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| 1912 | Abdication Hsuan T'ung |  |
| Brings an end to the Manchu Dynasty
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| 1912 | Abdication Yat-Sen, Sun | |
| Nanking The Emperor abdicates
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| 2007 | Abdul Aziz Award Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Saudi King Abdullah awards Putin the King Abdul Aziz Award, SaudiArabia's top civilian decoration
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| 1887 | Agreement Mediterranean Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Agreement between the powers maintaining the Mediterranean status quo against Turkey
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| 1938 | Anschluss Innitzer, Theodor | |
| Vienna Cardinal Theodor Innitzer of Vienna meets with Hitler and then directs all Catholic clergy and laity to "unconditionally support the great German State and the Fuhrer"
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| 1938 | Anschluss Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Vienna Miklas refuses to honor Hitler's ultimatum but capitulates under threat of invasion
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| 1938 | Anschluss Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Hitler orders the Austrian Chancellor to to hand over control of his Government
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| Berlin Informs the Austrian Chancellor to hand control over to the Nazis
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| 1554 | Arrest Grey | |
| Tower of London Taken prisoner after the uprising, executed at Tower Green for treason
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| 2000 | Arrest Raduyev, Salman | |
| Chechnya Russian agents capture Salman Raduyev, a Chechen warlord
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| 1429 | Battle of Herrings Fastolf, John | |
| Orleans Beats off a force of Scottish & French who are trying to enter Orleans
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| 1429 | Battle of Herrings Fastolf, John | |
| Orleans Killed during a joinf Scottish & French attempt to enter Orleans
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| 1429 | Battle of Rouvray Fastolf, John | |
| Rouvray Defeats the French at Rouvay defending a convoy carrying rations to Suffolk's Army
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| 1429 | Battle of Rouvray John of Bedford | |
| Rouvray A French army is badly defeated at the battle of Rouvray (aka "battle of the Herrings")
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| 1429 | Battle of Rouvray Stuart, John | |
| Rouvray Unsuccessfully attacks a convoy led by John Falstolf to supply the Earl of Suffolk
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| 1809 | Birth Darwin, Charles Robert | |
| Shrewsbury Birth of Charles Dawin, grandson of Josiah Wedgewood & Erasmus Darwin
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| 1809 | Birth Lincoln, Abraham | |
| Birth of Abraham Lincoln
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| 1939 | Birth Manzarek, Ray | |
| Chicago Birth of Ray Manzarek
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| 1941 | Capture Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Singapore The British surrender Singapore to Yamashita
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| 1993 | Constitution Klerk, Frederik Willem de | |
| The ANC & NP agree on a transistional Government of "National Unity"
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| 1993 | Constitution Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| The ANC & NP agree on a transistional Government of "National Unity"
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| 0881 | Coronation Charles III the Fat | |
| Rome Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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| 1964 | Cultural Revolution Zhen, Peng | |
| A report submitted to the party seeks the "annihilation of the bourgeois"
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| 1989 | Death Bernhard, Thomas | |
| Death of Thomas Bernhard, Austrian novelist and playwright
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| 1554 | Death Grey | |
| Death of Henry Grey, executed for supporting the Wyatt rebellion
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| Tower of London Death of Jane Grey, executed because her father had supported the Wyatt rebellion
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| Tower of London Death of Jane Grey, executed because her father had supported the Wyatt rebellion
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| 1804 | Death Kant, Immanuel | |
| Death of Immanuel Kant
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| 1925 | Death Ebert, Friedrich | |
| Berlin Death of Friedrich Ebert, from the effects of an appendicitis operation
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| 1917 | Diplomacy Charles I | |
| Vienna Refuses to break off relations with the USA
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Vienna Schuschigg is forced by Hitler to agree an amnesty for imprisoned Austrian Nazis
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| 1939 | Diplomacy Tuka, Bela | |
| Prague Rep The Slovak leader Tuka visits Hitler & "lays the future of my people in your hands"
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Schuschigg is forced by Hitler to agree an amnesty for imprisoned Austrian Nazis
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| 1939 | Diplomacy Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin The Slovak leader Tuka visits Hitler & "lays the future of my people in your hands"
