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| 1566 | Arrest Mary of Scots |  |
| Holyrood Darnley claims innocence for the murder of Riccio & smuggles Mary out of Holyrood
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| 1058 | Assassination Lulach |  |
| Strathbogie Killed by Malcolm III, after only a few months rule, Scotland loses its Gaelic inheritance
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| 1960 | Bay of Pigs Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro |  |
| Cochinos Bay The Eisenhower administration agrees to a recommendation from the CIA to equip and drill Cuban exiles for action against the new Castro Government
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| 1960 | Bay of Pigs Eisenhower, Dwight David |  |
| The Eisenhower administration agrees to a recommendation from the CIA to equip and drill Cuban exiles for action against the new Castro Government
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| 1945 | Birth Boyd, Paricia |  |
| Birth of Patricia Boyd
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| 1473 | Birth James III |  |
| Birth of James IV, by Queen Margaret
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| 1968 | Bombing of Cambodia Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| Washington Bombing begins over Cambodia
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| Washington Menu or short-duration bombing of Vietcong sanctuaries, lasts for 14 months
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| 2003 | Broadcast Bush, George Walker |  |
| Bush addresses the nation, he demands that Hussein and his two sons Uday and Qusay leave Iraq, giving them a 48-hour deadline
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| 1651 | Constitution Cromwell, Oliver |  |
| The Monarchy is abolished
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| 1991 | Constitution Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich |  |
| Moscow A small majority for his proposal for a federation of socialist sovereign republics
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| 1054 | Coronation Malcolm III |  |
| Scone Crowned King of Scotland, son of Duncan I
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| 1920 | Coup d'Etat Fehrenbach, Konstantin |  |
| Berlin The national Government fled to Stuttgart and called for a general strike, while Kapp's vacillating nature did not help, the strike crippled Germany's ravaged economy and the Kapp Government collapses
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| 1920 | Coup d'Etat Kapp, Wolfgang |  |
| Berlin The Government moves to Berlin from Stuttgart
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| Berlin The national Government fled to Stuttgart and called for a general strike, while Kapp's vacillating nature did not help, the strike crippled Germany's ravaged economy and the Kapp Government collapses
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| 1980 | Coup d'Etat Zia-Ul-Haq, Mohammad |  |
| Admits that the Government have crushed a plot against him
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| 1040 | Death Harold I |  |
| Wessex Death of Harold I, succeeded by Harthacanut, son of Canute I & Emma
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| 1058 | Death Lulach |  |
| Strathbogie Death of Lulach
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| 1672 | Declaration of War Charles II |  |
| Charles II declares war without consulting Parliament
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| England & France declare war against in accordance with the treaty of Dover
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| 1938 | Demonstrations Beck, Josef |  |
| Dabrowa Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Dabrowa, Poland
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| 1942 | Diplomacy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| USAand Britain agree to cooperate in strategic planning in the event the USAenters the war, during the ABC-1 talks, the USAagree in principal that the defeat of Germany would be the first priority in the event of a two-theatre conflict.
