several years, lots were sold and homes built. Businesses began to open up to support the new residents, and on February 3, 1891, the town was incorporated as "Ayden." Within a


in Russia. Mark Twain - The Autobiography of Mark Twain. Births. January 30 - Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. 2007). February 3 - Andrzej Szczypiorski, writer (d. 2000).

day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar


Marquis Gino Capponi (September 13, 1792 – February 3, 1876) was an Italian statesman and historian. The Capponi family is one of the most


for a short period in 1938 and again in the early 1940s. Radio. The Red Ryder radio series began February 3, 1942, on the Blue Network, broadcast three times a


(born February 3, 1961) is an American singer and actress. Born in Tucson, Arizona on February 3, 1961 and raised in Brainerd, Minnesota. Her parents, Georg (from Austria)


William Vincent Astor (November 15, 1891 – February 3, 1959) was a businessman and philanthropist and a member of the prominent Astor family. Early life.


Armitage Miller (born February 3, 1920 in Charleston, West Virginia), is the author of one of the most highly cited papers in psychology, The Magical Number Seven, Plus


February 3 - Robert Charboneau, writer. March 12 - Stanley Brehaut Ryerson, historian, educator and political activist (d.1998). April 22 - Alexander Bell Patterson, politician (d.1993). April 29 -


order everyone to be silent, then beams at finally getting "the last word". 40th Anniversary Remastering. This episode was remastered and first aired February 3 2007 as part


involved some significant events. Awards. Copley Medal: Not awarded. Births. February 3 - Gideon Mantell, paleontologist (died 1852). March 12 - John Frederic Daniell, chemist and physicist (died


The pope then declared William's election canonical, and sent him to Cardinal Berenger Fredoli, bishop of Tusculum, in order to be consecrated. On February 3 1313 king Edward II issued a


him. Other provinces as well as Brazil and Uruguay joined the fight to take down the dictator. On February 3, 1852, Rosas was overthrown when his army was


into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. July 26 – Liberia gains independence. July 29 – The Cumberland School of Law is founded


July 29, 1969, less than a week before closest approach, JPL lost contact with Mariner 7. The center regained the signal via the backup low-gain antenna and were able to start


- Alfred Stelzner, designer of musical instruments (b. 1852). July 29 - Alexandre Luigini, composer (b. 1850). August 26 - Eugen Gura, opera singer (b. 1842). September 1 - Giuseppe Giacosa, librettist


Thisbe. On Tuesday, July 29, the King's Men perform Henry VIII at the Globe Theatre. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham is in the audience, but leaves after watching


(July 29, 1888 – July 29, 1982) was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray


Vladimir Kozmich Zworykin () (July 29, 1888 – July 29, 1982) was a


Marquis (born July 29, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois - died December 29, 1937, in New York City) was an American humorist, journalist and author. He was variously a novelist, poet,


controlled (or heavily influenced) Soviet republics of Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Far Eastern Republic. A secret annex signed on July 29 allowed Germany to train


Sankoh (October 17, 1937-July 29, 2003) was the leader and founder of the Sierra Leone rebel group Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in the 10-year-long Sierra Leone Civil War, starting in 1991 and


Red Bull Air Race World Series for the first time on July 29, 2006. See also. Galata Bridge. External links.


gathering was held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from July 26 to July 29 2007. Specifications. CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 MHz. Support processors: three Motorola 6801s @ 1 MHz


place). Births. March 25 - Matthew Barney, multimedia artist. July 29 - Ingrida Kadaka, painter and illustrator. Deaths. May 15 - Edward Hopper, American painter and printmaker (b. 1882). November 25


Amsterdam – July 29, 1913, The Hague) was a Dutch jurist, cowinner (with Alfred Fried) of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1911 for his role in the formation of the Permanent


July 29, 1900, with service starting on August 1, 1900. However, by then, much of the Gold Rush fever had died down. At the time, the gold spike was actually


July 29, 1166 – September 10, 1197), was count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and king of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197, although he never used the title of king.


by Turkish Flag Law No. 2994 on May 29, 1936. Turkish Flag Regulation No. 2/7175 dated July 28, 1937, and Supplementary Regulation No. 11604/2 dated July 29, 1939,


a Manchester, Tennessee native, is currently a member of the Tennessee Board of Regents. He has held the office since July 29, 1994. In 2003 he was elected to the position of


Mongolia's first free, multi-party elections for a bicameral parliament were held on July 29, 1990. The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party MPRP won 85% of the seats. The State


and shortly afterwards broke through the more important second wall. The Second Temple was destroyed on Tisha B'Av (July 29 or July 30), 70. Tacitus, a historian of


Point de la Roche on July 29, 1944, and overran Grenville on July 31, 1944. 6th ID then returned to Avranches where it relieved 4th AD and secured


Edward Erie Poor (February 5, 1837 – July 29, 1900) was an American banker. He served as


June 24 – The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. July–December. July 6 – Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord


July 6, 1969) is a convicted murderer who, while in prison, killed Jeffrey Dahmer and Jesse Anderson. He described the deed as "the work of God". Scarver was the second son of five


States. It was founded on July 6, 1891 as a rail siding for Arizona Eastern Railway, and the town that sprang up around it was incorporated as the Town of Gilbert


3:45 p.m. Friday, July 6,2007. On July 8 the fire was declared the largest in Utah's history, having burned more than 283,000 acres (442 square miles). Demographics. As


and was the 1988 presidential candidate of the Frente Democrático Nacional (Democratic National Front), a loose alliance of these organizations. On July 6 1988, the day of the elections, a system


Kathryn Hulme (July 6, 1900 - August 25, 1981) was an American author and memoirist most noted for her semi-biographical novel, The


Yukon Railway Company Limited, a new company organized in London. Construction reached the summit of White Pass, away from Skagway, by mid-February 1899. The railway reached Bennett, British Columbia on July 6


Heinrich Harrer (; July 6 1912 – January 7 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer,


(b.1848). May 30 - Homer Watson, artist (b. 1855). July 6 - Peter Veniot, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1863). October 3 - William Parks, geologist


air', which formed water on combustion. Awards. Copley Medal: William Brownrigg; Edward Delaval; Henry Cavendish. Births. July 6 - Alexander Wilson, ornithologist (died 1813). August 3 - Kurt


on July 6, 1918. Mitchel fell out of his aircraft at 500 feet and plummeted to the ground, dying instantly. It was thought that he had forgotten to


1983, in Charlottesville, Virginia); Kyle Frances Kennedy (b. July 6, 1984, in Washington, D.C.); Rory Gifford Kennedy, (b. October 14, 1987, in Dorchester, Massachusetts). Michael Kennedy and family resided in Cohasset, Massachusetts


French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for his second voyage to North America with 3 ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's 2 sons (who Cartier took during his first voyage).

Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)


events between Jacques Cartier's first voyage and the foundation of the Quebec settlement by Samuel de Champlain. 1534 - On June 30 and July 1, Jacques Cartier wades ashore on a sandy


Lawrence River in and stops in a little bay he names baie Saint-Laurent on August 10. 1535 - On September 6, Jacques Cartier is the first European to


medowes and trees.". 1534 - On July 24, Jacques Cartier plants a cross on Gaspé peninsula and claims it for France. 1535 - Jacques Cartier's expedition sails along the St.


1905). May 1 – James Black, creator of the original Bowie knife (d. 1870). May 4 – John McLeod Campbell, Scottish churchman (d. 1872). May 5 – Louis Christophe François Hachette,

celebration in the international labour movement on May Day


by Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and Gaspard de Coligny quickly seize control of Orleans, Rouen, and other cities throughout France. May 1 – Jean Ribault, French navigator, lands


re-elected to the throne. April 25 – Battle of Hedgeley Moor: Yorkist forces under Lord Montague defeat Lancastrians under Sir Ralph Percy, who is killed. May 1 –


known as Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio -- OSCAR. Editions. 1958, Charles Scribner's Sons, hardcover. 1970, Ace Books, paperback. 1971, NEL, paperback, ISBN 0-450-00729-4. 1977, Ballantine, paperback, ISBN 0-345-26071-6. May 1, 1977,


on May 1, 1963. Fukagawa is a small but vibrant city most known for its plentiful rice fields and apple and cherry orchards in Otoe, a township to the


trains ran from East 180th Street to Borough Hall. On May 1, trains were extended to Nevins Street and Atlantic Avenue. On March 31, 1917, the IRT White Plains Road Line was


Melchorejo, Antonio Villafaña. After rounding the Cape of Guaniguanico in Cuba, he sailed along the Mexican coast and arrived on May 1 at the Tabasco region in southern Mexico.


composed by A. R. Rahman. The film's release was originally scheduled for May 1, 2005, but was delayed; it was finally released on November 14, 2006 worldwide. The film


Day - April 1. Children's Book Day - April 2. Earth Day - April 22. ANZAC Day - April 25. May. May Day - May 1. Victory in Europe Day -


in batch mode as part of the development process during early 1964. However on May 1 1964 at 4 am, John Kemeny and John McGeachie ran the first BASIC programs to be


of Armenia (d. c. 1310), king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Isabella of Mar, first wife of Robert Bruce (approximate date; d. 1296). Deaths. May 1 –


Iowa (April 24, 1963). Delaware (May 1, 1963). Missouri (May 13, 1963). New Hampshire (June 12, 1963). Kentucky (June 27, 1963). Maine (January 16, 1964). South Dakota (January 23,


lyricist. December 19 - Joe "King" Oliver, jazz musician (d. 1938). Deaths. February 15 - Leopold Damrosch, conductor. March 31 - Franz Wilhelm Abt, composer. May - Adolphe Blanc, composer. May 1


Walter Hauser (May 1, 1837 - October 22, 1902) was


May 1, 1987) was the first Delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Sumay, Guam, and worked as a teacher. He was first elected


District, Fukushima Prefecture). Signed between the former city of Ichinoseki on August 8, 1987. Kesennuma (Miyagi Prefecture). Signed between the former cities of Ichinoseki and Kesennuma on May 1, 1997. Signed


city was founded on May 1, 1954. Bitchū Matsuyama Castle overlooks the town. Another significant location is Raikyū-ji, a Buddhist temple with a historic garden. On October 1, 2004 Takahashi


is 17.33 km². The city was founded on May 1, 1954. The name of the city consists of one character from each of its predecessors. Akishima is the result


Exchanges for over a week from May 1, 2003 to fight against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Future. On November 22, 2007 the Shenzhen Stock Exchange broke ground


the country had five presidents of which only one was democratically elected: Arturo Frondizi, who governed the country from May 1, 1958, until March 29, 1962, when he was deposed by a


Party, in 1938, when it was still illegal in Austria. He also voluntarily applied to become a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the NSDAP's paramilitary wing, on May 1, 1939


in the sports history, a feat only equalled one other time by the legendary Cael Sanderson. He resigned as Oklahoma State's assistant coach on May 1, 2006. His brother, Olympic champion


