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| 1785 | 1st Channel Crossing Blanchard, Francois |  |
| Channel Completes the first Channel crossing in a hot air balloon
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| English Channel Completes the first Channel crossing in a hot air balloon
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| 1785 | 1st Hot Air Balloon Blanchard, Jean-Pierre | |
| Calais 1st to pilot a hot-air balloon across the Channel from Dover to Calais
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| 1960 | Address of Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| Minsk Oswald arrives in Minsk where he is surveyed by the KGB
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| 1297 | Alliance Edward I | |
| Flanders Concludes a Treaty of Alliance with Guy, Count of Flanders
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| 1935 | Alliance Laval, Pierre | |
| Paris A settlement between Abyssinia & Italy
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| Paris Parts of Abyssinia are ceded to Italy, the ensuing outcry forces Hoare to resign
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| Paris Signed by Samuel Hoare & Pierre Laval
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| 1622 | Arrest James I | |
| London Places John Pym under house arrest for hostile remarks in the Commons
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| 1131 | Assassination Niels of Denmark | |
| Haraldsted Magnus kills his cousin Canute Lavard, civil war ensues as Canute's half-brother Eric tries to avenge his death
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| 1922 | Assassination Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Dublin Collins orders the killing of Henry Wilson in reprisal for failing to prevent the attacks on Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland
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| Dublin The British forces Collins to take action against the Four Courts men, Collins borrows two 18 pounder artillery pieces from the British and bombards the Four Courts until its garrison surrenders
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| 1745 | Battle of Amberg Maria Theresa | |
| Amberg The Austrians launch a surprise attack & overrun most of Bavaria
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| 1134 | Battle of Fodevig Bay Niels of Denmark | |
| Fodevig Bay Niels and Magnus land at Fodevig Bay determined to finish off Eric, they are taken by surprise by a contingent of German soldiers, Niels' army is slaughtered & Magnus is killed
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| 1768 | Birth Bonaparte | |
| Corsica Birth of Joseph Bonaparte
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| 1800 | Birth Fillmore, Millard | |
| Birth of Millard Fillmore
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| 2000 | Bombing of Grozny Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Grozny Russia announces a suspension of aerial bombardment in Grozny to allow civilians to escape
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| 1610 | Callisto Galileo, Galilei | |
| Galileo Galilei discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope; thought to be the first observation of moons other than Earth's
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| 1558 | Captue Francis of Guise | |
| Arlon Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France
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| Calais Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France
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| 1558 | Capture Mary I | |
| Calais The last English possession on French soil is taken back by the French
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| Calais The last English possession on French soil is taken back by the French
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| Calais "when I am dead and opened ye shall find Calais lying in my heart"
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| Calais "when I am dead and opened ye shall find Calais lying in my heart"
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| 1558 | Capture Francis of Guise | |
| Thionville Captures Calais from the English, an enormous propaganda victory for France
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| 1558 | Capture Guise, Francis | |
| Calais Helps capture Calais from the English
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| 1558 | Capture Guise | |
| Calais Helps capture Calais from the English
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| 1558 | Capture Henry II | |
| Calais Helps capture Calais from the English
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| Calais Helps capture Calais from the English
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| 1558 | Capture Louis I de Bourbon | |
| Calais Sees action at the capture of Calais from the English
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| Calais Sees action at the capture of Calais from the English
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| 1979 | Capture Pot, Pol | |
| Phnom Penh The Vietnamese capture Phnom Penh
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| 1979 | Capture of Phnom Penh Pot, Pol | |
| Phnom Penh The Vietnamese invade Cambodia, capturing Phnom Penh
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| 1618 | Chancellor Bacon, Francis | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of England
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| 1642 | Committee Safety Pym, John | |
| London Appointed Member of the Committee of Lords & Commons fo the Safety of the Kingdom
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| London Helps found the Committee of Public Safety
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| 1925 | Conference of Allies Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Paris Attends the Allied Financial Conference
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| Paris Tries to reduce Germany's war debts to France & France's war debts to the US
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| 1946 | Constitution Figl, Leopold | |
| The Austrian Government has sovereignty & there must be no restoration of the monarchy
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| 1918 | Constitution Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Moscow Dissolves the Constituent Assembly & "establishes the dictatorship of the proletariat"
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| 1936 | Cortes Valladares, Manuel Portela | |
| Madrid The Cortes is closed
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| 1536 | Death Catherine of Aragon | |
