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1332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%207 | August 7 | This day marks the approximate midpoint of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and of winter in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the June solstice).
Events
Pre-1600
461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militu... |
1793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2029 | August 29 |
Events
Pre-1600
708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta.
1009 – Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the buildi... |
2563 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Phillip | Arthur Phillip | Admiral Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales.
Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship Fortune. With the outbreak... |
3454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Bangladesh (; , ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 163 million people in an area of either or , making it one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Bangladesh shares land borders... |
3950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes | Bagpipes | Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known examples in the Anglophone world, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, arou... |
5399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado | Colorado | Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the eighth most extensive and 21st most populous U.S.... |
6095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya | Chechnya | Chechnya (; ), officially the Chechen Republic, is a constituent republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus in Eastern Europe, close to the Caspian Sea. The republic forms a part of Russia's North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of Georgia to its south; with the Russian repub... |
7023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate%20States%20of%20America | Confederate States of America | The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or simply the Confederacy, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in North America that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. The Confederacy comprised U.S. states that declared secession and warred against the United State... |
8060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican%20Republic | Dominican Republic | The Dominican Republic ( ; , ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two... |
8145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2015 | December 15 |
Events
Pre-1600
533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodore.
1025 – Constantine VIII becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 63 years after ... |
9334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador | Ecuador | Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: Ikwayur; Shuar: Ecuador or Ekuatur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika; Shuar: Ekuatur Nunka), is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and th... |
10882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February%2014 | February 14 |
Events
Pre-1600
748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
842 – Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
1014 – Pope Ben... |
11009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February%2022 | February 22 |
Events
Pre-1600
1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.
1371 – Ro... |
11170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February%2013 | February 13 |
Events
Pre-1600
962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
1462 – The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles.
1503 – C... |
11363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February%2018 | February 18 |
Events
Pre-1600
1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
1268 – The Battle of Wesenberg is fought between the Livonian Order and Dovmont of Pskov.
1332 ... |
11379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Scots | List of Scots | List of Scots is an incomplete list of notable people from Scotland.
Actors
Architects and master masons
James Adam (1732–1794), son of William Adam
John Adam (1721–1792), eldest son of William Adam
Robert Adam (1728–1792), architect, son of William Adam
William Adam (1689–1748), father of James, John and Robert... |
11380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20South%20Africans | List of South Africans | This is a list of notable and famous South Africans who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles.
Academics
Academics
Estian Calitz, academic (born 1949)
Jakes Gerwel, academic and anti-apartheid activist (1946–2012)
Miriam Green, academic now living in England
Adam Habib, political scientist (born 1965)
Jan Hendrik H... |
12905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth%20subculture | Goth subculture | Goth is a subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. It was developed by fans of Gothic rock, an offshoot of the post-punk music genre. The name Goth was derived directly from the genre. Notable post-punk artists who presaged the Gothic rock genre and helped develop and shape the subculture inc... |
13806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Malaysia | History of Malaysia | Malaysia is located on a strategic sea lane that exposes it to global trade and various cultures. Strictly, the name "Malaysia" is a modern concept, created in the second half of the 20th century. However, contemporary Malaysia regards the entire history of Malaya and Borneo, spanning thousands of years back to prehist... |
14328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter%20S.%20Thompson | Hunter S. Thompson | Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang to write a first-hand... |
15316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism | Imperialism | Imperialism is a policy or ideology of extending rule over peoples and other countries, for extending political and economic access, power and control, often through employing hard power, especially military force, but also soft power. While related to the concepts of colonialism and empire, imperialism is a distinct c... |
15806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%2012 | June 12 |
Events
Pre-1600
910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian mon... |
15818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%2020 | June 20 | In the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer solstice sometimes occurs on this date, while the Winter solstice occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.
Events
Pre-1600
451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as... |
15844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%201 | July 1 | It is the last day of the first half of the year. The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year. It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in a leap year.
The midpoint of the year for southern hemisphere DST countries occurs at 11:00 p.m.
