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| 1513 | Alliance Louis XII |  |
| Promises to pay James IV of Scots for equipping his navy
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| 1932 | Alliance Schleicher, Kurt von | |
| Berlin Agrees a deal with the Nazis to lift the ban on the SA
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| Berlin Agrees a deal with the Nazis to lift the ban on the SA
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| Berlin Agrees a Presidential Cabinet of Hindenburg's choosing & dissolution of the Reichstag
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| Berlin Agrees a Presidential Cabinet of Hindenburg's choosing & dissolution of the Reichstag
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| 2002 | Al Qaeda Padilla, Jose | |
| Chicago USAauthorities announce the arrest of an American citizen they accuse of planning to build and detonate a bomb containing radioactive material, Jose Padilla, is detained Chicago airport after arriving from Pakistan
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| 1250 | Arrest Louis IX | |
| Acre Louis IX is ransomed for 400,000 dinars after he pledged not to return to Egypt again and surrender Damietta to the Egyptians, he is allowed to leave alive on the 8th to Acre with his brothers and 12,000 war prisoners
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| 1250 | Assassination Turanshah | |
| Fariskur Sysria Shortly after the battle of Fariskur, the Ayyubid Sultan Turanshah is assassinated at Fariskur and the Mamluks, the same victorious champions of Al Mansurah, become the new rulers of Egypt
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| 1645 | Battle of Auldearn Graham, James | |
| Auldearn Hurry tries to surprise Montose but is trapped by MacDonald & defeated by Montrose
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| 1942 | Battle of Coral Sea Inouye, Shigeyoshi | |
| Coral Sea Calls off the plan to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby
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| Port Moresby Calls off the plan to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby
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| Coral Sea Inouye is forced to call off his planned capture of Port Moresby in the Solomon's
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| The air-sea battle of the Coral Sea comes out as an tactical victory but strategical defeat for Japan
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| 1942 | Battle of Coral Sea Yoshihito | |
| Coral Sea Japanese expansion is stopped at New Guinea
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| 1942 | Battle of Coral Sea Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| Coral Sea Japanese expansion in the Pacific is stopped off New Guinea
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| 1811 | Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Fuentes d'Onoro Defeats Massena
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| 1884 | Birth Truman, Harry S | |
| Birth of Harry S Truman
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| 1932 | Birth Liston, Sonny | |
| Birth of Sonny Liston
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| 1972 | Bombing of Haiphong Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Haiphong 2,000 pound mines are dropped in Haiphong harbour
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| 1945 | Capture Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Berlin Directs the capture of Berlin
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| 1640 | Capture Marischal | |
| Aberdeen Captures Aberdeen for the Royalists
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| 1906 | Conference of Commonwealth Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Attends a conference of Colonial Prime Ministers
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| 1999 | Death Bogarde, Dirk | |
| Death of Dirk Bogarde
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| 0615 | Death Boniface IV | |
| Rome Death of Boniface IV
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| 1869 | Diplomacy Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Benedetti is told by Bismarck that Leopold had refused the Spanish throne
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| 1963 | Diplomacy Ben-Gurion, David | |
| JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
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| 1981 | Diplomacy Assad, Hafez al- | |
| Damascus Syria tells Israel it will not withdraw missiles in Lebanon
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| 1778 | General Clinton, Henry | |
| London Appointed Commander of the British forces in America
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| London Appointed Commander of the British forces in America
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| 1985 | Government Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| Reagan speaks to the European Parliament on 40th anniversary of V-E Day
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| 1657 | Humble Petition Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Cromwell rejects the Humble Petition
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| 1812 | Invasion of Russia Napoleon I | |
| Leaves France for the Russian campaign
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| 1657 | Kingship Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Cromwell rejects the offer of the Kingship
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| 1972 | Linebacker I Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 1st day of Operation Linebacker I, bombing nth Vietnam
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| 1972 | Mining Dong Hoi Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Dong Hoi Nixon orders the mining of Dong Hoi
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| 1972 | Mining Hai Phong Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Hai Phong Nixon orders the mining of Hai Phong
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| 1972 | Mining North Vietnam Ports Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Orders the mining of major nth Vietnamese ports
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| 1644 | Mobilization Goring, Thomas | |
| Oxford Charles I's Cavalry Leader accompanies his King on his way from Oxford
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| 1250 | National Day of Damiette Turanshah | |
| Damietta The National Day of Damiette Governorate on May 8, marks the anniversary of the expelling of Louis IX from Egypt in 1250
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| 1878 | Prime Minister Sprigg, John Gordon | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, 1st term