| Kimbolton Death of Catherine of Aragon, at Kimbolton Palace, Cambridgeshire
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| 1536 | Death Henry VIII | |
| Kimbolton Death of Catherine of Aragon, Henry & Anne's offspring can inherit the throne
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| 1999 | Death Romanov | |
| Death of Rostislav Romanov
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| 2005 | Death Kennedy, Rosemary | |
| Death of Rosemary Kennedy, elder sister of JF Kennedy
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| 1807 | Decree Berlin Decree Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London Answers Napoleon's decree by British Order in Council closing coastal waters to France
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| 1946 | Diplomacy Figl, Leopold | |
| Diplomatic relations are restored between Austria & the rest of the world
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| 1957 | Diplomacy Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Zhou Enlai visits Moscow
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| 1610 | Europa Galileo, Galilei | |
| Galileo Galilei discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope; thought to be the first observation of moons other than Earth's
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| 1134 | Exile Niels of Denmark | |
| Haraldsted The church and most of the Danish public support king Niels, and Eric makes little progress, being forced at last to flee to Sweden
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| 1933 | Five Year Plan, 1st Stalin, Joseph | |
| Stalin delivers a report on "Results of the First Five-Year Plan" at the joint plenum of the CC and CCC CPSU
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| 1610 | Galilean Moons Galileo, Galilei | |
| Galileo Galilei discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope; thought to be the first observation of moons other than Earth's
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| 1610 | Ganymede Galileo, Galilei | |
| Galileo Galilei discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope; thought to be the first observation of moons other than Earth's
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| 1450 | Glasgow University James II | |
| Glasgow Foundation of Glasgow University
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| 1946 | Government Truman, Harry S | |
| Russia, Britain, the USA & France recognize Austria with its 1937 boundaries
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| 1953 | Government Truman, Harry S | |
| Truman announces that the USAhad developed the hydrogen bomb
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| 1986 | Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| Orders economy sanctions against Libya in retaliation for involvement in terrorism
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| 2003 | Governor Agarwal, Sudarshan | |
| Uttaranchal Appointed Governor of Uttaranchal
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| 1989 | Heisei Akihito | |
| Heisei, which means Peace and Prosperity, is adopted as the new reign name
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| 1946 | Independence Figl, Leopold | |
| Russia, the USA, France & Britain agree to the restoration of the 1937 borders
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| The Austrian Government has sovereignty & there must be no restoration of the monarchy
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| 1946 | Independence Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Russia, Britain, the USA & France recognize Austria with its 1937 boundaries
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| 1946 | Independence Stalin, Joseph | |
| Russia, Britain, the USA & France recognize Austria with its 1937 boundaries
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| 1979 | Invasion of Kampuchea Pot, Pol | |
| Phnom Penh The Vietnamese invade Cambodia, capturing Phnom Penh
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| 1714 | Invention Typewriter Mill, Henry | |
| Patents the 1st typewriter
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| 1610 | Io Galileo, Galilei | |
| Galileo Galilei discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope; thought to be the first observation of moons other than Earth's
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| 1610 | Jupiter Galileo, Galilei | |
| Demonstrates not all heavenly bodies revolve around the Earth
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| Galileo Galilei discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope; thought to be the first observation of moons other than Earth's
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| 1937 | Marriage Juliana I | |
| Marries Prince Bernhard
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| 1946 | Monarchy Figl, Leopold | |
| The Austrian Government has sovereignty & there must be no restoration of the monarchy
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| 1953 | Nuclear Warfare Truman, Harry S | |
| Truman announces that the USAhad developed the hydrogen bomb
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| 1970 | Policy Incomes Wilson, James Harold | |
| London The Government revises rules for pay increases & ends the statutory incomes policy
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| 2001 | President Kufuor, John Agyekum | |
| Appointed President of Ghana
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| 1854 | Press Mitchel, John | |
| Publishes the 1st issue of the Citizen
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| 2007 | Resignation Wielgus, Stanislaw | |
| A month after being appointed archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI, Stanislaw Wielgus resigns after admitting to collaborating with the Polish secret police during the Communist
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| 1558 | Rule of Calais Mary I | |
| Calais The last English possession on French soil is taken back by the French
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| Calais The last English possession on French soil is taken back by the French
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| 1946 | Rule of Tyrol Figl, Leopold | |
| Tyrol The Allies cede the southern Tyrol to Italy, despite its German speaking population
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| 1986 | Sanctions Gaddafi, Muammar Abu Minyar al- | |
| The USAunilaterally imposes sanctions against Libya for international terrorism
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| 2007 | Scandal Wielgus, Stan |
