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| 1984 | Accords of Nkomati Botha, Pieter |  |
| Pretoria Africa 1st agreement signed between SouthAfrica & a black nation
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| Pretoria Africa Mozambique & Sth Africa end hostilities
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| Pretoria Africa Mozambique & Sth Africa end hostilities
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| 1812 | Alliance Metternich |  |
| Austria agrees to provide an army for Napoleon
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| Illyria Franch agrees to restore the Illyrian Provinces to Austria
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| 1935 | Armament Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Berlin Announces abrogation of the treaty of Versailles
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| Berlin Announces expansion of the Army to 36 Divs
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| Berlin The Nazis decree compulsory military service in defiance of the treaty of Versailles
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| 1322 | Arrest Edward II |  |
| Boroughbridge Roger Mortimer is arrested & sent to the Tower at the battle of Boroughbridge
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| 1554 | Arrest Elizabeth I |  |
| Tower of London Rowed through traitors gate
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| 1322 | Battle of Boroughbridge Bohun, Humphrey de |  |
| Boroughbridge Killed in battle in Yorkshire by the northward advancing forces of Edward II
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| 1322 | Battle of Boroughbridge Edward II |  |
| Boroughbridge Defeats Lancaster & beheads him without a trial
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| 1322 | Battle of Boroughbridge Harclay, Andrew |  |
| Boroughbridge Forces the rebel nobles to make a truce, Lancaster is later arrested & executed
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| 1322 | Battle of Boroughbridge Lancaster, Thomas of |  |
| Boroughbridge Defeated by Edward II & beheaded
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| 1322 | Battle of Boroughbridge Valence, Aymer de |  |
| Boroughbridge Defeat of Thomas of Lancaster marks the rise of the Despensers & decline of Pembroke
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| 1818 | Battle of Cancha Rayada San Martin, Jose de |  |
| Cancha Rayada General Osorio narrowly defeats San Martin
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| 1818 | Battle of Cancha Rayada Osorio, Mariano |  |
| Cancha Rayada General Osorio narrowly defeats San Martin
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| 1916 | Battle of Dardanelles Carden, Sackville Hamilton |  |
| Dardanelles Forced to hand over his command to John de Robeck, due to ill health
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| 1954 | Battle of Dien Bien Phu Giap, Vo Nguyen |  |
| Buen Bien Phu The Viet Minh capture Gabrielle
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| 1527 | Battle of Kanvaha Babur |  |
| Kanvaha Defeats the Rajputs & removes the main Hindu rival to Moghul power in Northern India
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| 1818 | Battle of Rayad San Martin, Jose de |  |
| Rayad Defeated by the Spanish & colonial forces
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| 1917 | Battle of Somme, 1st Haig, Douglas |  |
| St Pierre The British occupy St Pierre Vaast Wood
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| 1797 | Battle of Tagliamento Napoleon I |  |
| Tagliamento Defeats the Austrians under Archduke Charles
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| 1781 | Battle of Virginia Cap Destouches, Sochet |  |
| Virginia Cap Destroys 3 British ships & has the better of the engagement but retreats to Newport
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| 2008 | Bear Stearns Bush, George Walker |  |
| Bear Stearns is sold to JP Morgan Chase for just $240 million under Fed pressure in an emergency rescue takeover
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| 1751 | Birth Madison, James |  |
| Birth of James Madison
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| 1954 | Capture Giap, Vo Nguyen |  |
| Gabrielle The Viet Minh capture Gabrielle
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| 1950 | Cold War Acheson, Dean Gooderham |  |
| Makes a speech suggesting ways in which Russia can end the Cold War
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| 1935 | Conscription Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Berlin The Nazis decree compulsory military service in defiance of the treaty of Versailles
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| 1310 | Constitution Edward II |  |
| Agrees to the election of 21 Lords ordainers to reform household & Government
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| Parliament sets up a committee of 28 barons who rule the country, Lords Ordainers
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| 1923 | Coronation Fuad I |  |
| Crowned King of Egypt
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| 2008 | Credit Crunch Bush, George Walker |  |
| Bear Stearns is sold to JP Morgan Chase for just $240 million under Fed pressure in an emergency rescue takeover
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| 1410 | Death Beaufort, John |  |
| Death of John Beaufort
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| 1485 | Death Richard III |  |
| Richard III's Queen dies a year after the death of their only son Edward
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| 1813 | Declaration of War Napoleon I |  |
| Prussia declares war on France
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| 2008 | Demonstrations Jiabao, Wen |  |
| Beijing According to Times Online, in the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing, around 100 ethnic Tibetan students organise a sit-in protest in solidarity with the protesters in Tibet
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| Ngawa In Sichuan province, in an area incorporating the traditional Tibetan areas Kham and Amdo, Tibetan monks and police clash in Ngawa county after the monks staged a protest, killing at least one policeman, and setting fire to three or four polic
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| 2008 | Demonstrations Gyatso, Tenzin |  |