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| 1938 | Diplomacy Beck, Josef |  |
| The Polish Government presents an ultimatum to Lithuania to establish diplomatic ties
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| 1450 | Exile of Pole Pole |  |
| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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| 1450 | Exile of Pole Pole, William |  |
| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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| 1450 | Impeachment Henry VI |  |
| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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| 1450 | Impeachment Pole |  |
| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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| 1450 | Impeachment Pole, William |  |
| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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| 1960 | Invasion of Cuba Eisenhower, Dwight David |  |
| The Eisenhower administration agrees to a recommendation from the CIA to equip and drill Cuban exiles for action against the new Castro Government
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| 1944 | Invasion of Hungary Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Klesheim Hitler forces Horthy to agree to German occupation & rule in Hungary
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| 1944 | Invasion of Hungary Horthy de Nagybanya, Miklos |  |
| Klesheim Hitler forces Horthy to agree to German occupation & rule in Hungary
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| 1859 | IRB Stephens, James |  |
| Founds the Irish Republican Brotherhood
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| 1973 | London Bridge Elizabeth II |  |
| London Bridge Queen Elizabeth II opens the new London Bridge
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| 1489 | Marriage Ferdinand II |  |
| Madrid Agrees to the marriage between Catherine of Aragon & Prince Arthur, Henruy VII's son
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| 1961 | Marriage Oswald, Marina |  |
| Minsk 1st introduced to Lee Harvey Oswald
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| 1997 | Parliament Major, John Roy |  |
| London Granted the dissolution of Parliament
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| 0180 | Peace Lucius Commodus |  |
| River Danube After the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius makes peace with the Marcomanni
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| 1933 | President Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar |  |
| Appointed President of the Reichsbank, 2nd term
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| 1928 | President Gil, Emilio Portes |  |
| Appointed President of Mexico
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| 1801 | Prime Minister Addington, Henry |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
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| 1969 | Prime Minister Meir, Golda |  |
| Golda Meir becomes the 4th Prime Minister of Israel
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| 2000 | Prime Minister Stoltenberg, Jens |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Norway
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| 1975 | Referendum Benn, Anthony Wedgewood |  |
| London In Cabinet votes to dissociate from Labour's policy of accepting the yes vote
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| 1975 | Referendum Wilson, James Harold |  |
| London Cabinet votes in favour of holding the referendum
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| London Cabinet votes in favour of the "yes" vote by 16 to 7
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| 1991 | Referendum Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich |  |
| Moscow Small majority a renewed federation of socialist sovereign republics
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| 1910 | Reform Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Manchester "The Crown & the Commons must act together against the encroachments of the Lords"
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| 1992 | Reform Klerk, Frederik Willem de |  |
| White referendum, 2/3 majority for reform of Apartheid
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| 2001 | Resignation Cook, Robin Finlayson |  |
| Robin Cook resigns over the Government's policy on war in Iraq
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| 2003 | Resignation Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton |  |
| Robin Cook resigns over the Government's policy on war in Iraq
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| Robin Cook resigns over the Government's policy on war in Iraq
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| 1944 | Rule of Hungary Horthy de Nagybanya, Miklos |  |
| Klesheim Hitler forces Horthy to agree to German occupation & rule in Hungary
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| 1799 | Siege of Acre Napoleon I |  |
| Acre Napoleon commences a 61 day siege of Acre against the Turks & British
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| 1799 | Siege of Acre Pasha, Mustapha |  |
| Acre Napoleon commences a 61 day siege of Acre against the Turks & British
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| 1812 | Siege of Badajoz Wellesley, Arthur |  |
| Badajoz Wellington laid siege to the fortress of Badajoz form 17th March to 6th April
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| 1985 | Siege of Basra Khomeini, Ruhollah |  |
| Basra Iran attempts to ford the Tigris, Iraq fights off the offensive
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| 1985 | Siege of Basra Hussein, Saddam |  |
| Basra Iran attempts to ford the Tigris
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| Basra Iraq fights off the offensive during the heaviest battle yetw
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| 2004 | Siege of Kosovo Milosevic, Slobodan |  |
| Kosovo Kosovo-wide riots by Albanians leave 19 dead and hundreds injured, thousands of Serbs flee their enclaves as hundreds of their homes and dozens of churches are set on fire
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| 1040 | Succession Hardicanute I |  |
| Canute's choice as King
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| The throne is only secured after the death of Canute's stepbrother Harold I
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| 1712 | Succession Jahandar Shah |  |
| Azim-ush-shan is killed and Jahandar Shah is able to rule for a further eleven months
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| Jahandar Shah is a mere puppet in the hands of his favorite wife, Lal Kunwar,who, before her elevation to the position of Queen Consort was a mere dancing girl.
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| 1712 | Succession Kunwar, Lal |  |
| Jahandar Shah is a mere puppet in the hands of his favorite wife, Lal Kunwar,who, before her elevation to the position of Queen Consort was a mere dancing girl.
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| 1057 | Succession Malcolm III |  |
| Succeeds as King of Scotland, had defeated Macbeth in battle 3 yrs previously
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| 1450 | Trial Henry VI |  |
| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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| London Tries Suffolk with consulting Parliament
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| 1450 | Trial Pole |  |
| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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| 1450 | Trial Pole, William |  |
| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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| London Henry VI finds Suffolk guilty of non-capital crimes & banishes him for 5 yrs
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