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| 1945 | Alliance Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich |  |
| Wismar Montgomery & Rokossovsky join together at Wismar
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| 1945 | Arrest Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Obbacio Rescues from a POW camp at Prager Wildsee by the British 5th Army
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| 1945 | Arrest Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar | |
| Obbacio Rescued from a POW camp at Prager Wildsee by the British 5th Army
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| 1937 | Battle of Barcelona Largo Caballero, Francisco | |
| Barcelona The Republicans submit to attempting to win the war under Communist control
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| 1942 | Battle of Coral Sea Inouye, Shigeyoshi | |
| Coral Sea The Shoho is sunk
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| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Navarre, Henri | |
| Dien Bien Phu The French garrison of Dien Bien Phu falls to the Vietminh
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| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| Dien Bien Phu The Viet Minh overwhelm the French garrison of Dien Bien Phu
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| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| Buen Bien Phu Takes possession of the French garrison the day before the peace talks in Geneva
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| 1945 | Battle of Rhine Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Wismar Montgomery & Rokossovsky join together at Wismar
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| 1471 | Battle of Tewkesbury Edward IV | |
| Tewkesbury The Yorkists capture Margaret of Anjou after the battle of Tewkesbury
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| Tewkesbury The Yorkists crush Margaret of Anjou whose son & heir, Prince Edward, is killed
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| 1471 | Battle of Tewkesbury Margaret of Anjou | |
| Tewkesbury Margaret's only son Edward is killed & Henry VI is captured
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| Tewkesbury The Yorkists capture Margaret of Anjou after the battle of Tewkesbury
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| 1471 | Battle of Tewkesbury Richard III | |
| Tewkesbury Helps restore Edward IV to the throne by defeating the Lancastrians
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| 1472 | Battle of Tewkesbury Tudor, Jasper | |
| Tewkesbury Seeks exile in Paris with his nephew Henry VII after the battle of Tewkesbury
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| 1724 | Birth Wurmser | |
| Strasbourg Birth of Dagobert Sigismond Wurmser
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| 1939 | Birth Lubbers, Rudolph Franz Marie | |
| Rotterdam Birth of Rudolph Franz Marie Lubbers
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| 1999 | Bombing of Yugoslavia Milosevic, Slobodan | |
| Belgrade NATO bombs hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, killing three Chinese journalists and outraging Chinese public opinion
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| 1915 | Capture Mackensen, August von | |
| Libau Captures Libau, Russian Baltic port
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| 1943 | Capture Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Tunis Tunis is captured & entered by the British 1st Army
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| 1659 | Constitution Cromwell, Richard | |
| 42 survivors of Cromwell's dissolution issue a declaration establishing a "commonwealth without a King, single person or Lords
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| 1998 | Constitution Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The Northern Ireland Electons Bill receives royal assent
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| 1274 | Council Lyons, 2nd Michael VIII Palaeologus | |
| Lyon The Greek church submits to the Roman church
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| 1274 | Council Lyons Gregory X | |
| Lyon Convokes the Council of Lyon for temporary union between eastern & western churches
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| Lyon The Council helps regulate papal elections
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| 1926 | Coup d'Etat Coolidge, Calvin | |
| USAtroops arrive in Nicaragua after a Coup
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| USAtroops arrive in Nicaragua after a Coup
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| 1525 | Death Munzer, Thomas | |
| The leader of the southern peasant revolt is beheaded
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| 1682 | Death Theodore III | |
| Death of Theodore III, without isuue, news of his death sparks the Moscow uprising
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| 1982 | Declaration of Exclusion Zone Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| The exclusion zone is extended to 12 miles off the Argentine coast
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| 1689 | Declaration of War William III | |
| Declares war on France
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| Provoked by Louis XIV's expedition in support of James II in Ireland
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| 1689 | Declaration of War Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Declares war on England
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| 1586 | Discovery of Northwest Passage Davis, John | |
| Northwest Passage English sea captain John Davis sets sail from Dartmouth with 3 ships in a 2nd attempt to find the Northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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| 1995 | Election Juppe, Alain | |
| French voters end 14 years of socialist rule electing longtime Paris mayor Jacques Chirac to the presidency
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| 1982 | Exclusion Zone Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Falklands, The Britain extends total exclusion zone to 12 miles off Argentine coast
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| 1525 | Execution Munzer, Thomas | |
| The leader of the southern peasant revolt is beheaded
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| 2000 | Inauguration Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Putin is inaugurated, he names Mikhail Kasyanof as Prime Minister and pledges to restore the country to world-power status
