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| 1919 | Arrest Valera, Eamon de |  |
| Michael Collins organises de Valera's escape from Lincoln Gaol
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| 1917 | Arrest Nicholas II | |
| Petrograd The Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet orders the arrest of Nicholas II
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| 1941 | Barbarossa Halder, Franz von | |
| Outlines the General Staff's invasion plans to Hitler, the OKW & OKB
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| 1941 | Barbarossa Hitler, Adolf | |
| "When Barbarossa commences, the world will hold its breath & make no comment"
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| 1941 | Barberossa Hitler, Adolf | |
| Hitler reviews the plans for Barbarossa
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| The Red Army will have 155 Divisions against 116 German Divisions
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| The starting date for Barbarossa will be 15th May
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| 1852 | Battle of Caseros Rosas, Juan Manuel de | |
| Caseros The Argentine dictator is defeated & gives up attempts to capture Uruguay
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| 1509 | Battle of Diu Almeida, Francisco de | |
| Diu Between Portugal & a joint fleet of Maml–k Burji Sultanate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire, Calicut & the Sultan of Gujarat
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| Diu Marks the spillover of the Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe & the Middle East, into the Indian Ocean which was a dominant trading area
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| Diu The Portuguese follow the battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, SriLanka & Malacca
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| Diu The Portuguese sea monopoly lasts until the advent of the British East India Company and the battle of Swally in 1612
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| 1898 | Birth Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik | |
| Birth of Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
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| 1830 | Birth Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Hatfield Birth of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
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| Hatfield Birth of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
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| 1947 | Birth Davies, David Russell Gordon | |
| London Birth of David Russell Gordon Davies
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| 1978 | Buzzcocks Shelley, Pete | |
| The Buzzcocks release "What Do I Get"
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| 1646 | Capture Brereton, William | |
| Chester Captures Chester from Lord Byron
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| 1942 | Capture Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Dernia The Allies evacuate Dernia & Rommel stops between Mechili & the coast
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| 1509 | Capture Almeida, Francisco de | |
| The Portuguese follow the battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, SriLanka & Malacca
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| Goa The Portuguese follow the battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, SriLanka & Malacca
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| Malacca The Portuguese follow the battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, SriLanka & Malacca
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| Mombasa The Portuguese follow the battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, SriLanka & Malacca
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| Ormuz The Portuguese follow the battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, SriLanka & Malacca
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| Socotora The Portuguese follow the battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, SriLanka & Malacca
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| 1919 | Capture Trotsky, Leon | |
| Kiev Bolshevik forces, filling the vacuum left by the German withdrawal, take Kiev
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| 1815 | Congress of Vienna Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Vienna Arrives as the British Plenipotentiary
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| 1703 | Constitution Anne | |
| Dissolves the Scottish Estates & calls for elections
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| 1317 | Conversion John XXII | |
| Pope John XXII, under guidance from Gnesen Archbishop Borislav, offers Catholicism to Lithuania
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| 1989 | Coup d'Etat Rodriguez, Andres | |
| General Andres Rodriguez stages a Coup to oust General Alfredo Stroessner, Stroessner, President of Paraguay for more than three decades, is overthrown in the military Coup, 300 peopleare killed
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| 1014 | Death Sweyn I Forkbeard | |
| Gainsborough Death of Death-Sweyn I Forkbeard
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| 1398 | Death Richard II | |
| Death of John of Gaunt, Richard confiscates his Lancaster Estate
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| London John of Gaunt dies & Richard confiscates his Lancaster Estate
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| 1399 | Death John of Gaunt | |
| Leicester Castle Death of John of Gaunt, leaves his lands to the future Henry IV in exile
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| Leicester Castle Gaunt died of natural causes at Leicester Castle, with his wife Katherine by his side
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| Leicester Castle When John of Gaunt dies his estates are declared forfeit to the crown, as Richard II had exiled John's less diplomatic heir, Henry Bolingbroke, in 1398
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| 1537 | Death Henry VIII | |
| Execution of the Earl of Kildare & his 5 uncles for treason
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| 1913 | Declaration of War Bey, Enver | |
| The truce in the Balkans is renounced & the war resumed
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| 1982 | Diplomacy Galtieri, Leopoldo | |
| South Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia
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| 1935 | Diplomacy Laval, Pierre | |
| London A memo is issued to negotiate with Germany over arms & League of Nations membership
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| London Flandin & Laval visit London
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| 1935 | Diplomacy Baldwin, Stanley | |
| London Anglo-French memorandum for Germany over arms & League of Nations membership
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| London Flandin & Laval visit London
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| 1960 | Diplomacy MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Pretoria Visits Sth Africa & says "a wind of change is blowing through the continent"
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| 1982 | Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| South Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia
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| 2008 | Election Tadic, Boris | |
| Boris Tadic, a pro-Western leader who favors joining the European Union and closer ties with the US, defeats Tomislav Nikolic, of the hardline nationalist Radical Party, in the second round of presidential elections
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| 1537 | Execution Henry VIII | |
| Execution of the Earl of Kildare & his 5 uncles for treason
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| 1014 | Exile Sweyn I Forkbeard | |
| Gainsborough The English invite Ethelred to return from France after the death of Sweyn I
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| 1399 | Exile Richard II | |
| Confiscates Bolingbroke's inheritance & extends his exile from 10 yrs to life
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| 1399 | Exile of Henry IV Henry IV | |
| Richard II extends Henry IV's banishment from 10 years to life
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| 1917 | February Revolution Nicholas II | |
| Petrograd The Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet orders the arrest of Nicholas II
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| 1830 | Independence Lamb, William | |
| London Establishes a Greek Kingdom
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| London Independence is guaranteed by Britain, France & Russia by means of the London Protocol
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| 1960 | Independence MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Cape Town In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa
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| 1941 | Invasion of Russia Halder, Franz von | |
| Outlines the General Staff's invasion plans to Hitler, the OKW & OKB
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| 1941 | Invasion of Russia Hitler, Adolf | |
| Orders Keitel to make it appear as if Germany is invading Britain rather than Russia
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| "When Barbarossa commences, the world will hold its breath & make no comment"
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| 1941 | Invasion of Russia Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Hitler orders Keitel to make it appear as if Germany is invading Britain
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| 1982 | Invasion of Georgia Galtieri, Leopoldo | |
| South Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia
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| 1982 | Invasion of Georgia Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| South Britain renews its formal protest at Davidoff's unauthorised landing in South Georgia
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| 1986 | Meeting Mother Teresa John Paul II | |
| Calcutta Excited crowds of around 100,000 people greet the Pope as he arrives in the city from New Delhi where he spent the first two days of his tour of India
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| Calcutta the Pope delivers a short sermon saying: "Nirmil Hriday is a place of hope, a house built on courage and faith, a home where love reigns, a home filled with love"
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| Calcutta The Pope meets Mother Teresa, head of the Missionaries of Charities order, in Calcutta & visits her refuge for the sick & dying
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| 1986 | Nirmil Hriday John Paul II | |
| Nirmil Hriday the Pope delivers a short sermon saying: "Nirmil Hriday is a place of hope, a house built on courage and faith, a home where love reigns, a home filled with love"
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| 1621 | Peerage Bacon, Francis | |
| Created Viscount St Alban
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| 2008 | President of USA Tadic, Boris | |
| Boris Tadic, a pro-Western leader who favors joining the European Union and closer ties with the US, defeats Tomislav Nikolic, of the hardline nationalist Radical Party, in the second round of presidential elections
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| 1995 | Reform Major, John Roy | |
| London Promises Britain will not back a proposed single European Union currency before 1997
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| 1801 | Resignation Pitt the Younger, William | |
| London George III refuses to include Pitt's Catholic emancipation in the Act of Union
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| 2003 | Scandal Jackson, Michael | |
| Reveals he shares his bed with young boys during "Living with Michael Jackson"
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| 1960 | Speech MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Cape Town In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa
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| Cape Town Macmillan's "wind of change" speech became a historical landmark, the first sign that the British Government accepted that the days of Empire were over
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| 1014 | Succession Sweyn I Forkbeard | |
| Gainsborough The Danish army choose Canute as their leader after the death of Sweyn I
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| 1986 | Tour John Paul II | |
| Calcutta Excited crowds of around 100,000 people greet the Pope as he arrives in the city from New Delhi where he spent the first two days of his tour of India
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| 1999 | Zinoviev Letter Bennett, Gill | |
| Claims the Zinoviev letter was written by White Russians living in Latvia
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