air reinforcements for France are debated.
Warns Churchill that the French front is collapsing.
The Fourth Hermann Jonasson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Begins the First Olafur Thors Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland
The Dambusters breach the Eder dam by "bouncing bombs"
The Dambusters breach the Mohne dam by "bouncing bombs"
Leads 19 Lancasters from 617 Squadron & breaches the Mohne & Eder dams. Gibson is later awarded the VC
The Dambusters breach the Sorpe dam by "bouncing bombs"
Withdraws Eighth Army from the closing Tunisian operations to prepare for the Sicily invasion.
The Eighth Army is released from Tunisia to train for the invasion of Sicily
Captured by American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in a shoemaker's house in the village of Schleching
Urriolagoitia expands repression against the MNR and other reformist organisations.
Ballivian Rojas assumes power after the outgoing government blocks the elected MNR.
44th pro boxing victoryt, knocking out former champ, Jersey Joe Walcott, at Chicago Stadium in two minutes
Attends the Allied Summit in Paris
Attends the Allied Summit in Paris
Leaves the Paris summit after the United States refuses his demands over the U-2 reconnaissance programme.
Demands an American apology and an end to U-2 reconnaissance flights after the capture of pilot Francis Gary Powers.
Attends the Allied Summit in Paris
Cooper manually controls key reentry steps after electrical and automatic-control problems develop late in the Faith 7 mission.
Faith 7 splashes down successfully, closing the crewed flight phase of Project Mercury after more than thirty-four hours in space.
The Bundestag ratifies the Franco-German Treaty
Releases the double album Blonde on Blonde.
Qi Benyu is appointed to the Central Cultural Revolution Group
Chen Boda becomes head of the Central Cultural Revolution Group
Zhang Chunqiao is appointed to the Central Cultural Revolution Group
Guan Feng is appointed to the Central Cultural Revolution Group
Wang Li is appointed to the Central Cultural Revolution Group
Jiang Qing becomes a powerful member of the Central Cultural Revolution Group
Jiang Qing is appointed to the Central Cultural Revolution Group and promotes radical cultural campaigns
Yao Wenyuan is appointed to the Central Cultural Revolution Group
Mao replaces the old cultural apparatus with the Central Cultural Revolution Group dominated by his allies
The Five-Man Group is abolished when the May 16 Notification reverses Peng Zhen's approach
Releases Just Like a Woman on Blonde on Blonde.
Liu Shaoqi becomes a principal target as the Cultural Revolution turns against the party establishment
Deng Xiaoping is soon drawn into the attack on senior party leaders after the May 16 Notification
Mao authorises the May 16 Notification warning that bourgeois representatives have infiltrated the party
Mao launches the Cultural Revolution through the May 16 Notification against alleged bourgeois elements in the party
Peng Zhen is purged after Mao rejects the February Outline and the Five-Man Group
Releases Visions of Johanna on Blonde on Blonde.
Venera 5 returns atmospheric measurements while descending through the clouds of Venus before pressure destroys the probe.
Release Live at Leeds.
After the shooting of George Wallace, Hunt examined the feasibility of entering Arthur Bremer's apartment after Charles Colson raised a political operation involving the gunman.
CIA General Counsel advised Hunt that returning briefly to service merely to change retirement benefits would violate the spirit of the retirement law.
Glen Campbell earns a gold record for his Greatest Hits album
Sikkim becomes India's twenty-second state.
The Thirty-sixth Amendment completes Sikkim's admission as a full state of India.
The terminally ill Mobutu leaves Zaire for treatment
Morarji Desai publicly argues that nuclear weapons do not provide useful defence and questions further explosive testing.
Scores twice as Barcelona defeat Fortuna Dusseldorf 4-3 after extra time in the European final.
Britain's United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons sent back to New York with British peace proposals
Returns to New York with British peace proposals.
Pledges to create 2.5 million jobs over 5yrs. Calls for unilateral nuclear disarmament. Calls for Britains withdrawal from the EC
The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Kennedy Space Center for final testing, mating with its probe and launch preparations.
Appointed President of Turkey
Israel begins its final withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, shutting down the prison and military headquarters where Israeli soldiers had been in charge since the 1967 Middle East War
Atal Bihari Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister for the first time but resigns after thirteen days.
Mobutu leaves the capital as Laurent Kabila's forces approach.
His three-decade rule of Zaire collapses.
Leaves the country as AFDL forces approach Kinshasa and his thirty-two-year rule collapses.
Leaves the country as rebel forces approach Kinshasa.
Blair travels to Belfast to restart the peace talks
Scores Arsenal's second goal in the 2-0 FA Cup final victory over Newcastle United.
Appointed President of Turkey
Sonia Gandhi is chosen to lead the United Progressive Alliance after the 2004 general election.
Feustel helps repair the Advanced Camera for Surveys, restoring major imaging capability lost after an electronics failure.
Grunsfeld helps install the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, a highly sensitive ultraviolet instrument designed for Hubble.
Inter defeat Siena to retain Serie A and complete the domestic double.
Pikrammenos leads a caretaker government before the June election.
Azovstal defenders begin leaving the steelworks after orders from Kyiv.
Supports an £85 million international funding package to address antimicrobial resistance.
Participates in UK-EU-Spain-Gibraltar talks on progress toward an agreement concerning Gibraltar.
Meets European Commission representatives for Withdrawal Agreement and Trade and Cooperation Agreement discussions.
Scores the only goal against Chelsea and is named player of the match as Manchester City win the FA Cup.
Birh of Pierce Brendan Brosnan
Dies age 44 & succeeded by her son Peter
Joseph Fourier dies after major contributions to mathematical physics and analysis.
Death of Ion Bratianu
Beresfords Allied army defeats the French
Blake fights the French at Albuera alongside William Beresfords Anglo-Portuguese army
Spaniards under Blakes command successfully hold the allied flank against the strongest French infantry attack of the war, earning him promotion to Captain General
Wellington defeats the French under Nicolas Soult
Wellington defeats the French under Marshal Nicolas Soult. The French are unable to relieve the siege of Badajoz after defeat at Albuhera
Final day of the Arras Offensive, nearly breaks the German defenses on Vimy Ridge
Advances as far as Avesnes
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