(d.1944). April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay, actress (d.1983). April 26 - Paul-Émile Léger, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d.1991). May 1 - Wally Downer, politician (d.1994). May 13


Development. The maiden broadcast of 'Oriental Horizon'(東方時空) on May 1, 1993 signified the start of the broadcast of commentary programme on current affairs. One year later, on April 1, 1994,


of April 2007, anyone interested was eligible to get a copy of someone else's koseki. However, on May 1, 2008, a new law was implemented to limit the persons eligible


invades mainland Scotland from the Orkney Islands but is defeated by a Covenanter army. May – The New Model Army is decimated at the siege of Clonmel. June 9


the White Hunter, by Ann S. Stephens, dated June 9, 1860. The novel was an essential reprint of Stephens's earlier serial that appeared in the Ladies' Companion magazine in February, March, and


Ileana Cotrubaş (born June 9, 1939) is


to the garrison, with only a child lost. When the fort could not be taken, the Indians disappeared upriver. On June 9, 1758, and a workman as they


and LaserDisc release by Paramount in 1992, and was included on the film's DVD release several years later. Blu-ray Release. Paramount released Fatal Attraction on blu-ray on June 9


Henry Clay Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,984 at the 2000 census. The township was created June 9, 1824 from the eastern portion


favored to win, Gołota once again blew his shot when Brewster knocked him down three times inside the first round, forcing the referee to stop the bout. June 9, 2007,


May 28, 1750) was the 115th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from April 13, 1735 to June 9, 1747. His personal name was


Births. January 1 - James Wills. January 10 - Anders Abraham Grafström. June 9 - Abel-François Villemain. October 21 - Alphonse de Lamartine. Deaths. May 21 - Thomas Warton. July


Midwest states, where pet enthusiasts came into contact with infected domestic prairie dogs, which caught the disease from the Gambian giant rat. June 9, 2003. Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition


1914, he omitted the chorus, which prompted Ravel to send an angry letter to The Times newspaper (see editions of June 9, 10 and 17). At almost an hour


of acting, voicework, writing, producing, and directing credits. Melissa also served two terms as President of the Screen Actors Guild. On June 9, 2009 her autobiography  was


comfortably since. She made her maiden speech on June 9, 1997. She has been a member of the Transport Committee and its predecessor Transport, Local Government and the Regions since her


composer (b. 1702). July 13 – James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693). July 28 – George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician (b. 1691). August 21 – Lady Mary Wortley


and elections. On 4 May 2005, the Ugandan Parliament voted to conduct a referendum on the reintroduction of party politics in Uganda. The referendum was held on July 28, 2005


Henry, and Homicide' Hank. Armstrong started out as a professional on July 28, 1931, being knocked out by Al Sorvino in three rounds. Just like Alexis Arguello, Bernard Hopkins, and


Keith Gordon Green (October 21, 1953 – July 28, 1982) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, musician, and Contemporary Christian Music artist originally from Sheepshead Bay, New


Theodor Wulf (July 28, 1868 - June 19,


realist artist (d. 1879). April 5 - Jules Dupré, painter (d. 1889). May 11 - Prince Grigory Gagarin, soldier and painter (d. 1893). July 28 - Charles West Cope, painter (d.


mistress Madame de Pompadour. Neolin, a Delaware tribe prophet, begins to preach in America. The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III of the United

chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)

painting by François Boucher, Alte Pinakothek


the service of Madame de Pompadour. Samuel Johnson begins his essay series, The Idler. Anna Laetitia Barbauld and her family move to Warrington in Cheshire. Pierre Louis Maupertuis moves


Events. January—Byland Abbey is founded. December 1 – Stephen succeeds his uncle Henry

first month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars


on the Vikings. By topic. Religion. January – Pope Leo IV succeeds Pope Sergius II as the 103rd pope. Rabanus Maurus becomes Archbishop of Mainz. Births. Alfred the Great


Murong Wei. Zhang Xuanjing. Deaths. January—Constans, Roman Emperor. June 30—Nepotianus, Roman usurper. Eutropia—Nepotianus' mother. Shi Jian. References.


Lanka. Bhaktapur is founded in Nepal. Africa. The Yodit Era ends in Ethiopia. By topic. Religion. January—Pope John IX succeeds Theodore II as the 116th pope. Births.


O'Meara were alleged to have been racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty. January-November - Nandigram violence - Clashes between opposition parties, the governing Communist Party of India (Marxist) and police


1991 in India and the. Timeline of Indian history. Events. January - An insurgency breaks out in Kashmir Valley, inflaming tensions with Pakistan. New Delhi dissolves the state assembly and imposes


ends—Slave uprising under leadership of Spartacus is crushed by a Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus. Slaves taken prisoner are crucified all naked along the Via Appia. Nessebar in modern-day Bulgaria comes under


modern-day Bulgaria comes under Roman rule. Births. Empress Wang Zhengjun (d. 13). Deaths. Spartacus, Roman slave and rebel leader (killed in battle) (b. 109 BC). Empress Xu

Thracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Rome. Third Servile War ends—Slave uprising under leadership of Spartacus is crushed by a Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus. Slaves


also . Deaths. February 25 – William Lilye, English classical scholar (b. c. 1468). April – Queen Eleni of Ethiopia. June 25 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (b. 1451).


Goths invade Asia Minor. By topic. Religion. Pope Cornelius is sent into exile. June 25—Pope Lucius I succeeds Pope Cornelius as the 22nd pope. Lucius is arrested almost immediately following his


tortured in Paris. June 25 – Francis of Vendome, Duke of Beaufort, disappears during a battle in the Siege of Candia in Crete. July–December. July – The Hanseatic League, after 400 years


June 25, 1965. Novels. Inge wrote two novels, both set in the fictional town of Freedom, Kansas. In Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1970), high-school Latin teacher Evelyn Wyckoff


to resign, and advocated a program of social transformation which he termed Sampoorna kraanti [Total Revolution]. Instead she proclaimed a national Emergency on the midnight of June 25, 1975, immediately after Narayan


is a train station located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. History. The elevated JR station opened on June 25, 1910. The


they had inhabited for over 10,000 years, in exchange for basic health care, education, and other forms of assistance as outlined by the Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon (June 25,


Liberal International at its Sofia Congress in May 2005. At the legislative elections on June 25, 2005, it received 21.83% of the popular vote and 53 out of 240 seats, a


in 1957 after they had successfully summitted Broad Peak behind Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller a few weeks earlier. On June 25 they left camp I and camped


Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually re-settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta. Undated.

sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea


used in countries driving on the right. This practice, however, is not systematically followed in the four European countries driving on the left, Cyprus, the Republic of Ireland, Malta


reached Malta on 9 June 1798, then controlled by the Knights Hospitaller. The two hundred Knights of French origin did not support the Grand Master, Prussian Ferdinand


to pour in. She soon accepted a role in Rigoletto being performed in Cento. Further roles followed in Florence and Malta, with parts in La sonnambula, Lucia


Malta in order to track down a group of vicious armed robbers. A remake has recently been announced, to be produced by DNA Films and written and directed by


Leros where they were processed and offered basic humanitarian services. Local authorities justified their action by contrasting it to alleged practices elsewhere in the EU: "Malta sinks their boats


just as bomber production was being abandoned. The long-range variant designs failed to come to fruition. The He 111Z was to have been used in an invasion of Malta


28 April 1939. Jersey struck a mine off Malta's Grand Harbour on 2 May 1941 and sank.


decided to confirm that Cyprus would join the EU on 1 May 2004, along with Malta and eight other states from Central and Eastern Europe. Although it had been


in 1982, with other right hand drive markets like Malta and Cyprus soon following suit. In New Zealand, the brand was withdrawn after the demise of the Chevette.

Village Development Committee in  Bagmati in Nepal


Dispute over the Body of Moses (circa 1574) in the Sistine Chapel; frescoes in the Villa d'Este in Tivoli and the Villa Mondragone in Frascati. He also worked in Malta


when, just west of Malta, she defeated the 14-gun Tripolitan corsair Tripoli, after a fierce but one-sided battle. Unscathed, Enterprise sent the battered pirate into port since


cheese); Turkey (beyaz peynir, lit. white cheese); Egypt (domiati); Sudan (gibna beyda); Romania (brânză telemea); Russia (брынза, brynza); Ukraine (бринза, brynza); Iran (panir lighvan); Malta (Ġbejna tan-nagħaġ lit. sheep's


this contest were France, Greece and Slovenia. Also the Latino singers from Malta and Spain were expected to do very well. The Swedish song ran into controversy, as it sounded very


Guangzhou and Shenzhen, in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Colombo (Kotte) (Sri Lanka) and Manila (Philippines). The Malta trial for a UK high value call centre has resulted in a growing


Canadian Infantry Division and the 231st Infantry Brigade of units from Malta. The 2nd New Zealand and the 4th Indian Division were not available for Sicily because


the United Kingdom would be fighting for the top spot. Israel and Malta were tied with 166 points after the penultimate vote. Everything came down to the vote

Village Development Committee in  Kosi in Nepal


Ta'Dmejrek is the highest point of Malta, located on the Dingli Cliffs, with an


in Malta who want to dedicate themselves fully to God and to help the Church in the faith formation of children, youths and adults. It was founded by the


having now finished 2nd in 2003 and 2005 and 1st in 2004. For the third year in a row,Malta received their highest set of points from Denmark. Before selecting "Doroga


of Operation Vigorous. Vigorous was the codename for a vital supply convoy to Malta: 11 merchantmen carrying food and fuel to support Allied operations from the island, which Nestor and

locality and former civil parish in Portugal


on 10 January 1941, was beached at Malta and damaged beyond repair by an air raid on 5 April 1942. She was expended as a blockship at Malta in September 1943,


Malta, on 9 January 1917 by two or three torpedoes from U-32. HMS Duncan. , named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, served in the Mediterranean


1942, the remaining Me 321s were withdrawn from service in Russia in anticipation of the planned Operation Herkules, the invasion of Malta, in which a fleet of the gliders hauled


the countryside around Athens. Athenian leader, Pericles, does not seriously oppose them, rather withdrawing the rural population of the country districts within Athens' city walls. Instead, he

ancient Greek statesman, orator, and general of Athens


was the son of Cleaenetus, who had become rich through his tanning business. Public service. Opposition to Pericles. Cleon first came to notice as an opponent of Pericles in the


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Greece. Achaea achieves its independence from Athens, while Euboea, crucial to Athenian control of the sea and food supplies, revolts against Athens. Pericles crosses


accuses the leader of the democratic faction, Pericles, of profligacy and criticises the way Pericles is spending money on his ambitious building plans for the city. Thucydides manages, initially,


and comedian (d. 1925). May 20 – Emil Berliner, telephone and recording pioneer (d. 1929). May 21 – Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1925). July–December. June


of France (b. 1340). April 2 – King Ferdinand I of Aragon (b. 1379). May 21 – Anna of Celje, queen consort of Poland (b. 1386). May 30 – Jerome of Prague,


Markus Feldmann (May 21, 1897 in Thun - November 3, 1958 in Berne) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal


is an opera with music by Harrison Birtwistle and a libretto by Peter Zinovieff. It was premiered in London on May 21, 1986 to great critical acclaim. A recorded version


- Jason Hervey, actor. April 20 - Carmen Electra, actress. May 2 - Dwayne Johnson, Professional wrestler and actor ("The Rock"). May 20 - Busta Rhymes, rapper. May 21 - The


Cabot, actor (d. 1972). May 7 - Val Lewton, film producer (d. 1951). May 17 - Jean Gabin, actor (d. 1976). May 21 - Robert Montgomery, actor (d. 1981). June 1 -


of the Philosophical Sciences. David Ricardo - On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. Births. February 21 - José Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet. May 21 - Rudolf Hermann


May 21 - John Hookham Frere, diplomat and author. November 12 - Amelia Opie. Alexander von Humboldt, educator. Deaths. February 26 - William Duncombe, author. Edward Kimber, journal editor and novelist.


