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PERSON/EVENT | PERIOD | DATE | INFORMATION | DISCIPLINE | POLITICAL HISTORY | MENU |
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ABBAS I OF IRAN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1623 | Sultan of Iran v Ottoman Turks | History (HY) | IRAN (IRA) | MENU |
ABBOTT, LEMUEL FRANCIS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1800 |
Via Nelson - English portrait painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ABDELKADER, AMIR OF MASCARA | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 |
Via Algeria - leader and founder |
History (HY) | ALGERIA (ALG) | MENU |
ABDUL HAMID II, SULTAN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Armenian Massacres |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
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ABELARD, PIERRE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 | French philosopher and theologian | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ABOLITION OF SLAVE TRADE, SOCIETY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Abolition of Slave Trade |
History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
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ABORIGINALS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Burke and Wills - Australia |
History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
ABOUKIR BAY, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 | Nelson destroys French fleet | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
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ABU AL-HASAN OF MOROCCO | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1340 |
Via Battle of Rio Salado - defeated |
History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ABU SIMBEL,THE TEMPLES OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Burckhardt - ancient temples |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
ABU YA'QUB YUSUF | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1196 |
Via Alfonso VIII - Almohad caliph |
History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ACAMAPICHTLI, KING | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1377 | Founder of Aztec dynasty - 1375-95 | History (HY) | AZTECS (AZT) | MENU |
ACHARD, FRANZ | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1802 |
Via Snippets - sugar from beetroot |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ACHINOV, NIKOLAI IVANOVICH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Adowa - Russian adventurer |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
ACRES, BIRT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Motion Picture Industry |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ADAM, ADOLPHE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1841 |
Via Delibes - Fr.composer - Giselle |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ADAM, ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 | Scottish architect and designer | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ADAMS, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1768 |
Via Boston Massacre - Am. politician |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
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ADAMS, JOHN COUCH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 | English astronomer - Neptune | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via Monroe Doctrine - Am. diplomat |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
ADAMS, SAMUEL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1773 |
Via Boston Tea Party - Am. politician |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
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ADAMS, WILLIAM | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1603 |
Via Tokugawa - English sailor |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
ADDIS ABABA, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via First Italo-Ethiopian War |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
ADDISON, JOSEPH | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 | English essayist - The Spectator | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ADDISON, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via 1850s - English physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
ADOWA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 | Ethiopian victory over Italians | History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
ADRIANOPLE, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1829 |
Via War of Greek Independence |
History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Whistler - Art for Art's sake |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
AETHELING, EDGAR | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1070 |
Via Hereward - heir to English throne |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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AFONSO HENRIQUES | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1139 | Gains independence for Portugal | History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
AFONSO III OF PORTUGAL | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1250 |
Via Portugal - ruled 1248-1279 |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
AFRICAN ASSOCIATION, THE | GEORGE III(G3a) 1788-1802 |
1788 |
Via Banks - the exploration of Africa |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
AFRICAN COLONIES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Berlin Conference - division |
History (HY) | AFRICA (AFR) | MENU |
AGASSIZ, LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1829 |
Via Lamarck - Swiss zoologist/geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
AGINCOURT, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1415 | English victory over the French | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
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AGNADELLO, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1509 |
Via Italian Wars-defeat of Venice |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
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AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1546 | German scientist - mineralogy | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1730 |
Via Charles Townshend |
Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
AIN JALUT, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1260 |
Via Hulagu - defeated by Mamlukes |
History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1849 |
Via Witchcraft - Lancashire Witches |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, THE TREATY OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1668 |
Via Louis XIV-ends War of Devolution |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, TREATY OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1748 | Ends war of Austrian Succession | History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
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AKBAR KHAN, MOHAMMAD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
AKBAR, MUGHAL EMPEROR | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1556 | To 1605 - Extends into Northern India | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
AKERBLAD, JOHAN DAVID | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1802 |
Via Rosetta Stone - decipherer |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
ALABAMA CLAIMS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 |
Via End of American Civil War |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
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ALAMO, BATTLE OF THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
ALARCOS, THE BATTLE OF | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1196 |
Via Alfonso VIII - Almohad victory |
History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ALASKA GOLD RUSH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Witwatersrand - Anvil Creek |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ALASKA PURCHASE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 | Bought by the United States | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
ALBENIZ, ISAAC | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1887 |
Via Liszt - Spanish composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTA | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1436 |
Via Florence - Italian writer/architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1209 | Against heretical Christian sect | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
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ALBINONI,TOMASO | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1722 |
Via Bach - Italian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ALBINUS, BERNARD | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1720 |
Via Boerhaave - German anatomist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
ALBUERA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via Peninsular War - the Die-Hards |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
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ALBUQUERQUE, AFONSO DE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1510 |
Via Almeida-Portuguese soldier - Goa |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
ALCANTARA, THE BATTLE OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1580 | Spain conquers Portugal | History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Twain - Am.writer - Little Women |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ALDINE PRESS, THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1495 |
Via Aldus Manutius - set up in Venice |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ALERHEIM, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1645 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Habsburg defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
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ALES, THE PEACE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1629 |
Via Richelieu - Prot. rights limited |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ALEXANDER I, TSAR | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 | Russian Tsar (1801-25) Holy Alliance | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
ALEXANDER II, TSAR | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 | The emancipation of the serfs | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
ALEXANDER III, POPE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1177 | Conflict with German King Frederick I | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ALEXIS, TSAR OF RUSSIA | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1649 | To 1676 - serfdom established by law | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