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| 1954 | Invasion of Vietnam Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Dien Bien Phu Dien Bien Phu falls to the Communists
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| Dien Bien Phu The USAbegins to prepare for limited military intervention
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| 1941 | Ironclad Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Diego Suarez Vichy forces surrender to the British in Madagascar
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| 1567 | Marriage Hepburn, James | |
| Divorces Lady Jean
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| Mary authorizes Bothwell's divorce from his wife, a week later they are married
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| 1567 | Marriage Mary of Scots | |
| Authorizes Bothwell's divorce from Lady Jean Gordon & a week later marries him
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| 1645 | Mobilization Fairfax, Thomas | |
| Blandford Reaches Blandford & detaches 6 regiments for the relief of Taunton
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| 1659 | Parliament Cromwell, Richard | |
| 42 survivors of Cromwell's dissolution issue a declaration establishing a "commonwealth without a King, single person or Lords
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| 2000 | President Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Appointed President of Russia
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| 2000 | Prime Minister Kasyanof, Mikhail Mikhaylovich | |
| Putin is inaugurated, he names Mikhail Kasyanof as Prime Minister and pledges to restore the country to world-power status
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| 2000 | Prime Minister Kasyanov, Mikhail Mikhaylovich | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Russia
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| 1933 | Public Works Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Goes on TV & describes plans to give work to 1/4 million unemployed
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| 1682 | Rebellion Theodore III | |
| Moscow Death of Theodore III, without isuue, news of his death sparks the Moscow uprising
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| 1952 | Rebellion Dodd, Francis | |
| Koje General Dodd is taken hostage by Communist POWs
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| Koje General Dodd is taken hostage by Communist POWs
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| Koje General Dodd is taken hostage by Communist POWs
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| 1832 | Reform Russell | |
| London Reform Bill, 3rd, a Lords amendment seeks to safeguard pocket boroughs
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| 1916 | Resignation Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Returns to England, the end of his military career
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| 1954 | Rule of Indochina Laniel, Joseph | |
| Dien Bien Phu Dien Bien Phu falls & marks the end of French rule in Indochina
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| 2007 | Siege of Baghdad Bush, George Walker | |
| Baghdad The USAand Iraq begin a new offensive in an attempt to increase security in Baghdad and quell the increasingly deadly attacks by insurgents and militias
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| 1954 | Siege of Dien Bien Phu Laniel, Joseph | |
| Dien Bien Phu Dien Bien Phu falls & marks the end of French rule in Indochina
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| 1429 | Siege of Orleans Charles VII | |
| Orleans Carrying her banner during an assault on the earthwork in front of Les Tourelles, Joan is shot by an arrow but later returns to inspire the troops to victory
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| 1429 | Siege of Orleans Joan of Arc | |
| Orleans Carrying her banner during an assault on the earthwork in front of Les Tourelles, Joan is shot by an arrow but later returns to inspire the troops to victory
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| 1645 | Siege of Oxford Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Oxford Charles I & Goring evade Cromwell's forces & manage to leave Oxford
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| 1915 | Sinking Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| Kinsale Germany sinks the Cunard liner Lusitania, 1152 lives are lost including 102 Americans
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| 1915 | Sinking Dow, David | |
| Kinsale All passengers are saved
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| Kinsale The Luisitania is sunk 8 miles off the head of Kinsale by a German submarine
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| 1915 | Sinking Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| Kinsale Germany sinks the Cunard liner Lusitania, 1152 lives are lost including 102 Americans
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| 1945 | Suicide Goebbels, Paul Joseph | |
| Berlin Bodies of Goebbels, his wife & 5 children are found in a shelter near the Reichstag
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| 1945 | Surrender Rendulic, Lothar | |
| Vienna Surrenders 600,000 troops to the Americans rather than the Russians
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| 1945 | Surrender Doenitz, Karl | |
| Rheims Authorizes unconditional surrender of all German fighting forces
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| Unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies
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| 1945 | Surrender Krosigk | |
| Proclaims the capitulation of Germany to the Allies in a national broadcast
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| 1945 | Surrender Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies
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| 1945 | Surrender Stalin, Joseph | |
| Berlin The German High Command signs a document of unconditional surrender
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| 1945 | Surrender Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Rheims Accepts the unconditional surrender of the Germans
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| 1830 | Treaty of Trade Jackson, Andrew | |
| Washington The treaty of Commerce & Navigation is signed with the Ottoman Empire
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