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1959
Air Crash
Menderes, Adnan
      Menderes survives an air crash
1461
Arrest
Neville
   York   Captured by the Lancastrians at the battle of St Albans & held at York
1905
Assassination
Kaliev, Ivan
      Assassinates Grand Duke Sergei
1905
Assassination
Serge
   Moscow   The Tsar's uncle is assassinated
1545
Battle of Ancrum Moor
Evans, Ralph
   Ancrum Moor   Death of Ralph Evans, in battle at the head of a defeated English force of 3,000
1545
Battle of Ancrum Moor
Douglas, Archibald
   Ancrum Moor   Defeats an English Army taking revenge for the annulment of the treaty of Greenwich
1855
Battle of Eupatoria
Gorchakov, Peter Dmitrievich
   Eupatoria   Defeated by the Turks & the Allied siege line draw closer
1461
Battle of St Albans, 2nd
Beaufort, John
   St Albans   Helps defeat the Yorkists
1461
Battle of St Albans, 2nd
Henry VI
   St Albans   Escapes from the field of Battle & rejoins his wife & the Lancastrian forces
1461
Battle of St Albans, 2nd
Margaret
   St Albans   Defeats the Yorkists but fails to take advantage of the victory & capture London
1461
Battle of St Albans, 2nd
Neville
   St Albans   Captured by the Lancastrians & held at York
1900
Battle of Tugela River
Byng
   River Tugela   Fights at the battle of Tugela
1900
Battle of Tugela River
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
   River Tugela   Fights at the battle of Tugela
1478
Birth
More, Thomas
      Birth of Thomas More
1519
Birth
Francis of Guise
   Bar le Duc   Birth of Francis II, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Duke of Aumale
1951
Birth
Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al
      Birth of Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al-Tikriti
0282
Birth
Constantine I the Great
   Naissus   Birth of Constantine I the Great, eldest son of Constantius I
1941
Birth
Pitney, Gene
   Hartford   Birth of Gene Pitney
1919
Cheka
DzerzhinskII, Feliks Edmundovich
      Announces changes in running the Cheka
2008
Credit Crunch
Brown, Gordon
      Alistair Darling announces that Northern Rock will be nationalised
1905
Death
Serge
   Moscow   The Tsar's uncle is assassinated
1947
Diplomacy
George VI
   Cape Town   1st time a reigning British Sovereign had step foot on Sth African soil
   Cape Town   Arrives at Duncan Dock received by the Governor-General, Prime Minister & the Cabinet
1874
Election
Disraeli, Benjamin
      The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberal's 302 seats
      The Conservatives win a majority of 83, its 1st majority since 1841
1874
Election
Gladstone, William Ewart
      The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberal's 302 seats
      The Conservatives win a majority of 83
1986
European Union
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
   London   Signs act providing for greater EC economy & social integration from 1992
1646
Exile of Charles II
Charles II
   Penndennis   After Cromwell's victory at Torrington Charles retreats to Penndennis Castle
1568
Homage
Selim II
   Constantinople   Agrees to pay Maximilian II an annual "present" of 30,000 ducats
1961
Invasion of Cuba
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
      Kennedy asked Asks advisors whether the toppling of Castro might be related to weapon shipments and if it was possible to claim the real targets were modern fighter aircraft and rockets which endangered America's securit
1904
Invasion of Korea
Kuroki
   River Yalu   The Japanese army advavance through Korea to the Yalu River
   River Yalu   The Japanese army begins debarkation
2008
Nationalization
Brown, Gordon
      Alistair Darling announces that Northern Rock will be nationalised
2008
Nationalization
Darling, Alistair
      Alistair Darling announces that Northern Rock will be nationalised
1547
Peerage
Seymour, Edward
      Created Duke of Somerset, 1st
1967
Prime Minister
Sato, Eisaku
      Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term
1934
Rebellion
Dollfuss, Engelbert
   Vienna   Crushes a socialist rebellion
1866
Rebellion
Russell
   London   Habeas Corpus is suspended in Ireland
2000
Rebellion
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich
   Chechnya   Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians
   Chechnya   Russia is accused by human rights groups and refugees of brutality toward Chechens in camps
2003
Reform
Livingstone, Ken
   London   Traffic levels fall 25% on the 1st day of the congestion charge
1919
Reform
DzerzhinskII, Feliks Edmundovich
      Announces changes in running the Cheka
2000
Rule of Chechnya
Kalamanov, Vladimir
   Chechnya   Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians
2000
Rule of Chechnya
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich
   Chechnya   Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians
1900
Siege of Kimberley
French, John Denton Pikstone
   Kimberley   Leads the flank march to relieve Kimberley
1461
Siege of London
Neville Kingmaker, Richard
   London   Defeated intercepting Queen Margaret's troops advancing towards London
1904
Siege of Port Arthur
Kuroki
   River Yalu   The Japanese army advavance through Korea to the Yalu River
1649
Succession
Cartaret, George de
   Saint Helier   George Carteret has Charles proclaimed King in Saint Helier, after the execution of his father, Charles I
1918
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Hoffman, Maximilian
   Brest Litovsk   Notifies the Russians that military operations will resume on 18 February
   Brest Litovsk   Treats the breakdown of negotiations as an end of the armistice
1815
Treaty of Ghent
Madison, James
   Washington   President James Madison exchanges ratification papers with a British diplomat in Washington
1545
Treaty of Greenwich
Douglas, Archibald
   Ancrum Moor   Defeats an English Army taking revenge for the annulment of the treaty of Greenwich

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