| PERSON/EVENT | PERIOD | DATE | INFORMATION | DISCIPLINE | POLITICAL HISTORY | MENU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K'ANG-HSI, EMPEROR OF CHINA | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1673 | Manchu dynasty - reigns 1661-1722 | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
| KABUKI THEATRE, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1603 |
Via Ieyasu Tokugawa - Jap.drama |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KAFFIR WARS, END OF THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 | British bring end to Kaffir Wars | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
| KAFFIR WARS, FIRST OF THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 | Boers v Bantu tribes - South Africa | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
| KAHLENBERG, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1683 | Defeat of Ottomans at Vienna | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
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| KALMAR, THE UNION OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 | Unity of Denmark, Norway & Sweden | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
| KALOKAIRINOS, MINOS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1878 |
Via Evans - discoveries at Knossos |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
| KAMAL AL-DIN BEHZAD | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 |
Via Safavid Dynasty - Persian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KAMBULA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Anglo-Zulu War - British victory |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
| KAMP, ADAM VON | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1830 |
Via Maupassant-Ger.writer - Adelheide |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KANAGAWA, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 | Agreement between US and Japan | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
| KANDAHAR, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via Second Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
| KANSAS, WAR FOR BLEEDING | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via American Civil War - prelude |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
| KANT, IMMANUEL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
German philosopher - Critiques |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
| KAPPEL, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1531 |
Via Zwingli - victory of Swiss catholics |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
| KARA MUSTAFA PASHA | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1683 |
Via Kahlenberg - Ottoman Turk |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
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| KARAGEORGE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 | Serbian guerrilla fighter leads revolt | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
| KARAMANLI, AHMAD | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1711 |
Via Husayn Ibn Ali - Leader of Libya |
History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
| KARIM, ABDUL | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1877 |
Via Empress of India - Indian servant |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
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| KARLOWITZ, THE TREATY OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1699 |
Via Zenta - Ottomans lose ground |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
| KARNAL, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 |
Via Nadir Shah - defeats Mughals |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
| KAUFFMANN, ANGELICA | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Joshua Reynolds - Swiss artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KAUNITZ, WENZEL ANTON VON | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Maria Theresa - political advisor |
History (HY) | AUSTRIA (AUT) | MENU |
| KAUTSKY, KARL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1883 |
Via Das Kapital - German socialist |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
| KAY, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1733 | English textile inventor - flying shuttle | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| KAY, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian defeat |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
| KEATS, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
Eng.romantic poet - Ode To a Nightingale |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KEBLE, JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Oxford Movement - leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
| KELLER, HELEN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1886 |
Via Bell - blind, deaf and dumb |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| KELLY, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Fenian Uprising - Irish nationalist |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
| KELLY, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via Bessemer - American Ironmaster |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
| KELVIN, LORD (THOMSON) | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1882 | Irish physicist - Atlantic cable | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
| KENSETT, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1825 |
Via Appert - introduces canned food |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| KENT, WILLIAM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 |
Via Capability Brown - garden design |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KEPLER, JOHANNES | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1619 | German astronomer - three laws | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
| KETCH, JACK (JOHN) | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 |
Via Monmouth - public executioner |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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| KETT REBELLION, THE | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1549 | Rising in Norfolk against enclosures | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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| KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via War of 1812 - American poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KHANATES, THE MONGOL | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1227 | Division of Mongel Empire - 4 parts | History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
| KHANUA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1527 |
Via Babur - subdues northern India |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
| KHARTOUM, THE SIEGE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Anglo-Sudan War - ten months |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
| KHMER EMPIRE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 | The buildng of Ankor Wat | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
| KHOTYN, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1673 | Polish force defeats Ottoman Turks | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
| KIDD, WILLIAM | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1701 | Scottish pirate - hanged this year | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
| KIEL CANAL, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Suez and Panama Canals |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
| KIEL,THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 | Norway is ceded to Sweden | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
| KIERKEGAARD, SOREN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 | Danish philosopher & theologian | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
| KILLIECRANKIE, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1692 |
Via Glencoe Massacre - Scot.victory |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
| KILMAINHAM TREATY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Phoenix Park Murders - truce |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
| KIMBERLEY, THE RELIEF OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War - March |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
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| KING GEORGE'S WAR, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1744 | British v French in North America | History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
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| KING WILLIAM'S WAR | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 |
Via Grand Alliance - in North America |
History (HY) | GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA) 1688-1697 |
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| KINGLAKE, ALEXANDER WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1863 |