Michel Lentz (May 21 1820 – September 8 1893) was a Luxembourgian poet. He is best known for having written Ons


Maurice André (born May 21


(May 21, 1864, Laeken, nearby Brussels – August 23, 1945, Pannonhalma) was the wife of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. She was the daughter of King Leopold II


weight. May 21 - Lindbergh captures the Orteig Prize, flying the Spirit of St. Louis, in the first solo transatlantic flight and first nonstop fixed-wing aircraft flight between the American and European


Louis Renault (May 21, 1843 – February 8, 1918) was a French


George Habib Antonius, CBE (hon.) (; October 19 1891-May 21 1942) was a Lebanese- Egyptian


Sigma Phi Delta was founded on May 21 1928. http://epsilon.sigmaphidelta.org/menu.htm. Eta Chapter - Marquette University. Eta Chapter was founded on May 23 1931 when a local Marquette Engineering Fraternity, Omega Sigma


Karl Ernst von Baer, naturalist (died 1876). March 7 - John Herschel, mathematician and astronomer (died 1871). May 21 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, mathematician, discoverer of the Coriolis effect (died 1843). Deaths. October


were lost, Ardent was hit by bombs dropped by Argentine aircraft on May 21 and was consumed by fire. HMS Antelope was hit by bombs on May 23, one of which was


(d. 1887). September 7 – David King Udall, American politician (d. 1938). September 14 – H.E. Beunke, Dutch writer (d. 1925). October 2 – Ferdinand Foch, French commander of Allied forces


Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova), Rome, is finished. Religion. October 2—Lateran Synod: Donatism is declared a heresy. Arius preaches of the human nature of Jesus. Births. Shi Hong.


George Robert Phillips "Spanky" McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his appearances in the Our Gang series of short-subject


Mary of Burgundy (September 1386, Dijon – October 2, 1422, Thonon-les-Bains), married Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy. Philip II, Count of Nevers and Rethel (1389–1415, at Agincourt). In


of the Royal Danish Ballet from 1775 to 1816. On October 2, 1813, August made his first stage appearance in a small part as the son of a Viking king


GNAT was initially released separately from the main GCC sources. On October 2, 2001 the GNAT sources were contributed to the GCC CVS repository. The last version to be released separately was


Robert Bourassa, GOQ (July 14, 1933 – October 2, 1996) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served


Michael McGurl (October 2, 1896 - April 17, 1976) was a United States Navy admiral. He was born in Minersville, Pennsylvania. Graduated from U.S. Naval Academy in 1919. In


Peter D. Ouspensky (March 4, 1878–October 2, 1947), (Pyotr Demianovich Ouspenskii, also Uspenskii


to George Washington, who had ordered on October 2, 1779, that the uniform coats of the New Jersey Continental Line be dark (Jersey) blue, with buff facings. Buff-colored


be rationed and men were near physical exhaustion. On the next day, October 2, Vercassivellaunus, a cousin of Vercingetorix, launched a massive attack with 60,000 men, focusing on


18). May 15. Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, the first secret society for women, is founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand. July–September. July – The


1566). Reginald Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1558). Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (d. 1576). probable. Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist (d. 1582). Heinrich Faber, German music theorist (d.


814—Charlemagne dies; transfer of united territory to Louis the Pious. 814–817—Bulgarian siege of Constantinople. Start of the second iconoclastic period in Byzantium. Significant people. Charlemagne. Louis the Pious. Leo V of

King of the Franks, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor


last wife of Charlemagne. She was the daughter of an Alamannian count and married Charlemagne around 794. Liutgard did not have any children with Charlemagne and died on


780s decade ran from January 1, 780, to December 31, 789. Events and trends. Charlemagne expands the Frankish kingdom by gains in Saxony, Bavaria and Spain. Hwicce reduced from


as one of Boniface's outposts in the reorganization of the church in Germany. It later served as a base from which missionaries could accompany Charlemagne's armies in


knight who, after unwittingly killing Charlot, the son of Emperor Charlemagne, is given a reprieve from death on condition that he fulfill a number of seemingly impossible tasks: he must


This is the Kings of France family tree, including all kings, from Charlemagne to the advent of the Republic.


the suggestion of Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. Chrodegang, chancellor of Charles Martel, is appointed bishop of Metz and embarks on a reorganisation of the Frankish church. Births. Charlemagne,


a monastery. Pippin the Short remains sole ruler of the Franks as Mayor of the Palace. Plague breaks out in Sicily, Calabria, and Momenvasia. Births. Charlemagne, king and emperor


greatest kings, and to Charlemagne himself. He is alternately the oppressor and the victim of heroic and self-willed nobles — the idealized types of the patrons for


earliest recorded Viking raid on Ireland, they attack Iona, Inisbofin and Inismurray. City of Paderborn founded by Charlemagne in Westphalia. By topic. Religion. December 26 – Pope


for example, failed in his fifth-century attempt to seize the town. In the division of the empire of Charlemagne, the Treaty of Verdun of 843 made the town part of


bearing some relation with other countries of the world. Some historians identify the crowning of Charlemagne in 800 as the moment in which the Church started having an


Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars. In later times, he became a symbol of Saxon independence and a figure of legend, and was stylized as a prototypical Germanic hero. Life. Very little


Judith of Bavaria and a seventh generation descendant of Charlemagne. He succeed his father at the age of four, under the guardianship of his mother Judith. Heinrich


had apparently previously been in exile on the continent under the protection of Charlemagne, and his rebellion has been seen as serving Frankish interests. The pro-Mercian Archbishop of Canterbury, Aethelheard,


(843). Vikings conquer Frisia, the present Netherlands and the German North Sea coastline. Beginning of Arab domination on Taranto, which lasts until 880. Significant people. Alfred the


of Taranto. She was a granddaughter of Queen Mary of Enghien (mother of Giovanni and Catherine), who had been Queen Consort of Naples (Queen of Jerusalem and Sicily) in


at 12:20, retiring towards his own air cover at Taranto. A second sortie surprised the Italians at 15:09. Lieutenant-Commander Dalyell-Stead flew his Albacore to 1,000 metres from Vittorio Veneto,


at Taranto, in Southern Italy, which may date as early as the third century CE. Likewise, a stone bearing the Shield from the arch of a 3-4th century synagogue in the


Carrier and is based in Taranto. The ship is powered by four Fiat COGAG gas turbines built under license from GE, offering a sustained power of 81,000


Apulia, south Italy. So it is used i.e. for gentilic of Taranto and for the Tarantino language. People with the last name Tarantino. Barbara Tarantino, American artist. Dominic Tarantino, American


III 1759–1761. Balaji Baji Rao (Peshwa of the Maratha Empire). Hyder Ali (Mysore). George II King of Great Britain (king from 1727 to 1760). Ferdinand VI King of Spain (king from

unofficial region of Karnataka state in India


Baron Harris, of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East Indies and of Belmont in the County of Kent,


from January 1, 1750, to December 31, 1759. Events and trends. Scientific navigation was developed. The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was fought between two rival alliances: the first consisting


French and Indian War (1754–1763). Seven Years' War (1756–1763). Births. January 17 – James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. 1832). February 1 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d.


event of Elizabeth's later years was the Seven Years' War. Elizabeth regarded the treaty of Westminster (16 January 1756, whereby Great Britain and Prussia agreed to unite their forces to oppose the entry


use of statistics marked a noted increase on empirical methods in economics from previous times. During the periods around the Seven Years' War between France and England, the physiocracy movement began to


By proclamation of October 17, 1763 after termination of the Seven Years' War, Cape Breton Island was formally annexed to Nova Scotia. For a time thereafter Cape Breton Island was part of


E. Bernstorff and H. C. Schimmelmann. They avoided involving Denmark in the European wars of his time. The country remained neutral even for the duration of the Seven Years' War


Grand Master of the Teutonic Order in 1761. During the Seven Years' War he commanded the Austrian army at the Battle of Prague, where he was again defeated. He subsequently


brigadier. In the Seven Years' War Fersen distinguished himself during the operations round Usedom and Wollin in 1759, when he inflicted serious loss on the Prussians. But it is as a politician


"vingtième" a far less efficient tax than it was designed to be. The financial needs of the Seven Years' War lead to a second (1756-1780), and then a third (1760-1763) "vingtième" being


for Russia. He conducted negotiations through the Pole Stanislaus Poniatowski. The accession of Russia to the anti-Prussian coalition (1756) of the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) occurred over Bestuzhev's head,


during the Seven Years' War under the command of Count Zakhar Chernyshev. He returned home in 1762, and for the next seven years would divide his time bteween his home


as maceration and enfleurage, as well referencing the Seven Years' War and processes such as tanning. Characters (in order of appearance). Grenouille's mother – Jean-Baptiste Grenouille was her fifth baby. She had claimed


a battle fought on September 7, 1757 during the Seven Years' War. A Prussian army of 13,000 men fought an Austrian army of double their size. The entire Prussian corps surrendered to the


Prince Ferdinand defeated a French army under the Marquis de Contades on 1 August 1759 during the Seven Years' War. Battle. In an exception to the norm of the era, Contades placed his


The Battle of Landeshut was an engagement fought on June 23, 1760 during the Seven Years' War. A


great-great-grandson, the fifth Lord, was a Brigadier-General in the Army and fought in North America during the Seven Years' War. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by


given a position in the Imperial court (approximate date). Artabasdus is Byzantine Emperor until the capital is stormed by Constantine V, who regains control and resumes the suppression of


currently Pepin the Short. Byzantine Empire. Constantine V re-ascends the throne of the Byzantine Empire. Asia. Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (724–743) is succeeded by al-Walid II ibn Abd al-Malik


is founded in Russia. By topic. Religion. The Synod of Constantinople is called by Emperor Constantine V. Deaths. Grifo, illegitimate son of Charles Martel.