| Beijing According to Times Online, in the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing, around 100 ethnic Tibetan students organise a sit-in protest in solidarity with the protesters in Tibet
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| Ngawa In Sichuan province, in an area incorporating the traditional Tibetan areas Kham and Amdo, Tibetan monks and police clash in Ngawa county after the monks staged a protest, killing at least one policeman, and setting fire to three or four polic
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| 1923 | Diplomacy Fuad I |  |
| England recognizes Egypt
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| 1890 | Diplomacy Hahnke, Karl |  |
| Berlin Urges Wihelm to dismiss Bismarck for concealing declining relations with Russia
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| 1921 | Diplomacy Lloyd George, David |  |
| An agreement is made to resume Anglo-Soviet trade relations
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Jebb, Gladwyn |  |
| Says a Czech guarantee is "suicide"
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| Supports Italy which keeps a watch on the Brenner Path
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Sargent, Orme |  |
| London Calls for better relations with Poland, Russia & America
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| Tilea informs Orme Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Strang, William |  |
| Brenner Pass Says Czech will be Hitler's next target
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| Brenner Pass Supports Italy which can keep a "watch on the Brenner Path"
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Tilea, Vergil |  |
| Bucharest Informs Orme Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania
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| 1921 | Diplomacy Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |  |
| An agreement is made to resume Anglo-Soviet trade relations
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| Kars Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey
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| 1565 | Diplomacy Mary of Scots |  |
| Receives news from Elizabeth she will only be her heir if she marries Leicester
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| 1921 | Diplomacy Mehmed VI |  |
| Kars Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey
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| 1890 | Dismissal Hahnke, Karl |  |
| Berlin Urges Wihelm to dismiss Bismarck for concealing declining relations with Russia
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| 1660 | Election Monck, George |  |
| Monck calls elections for a new Parliament to decide on what terms Charles should resume the throne
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| 1322 | Execution Edward II |  |
| Pontefract 1st time a sentence of death is passed on a peer
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| Boroughbridge Defeats Lancaster & beheads him without a trial at the battle of Boroughbridge
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| Pontefract Orders the execution of the Earl of Lancaster at Pontefract
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| 1713 | Exile Churchill, John |  |
| London Recalled from exile by the new Tory Government
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| 1713 | Exile of Churchill Churchill, John |  |
| London Recalled from exile by the new Tory Government
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| 1286 | Guardian Wishart, William |  |
| Appointed Guardian, 1 of 6 Guardians ruling Scotland
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| 1939 | Independence Tiso, Josef |  |
| Prague Rep Requests Hitler take Slovakia under German protection, Hitler obliges the same day
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| 1923 | Independence Fuad I |  |
| Cairo Egypt declares independence under King Fuad
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| Cairo England recognizes Egypt
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| 1939 | Independence Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Slovakia proclaims independence & declares support for Nazi Germany
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| 1922 | Independence Lloyd George, David |  |
| Sultan Fuad I is crowned king of Egypt. England recognizes Egypt
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| 1939 | Invasion of Czech Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Prague Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia
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| 1938 | Invasion of Hungary Sargent, Orme |  |
| Tilea informs Orme Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania
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| 1938 | Invasion of Romania Sargent, Orme |  |
| Tilea informs Orme Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania
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| 1938 | Invasion of Romania Tilea, Vergil |  |
| Bucharest Informs Orme that Germany intends to absorb Hungary before attacking Romania
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| 1939 | Invasion of Ruthenia Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Ruthenia Allows the Hungarians to capture Ruthenia & establish a border with Poland
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| 1939 | Invasion of Slovakia Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Slovakia Takes Slovakia under his protection in response to a telegram composed by Premier Tiso
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| 1926 | Invention Rocket Goddard, Robert |  |
| Massachusetts Launches the 1st liquid fueled rocket, a distance of 184 feet in Massachusetts
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| 1968 | Massacre Calley, Jnr, William |  |
| My Lai A massacre by USAtroops, allegedly under the orders of Lt Calley
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| 1918 | Michael Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von |  |
| 60 infantry divisions move up to the front
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| 1968 | Minister Stewart, Michael |  |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
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