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| 1941 | Diplomacy Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea | |
| Mussolini fails to persuade Franco to join the Axis
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Fumimaro, Konoe | |
| Japan refuses to reveal naval data requested by the USAand Britain
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| 2002 | Diplomacy Musharraf, Pervez | |
| Musharraf gives a landmark speech against Islamic extremism, He unequivocally condemns all acts of terrorism, including those carried out in the name of freeing Kashmir's Muslim majority from Indian rule
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| 2007 | Diplomacy Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Saudi King Abdullah awards Putin the King Abdul Aziz Award, SaudiArabia's top civilian decoration
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| 1969 | Drama Allen, Woody | |
| New York Makes his debut at Broadway appearing in his own play, "Play it Again, Sam"
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| 1996 | Election Arafat, Yasser | |
| Appointed President of the Palestine Authority
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| 1542 | Execution Howard | |
| Tower of London Asks to see her execution block so she can die with dignity, wish granted
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| Tower of London Told she is to be executed the following day
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| 1554 | Execution Grey | |
| Tower of London Executed by Mary I for taking part in the Wyatt rising against Mary's Spanish marriage
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| Tower of London Executed by Mary I for taking part in the Wyatt rising against Mary's Spanish marriage
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| Tower of London Taken prisoner after the uprising, executed at Tower Green for treason
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| Tower of London Taken to the Tower & executed
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| 1992 | Government Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| Admits he avoided the Vietnam war draft
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| 1999 | Impeachment Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| Cleared of high crimes & misdemeanours by the Senate
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| Senate votes 50-50 to impeach Clinton for obstructing justice
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| Senate votes 55-45 not to impeach Clinton for perjury
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| 1817 | Independence San Martin, Jose de | |
| Helps defeat the Spanish & colonial forces
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| 1928 | Independence Baldwin, Stanley | |
| Malta Malta is granted Dominion status
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| 1938 | Invasion of Austria Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Miklas refuses to honor Hitler's ultimatum but capitulates under threat of invasion
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| 1922 | Pope Pius XI | |
| Vatican Appointed Pope, formerly the Cardinal & Archbishop of Milan
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| 2000 | Rebellion Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Chechnya Russian agents capture Salman Raduyev, a Chechen warlord
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| 2000 | Rebellion Raduyev, Salman | |
| Chechnya Russian agents capture Salman Raduyev, a Chechen warlord
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| 1938 | Rule of Austria Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| Hitler orders the Austrian Chancellor to to hand over control of his Government
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| 1825 | Rule of Georgia Adams, John Quincy | |
| Indian Springs Indian leaders sign a treaty ceding all Creek lands in Georgia to the USA
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| 1941 | Siege of Singapore Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Singapore The British surrender Singapore to Yamashita
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| 1960 | Strike Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| London Gains approval from the cabinet to offer the NUR 5% which ia accepted
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| 1926 | Strike Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea | |
| Strikes are made illegal
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| 0881 | Succession Charles III the Fat | |
| Rome Succeeds as Holy Roman Emperor
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| 1986 | Treaty of Channel Tunnel Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Canterbury The Channel Tunnel treaty with France is signed
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| 1825 | Treaty of Indian Springs Adams, John Quincy | |
| Indian Springs Indian leaders sign a treaty ceding all Creek lands in Georgia to the USA
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| 1887 | Treaty of Mediterranean Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Agreed between powers maintaining the status quo in the Mediterranean against Turkey
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| 1989 | Trial North, Oliver | |
| The special prosecutor in the Iran-Contra case and the Justice Department reaches an agreement on protecting classified materials aimed at allowing the trial of Oliver North to proceed
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