s in the process. Dharampala begins his reign of Bengal. Al-Mahdi becomes the third Abbasid Caliph. Byzantine Empire. Leo IV succeeds Constantine V as Byzantine Emperor. Europe. Alpin II succeeds


the son of Emperor Constantine V by his first wife, Irene of Khazaria (Tzitzak). His maternal grandfather was Bihar, a Khazar ruler. Leo was crowned co-emperor by his father


("master of the palace") and became commander (count, komēs) of the Opsikion theme, while retaining control of his original command. In June 741 or 742, after the accession of Leo's son Constantine V


display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). Events of 1716. January–June. January 27 –


Events of 1343. January 27 – Pope Clement VI issues his Bull Unigenitus, defining the doctrine of "The Treasury of Merits" or "The Treasury of the Church" as


Year 1416 (MCDXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events of 1416. January 27


Robert Calvin Bland (born January 27, 1930) better known as Bobby “Blue” Bland, is an American singer of blues and soul. He is


Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist,


January 27th till February 8th, 2006) after Gomaa asked Al Ahram publishing house to stop printing the paper and fired its editor and some journalists, complaining of their allegiance to Abaza’s


of St. Louis. However, to recognize the original cathedral's significance, on January 27, 1961 Pope John XXIII designated it a basilica, giving it the present name, the Basilica of


on by unaffected females. Computing. Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar makes his "Arithmometer", the first mass-produced calculator. Exploration. January 27 – Antarctica is sighted for the first time


Granados (1870-1931) was a President of Costa Rica. After a career in the army, he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of President Alfredo González. On January 27, 1917 he


Series ring. The Braves let him go after the 1996 season, and he signed on with the Cincinnati Reds on January 27, 1997. However, he was released on July


registered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on February 5, 1974 (The application listed the date of "first use in commerce" as January 27, 1966).  Early forms


raids shipping in the Caribbean. Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, is founded. The town of Crieff, Scotland, is burned to the ground by Jacobites returning from

county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States

suburb village of Natchitoches, located in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States


65 or over. Communities. Cities. Natchez. Unincorporated places. Morgantown. Pine Ridge. Sibley. Stanton. Washington. See also. Jefferson College. References. Brieger, James. Hometown, Mississippi. ISBN 1-886017-27-1. External links.


Natchez, MS–LA Micropolitan Statistical Area. History. Concordia means "harmony" in Latin. Law and government. The current sheriff is Democrat Randy Maxwell, who has served since August 31, 1990. Although the parish trends


course of the Yamasee War. May – John Law founds the Banque de France. May 26 – Two regular companies of field artillery, each 100 men strong, are raised at Woolwich

fictional detective created by Will Eisner


Events. May 9—The remains of Saint Nicholas are brought to Bari, Italy. May 9—Pope Victor

Italian city, capital of the Apulia region


town and comune in the province of Bari, in Puglia, Italy. It has about 11,000 inhabitants and is famous for its unique trulli constructions. The Trulli of Alberobello are part of


Vittorio Catani (born July 17 1940) is an Italian science fiction writer. Born in Lecce, he currently lives and works in Bari, Italy. A retired bank clerk,

village in Manggarai Barat, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia


September 9—King William I of England. September 16—Pope Victor III.


– Charlotte of Cyprus, daughter of John II of Cyprus (b. 1436). September 9 – Chenghua Emperor of China (b. 1447). September 30 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Roman Empire. September 9—Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I and rule as co-emperors of the Roman Empire. The


Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, Prince Français, Count of Meudon, Count of Moncalieri ad personam (commonly known as Prince Napoléon) (September 9


polls indicating only a low level of support, he pulled out of the race on September 9, 2003, though his name still appeared on the ballot and received a small but


District is Anatoly Kvashnin. Demographics. Federal subjects. Presidential plenipotentiary envoys. Leonid Drachevsky (May 18 2000 – September 9 2004). Anatoly Kvashnin (September 9 2004 – Present). Largest cities. Novosibirsk 1,405,569


Hallucinations is David Usher's third studio album. It was released on September 9,


Schenectady, southeast and south to Athens on the west side of the Hudson River. On September 9, 1867 the company was merged into the NYC, but in 1867


Elliott Coues (September 9, 1842 –


September 9, 2006) was a French film director and screen writer who worked with the Polish film director Roman Polanski. Works include. 1965 Repulsion (Writer). 1966 Cul-de-sac (Writer).


Abdullah Sidran (September 9 1944 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), often referred to by his nickname Avdo, is a Bosnian writer and poet who is renowned for his screenplays


to consider whether to establish a permanent liaison committee with the gay community. September. September 9 — The former municipality of Metropolitan Toronto passes a declaration about being


– Howard Hyde Russell, American activist (d. 1946). November 5 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (d. 1913). November 6 – Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942).


Reginald Edgar "Reggie" Walker (March 16, 1889 – November 5, 1951) was a South


His Mouth becomes the first-ever broadcast television drama. November 5 - Sinclair Lewis is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. John Masefield becomes Poet Laureate of the UK. A


November 5, 1994, Moorer was ahead on all three judges' scorecards when he received a right hand to the chin by George Foreman in round 10, getting knocked out and losing the world


Harold McNair (November 5 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica – March 7 1971


Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (October 10, 1757 - November 5, 1847) was an English clergyman who was Bishop of Carlisle


- Ship of Fools. Oktoih (first book produced in Serbian language in Cetinje). Births. March 24 - Georg Agricola, scientist and writer (d. 1555). November 5 - Hans Sachs, poet


Oregon. The measure was defeated in the November 5, 2002 general election with 371,851 votes in favor, 886,806 votes against. The measure was placed on the ballot as a result


Theater an der Wien, and its premiere on November 5 was a great success. Heinrich Laube, the head of the Burgtheater, wrote an enthusiastic review and through this Ludwig struck


Proposition 50 was a proposition in the state of California on the November 5, 2002 ballot. The proposition successfully passed with 3,808,594 (55.4%) votes in favor and


new project began. In early March 2007, Boyd linked to the pair's new webcomic, Three Panel Soul, which had been updating unannounced since November 5, 2006. A note posted on


wins the Booker Prize for his novel Life of Pi. November 5 - Austin Clarke wins the Giller Prize for his novel The Polished Hoe. Margaret MacMillan wins the Samuel Johnson


Frances Hood. He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in 1905 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1906. On November 5, 1908 he married Anna Coolidge Davenport (1885-1973).


today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge). The region of Wairarapa, New Zealand is hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand (Magnitude 8.1 on the


George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1540). December 22 – Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (b. 1546). date unknown. Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (b. 1562). Thomas Churchyard, English author, secretary to


1670). April 5 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675). May 10 – Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686). June 17 – John Maurice of Nassau, count of


French cleric and constitutional theorist (d. 1836). May 7 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright (d. 1793). May 10 – Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, French ornithologist (d. 1831). May 28 –


the Nativity. Israel calls up additional reserve forces and moves tanks into position for an expected incursion into the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the most recent suicide bombing. May 10,


to speculation over the future of Maytag operations in Newton. On May 10, 2006, Whirlpool announced that it would close the Newton plant and corporate offices in the fall of 2007.


Edwin "Danny" Carey (born May 10, 1961 in Paola, Kansas) is an American drummer, best known as his place as the drummer for American Grammy Award-winning progressive metal


fourth marriage, the actress's companion was Roger Denny, an interior decorator. On May 10, 2003, she married Harry Kullijian, her fourth husband and junior high school sweetheart, who reunited with her after


Andrzej Badenski (May 10, 1943 – September 28, 2008) was a Polish athlete


Arthur Emanuel Nelson (May 10, 1892 – April 11, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician.


Hedwige of Saxony (c. 910 – May 10, 965) was


from successes of climbing. He died in the 1996 Everest Disaster on May 11, the worst tragedy in the climbing history of Mount Everest. On May 10, 1996, Fischer, Anatoli Boukreev


- Lyman Duff, jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (b.1865). May 10 - Tommy Burns, only Canadian born world heavyweight champion boxer (b.1881). June 16 -


elections can be trusted to improve society. Arrest and trial. On May 10, 1796 Babeuf was arrested with many of his associates, among whom was Darthé. The common trial was


Geology. Awards. Copley Medal: not awarded. Births. March 5 - Étienne-Jules Marey (d. 1904), physiologist. March 5 - Charles Wyville Thompson (d. 1882), marine biologist. May 10 - François-Marie Raoult (d. 1901),


Canada. Events. May 10 - Louis-Joseph Papineau and John Neilson are in London to present a petition of 60,000 signatures against favouring Union of the colonies. October 14


Births. May 10 - Robert Gray, sea captain, fur trader. November 5 - William Dummer Powell, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1834). Deaths.


May 10 - Ethan Allen takes Fort Ticonderoga. June 9 - Martial law is proclaimed in Canada. August 21 - Generals Schuyler and Richard Montgomery, with 1,000 Americans come to Canada, and invite


and representatives of the Puritans. July–December. September 20 – Ostend is captured by Spanish forces under Ambrogio Spinola after a 3-year siege. October 9 – Supernova 1604 is observed (as


Earl of Stair had landed at Ostend in the Austrian Netherlands on 10 July 1742. Here it formed the Pragmatic Army, some 44,000 strong at the start of


the new caliph Abu Bakr begin the wars of Apostasy or Ridda Wars against the self-proclaimed prophet Musaylimah. 633—Around this time Isidore of Seville completes his Etymologies. 633—The Ridda Wars ends

First Muslim Caliph and father-in-law of Islamic Prophet Muhammad


privateer (b. 1603). July 18 – Stefan Czarniecki, Polish general (b. 1599). September 12 – Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (b. 1596). September 17 – King Philip IV of


August 28 – Edward I unsuccessfully invades Flanders. September 11 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: The Scottish armies of Andrew de Moray and William Wallace defeat the English. September 12


and the closely related family of ARM, StrongARM and XScale CPUs. As of September 12, 2007, QNX offers a license for non-commercial users. History. Gordon Bell and Dan Dodge, students at


Wilfred Benítez (born September 12, 1958 in New York, New York), is a Puerto Rican boxer. He is remembered best as a skilled


Nikolaievich Andreyev (, – September 12, 1919) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905


August von Alberti (September 4, 1795 – September 12, 1878) was a German geologist whose ground-breaking 1834 publication recognized the unity of the three characteristic strata that compose the sedimentary deposits


races.” Two years later, on his 74th birthday, March 14, 1953, Albert Einstein agreed to attach his name to the medical school. The first classes began September 12, 1955 and


MICR technology was first demonstrated to the American Bankers Association in July 1956, and by 1963 it was almost universally employed in the U.S. On September 12, 1961


bales, repulse the British. August - Envoys consider terms of peace, at Ghent. September 12 - An expedition of 11,000 under Governor George Prevost, supplied to winter at Plattsburg, N.Y.,


lbs. Crew. Mission parameters. Mass: Orbiter landing with payload: 87,321 kg. Payload: 7,865 kg. Perigee: 575 km. Apogee: 580 km. Inclination: 57.0°. Period: 96.2 min. Mission highlights. Launch: September 12, 1991, 7:11:04 p.m. EDT.