Via Treaty of Paris - English historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1441 |
Via Henry VI - founded this year |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
| KINGSLEY, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | English novelist - Chartism | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KINGSLEY, HENRY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Lewis Carroll - English writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KINGSLEY, MARY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1897 |
Via Kingsley - writer on W.Africa |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KINSKY, BERTHA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Nobel Prizes - peace movement |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KIPLING, RUDYARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Brit. author and poet - Jungle Books |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KIRINA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1235 |
Via Mali Empire - foundation |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
| KIRK, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Livingstone - Scottish naturalist |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
| KITASATO, SHIBASABURO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Behring - Japanese bacteriologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
| KITCHENER, GENERAL HERBERT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Omdurman - Brit commander |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
| KIT-KAT CLUB, THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1702 |
Via Kneller - portrait size/literary club |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KIYONAGA, TORII | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Utamaro - Japanese painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KLAPROTH, MARTIN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Berzelius - German chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
| KLEBS, EDWIN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Pasteur - German pathologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
| KLEIST, HEINRICH VON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Grimm Brothers-German dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KLINGER, FRIEDRICH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 |
Via Sturm und Drang - German writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Witwatersrand - in the Yukon |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
| KLOPSTOCK, FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Goethe - German poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KNELLER, GODFREY | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 | German portrait artist - English court | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER, THE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 |
Via Order of Knights - the oldest order |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
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| KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, THE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1119 |
Via Order of Knights - abolished 1312 |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
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| KNIGHTS TEUTONIC, THE | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1190 |
Via Third Crusade - German nobles |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
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| KNIGHTS, THE ORDERS OF | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 | Defending the Kingdom of Jerusalem | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
| KNOX, JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1560 | Scottish Presbyterian reformer | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
| KOCH, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Pasteur - German physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
| KOCHEL, LUDWIG VON | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1862 |
Via Mozart - Köchel number |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
| KOECHLIN, MAURICE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Statue of Liberty- French engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
| KOETSU, HON'AMI | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1603 |
Via Rimpa School - Japanese artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KOFI KARIKARI | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 |
Via Third Anglo-Ashanti War - king |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
| KOH-I-NOOR DIAMOND, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1656 |
Via Jahan-comes into his possession? |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KOKOSCHKA, OSCAR | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1934 |
Via Comenius - Austrian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KOLIN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1757 |
Via Seven Yrs War- Prussian defeat |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
| KOLLER, GASPARD | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1520 |
Via Snippets - Viennese gunsmith |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| KOMENSKY, JAN (COMENIUS) | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1657 | Moravian educator - Didactic Works | Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
| KOREA, THE PENINSULA OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
| KORIN, OGATA | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1690 |
Via Tokugawa Ieyasu - Jap.artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| KOSOVO, THE BATTLE OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1389 | Ottoman victory secures the Balkans | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
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| KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Appert - German explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
| KREBS, ARTHUR | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1888 |
Via Fulton - modern submarine |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| KREISLER, FRITZ | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Elgar - Austrian violin virtuoso |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
| KREMLIN, THE, MOSCOW | RICHARD III (R3) 1483-1485 |
1485 | Ivan III rebuilds the Kremlin | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
| KRUGER, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Rhodes - Transvaal leader |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
| KRUPP WORKS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Bismarck - armaments factory |
History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
| KRUPP, ALFRED | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Bessemer - German armaments |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
| KUBLAI KHAN | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1260 | Becomes Great Khan - invades China | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
| KU-KLUX-KLAN, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Reconstruction - racist organisation |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
| KULIKOVO, BATTLE OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1380 | Russians defeat the Mongols | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
| KUNDT, AUGUST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1869 |
Via Roentgen - German physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
| KUNDULUN, KHAN (NURHACHI) | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1616 |
Via Manchu Dynasty - founder |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
| KUNERSDORF, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian defeat |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
| KUPARENTO, JODAKI | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1808 |
Via Garnerin - parachute jump |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| KUR RIVER, THE BATTLE OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1395 |
Via Tamerlane - The Golden Horde |
History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
| KUTCHUK-KAINARDJI, TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1774 |
Via Catherine II-access to Black Sea |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
| KYD, THOMAS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1588 |
Via Marlowe - English dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| KYOTO, COURT OF, JAPAN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1336 | Civil War - with rival court Yoshino | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
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