Events
Pre-1600
69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander o... |
15863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%207 | July 7 | The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced "Seven-seven") have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on London's transport system. In the Chinese language, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Seco... |
15892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%2026 | July 26 |
Events
Pre-1600
657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded.
920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against... |
15935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%2016 | June 16 |
Events
Pre-1600
363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffer several attacks from the Persians.
632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern I... |
15988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January%208 | January 8 |
Events
Pre-1600
307 – Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
871 – Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
1297 – François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capt... |
16095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi%20Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix | James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of th... |
16179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%2021 | July 21 |
Events
Pre-1600
356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.
285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
365 – The 365 Crete earthquake affected the Greek island of Crete with a ma... |
16467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Walker%20Lindh | John Walker Lindh | John Philip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001. He was detained at Qala-i-Jangi fortress, used as a prison. He denied participating in the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent uprising of the Taliban ... |
17830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Luxembourg | History of Luxembourg | The history of Luxembourg consists of the history of the country of Luxembourg and its geographical area.
Although its recorded history can be traced back to Roman times, the history of Luxembourg proper is considered to begin in 963. Over the following five centuries, the powerful House of Luxembourg emerged, but its... |
18664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Riel | Louis Riel | Louis Riel (; ; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first prime minister, John A. Macdonald. Riel sought to defend Métis rights and iden... |
19654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2030 | May 30 |
Events
Pre-1600
70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.
1381 – Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
1416 – The Council of Consta... |
20089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed%20Al-Fayed | Mohamed Al-Fayed | Mohamed Al-Fayed (; ; born Mohamed Fayed, 27 January 1929) is an Egyptian-born businessman whose residence and chief business interests have been in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. Fayed's business interests include ownership of Hôtel Ritz Paris and formerly Harrods department store and Fulham F.C., both in L... |
21448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%2027 | November 27 |
Events
Pre-1600
AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
395 – Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenar... |
21565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%205 | November 5 |
Events
Pre-1600
1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
1499 – The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
1556 – Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting... |
21577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%2030 | November 30 |
Events
Pre-1600
977 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege at Paris and withdraws. His rearguard is defeated while crossing the Aisne River by West Frankish forces under King Lothair III.
1601–1900
1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the fail... |
21759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%208 | November 8 |
Events
Pre-1600
960 – Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
1278 – Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Empero... |
22525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%2014 | October 14 |
Events
Pre-1600
1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizab... |
22537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus | Odysseus | Odysseus ( ; , ), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses ( , ; ), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in that same epic cycle.
Son of Laërtes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus and ... |
22841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20Enemy | Public Enemy | Public Enemy is an American hip hop group which was formed by Chuck D and Flavor Flav on Long Island, New York, in 1985. The group came to attention for their political messages including subjects such as American racism and the American media. Their debut album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, was released in 1987 to critical ... |
23949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian%20Christians | Palestinian Christians | Palestinian Christians () are Christian citizens of the State of Palestine. In the wider definition of Palestinian Christians, including the Palestinian refugees, diaspora and people with full or partial Palestinian Christian ancestry this can be applied to an estimated 500,000 people worldwide as of 2000. Palestinian ... |
25661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammstein | Rammstein | Rammstein (, "ramming stone") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Berlin in 1994. The band's lineup—consisting of lead vocalist Till Lindemann, lead guitarist Richard Kruspe, rhythm guitarist Paul Landers, bassist Oliver Riedel, drummer Christoph Schneider, and keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz—has remai... |
27949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%207 | September 7 |
Events
Pre-1600
70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen.
1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf: Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1228 – Holy Roman Emperor Frederic... |
28021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%2012 | September 12 |
Events
Pre-1600
490 BC – Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.
372 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi as Emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
... |
29944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmania | Tasmania | Tasmania () (Nuenonne/Palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km (150 mi) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated from it by Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 1000 islands. It is Austral... |
31502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod%20Browning | Tod Browning | Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer, he directed a number of films of various genre between 1915 and 1939, but was primarily known for horror films. H... |
32190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground%20Railroad | Underground Railroad | The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada. The network was assisted by abolitionists and others sympathetic to the cause of the ... |
33056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehorse | Whitehorse | Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which rises in British Columbia and m... |
34553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999 | 1999 | 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events
January
January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
January 25 – The 6.2 Armenia, Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing... |
34556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990s | 1990s | The 1990s /naɪn.tin.naɪndis/; (Often shortened to "the 90s" or "the Nineties" was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999.