24 – John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616). September 6 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (b. 1619). September 12 – King Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643). October 25


Hillsborough was officially granted a Charter incorporating it as a Township. A revised charter was issued on September 12, 1771. The records of Hillsborough Township are complete from their inception in


Johann Jakob Herzog (September 12, 1805 - September 30, 1882), German Protestant theologian, was born


Pyotr Romanovich Bagration (September 12, 1818 - January 17, 1876), the son of a Russian-Georgian general, was a Russian-Georgian statesman, general and scientist who invented the first dry


doing a weekly TV show. On September 12 1999, Helen Hunt won her fourth consecutive Emmy Award for her performance on the show. Bonnie Hunt was the first choice


never left the country during Maximilian's reign. On September 12, 1863 in San Luis Potosí Lerdo de Tejada was named minister of foreign affairs, of the interior and of justice


September 12, 1994, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Daniel Johnson,


privateer (b. 1603). July 18 – Stefan Czarniecki, Polish general (b. 1599). September 12 – Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (b. 1596). September 17 – King Philip IV of Spain (b. 1605). September 25


England condemns duels in his proclamation Against Private Challenges and Combats. The Ottoman Empire invades Hungary. A locust swarm destroys La Camarque, France. The territory of Kuwait is founded.

arranged engagement in combat between two individuals


powerful thumbs. Mork challenges Fonzie to a duel: finger vs. thumb. After their duel, The Fonz admits defeat, and Mork decides to take Fonzie back to Ork instead

1985 single by German pop group Propaganda


Henri, duc de Montmorency, her mother's only brother, for intriguing against Richelieu in 1632, and that of her mother's cousin the Count François de Montmorency-Boutteville for duelling in


of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and led to a duel between the two courtiers, who later became close friends. Between 1586 and 1598 Charles spent a


as his ambassador to the Mughal court of Jahangir. The Perse School in Cambridge, England, is founded by Dr Stephen Perse. John Browne is created as the first King's

British Member of Parliament (died 1862)


but the Speedwell starts to leak again and must stop. August 7 – The mother of Johannes Kepler is arrested for witchcraft. August 7 – Battle of Les Ponts-de-Cé, Poitou:

practice of magical skills and abilities


Brazil in a bouquet, starting a coffee empire. The last execution for witchcraft is carried out in Scotland. The first Amish move to America. The Royal Bank


the practice of witchcraft, in which she had the help of a renegade priest, Etienne Guibourg, whose part was the celebration of the "black mass", a parody of the


witchcraft. The idea was that witches would float. As part of the trial the accused was thrown into a lake or river. If the accused sank, she was innocent and presumed


inside the tip of Cape Cod, with the Pilgrims and Planters. November 21 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (11 November, O.S.). December 21 – Plymouth Colony: William


(b. 1767). September 8 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b. 1741). October 11 – Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (b. 1724). November 21 – Heinrich von Kleist, German writer


1626). November 14 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625). November 21 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621). December 15 – Christoph Demantius, German composer (d.


Normans. Births. Amalric I of Jerusalem. William of Newburgh, English historian (d. 1198). Deaths. April 15—Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (b. 1094). November 15—Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073). November 21


"nipple" to refer to humans because it sounds like "people". All claims of harassment have been permanently dropped as of November 21, 2005 after the foundation and the parties


Carron Clementina (November 21, 1823 – April 1912) was the granddaughter of Count Carron Giovanni. She was born


5, 1919 - November 21, 1992), was an Italian flute player. He was born in Roccasecca and died in Cassino. Gazzelloni was the principle flute in the RAI orchestra for 30 years


Robert Lockwood, Jr., also known as Robert Junior Lockwood, (March 27 1915 – November 21 2006) was an American blues guitarist who recorded for Chess Records


of the war. He was found guilty of murdering a downed Allied pilot (which occurred on November 21, 1944) by a British Court in Burgsteinfurt on February 11, 1946. He was


Smith, poet (d.1980). November 21 - Foster Hewitt, radio pioneer (d.1985). December 29 - Nels Stewart, ice hockey player (d.1957). Full date unknown. Olive Diefenbaker, wife of John Diefenbaker, 13th


Florence "Flossie" Mabel Kling Harding (previously DeWolfe) (August 15 1860 – November 21 1924), wife of Warren G. Harding, was First


Marion for treatment and recovery. Mrs. Harding did come back to Marion, where she died of renal failure less than 16 months later, on November 21, 1924. She was


the First Class勇毅一等侯, 世襲罔替) (November 21, 1811 – March 12, 1872) was an eminent Han Chinese official, military general, and devout Confucian scholar of the late Qing Dynasty in


Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) was a pioneering


Per Jacobsson (February 5, 1894 - May 5, 1963) was managing director of the International Monetary Fund from November 21


The 1150s decade ran from January 1, 1150, to December 31, 1159. Events and trends. Peter Lombard


present diocesan system of Ireland (with later modifications) and recognzed the primacy of Armagh.

county town of County Armagh in Northern Ireland


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Europe. The Irish city of Armagh is founded by St. Patrick. By topic.

community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America


life. Born at Newtown Park, near Dublin, he was the eldest son of John Hartpole Lecky, a landowner. He was educated at Kingstown, Armagh, at Cheltenham College, and at


as the 96th pope. Construction of the Mosque of Córdoba is started by Abd ar-Rahman I. Births. Emperor Muzong of Tang. Deaths. December 25—Pope Adrian I.

municipality in Andalusia, southern Spain

settlement in Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico


folk rhythms, and Caribbean styles. Around the same time cuarteto in Córdoba, became a major musical genre. Cuarteto and chamamé from Corrientes made it to Buenos Aires alongside tropical music and

city in Argentina, capital of its province


himself as an independent Emir (Abd ar-Rahman I, 756). In 929, Abd ar-Rahman III assumed the title of Caliph, establishing Al Andalus from Córdoba as a rival to

city in Argentina, capital of its province


Córdoba, and is adjacent to Río Blanco and Ixtaczoquitlán, on Federal Highways 180 and 190. The city had a 2005 census population of 117,273 and is almost coextensive with its small


Galicia who was killed by Wittiza. The Chronicle of Alfonso III calls Pelagius a grandson of Chindasuinth and says that his father was blinded in Córdoba, again

Colombian municipality of the department of Bolívar


Otto's court, he met Recemund, a Córdoban ambassador, who convinced him to write a history of his days (the later Antapodosis, which was dedicated to Recemund). Liutprand was often entrusted


the Basilica de la Merced when he was a boy. José Mercé is a flamenco cantaor (singer), and won the Córdoba National Competition in 1986. The youthful


the Battle of Winwaed, becoming the last Heathen king of Mercia. Buddhism introduced to Tibet. Caliph Othman puts Muhammad's teachings (the Qur'an) into 114 chapters. Significant people. Popes: Martin I,


governor, Liu led his soldiers in the crackdown of bandits and restored law and order, oversaw economic development, and more importantly, made plans for the communist invasion of Tibet


the De Concubine of the Wuya Clan (i.e. the Empress Xiaogong Ren (孝恭仁皇后). In 1718, after the defeat of a Chinese army along the Salween River in Tibet by the Dzungar


B.C., but not much was known until the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 9th century A.D. when turmoil in Tibet forced many monks to flee to Bhutan. In


Przhevalsky died in Karakol of typhoid, while preparing for an expedition to Tibet, the city was renamed Przhevalsk in his honor. After local protests, the town was given its


explicit policy of extermination launched by the Qianlong emperor. (See also Qing-dynasty China.). Throughout this period there were continued Mongol interventions in Tibet and a reciprocal spread


Rengui, to lead 100,000 troops to fight Tibet in Dafeichuan (present Gonghe County in Qinghai). They were annihilated by the ambush of 200,000 troops of Dayan and Tibet


starts around sunrise and begins to break up around 11 am. Also, there may be a daily Tibetan market where clothing and cheap Chinese consumer goods tend to be the


History. During the rule of emperor Guang Xu in the Qing Dynasty (1875-1908), Hui Gen, an abbot from Mount Putuo went on a pilgrimage to Tibet via the two famous Chinese


Malaysia). Cymbidium borneense (N. & NW. Borneo). Cymbidium canaliculatum: Banana Orchid, Queensland Black Orchid, Small Groove-leaf Cymbidium (N. & E. Australia). Cymbidium chawalongense (newly discovered in Tibet). Cymbidium chloranthum:


part as a high-altitude porter in three official British attempts to climb Everest from the northern Tibetan side in the 1930s. He also took part in other


áo dài bears similarity to the cheongsam, as does the Tibetan national dress. See also. Hanfu/Han Chinese clothing. Mao suit. Changshan. References. Bai Yun, Zhongguo lao qipao- lao


The McMahon Line(,) is an international boundary between the states of Arunachal Pradesh in India and Tibet


point system, giving points to alliances controlling key regions or cities. Controversy. The game was banned in the People's Republic of China because the game depicts Tibet, Sinkiang, and


introduced to Tibet. Caliph Othman puts Muhammad's teachings (the Qur'an) into 114 chapters. Significant people. Popes: Martin I, Eugene I, Vitalian. Byzantine Emperor: Constans II. References.


651, Emperor Yazdgerd III is murdered in Merv, ending the rule of Sassanid dynasty in Persia (Iran). 653, Estimated date for erection of Sandbach Crosses, commemorating the adoption of Christianity by


Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari. Sister cities. These cities were major cities of Greater Khorasan: Balkh, Afghanistan. Merv, Turkmenistan. Neyshabur, Iran. Samarqand, Uzbekistan. Other cities: Lahore, Pakistan. Santa Fe,


«Hupinauia», and in 744 as «Ubinauvia». By topic. Religion. Japanese authorities decree that Buddhist temples should be established throughout the country. December 10—Pope Zachary succeeds Pope Gregory III as the 91st


Lorraine, saint and noblewoman (b.c. 1040). April 16, Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian ruler (b. 1050). August 4, Gertrude of Saxony, Countess and regent of Holland (b. c. 1030). December 10


the population was 38,440. Its county seat is Brewton. History. Escambia County was established on December 10, 1868. The county was declared a disaster area in September 1979


Claude Williams (born 1957) was indicted on December 10, 2007, on three federal weapons charges. Williams allegedly possessed a machine gun, sawed-off shotgun and short-barreled rifle. He was also


elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 10, 1986 and handed over office on April 30, 1999. He is affiliated to the Christian Democratic People's Party of


June 20, 1998) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1969-1978). He was elected to the Federal Council on December 10, 1969 and handed


6, 1907) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 10, 1875, and handed over office on December 31, 1890. He


Lago. December 10 - First performance of Bertolt Brecht's play The Decision, with music by Hanns Eisler. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed. Frankie Laine sings to an


attack, because of the date line), they landed on Batanes. On December 10, they occupied Camiguin Island (not the same as the Camiguin just north of Mindanao) in a soon-abandoned attempt


