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| 1979 | Abdication Pahlavi |  |
| Tehran Deposed while "on holiday"
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| Tehran Due to inflation, isolation & resistance by an older generation of religious zealots
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| 1327 | Arrest Edward II | |
| London Edward II is arrested
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| 1549 | Arrest Seymour, Thomas | |
| An arrest order is made for Thomas Seymour
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| 2001 | Assassination Kablila, Laurent-Desire | |
| Kinshasa Killed by a rebel minister during an attack on the presidential palace
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| Kinshasa The assassination of Kabila is part of a failed Coup which is crushed
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| 1780 | Battle of Cape St Vincent Rodney, George Brydges | |
| Cape Vincent Gibraltar is relieved by the British, all but four of the Spanish fleet are destroyed
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| 1809 | Battle of Corunna Napoleon I | |
| Corunna Believes the British army will run to the Navy, a belief held until Waterloo
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| Corunna Soult defeats the British who leave the Peninsular, Napoleon feels safe to leave Spain
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| Corunna The battle diverts Napoleon from engulfing Spain with a single manoeuvre as planned
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| 1809 | Battle of Corunna Moore, John | |
| Corunna Fights the battle as his troops are embarking for home
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| Corunna Killed in battle
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| Corunna The battle diverts Napoleon from engulfing Spain with a single manoeuvre as planned
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| 1780 | Battle of Moonlight Rodney, George Brydges | |
| Gibraltar Defeats the Spanish during their siege of Gibraltar
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| 1820 | Birth Bronte, Anne | |
| Birth of Anne Bronte
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| 1863 | Birth Lloyd George, David | |
| Manchester Birth of David Lloyd George
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| 1871 | Birth Beatty, David | |
| Birth of David Beatty
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| 1706 | Birth Franklin, Benjamin | |
| Birth of Benjamin Franklin
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| 1991 | Bombing of Baghdad Hussein, Saddam | |
| Baghdad The USA leads the allied bombing of Baghdad
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| 2007 | Bombing of Baghdad Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| Baghdad At least 70 people die when three bombs explode in attacks at the mostly Shiite Mustansiriya University
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| 1991 | Bombing of Baghdad Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| Baghdad The USAled Allied forces begin bombing Baghdad
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| 1983 | Broadcast Bough, Frank | |
| London Presents Breakfast TV to Britain
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| 1983 | Broadcast Scott, Selina | |
| London Presents Breakfast TV to Britain
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| 1928 | Burial Hardy, Thomas | |
| Stinsford Buried in Stinsford, Dorset
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| 1943 | Capture Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Pitomnik The only airfield with a night flying to supply the German 6th army in Stalingrad
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| 1945 | Commander Schoerner, Ferdinand | |
| Appointed Commander of the German Central Zone including Berlin
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| Appointed Commander of the German Central Zone including Berlin
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| 1827 | Commander Wellesley, Arthur | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, British Army
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| 1756 | Convention Westminster Frederick II the Great | |
| Westminster Forma an Alliance with England, offset by the Austro-French Alliance
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| 1547 | Coronation Ivan IV the Terrible | |
| Coronation of Ivan IV the Terrible, the 1st Russian Tsar
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| 1970 | Coup d'Etat Gaddafi, Muammar Abu Minyar al- | |
| Assumes power in Libya, age 27
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| 2001 | Coup d'Etat Kablila, Laurent-Desire | |
| Kinshasa The assassination of Kabila is part of a failed Coup which is crushed
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| 1585 | Death Clinton, Edward | |
| Death of Edward Clinton
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| 1793 | Death Louis XVI | |
| Paris Sentenced to death
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| 1947 | Death Pannwitz, Helmuth von | |
| Moscow Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941
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| 1809 | Death Moore, John | |
| Corunna Death of John Moore, killed at the battle of Corunna
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| 2007 | Death Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| Tally of death certificates and reports from morgues, hospitals, and other institutions indicates more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians died in 2006
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| 2001 | Death Kablila, Laurent-Desire | |
| Kinshasa Death of Laurent-Desire Kabla, killed by a minister during an attack on the presidential palace
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| 1991 | Declaration of War Hussein, Saddam | |
| The UN deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires at 5 pm GMT
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| 1991 | Declaration of War Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| Washington 1st day of the Gulf War, ends 28th Feb
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| Washington The UN deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires at 5 pm GMT
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| 1991 | Desert Storm Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| Washington A USAled coalition commences an air offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation
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| 1493 | Discovery of America Pinzon, Martin | |
| Rejoins Colombus & returns to Spain
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| 1909 | Discovery of Pole Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| South Pole Reaches the South Magnetic Pole
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| 1925 | Dismissal Trotsky, Leon | |
| Dismissed as the Chairman of the Russian Revolutionary Council
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| Stalin's "Socialism in one country" conflicts with Trotsky's "Permanent Revolution"
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| 1793 | Execution Louis XVI | |
| Paris Sentenced to death
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| 1947 | Execution Pannwitz, Helmuth von | |
| Moscow Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941
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| 1929 | Exile Stalin, Joseph | |
| Stalin's proposal to exile Trotsky from Russia is accepted by the Politburo
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| 1517 | Invasion of Egypt Selim I the Grim | |
| Salihia Marches across the Gaza Desert via Salihia
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| 1945 | Invasion of Germany Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Hitler transfer his HQ to Berlin, he stays there
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| 2007 | Invasion of Iraq Bush, George Walker | |
| The tally of death certificates and reports from morgues, hospitals, and other institutions indicates more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians died in 2006
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| 1883 | Legislation Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Signs the Tariff Act, raises rates
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| 1870 | Mobilization Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Bavaria Bavaria & Baden mobilize under the terms of the 1866 military treaties
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| 1746 | Mobilization Charles Edward | |
| Plean Muir Draws up the Jacobite army in battle order sth of Bannockburn
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| 1542 | Parliament Henry VIII | |
| London Opening of Henry VIII's 8th Parliament
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| 1947 | President Auriol, Vincent | |
| Appointed President of France
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| 1970 | Prime Minister Gaddafi, Muammar Abu Minyar al- | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Libya
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| 1949 | Prime Minister Gunaltay, Semsettin | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey
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| 1992 | Rebellion Gamsakhurdia, Zviad | |
| Georgia Proclaims a civil war against the Provisional Government
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| Georgia Proclaims a civil war against the Provisional Government
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| 2001 | Rebellion Kablila, Laurent-Desire | |
| Kablila is shot by one of his own staff, Rashidi Kasereka
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| 1883 | Reform Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Signs the Tariff Act, raises rates
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| 1987 | Resignation Yaobang, Hu | |
| Resigns after accepting blame for policy mistakes in handling student demonstrations
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| 1945 | Siege of Budapest Hitler, Adolf | |
| Budapest Hitler transfers forces from the western front to Budapest
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| 1380 | Succession Richard II | |
| London Parliament declares that Richard is old enough to rule
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| 1763 | Treaty of Hubertusburg Frederick II the Great | |
| Hubertusburg Peace is concluded by the treaty of Hubertusburg
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| 1707 | Unification George I | |
| London The Scottish Parliament accepts the Act of Union
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