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| 1199 | Abdication Tsuchimikado |  |
| Succeeds as Emperor upon the abdication of Emperor Go-Toba, who rules in actual fact as cloistered emperor
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| 1493 | Arrest Colombus, Christopher | |
| Azores Arrested by the Governor of the Azores, must prove he had been hired by Ferdinand II
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| 1493 | Arrest Pinzon, Martin | |
| Azores Arrested by the Governor of the Azores to prove that he had been hired by Ferdinand II
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| 1563 | Assassination Guise, Francis de | |
| Orleans Death of Francis de Guise, assassinated while attempting to crush the Huguenots
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| 1563 | Assassination Medici, Catherine de | |
| Orleans Catherine de Medici assumes control of the Catholic faction after the assassination of de Guise
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| 1782 | Battle of Annagudi Tippu, Fateh Ali | |
| Annagudi Tippu Sultan defeats Colonel Braithwaite at Annagudi near Tanjore
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| 1814 | Battle of Montereau Napoleon I | |
| Montereau Wins an engagement against the Allies who eventually force the surrender of France
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| 1900 | Battle of Paardeberg Roberts, Frederick Sleigh | |
| Paardeberg Hands command of the batltle over to Kitchener
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| 1814 | Battle of Rheims Napoleon I | |
| Rheims Wins an engagement against the Allies who eventually force the surrender of France
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| 1516 | Birth Mary I | |
| London Birth of Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon
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| 1933 | Birth Robson, "Bobby" Robert William | |
| Sacriston Birth of "Bobby" Robert William Robson
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| 1784 | Birth Paganini, Niccolo | |
| Birth of Niccolo Paganini
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| 1933 | Birth Ono, Yoko | |
| Birth of Yoko Ono
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| 1915 | Blockade of Britain Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| A German submarine blockade of Great Britain begins
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| 1915 | Blockade of Britain Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| A German submarine blockade of Great Britain begins
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| 2007 | Bombing of Baghdad Maliki, Nuri al- | |
| Baghdad At least 60 people die when a bomb tears through a crowded market in Baghdad, the attack comes two days after Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called the security offensive a "dazzling success"
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| 1996 | Bombing of London Major, John Roy | |
| London The explosion comes just nine days after the IRA ended its ceasefire with a bombing in the Docklands area of London, which killed two people
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| London Three people are feared dead & eight have been hurt after a bomb exploded on a double decker bus in the heart of London's West End
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| 1922 | Capper Volstead Act Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| Harding signs the Capper-Volstead Act, exempting the farmers from federal antitrust laws permitting them to share prices and orchestrate supply
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| 1918 | Capture Hoffman, Maximilian | |
| Dvinsk Lenin refuses the German armistice terms & Hoffman orders the capture of Dvinsk
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| Lutsk Lenin refuses the German armistice terms & Hoffman orders the capture of Dvinsk
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| 1574 | Capture William I the Silent | |
| Middleburgh The Dutch capture Middleburgh
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| 1918 | Capture Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Dvinsk The Germans capture Dvinsk after Lenin turns down their armistice proposals
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| Lutsk The Germans capture Lutsk after Lenin turns down their armistice proposals
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| 1874 | Chancellor Northcote, Stafford | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
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| 1772 | Civil War Poland Suvorov | |
| Cracow Captures Cracow
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| 1918 | Conference of Brest Litovsk Trotsky, Leon | |
| Brest Litovsk The Germans invade Russia which is all but defenceless as virtually the entire army has deserted
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| 1905 | Constitution Nicholas II | |
| Asks for "suggestions" "concerning improvement of the state & the nation's well-being"
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| 1965 | Coup d'Etat Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Saigon General Khanh finally ousted from power and a new military/civilian Government installed, led by Dr. Phan Huy Quat
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| 1546 | Death Luther, Martin | |
| Eisleben Dies in Eisleben, his place of birth
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| 1931 | Diplomacy Showa | |
| Mukden Japan makes a proclamation establishing the Manchurian Republic, Manchukuo
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| 1493 | Discovery of America Colombus, Christopher | |
| Azores Lands ashore at the Azores on the return to Spain
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| 1493 | Discovery of America Pinzon, Martin | |
| Azores Lands ashore at the Azores on the return to Spain