(December 10 1849 – July 25 1903) were French opticians and astronomers. They made refracting telescopes and instruments for observatories, and were involved in the origin of the Carte


Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909). October 15 - Leo Königsberger, historian of science (d. 1921). December 10 - Edward Eggleston, novelist and historian (d. 1902). Deaths. January 29 - Aleksandr


DJ Hollywood (born December 10, 1954) is an American old school hip hop DJ and rapper. According to Kurtis Blow, Hollywood


1828 – December 25, 1880) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 10, 1875 and was member of the Council until


Antonio Borja Won Pat (December 10, 1908 – May 1, 1987) was the first Delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives. He was born


from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853. Each volume was published separately in book form: the first volume on December 20, 1851; the second, December 25, 1852;


December 10, 1932 as part of the Stanmore branch of the Metropolitan Railway and served by that company's electric trains. After the formation of London Transport in 1933 this


His colleagues in the Legislature, acclaimed him to that position on December 10, 2003. Handley only served one term as premier and did not run in the election held on 1


that he will not seek the leadership of the Conservative Party. He had been considered a potential frontrunner. December 10 - Scott Brison, Progressive Conservative MP, crosses the floor, and


the first European settlers on Barbados. After the First Manchu invasion of Korea, the Joseon Dynasty of Korea becomes a tributary state of the Manchus, but still pays

members of an indigenous people of Manchuria

language originated from Northeast China


Demographics. Gansu province is home to 30,711,287 people. Most of the population, 73%, is still rural. Gansu is 92% Han and also has Hui, Tibetan, Dongxiang, Tu, Manchu, Uyghur,


1627). Ishida Mitsunari, Japanese samurai (d. 1600). Katarzyna Ostrogska, Polish noblewoman (d. 1579). Anton Praetorius, German pastor (d. 1613). probable. Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (d. 1621). Hector MacLean of Dowart,

Polish–Lithuanian noblewomen; consort of Tomasz Zamoyski


city of Latvia was established by Sachleben Albert of Riga. 1202–1204—Fourth Crusade—diverted to Constantinople. 1205—Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Latins. 1209 —. Albigensian Crusade against Cathars (1209–1218). the


of Serbian monks decreased at the expense of Bulgarians, particularly from Macedonia. From the 17th to the 19th century, Hilandar was predominantly Bulgarian-populated: in his account of 1745, the


Agha; Ottoman archives, Süleymaniye, Istanbul). They were recruited from among the ranks of the non-Muslim subject nations of the Turkish empire, such as Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Albanians, Bulgarians, Roma and others.


the first battle in recorded history to give a reliable account of the handheld crossbow with trigger mechanism. Births. Menander, Greek playwright (d. 291 BC). Deaths.


Events. June 3—First Crusade: The siege of Antioch ends...


the Cistercian Order. Births. September 16—Hildegard of Bingen, German mystic writer and composer (d. 1179). Deaths. Adhemar of Le Puy, papal legate. Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut. January 3—Walkelin, first Norman bishop

day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar


Scarlet Letter. The Smuggler. Sweet Memories. A Tale of Two Cities. That's Happiness. What Shall We Do with Our Old?. Won by Wireless. Births. January 3 - John Sturges,


Population. Births. January 3 - Douglas William Jerrold, dramatist (d. 1857). May 25 - Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, novelist, poet and dramatist (d. 1873). May 25 - Ralph


Richard Gridley (January 3, 1710 – June 21, 1796) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the


served in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1937 in the 73rd and 74th congresses. He was a Republican. Born in Lac qui Parle Township, Minnesota,


from November 4, 1936, to January 3, 1937 in the 74th congress. He did not seek election for the full term beginning in 1937. External links.


to the Bennington Battle Monument, which is the tallest structure in the state of Vermont. History. First of the New Hampshire grants, Bennington was chartered on January 3, 1749 by Colonial Governor


Henry Philibert Gaspard Darcy (June 10, 1803 – January 3, 1858) was a French engineer who made several


Henry John Lawrence Botterell (November 7, 1896 – January 3, 2003) was a Canadian fighter pilot who served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and then in the Royal


Inventors Hall of Fame. He died in Missouri on January 3, 1989. External links.


in Minneapolis, Minnesota and graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of 1944. He served in the 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, and 91st congresses, January 3, 1961 –


total solar eclipses in a single calendar year (on January 3 and December 26). The last time this occurred was 1889. The next time it will occur is 2252. (Eclipse


met in from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 1997 during the Bill Clinton administration. New York City subway stations: 104th Street on the BMT line, and 104th Street on the


Congress met from January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2007, during the administration of President George W. Bush. BWV 109, a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. See also.


Frederick T. "Freddie" Haas, Jr. (January 3


United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Branch Giles, serving from January 3, 1816, to March 3, 1817. He then moved to Loudoun County, Virginia


of Antioch ends... December 12—Massacre of Siege of Maarat: The Crusaders resort to cannibalism. The Fatimids retake Jerusalem from the Turks. The Byzantine Empire retakes Smyrna, Ephesus and Sardis. King


world. The earliest certain cult to dea Roma was established at Smyrna in 195 BCE, probably to mark Rome's successful alliance against Antiochus III. Mellor has proposed her cult


a foreigner (perhaps from Cius, on the Propontis, Smyrna or Rhodes) who settled in Athens, where he began to write about 387. He was extremely prolific: more than 200


December 31, 969. Events and trends. German King Otto II crowned, May 26, 961. Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus (965). The Christianization of Poland begins with the baptism


Births. Deaths. January 11—Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. May 26—Margrave Adalbert of Austria. Princess Goda of England.


Austria (b. 1301). May 26 – Aldona Ona, Queen of Poland (b. c. 1309). August 16 – Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302). September 1 – Henry


the story of a strike at Republic Steel on Memorial Day, May 26, 1937, which escalated into a massacre in which 10 workers were killed, documented by this


May 26 - Aimé Maillart, composer (b. 1817). July 17 - Carl Tausig, pianist and composer (b. 1841) (typhoid). July 20 - François Delsarte, singer and music teacher (b.


May 26, 1943), son of Henry Ford, was born in Detroit. He was a president of Ford Motor Company from 1919 until his death in 1943. Life and career.


March 12 - Tirso de Molina, dramatist (born 1571). May 26 - Vincent Voiture, poet (born 1597). August 20 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (born


daughter of a prominent Maryland planter, and they were married on May 26, 1763. They would go on to have three children, though only their son John Philemon


Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet (May 26 1781 – August 10 1859) was an English traveller and Orientalist. Born near Salisbury, he was the son of Sir


Vehicle: Saturn IB. Perigee: 428 km. Apogee: 438 km. Inclination: 50°. Period: 93.2 min. Docked: May 26, 1973 - 21:56:00 UTC. Undocked: June 22, 1973 - 19:48:07 UTC. Time Docked: 26


– May 26, 1916) was and American academic and educator, a Congregational minister, and president of Yale College (1886-1898). During his years as head of the institution, Yale developed as


May 26 - Charles Edward Bothwell, politician and barrister (d.1967). June 9 - Bobby Kerr, sprinter and Olympic gold medalist (d.1963). July to December. July 19 - Sarah Ramsland, politician and


Georgia declared independence on May 26 1918, Avalishvili entered Georgian diplomatic service and was appointed a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He rendered important services to his homeland as


Aḥmad (Urdu:, ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ ਗੁਲਾਮ ਅਹਮਦ; February 13, 1835 - May 26, 1908 CE, or Shawal 14, 1250 - Rabi' al-thani 24, 1326 AH) was a religious figure from


speeds year-round, has few foggy days, and has among the highest average barometric pressure of any Canadian city. (See) Frost-free days average 110 days, typically occurring between May 26 to September


a "year zero". __NOTOC__. Events. By place. Roman Empire. Tiberius, under order of Augustus, quells revolts in Germania (1–5). Gaius Caesar and Lucius Aemilius Paullus are appointed consuls. Gaius Caesar


was involved in a conspiracy against Augustus. Postumus was held under intense security. Postumus' sister Julia the Younger was banished around the same time and her husband, Lucius Aemilius Paullus


is introduced into China. Births. Lucius Annaeus Gallio, Roman proconsul (d. 65). Quinctilius Varus, son of Publius Quinctilius Varus and Claudia Pulchra (d. c. 27). Pallas, Greek Freedman and political advisor


further sign of the rising power of Wang Mang. Births. Julia, daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla (d. 43). Drusilla of Mauretania. Ruzi Ying, great-grandson of Emperor Xuan Han, Emperor of China


Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (later the Canadian province of Quebec). August 18—Urbain Grandier, a priest accused of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. September 5

area colonized by France in North America


of the French forces in North America, and the Marquis de Vaudreuil, New France's governor, were aware that the British were planning to send large numbers of troops against them, and


the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal. Based on a vision had by Royer de la Dauversiere, the society was attempting to build a mission on the Montreal Island in New France.


what they called America: Jamestown, Virginia. See also: New France - French colonial empire - Colonialism.


1670. 1654-59: Pierre-Esprit Radisson, French Sieur de Groselliers, encounters a lot of tribes throughout New France, New England, and what is now the U.S. midwest. Adopted by a Mohawk family,


painter, sculptor and architect (d. 1480). Deaths. March 5 – Matthew of Kraków, Polish reformer (b. 1335). March 16 – John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset. May 3


Utah (February 20, 1963). Michigan (February 20, 1963). Colorado (February 21, 1963). Ohio (February 27, 1963). Minnesota (February 27, 1963). New Jersey March 5, 1963). Hawaii (March 6, 1963).


New York City. Warren was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 5, 1806, from portions of Bernards Township and Bridgewater Township.


Billy Backus, born March 5, 1943 in Canastota, New York, is a former


Zealand and MTV Brasil in Brazil. The show features the domestic life of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family. It premiered on March 5, 2002, and in its


Custance, poet (b. 1874). March 5. Max Jacob, poet and critic. Alun Lewis, war poet (accidental shooting). March 28 - Stephen Leacock, economist. May 3 - Anica Černej,


- James Joyce, author (d. 1941). March 5 - Henry S. Whitehead, American author (d. 1932). May 20 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author (d. 1949). November 24 - E. R.


March 5, 1940) was a Chinese educator and the chancellor of Peking University, known for his critical evaluation of the Chinese culture that led to the influential May Fourth Movement.