The 1990s saw a rise in the awareness of multiculturalism compared to the 1980s, as well as the advance of alternative media. Music movemen... |
34573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s | 1950s | The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the " '50s") (among other variants) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959.
Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II, aided by the post-World W... |
34601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997 | 1997 |
Events
January
January 11 - Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members ki... |
34612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948 | 1948 |
Events
January
January 1
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways.
January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming... |
34629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942 | 1942 |
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in which they agree "not to make any separate peace with the Axis powers".
January 5 – WWI... |
34647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998 | 1998 | 1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.
Events
January
January 6 – The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.
January 8 – Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in pr... |
34649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907 | 1907 |
Events
January
January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
February 11 – The French warship Jean Bart sinks off the coast of Morocco.
February 7 – The "Mud March", the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s S... |
34655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968 | 1968 | The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events
January
January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after bei... |
34656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929 | 1929 | This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a ... |
34659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961 | 1961 | As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the March 1961 issue, this was the first "upside-up" year — i.e., one in which the numerals that form the year look the same as when the numerals are rotated upside down, a strobogrammatic number — since 1881. The next such year will be 6009.
Events
January
January 3
Un... |
34679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895 | 1895 |
Events
January–March
January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardw... |
34749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967 | 1967 |
Events
January
January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
January 5
Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones).
Charlie Chaplin launches his last film... |
34751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973 | 1973 |
Events
January
January 1
The United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
CBS sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner (3.2 million dollars less than the price CBS paid for the Yankees).
J... |
34755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983 | 1983 | The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events
January
January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet).
January 10 – Canada and the United States launch the te... |
34761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986 | 1986 | The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events
January
January 1
Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 2012.
January 11 – The ... |
34767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1871 | 1871 |
Events
January–March
January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the south German states, aside from Austria, unite into a single nation state, known as the German Em... |
34847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989 | 1989 | 1989 was a turning point in political history because a wave of revolutions swept the Eastern Bloc in Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, embracing the overthrow of the co... |
34863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923 | 1923 |
Events
January
January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, to force Germany to make reparations payments.
January 17 (or 9) – First flight of the first rotorcra... |
35015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1853 | 1853 |
Events
January–March
January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
January 8 – Taiping Rebellion: Zeng Guofan is ordered to assist the governor of Hunan, in organising a militia... |
35809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750 | 1750 | Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era.
Events
January–March
January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain and Portugal authorizes a larger Brazil than had the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, which origina... |
36948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe%20Mazzini | Giuseppe Mazzini | Giuseppe Mazzini (, , ; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign... |
39345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Graves | Robert Graves | Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was a British poet, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Graves produced more than 140 works in his lifetime. Hi... |
39582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Australia | History of Australia | The history of Australia is the story of the land and peoples of the continent of Australia.
People first arrived on the Australian mainland by sea from Maritime Southeast Asia between 50,000 and 65,000 years ago, and penetrated to all parts of the continent, from the rainforests in the north, the deserts of the centr... |
42091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Dillinger | John Dillinger | John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster of the Great Depression. He led a group known as the "Dillinger Gang", which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. Dillinger was imprisoned several times but escaped twice. He was charged, but not convicted, of the murde... |
42106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossfire%20%28film%29 | Crossfire (film) | Crossfire is a 1947 American film noir drama film starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan which deals with the theme of anti-Semitism, as did that year's Academy Award for Best Picture winner, Gentleman's Agreement. The film was directed by Edward Dmytryk and the screenplay was written by John Paxton, bas... |
42179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Everest | Mount Everest | Mount Everest (; Tibetan: Chomolungma ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow height) of was most recently established in 2020 by the Chinese and Nepali authorities.