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| 1250 | Ransom Louis IX | |
| Acre Louis IX is ransomed for 400,000 dinars after he pledged not to return to Egypt again and surrender Damietta to the Egyptians, he is allowed to leave alive on the 8th to Acre with his brothers and 12,000 war prisoners
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| 1559 | Reform Elizabeth I | |
| Restores the anti-papal laws of Henry VIII
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| 1832 | Resignation Grey, Charles | |
| London Offers William IV his resignation his refusal to create peers to pass the Reform Bill
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| 1250 | Rule of Damietta Turanshah | |
| Damietta Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles d'Anjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim
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| Damietta The National Day of Damiette Governorate on May 8, marks the anniversary of the expelling of Louis IX from Egypt in 1250
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| 1250 | Rule of Egypt Turanshah | |
| Fariskur Sysria Shortly after the battle of Fariskur, the Ayyubid Sultan Turanshah is assassinated at Fariskur and the Mamluks, the same victorious champions of Al Mansurah, become the new rulers of Egypt
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| 1640 | Siege of Aberdeen Marischal | |
| Aberdeen Captures Aberdeen for the Royalists
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| 1793 | Siege of Conde Dampierre, Picot | |
| Conde Killed during the siege of Conde
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| 1250 | Siege of Damietta Louis IX | |
| Damietta Louis IX is ransomed for 400,000 dinars after he pledged not to return to Egypt again and surrender Damietta to the Egyptians, he is allowed to leave alive on the 8th to Acre with his brothers and 12,000 war prisoners
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| 1250 | Siege of Damietta Turanshah | |
| Damietta Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles d'Anjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim
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| 1811 | Siege of Fuentes d'Onoro Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Fuentes d'Onoro Defeats Massena
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| 1646 | Siege of Newark Charles I | |
| Newark Newark is surrendered to the Scots
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| 1429 | Siege of Orleans Charles VII | |
| Orleans The English order all their remaining troops out of their positions, & abandon the siege
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| 1429 | Siege of Orleans Joan of Arc | |
| Orleans The English order all their remaining troops out of their positions, & abandon the siege
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| 1972 | Siege of Tel Aviv Meir, Golda | |
| Tel Aviv Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, is captured by Palestinians
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| 1657 | Succession Cromwell, Oliver | |
| London Announces he will not accept the title of King
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| Cromwell rejects the offer of the Kingship
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| 1945 | Surrender Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| Paris Makes the official announcement of victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 pm
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| 1945 | Surrender Jodl, Alfred | |
| Rheims Signs the German surrender to the Allies at Rheims, effective from May 8
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| 1945 | Surrender Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Announces "Victory in Europe Day"
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| 1945 | Surrender Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| German military leaders sign documents of surrender in Zhukov's presence
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| 1360 | Treaty of Bretigny Edward III | |
| Bretigny Edward gains sovereignty over Calais, Aquitaine & Ponthieu
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| Bretigny Edward gives up Normandy & ransoms King John for 3 million gold crowns
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| Bretigny Edward renounces his claim to the French throne
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| 1360 | Treaty of Bretigny Charles V the Wise | |
| Bretigny Cedes territory to the English in order to release his father John II
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| 1360 | Treaty of Bretigny Innocent VI | |
| Bretigny Arranges the Anglo-French treaty of Bretigny
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| 1360 | Treaty of Bretigny John II | |
| Bretigny Edward drops the title King of France
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| Bretigny John is released by Edward III for 3 million gold crowns
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| Bretigny Released by the treaty of Bretigny & the payment of a 3 million crown ransom
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| 1360 | Treaty of Calais Charles V the Wise | |
| Calais Cedes territory to the English in order to release his father John II
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| 1641 | Trial Charles I | |
| London Assents to the bill of attainder against Strafford
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| 1641 | Trial Wentworth, Thomas | |
| London The Lords pass a bill of attainder against Strafford
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| 1945 | VE Day Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de | |
| Paris Makes the official announcement of victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 pm
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| 1945 | VE Day Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Makes the announcement of Allied victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 p.m.
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| 1945 | VE Day Elizabeth II | |
| Buckingham Pal Attends the VE Day celebrations in her ATS uniform
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| Buckingham Pal Attends the VE Day celebrations in her ATS uniform
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| 1945 | VE Day George VI | |
| London Broadcasts a victory message to the nation & commonwealth at 9.00 p.m.
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| 1945 | VE Day Truman, Harry S | |
| Washington Makes the announcement of Allied victory over the Axis powers in Europe at 3 p.m.
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