Vazgen Sargsyan (, March 5, 1959 – October 27 1999; also


music by Lionel Monckton, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, and additional material by Paul Rubens. It opened at Daly's Theatre in London, managed by George Edwardes, on March 5 1904


imported steel on March 5, 2002 (took effect March 20). The tariffs were lifted by Bush on December 4, 2003. The temporary tariffs of 8-30% were originally scheduled to


the Fokker 130 was never built. Notable incidents. On March 5, 1993 Palair Macedonian Flight 301, a Fokker 100 (PH-KXL) crashed shortly after take-off from Skopje Airport on its way


the first volume of his The Principles of Geology. Awards. Copley Medal: not awarded. Births. March 5 - Étienne-Jules Marey (d. 1904), physiologist. March 5 - Charles Wyville


have acted in self-defense. On March 5, 2008, fighting ensued at a motorcycle meeting in Germany between Outlaws and Hells Angels members and several people were arrested. References. Other references. United States


The year 1658 in science and technology involved some significant events. Technology. Births. March 5 - Antoine


1528 — Brussels, March 5, 1576), Spanish governor of the Netherlands, had the misfortune to succeed the Duke of Alba and to govern amid hopeless difficulties under the direction of Philip


scheme. Births. Agrippa II of Judea. Petronius, Roman writer. Wang Chong (Wang-Tch'oung), Chinese philosopher (d. 97). Deaths. Liu Penzi, captive "Emperor" of China (b. 10).

geographic region in the land of lsrael. The birthplace of the Jewish entity


a designation for Judea. Hadrian uncovers a new conspiracy among certain senators. He adopts Lucius Ceionius Commodus as his heir. Nurses are accorded the same level of professional


negotiates the surrender of Jerusalem. Simon Maccabaeus assumes control of that city. He becomes prince (ruler) of Judea until 135 BC. Demetrius II of Syria made prisoner of


(b. 179 BC). John Hyrcanus, prince (ruler) and high priest of Judea.


of Judea, until 103 BC. Asia. Sima Qian starts writing his Shiji. Births. Deaths. Jugurtha, King of Numidia (execution by Rome) (b. c. 160 BC). Dong Zhongshu, Chinese scholar who promoted


of Judea, until 63 BC. Births. Deaths. Licinius Macer, Roman annalist.


fails to take Phraaspa, and he loses many men to disease and starvation in the subsequent retreat to Egypt, marries Cleopatra and is still married to Octavia. Judea: Aristobulus III,


succeeds his brother Jonathan as High Priest of Judea until 135 BC. Births. Ptolemy IX, Egyptian pharaoh. Deaths.


Roman comic dramatist, the author of six verse comedies that are long regarded as models of pure Latin (b. c. 195 BC) (approximate date). Alcimus, high priest of Judea.


V, and Mariamne III (possibly the first wife of her uncle, Herod Archelaus, ethnarch of Judea). Marriages. Herod II. Around the year AD 1 or 2, she married her


of the Temple, the centre of the national and religious life of the Jews throughout the world. After this event, Judea formed a separate Roman province governed


examines the rise of Christianity from a small movement in Galilee and Judea at the time of Jesus, to the majority religion of the Roman Empire a few


death of his teacher. April 7/Good Friday—Jesus (born about 4 BC)—most widely accepted date by modern scholars (traditionally 33). Shammai, president of the Sanhedrin and talmudic scholar.

Ancient High Court and Legislature in the land of Israel


1948, with the establishment of the modern State of Israel, the idea of restoring the traditional form of semikhah and reestablishing a new "Sanhedrin" became popular among


by the Temple guard and a hearing was organized by Caiaphas and others in which Jesus was accused of blasphemy. Finding him guilty, the Sanhedrin took him to the Roman governor


years, and it contained 72 lunar eclipses. In Judaism. In ancient Israel there was a Sanhedrin headquarters; it had 71 judges who judged cases where the criminal deserved the death


of Venice (b. 1436). July – Juan Ponce de León, Spanish conquistador (b. 1460). August 27 – Josquin Des Prez, Flemish composer (b. c. 1450). December 1 – Pope Leo X (b.


Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. June 29 or June 30 – The first document is fully written in Romanian: the


Orange County, Vermont, United States. Created by Vermont charter on June 29, 1781. The population was 4,853 at the 2000 census, making Randolph the largest town in Orange County. When the


- Leo Blech, conductor and composer (d. 1958). June 17 - James Weldon Johnson, US songwriter, author, diplomat and educationalist. June 29 - Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian soprano. December 20 - Henry


Stuttgart. February 18 1999: Julius Pfeifer at Musikhochschule, Stuttgart. April 24 1999: Ligia Liberatori at Theatermesse, Dresden. June 29 1999: Ligia Liberatori at "Cour des Capucins" Festival, Luxembourg. July 23, 24, 25


in Italy and, after his marriage to his cousin Zenaida on June 29, 1822 in Brussels, travelled to the United States. Before leaving Italy he had already discovered


Peter Gustaf Tengmalm (June 29, 1754 - August 27, 1803) was a Swedish physician and naturalist.


municipal holiday is June 29. Geography. Évora (latitude 38.33º, longitude 7º57', altitude 300 m) is situated in Alentejo (southern Portugal). It is the chief city of the district. The seat


lawyer, judge and political figure (d.1860). May 2 - Abraham Pineo Gesner, physician and surgeon, geologist, and inventor. June 29 - Frederic Baraga, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and bishop. August


Saxons. 528—Bulguksa, a Buddhist temple, is built in Korea. 529—first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Emperor Justinian I. 529—The Academy


China for the first time since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty in 311. Sui is founded in Emperor Wen in 581. In 589, he completes the conquest of the country.


Alexandria becomes one of the first bishops to use the title Pope. Births. Deaths. Probus, Roman emperor. Jia Chong, general of Jin Dynasty. Sun Yu. Xue Ying.


of the Coptic calendar (or 285). Births. Ge Hong, Chinese Daoist philosopher, poet, alchemist, government official, and biographer (d. 364). Emperor Huai of Jin, emperor of the Jin Dynasty. Deaths.


of Jin Dynasty (d. 340). Deaths.


Hu, general of the Jin Dynasty (d. 278). Liu Ling (d. 300). Deaths. Gongsun Kang, general of Wei. Zhen Luo (forced to commit suicide by Cao Pi) (b. 183).


Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, p. 483–492. Gelasius I, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, p. 492–496. Macedonius II, Patriarch of Constantinople, 495–511. Symmachus, Pope of the Roman Catholic


relationship between church and state. 494—An earthquake devastates Latakia. 494—Under Emperor Xiaowen the capital of Northern Wei, a state in China capital is moved from Datong to


base areas, chiefly those from Dezhou to Shijiazhuang in Hebei, Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan in central Shanxi, and Taiyuan to Datong in northern Shanxi. They succeeded in blowing


Julia Drusilla, daughter of current Roman Emperor Caligula. Britannicus, son of later Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina. Deaths. Seneca the Elder, Roman rhetorician. References.

son of Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Valeria Messalina

tragic play by the French dramatist Jean Racine


(January 24, 41). Philo leads a Jewish delegation to Rome to protest the anti-Jewish conditions in Alexandria. Asia. The Trung Sisters resist the Chinese influences in Vietnam. Births. November


of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom by toppling the Euthydemid dynasty's king Antimachus I. Births. Dionysios Thrax, a Hellenic grammarian who will live and work in Alexandria and later


the Greek shipowners left Piraeus en masse in favor of operations in London, New York, Alexandria and other major shipping cities. 1967 Military junta. In 1967, when a group of colonels


should be shipped to Alexandria for burial. Rome was outraged, and the Senate declared war. Octavian's forces decisively defeated those of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle

town in Jefferson County, New York, United States


Alexandria and Budapest had bid unsuccessfully for the 1916 Games. A Winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned; the concept


spent the majority of his life in Alexandria. He was the first scientist to systematically perform scientific dissections of human cadavers and is deemed to be the first anatomist.

city in, and the county seat of, Douglas County, Minnesota, United States


then in exile from Alexandria, Marcellus from Ancyra, and Asclepas from Gaza; with them Paulus betook himself to Rome and consulted Pope Julius I, who examined their


monks in a colony in the desert of Scetes, near Alexandria. The dedication of their lives, as well as their peace and contentment, influenced Moses deeply. He


and had three daughters, and married secondly in Alexandria on 31 July 1948 to his cousin HH HIH Princess Mihriban Mihrishah Sultan Kadın Efendi (Istanbul, Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş Palace, 1

municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte


Origen. Once Origen was back in Alexandria, the strain in their relationship eased. In 230 Origen was asked to settle a dispute in Achaea which required his presence,


the village of Joun, in the southern part of the Chouf mountains. As a young man, he spent time in Alexandria and Cairo unsuccessfully looking for work


Christianity is introduced throughout Nubia by a high official of Queen Judith. The Epistle to the Romans is written (approximate date). Art and science. Pedanius Dioscorides describes the medical applications of

region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt


Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan in 1917, succeeding


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Byzantine Empire. The King of the Garamantes signs a peace treaty with Byzantium. Invasion by the Lombards of northern Italy under Alboin. By topic. Religion. The Nubia


II in Abu Simbel, Nubia (19th dynasty) was built. Wall painting of Queen Nefertari making an offering to the god Isis in the tomb of Nefertari was


XXII Deiotariana and III Cyrenaica, and destroys the Nubian capital of Napata. Births. Deaths.


island of the Nile. Since she was most dominant at the southern end of Egypt, she became regarded as the guard of Egypt's southern border with Nubia.


Dedun (or Dedwen) was a Nubian god


who are led by the former Catuvellaunian prince Caratacus. London (Londinium), Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum), Tripontium (near modern Rugby) and the fort of Manduessedum (near modern Atherstone) are founded (approximate

civil parish in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England


Tigranes as ruler of Armenia. By topic. Arts and sciences. In the Satyricon, Petronius pokes fun at Roman immorality. Births. Deaths. March—Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero (killed

Roman courtier, supposed author of the Satyricon (27-66)


on the methodical treatment of disease by use of medicine. Astronomy. Halley's Comet is visible. Births. Deaths. Petronius, Roman writer.


place. Roman Empire. Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus retires from the Roman Senate. Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Roman commander in the east, captures Tigranocerta in Mesopotamia after defeating the Parthians. He sets up

area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system


moves controlled by the roll of dice. The Royal Game of Ur, played in ancient Mesopotamia, is another member of the family. Recent excavations at the "Burnt


Lake Hamun. Halil River. Gavkhouni. Zayandeh River. Sistan Lake. Helmand. History. In the Bronze Age, Elam stretched across the Zagros mountains, connecting Mesopotamia and the Iranian Plateau. The kingdoms of


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire and Persia accept a peace agreement based on status quo. The city of Dara in Mesopotamia is fortified


oxen could plough in a single day; in Mesopotamia the standard estimate for this was 6480 square cubits, which is roughly equal to a third of an acre. Liquid/powder volume. The


Rome loses Mesopotamia and Armenia to the Sassanides. Aurelian defeats the Franks at Mainz. Philip the Arab constructs the city of Shahba, in Syria, the province of his birth. By


Shinar (Hebrew Šin`ar, Septuagint Σεννααρ Sennaar) is a broad designation applied to Mesopotamia, occurring eight times in the Hebrew Bible. Possible derivations from Semitic that have been


not volunteered, the British would probably have recruited him for his first-hand knowledge of Syria, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. He was eventually posted to Cairo on the Intelligence Staff of


the castle sieges of medieval Europe. Ar, a Rome-like city in which several of the novels are set, maintains a "margin of desolation" similar to that of Mesopotamia's

narrow island that forms part of the University Parks, Oxford


war again in 540. He invaded Syria and sacked the great city of Antioch, deporting its people to Mesopotamia, where he built for them a new city near Ctesiphon