Mount Eve... |
42990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy | Convoy | A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support and can help maintain cohesion within a unit. It may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas.
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43945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massage | Massage | Massage is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a device. The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain. A person professionally trained to give massages is traditionally known as a mass... |
44203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra%20Pound | Ezra Pound | Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos... |
44984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapellmeister | Kapellmeister | (, also , ) from German Kapelle (chapel) and Meister (master), literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term has evolved considerably in its meaning and is today used for denoting the leader of a mu... |
46836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Lloyd%20George | David Lloyd George | David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. The last Liberal to serve as prime minister, he held the office during the final two years of the First World... |
49370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Burgess | Anthony Burgess | John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer.
Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange remains his best-known novel. In 1971, it was adapted into a controversial film... |
50538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene%20V.%20Debs | Eugene V. Debs | Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presiden... |
51255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20de%20Gaulle | Charles de Gaulle | Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore democracy in France. In 1958, he came out of ret... |
51387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016 | 2016 | 2016 was designated as:
International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the International Council for Philosophy and ... |
53299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookhaven%20National%20Laboratory | Brookhaven National Laboratory | Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Upton, Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U.S. Army base and Japanese internment camp. Its name stems from its location within the Town of Brookhaven, approximat... |
54306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20L.%20Jackson | Samuel L. Jackson | Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time (excluding cameo appearances and voice r... |
55909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel%20and%20Hardy | Laurel and Hardy | Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo in the silent film era, they later successfully transitioned to "talkies". From the late 1920s to the... |
56191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20Day | Memorial Day | Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States armed forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formerly observed on May 30 from 1868 to 1970.
Many people visit cemeteri... |
56368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Inglis%20Clark | Andrew Inglis Clark | Andrew Inglis Clark (24 February 1848 – 14 November 1907) was an Australian founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution; he was also an engineer, barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified as an engineer, but he re-trained as a barrister to effectively fight for social... |
58394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narconon | Narconon | Narconon International (commonly known as Narconon) is a Scientology organization which promotes the theories of founder L. Ron Hubbard regarding substance abuse treatment and addiction. Its parent company is the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE), which is owned and controlled by the Church of Scientol... |
58855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Bonanno | Joseph Bonanno | Joseph Charles Bonanno (born Giuseppe Carlo Bonanno; ; January 18, 1905 – May 11, 2002), sometimes referred to as Joe Bananas, was an Italian-American crime boss of the Bonanno crime family, which he ran from 1931 to 1968.
Bonanno was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, where his father was also involved in organ... |
58960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20medicine%20and%20medical%20technology | Timeline of medicine and medical technology | This is a timeline of the history of medicine and medical technology.
Antiquity
3300 BC – During the Stone Age, early doctors used very primitive forms of herbal medicine.
3000 BC – Ayurveda The origins of Ayurveda have been traced back to around 4,000 BCE.
c. 2600 BC – Imhotep the priest-physician who was later d... |
59627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine%20High%20School%20massacre | Columbine High School massacre | The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting and attempted bombing that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. The perpetrators, twelfth grade (senior) students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. Ten students were killed ... |
59628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School%20shooting | School shooting | A school shooting is an attack at an educational institution, such as a primary school, secondary school, or university, involving the use of firearms. Many school shootings are also categorized as mass shootings due to multiple casualties. The phenomenon is most widespread in the United States, which has the highest n... |
60995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Ulster%20Constabulary | Royal Ulster Constabulary | The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) following the partition of Ireland. At its peak the force had around 8,500 officers, with a further 4,500 who were members of the RUC Reserve... |
61024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston%2C%20South%20Carolina | Charleston, South Carolina | Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean ... |
61070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Am%20a%20Fugitive%20from%20a%20Chain%20Gang | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The film received positive reviews and three Academy Award nominations.
The film was... |
61279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Wayne%20Gacy | John Wayne Gacy | John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who assaulted and murdered at least 33 young men and boys. Gacy regularly performed at children's hospitals and charitable events as "Pogo the Clown" or "Patches the Clown", personas he had devised. He became known as the Kil... |
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