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Balance of Power
Walpole, Robert
   London   1st to use the phrase "Balance of Power" to express the British foreign policy
1817
Battle of Chacabuco
San Martin, Jose de
   Chacabuco   Defeats a Spanish force in Chile
1653
Battle of Portland
Ruyter, Michael Adriaanszoon de
   Portland   Fights at the Battle of Portland
1944
Battle of Riga
Model, Otto Moritz Walter
   Riga   Luga is liberated by the Russians
   Riga   The 16th & 18th Armies are ordered back to the Panther Line
1903
Birth
Simenon, Georges
      Birth of Georges Simenon, creator of Maigret
1719
Birth
Rodney, George Brydges
   Walton on Thames   Birth of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
1938
Birth
Reed, Oliver
      Birth of Oliver Reed
1950
Birth
Gabriel, Peter Brian
   Cobham   Birth of Peter Brian Gabriel
1974
Birth
Williams, Robert Peter "Robbie"
   Stoke on Trent   Birth of Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams
1885
Capture
T'zu Hsi
   Langson   The French capture Langson
1642
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Charles I
      Assents to a Bill excluding Bishops from the House of Lords
1542
Death
Henry VIII
   Tower of London   Henry's 5th wife, Catherine Howard, is executed on Tower Green for unfaithfulness
1542
Death
Howard
   Tower of London   Death of Catherine Howard, executed
1658
Death
Charles X Gustavus
   Goteborg   A regency of Swedish nobles is forced to sue for peace
1741
Diplomacy
Walpole, Robert
   London   1st to use the phrase "Balance of Power" to express the British foreign policy
1984
Diplomacy
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
   Moscow   Margaret Thatcher meets Konstantin Chernenko
1903
Diplomacy
Nicholas II
   Chateau d'Eau   Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
1984
Diplomacy
Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich
   Moscow   Calls for peaceful coexistence with the US
   Moscow   Margaret Thatcher meets Konstantin Chernenko
1903
Diplomacy
Abdulhamid II
   Chateau d'Eau   Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
1542
Execution
Henry VIII
   Tower of London   Henry's 5th wife, Catherine Howard, is executed on Tower Green for unfaithfulness
1542
Execution
Howard
   Tower of London   Catherine Howard is executed for adultery
1974
Exile
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
   Frankfurt   Solzhenitsyn is deported from the Russia to Frankfurt, West Germany and stripped of his Soviet citizenship, Solzhenitsyn lives in Heinrich B”ll's house
2000
FSB
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich
      Putin signs a decree to re-establish the "special departments" (FSB) to seek out political disloyalty in the military
1918
Head Supply Commission Trotsky
Trotsky, Leon
      Appointed Head of the Extraordinary Commission for Supply
1994
Invasion of Chad
Gaddafi, Muammar Abu Minyar al-
      Libya withdraws troops from Chad due to a judgement of the International Court of Justice
1971
Invasion of
Nixon, Richard Mulhouse
      The Sth Vietnemese are driven out with heavy casualties
      USAtroops support Sth Vietnam in their invasion of Laos
1585
Marriage
Jahangir
      Marries his cousin Man Bai, daughter of Bhagwan Das of Amber
1564
Marriage
Stewart, Henry
   Edinburgh   Arrives in Edinburgh after overcoming Elizabeth I's objections
1692
Massacre
William III
   Glencoe   After the defeat of the Jacobites highland resistance to William III is suppressed
   Glencoe   Orders 40 of the MacDonald clan to be massacred for not taking the oath of allegiance
1960
Nuclear Warfare
Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de
      France explodes its first atomic bomb in the Sahara desert, it has a yield of 60-70 kilotons
2007
Nuclear Warfare
Bush, George Walker
   Beijing   At a meeting with diplomats from the US, China, South Korea, Russia, and Japan, North Korea agrees to dismantle its Nuclear facilities and allow international inspectors to enter the country in exchange for about $400 million in oil and aid
1973
Popular Front
Thieu, Nguyen van
      Thieu announces a "Popular Front" for peace & self-determination
1903
Reform
Franz Josef I
   Chateau d'Eau   Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
1903
Reform
Witte
   Chateau d'Eau   Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
1965
Rolling Thunder
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
      President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder
1965
Rolling Thunder
Chi-Minh, Ho
      President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder
1903
Rule of Balkans
Franz Josef I
   Chateau d'Eau   Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
1903
Rule of Balkans
Witte
   Chateau d'Eau   Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
1903
Rule of Balkans
Abdulhamid II
   Chateau d'Eau   Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans
1944
Siege of Luga
Model, Otto Moritz Walter
   Luga   Luga is liberated by the Russians after the battle of Riga
1941
Sunflower
Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen
      Sends 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion to find how close Wavell's army is to Tripoli
1918
Supply Commission
Trotsky, Leon
      Appointed Head of the Extraordinary Commission for Supply
      Appointed Head of the Supply Commission, responsible for food for the cities

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