' (836 in Harran, Mesopotamia – February 18, 901 in Baghdad) was


Persia. He is succeeded by his son, Seleucus IV, who inherits an empire consisting of Syria (including Cilicia and Palestine), Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Media and Persia. Roman Republic. Tiberius


first began to reason about their own reasoning. Babylonian reasoning. In Mesopotamia, Esagil-kin-apli's medical Diagnostic Handbook written in the 11th century BC was based on a logical set of


to conquer the great fortresses of Roman Mesopotamia, Nisibis (which he besieged three times in vain) and Amida. Although often victorious in battles, Shapur II made scarcely any progress. At


reconstruction being based on mainly Mesopotamian sources. The city of Susa was founded around 5000 BC, and during its early history, fluctuated between submission to Mesopotamian and Elamite


From the 4th millennium BCE in the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian and Hittite civilisations of the Mesopotamia region, cuneiform characters were imprinted on a wet clay tablet with

scientific article (publication date:  April 1962)


Jewish residents in Cyrenaica, Cyprus, and Mesopotamia was also large. At the commencement of the reign of Caesar Augustus, there were over 7,000 Jews in Rome (this


and west of the Black Forest. Winds coming from either direction being often deflected by these natural barriers, the average annual precipitation is low and the perceived summer temperatures

mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany


clockmaking was established in the Black Forest, an Augsburg nobleman by the name of Philipp Hainhofer (1578-1647) penned the first known description of a cuckoo clock. The clock belonged


the Black Forest, near Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, 100 m away from the European Watershed. It flows through Furtwangen and Vöhrenbach. After 49 km, it joins the Brigach stream in the city of


with the majority of the neighboring district Horb, and some small parts of the districts Wolfach and Hechingen. Geography. The district is located in the middle part of the Black Forest


municipalities of the district Calw were added to the district, and a few municipalities moved to the district Ludwigsburg. Geography. A part of the district is located in the Black Forest,

census designated place in El Paso County, Colorado, United States


Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. __NOTOC__. Events. By place. Roman Empire. The Emperor Titus inaugurates the Colosseum with 100 days of games. The


1,600 m² — 1 rai. 3, 769 m² -- inner arena of the Colosseum. 4,047 m² — 1 acre (precisely, 4046.8564224 m²). 5,200 m² — size of a bandy field.


arteries in Rome, which connected the great basilicas, even setting his engineer-architect Domenico Fontana to replan the Colosseum as a silk-spinning factory housing its workers. The Pope set no


equipment necessary for funerals, including gravediggers. Her temples also usually contained the registers of the dead. It is believed that the Colosseum had one gate dedicated to Libitina


Empire. Dacians under Decebalus engage in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD 88 or 89. Domitian repulses a Dacian invasion of Moesia. Domitian appoints himself

Balkan kingdom of the Dacians (168 BC-106 AD)


place. Eastern Roman Empire. The Vandal fleet overpowers the navy of Leo I. The Huns again invade Dacia and are once more repelled by Leo. By topic. Religion. March 3—Pope


a big Circus (Theatre), etc. were built. When Emperor Diocletian divided the province of Dacia into Dacia Ripensis (at the banks of the Danube) and Dacia Mediterranea, Serdica became the


Legend has it that the weary Hercules stopped in the valley to bathe and rest. During the 165 years of Roman domination of Dacia, the Herculaneum Spa was known all


of Dacia. He ruled between 82 BC and 44 BC. He unified the Thracian population from Hercynia (today's Moravia) in the west, to the Bug River in the east,


to life imprisonment. The famous Arch of Titus still stands in Rome: it depicts Roman legionaries carrying the Temple of Jerusalem's treasuries, including the menorah, during Titus's triumphal procession


the Sanhedrin of Jamnia as an official governmental body of the Jews, and the patriarch or nasi is designated as the representative of the Jewish people in Rome.

Hebrew title; occurs 132 times in the Masoretic Text, and usually translated "prince" or "captain"; also a title for the head of the Sanhedrin (during the Second Temple Period) or as a religiopolitical office in the Late Roman Empire


Wu of Northern Zhou. Deaths. Saint Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order of monks. Scholastica, twin sister of Benedict of Nursia.


the Hun, king of the Huns. Pulcheria, Byzantine empress. Thorismund, king of the Visigoths. Empress Helian. Liu Jun. Liu Shao. Consort Pan. Emperor Wen of Liu Song. Empress Yin Yuying.


Maurus becomes Archbishop of Mainz. Births. Alfred the Great (b. c. 847 and 849) (d. 899). Wang Jian. Deaths. Pope Sergius II. Feidlimid mac Cremthanin, king of Munster. al-Wathiq, Abbasid

human settlement in United States Virgin Islands, United States of America


his allies, the sons of Ailill Aulom, in the Battle of Cennfebrat in Munster. Ailill's foster-son Lugaid mac Con was wounded in the thigh in the battle, and


the modern Mearns), and had with ties to the Eóganachta of Munster in Ireland. Constantín's reign falls in a period when Irish annals have relatively few notices of


the meantime, Forgall offered Emer to Lugaid mac Noís, a king of Munster. However, when he heard that Emer loved Cúchulainn, Lugaid refused her hand. Cúchulainn returned from Scotland fully

Munster is a strong-smelling soft cheese with a subtle taste, made mainly from milk first produced in the Vosges.


instituted in the province of Munster; and in 1544 a levy of Irish soldiers was raised for service in Henry VIII's wars. St Leger's personal influence was proved by


kingdom of Muscraighe Mitine. The dominate clan within the provenance of Munster at this time was the Eóganachta dynasty; they held kingdoms from Muscraighe Mitine to the


– Pope Leo IV succeeds Pope Sergius II as the 103rd pope. Rabanus Maurus becomes Archbishop of Mainz. Births. Alfred the Great (b. c. 847 and 849) (d. 899). Wang


Alfred the Great restores the city walls of London. By topic. Religion. April—Pope Boniface VI succeeds Pope Formosus as the 112th pope. May—Pope Stephen VI (also referred to as Stephen


VII, Byzantine Emperor (d. 959). Deaths. Ealhswith, queen consort and wife of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex. Yang Xingmi.


List. The Chronicle was created in the late ninth century, probably at the court of Alfred the Great, and some of its annals incorporated short genealogies of kings of Wessex.


the Anglo-Saxons (1831) by Sir Francis Palgrave. for more details on her husband Alfred the Great. See also. House of Wessex family tree. External links.


the 'heathen' West Saxons. Asia. Li Ji Pu becomes Prime Minister to Emperor Xian Zong in China. Dhappula III becomes king of Sri Lanka, making Anuradhapura the capital city. By topic.


of paper money. Births. April 12—Muhammad at-Taqi, Shia Imam (d. 835). Deaths. January 11—Stauracius, Byzantine emperor. Du You, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 735).

state in Chinese history from 618-907 C.E.


the 70th pope. Births. Adamnan, abbot of Iona. Empress Wu Zetian of China. Hasan ibn Ali—grandson of Muhammad and Shī‘ah Imām. Zhang Jianzhi, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 706). Deaths.


and Burgundy. Hongren, a Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 674). Ma Zhou, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648). Empress Zhangsun. Deaths. Saint David, Patron


work. Births. Sigebert II of Austrasia and Burgundy. Hongren, a Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (d. 674). Ma Zhou, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 648).


emperors of the Tang Dynasty did. According to Simpkins & Simpkins, many (if not all) of the lineages may be inaccurate. However, they are a testament to the


Koran into Chinese. However, the first complete translation into Chinese did not appear until 1927, although Islam had been present in China since the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The translation was


Song Jing, b. 663, Tang Dynasty chancellor. List of Song Emperors. , b. 998, Northern Song writer and historian. , b. 1019, Northern Song historian. , b. 1023-1032, Northern


Li Shangyin (, ca. 813–858), courtesy name Yishan (義山), was a Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, born in


It was founded by the Li family of the Han Chinese. The founder of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu), traced his ancestry to the Western Liang rulers. All


Vinekh, Bulgarian monarch. Wang Wei, Chinese poet, musician, painter, and chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 701).


Europe. Egbert of Wessex becomes the first King of England. Alcamo is founded by the Muslim commander al-Kamuk. Relics of Saint Mark are brought to Venice from Alexandria. Asia. In the Tang Dynasty


record of Smolensk. Asia. The Tang Dynasty Chinese author Duan Chengshi writes about Chinese maritime trade in East Africa, and the Arab-run slave trade there. At the Battle


Moravia. Asia. The rebellion of Huang Chao in China begins, weakening the strength of the already declining Tang Dynasty. By topic. Religion. March 13—The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred


qin during the Tang Dynasty, though the qin is known to have been played since before the Han Dynasty. Late 20th century excavations of an intact tomb of the period revealed not


Tang Dynasty art (; Pinyin: Tángcháo Yìshù) refers to the art in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It is best known for the development of many


Johnny Dodds (April 12 1892–August 8 1940) was a New


Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (c. 192 – April 12 238), known in


the primary football (soccer) club. The club was formed on June 24, 1904 out of the merger of FC Aschaffenburg (August 6, 1901) and FC Viktoria Aschaffenburg (April 12, 1902). It was


was directed by J. Lee Thompson, and released on April 12, 1962. Cape Fear was remade in 1991. Peck, Mitchum and Balsam all appeared in the remake. Plot. After spending eight


may have started on April 12 and ended on April 19 (Or it may have started on the Ides of April, i.e. April 13, or even on April


François de Bassompierre (April 12, 1579 -


starting work on a low-cost housing project in Monrovia when Samuel Doe, a master sergeant in the Liberian army, carried out a coup. Coup d'état. On April 12, 1980,


in Shefqet Verlaci's government from April 12, 1939, until the Ministry was abolished and the foreign affairs were taken over by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on


David Daggett (December 31, 1764 – April 12


Jack Donovan Foley (April 12 1891 Yorkville, New York – November 9 1967 Los Angeles, California) was the developer of many sound effect techniques


Roman Emperor. Rulers. Roman Emperors: Commodus, Pertinax (193), Didius Julianus (193), Septimius Severus, Caracalla (with Severus since 198).


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Roman Empire. Pliny the Younger is legate to Bithynia. By topic. Religion. The Christian Church proclaims itself to be universal (catholic). Births.


Bithynia in 1054. After Monomachos' death, however, he was soon recalled to court by his successor, Empress Theodora (reigned 1055-1056). Throughout the following years, he remained active in politics,


place. Roman Empire. The Roman Forum, which had been commissioned by the late Emperor Trajan, is finished. Roman Emperor Hadrian is also a Roman Consul. Osroene is returned to