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| 1988 | Dismissal Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Moscow Soviet Communist Party leaders drop former Moscow party chief Boris Yeltsin from the ruling Politburo
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| 1922 | Economy Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| Harding signs the Capper-Volstead Act, exempting the farmers from federal antitrust laws permitting them to share prices and orchestrate supply
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| 2000 | Election Khatami, Muhammad | |
| Iranian reformists win landslide victory in the general election
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| 1860 | Election Davis, Jefferson | |
| Elected President of the Confederacy
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| 1742 | Exile George II | |
| London The exile of the Prince of Wales ends after 4 years of ostracism
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| 1874 | Government Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Disraeli forms a new ministry
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| 2005 | Hunting Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| Hounds ca follow a scent & flush out a fox & foxes can still be shot, or killed by birds of prey, after being tracked by a pair of hounds
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| The Hunting Act, the ban on hunting with dogs, comes into force
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| 1884 | Independence Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Khartoum Arrives at Khartoum & declares the independence of Sudan
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| 1918 | Invasion of Russia Hoffman, Maximilian | |
| Brest Litovsk A reply to the ultimatum of 17th Feb is not received & the German invasion continues
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| 1918 | Invasion of Ukraine Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Ukraine The Germans advance into the Ukraine
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| 2005 | Legislation Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The Hunting Act, the ban on hunting with dogs, comes into force
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| 1922 | Legislation Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| Harding signs the Capper-Volstead Act, exempting the farmers from federal antitrust laws permitting them to share prices and orchestrate supply
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| 1931 | Manchukuo Showa | |
| Manchukuo The Japanese proclaim the Manchurian Republic to be known as Manchukuo
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| 1969 | Marriage Lulu | |
| Gerrards Cross Lulu marries Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees
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| 1874 | Minister Stanley, Edward Henry | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
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| 1952 | NATO Papagos, Alexandros | |
| Athens Greece & Turkey are admitted to NATO
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| 1952 | NATO Menderes, Adnan | |
| Istanbul Both Greece & Turkey are admitted to NATO
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| 1918 | Peace Trotsky, Leon | |
| Germany resumes the war against Russia
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| 1930 | Pluto Tombaugh, Clyde | |
| After nearly a year of searching, Tombaugh discovers a possible moving object on photographic plates taken on January 23 and January 29
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| 1835 | Prime Minister Peel, Robert | |
| The Whigs, radicals & Irish agree to joint opposition
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| 1516 | Publication Henry VIII | |
| Catherine bears him the only surviving heir from their marriage
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| 2005 | Reform Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| The Hunting Act, the ban on hunting with dogs, comes into force
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| 1931 | Rule of Manchukuo Showa | |
| Mukden Japan makes a proclamation establishing the Manchurian Republic, Manchukuo
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| 1932 | Rule of Manchukuo Showa | |
| Manchukuo Manchukio becomes nominally independent but really a puppet of Japan
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| 1931 | Rule of Manchuria Showa | |
| Mukden Japan makes a proclamation establishing the Manchurian Republic, Manchukuo
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| 1884 | Siege of Khartoum Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Khartoum Reaches Khartoum & then begins to evacuate the Anglo-Egyptian residents
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| 1932 | Siege of Shanghai Showa | |
| Shanghai Japanese warships are sent to Shanghai to protect the 30,000 Japanese living there
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| 1901 | Speech Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons
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| 1940 | Speech Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Speaks at the Guildhall praising the warships opposing the Graf Spee
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| 1981 | Strike Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Thatcher's Conservative Government withdraws plans to close 23 pits in its first major u-turn since coming to power 2 years ago
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| 1504 | Succession Henry VIII | |
| Succeeds as Prince o Wales
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| 1199 | Succession Tsuchimikado | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Japan, 83rd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession
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| 1918 | Treaty of Brest Litovsk Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Brest Litiovsk Lenin's motion to the Central Comm to accept peace & not wait for revolution is passed
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