ALEXIUS I COMNENUS | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1091 | Byzantine Emperor 1081-1118 | History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
ALFANO, FRANCO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1926 |
Via Puccini - It.composer -Turandot |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ALFONSO I | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1118 | King of Navarre and Aragon | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ALFONSO VI OF CASTILE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1086 | Defeated by the Moors at Zalaca | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ALFONSO VIII OF CASTILE | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1196 | Defeated by the Moors at Alarcos | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ALGERIA, NORTH-WEST AFRICA | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 | French invasion 1830 - 1847 | History (HY) | ALGERIA (ALG) | MENU |
ALHAMBRA PALACE, THE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1236 |
Via Ferdinand III - in Granada |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ALI MASJID, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 |
Via Second Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
AL-IDRISI, MOHAMMAD | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1154 | Arab geographer - map of the world | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ALJUBARROTA, THE BATTLE OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1385 |
Via Portugal - victory over Castile |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
AL-KASHI, JAMSHID | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1425 |
Via Ulugh Beg-Persian mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
ALLSTON, WASHINGTON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Gericault - Am.romantic artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ALMA RIVER, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 | Battle in the Crimean War- September | History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
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ALMAGRO, DIEGO DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1535 |
Via Chile - Spanish conquistador |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
ALMANSA, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1707 |
Via Spanish Succession-Sp/Fr victory |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
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ALMEIDA, LOURENCO DE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1508 | Port.sailor killled in battle with Arabs | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ALMOHADS, THE | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1147 | Collapse of the Almoravid Empire | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ALMORAVIDS, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1076 | Prepare for the invasion of Spain | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ALP-ARSLAN, SULTAN | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1070 |
Via Seljuk Turks - Battle of Manzikert |
History (HY) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
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ALTAMIRA CAVE, SPAIN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 | Stone-age wall paintings - northern Sp | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
ALTAN KHAN | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1550 |
Via Chia-Ching - Mongol leader |
History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
ALTDORFER, ALBRECHT | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1529 |
Via Durer - German painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ALTRANSTADT, THE TREATY OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 |
Via Charles XII - Augustus II deposed |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
ALVA, THE DUKE OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1567 | Spanish ruler - Netherlands 1567-73 | History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
AMATI, ANDREA | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1564 |
Via Tallis - Italian violin maker |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
AMATI, NICOLO | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1666 |
Via Stradivarius - violin maker/teacher |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 | North v South 1861-1865 | History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
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AMERICAN DOLLAR, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Snippets - first introduced |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 | Declaration of American independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
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AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE COMPANY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Motion Picture Industry |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 | To 1783 - victory for colonists | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
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AMERICAN WILD WEST, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 | Outlaws - Billy the Kid, Jessie James | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
AMERICA'S CUP, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via Snippets - annual yacht race |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
AMHERST, LORD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1816 |
Via Snippets - refuses to kowtow |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
AMIENS, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1802 | Ends French Revolutionary Wars | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
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AMOAFUL, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 |
Via Third Anglo-Ashanti War |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
AMPERE, ANDRE MARIE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 |
Via Oersted - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
AMUNDSEN, ROALD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1906 |
Via Franklin - makes NW passage |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ANAK KRAKATOA ERUPTS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Snippets - volcano in Indonesia |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
ANCON, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1883 |
Via War of the Pacific - settlement |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 | Danish writer of fairy tales | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1865 |
Via Nightingale - first Eng.woman doc |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
ANDREA DEL SARTO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1525 |
Via Michelangelo - Florentine painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ANDREE, SALOMON AUGUST | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1897 |
Via Franklin - Swedish engineer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ANGKOR THOM | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1181 | New capital of Khmer Empire | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
ANGKOR WAT | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 | Hindu temple of the Khmer Empire | Archaeology (AY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
ANGLO-ABYSSINIAN WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Stanley-Battles Arogye & Magdala |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR, FIRST | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 | British suffer serious setback | History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR, SECOND | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 | Successful British invasion | History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
ANGLO-AMERICAN DISPUTE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via dispute between UK & Venezuela |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
ANGLO-ASHANTI WAR, FIRST | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 | To 1831 - victories for both sides | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
ANGLO-ASHANTI WAR, FOURTH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 | Ashanti Empire annexed by British | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
ANGLO-ASHANTI WAR, SECOND | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Third Anglo-Ashanti War |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
ANGLO-ASHANTI WAR, THIRD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 | British victoy - Kumasi captured | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
ANGLO-BOER WAR, THE FIRST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1880 | British defeated at Majuba Hill | History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (1ST) (FBW) 1880-1881 |
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ANGLO-BOER WAR, THE SECOND | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 | Ladysmith & Mafeking under siege | History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
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ANGLO-BURMESE WAR, FIRST | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 | Border dispute - Treaty of Yandabo | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
ANGLO-BURMESE WAR, SECOND | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1852 | British take control of Lower Burma | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
ANGLO-BURMESE WAR, THIRD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | British annex Upper Burma | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
ANGLO-DUTCH WAR, FIRST | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1652 | To 1654 - fought over trading rights | History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
ANGLO-DUTCH WAR, SECOND | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1664 | To 1667 - Dutch sail up Thames | History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
ANGLO-DUTCH WAR, THE FOURTH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 |
Via War at Sea - Am.Independence |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
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ANGLO-DUTCH WAR, THIRD | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1672 | To 1674 - Victory for the Dutch | History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 | British invade and occupy Egypt | History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
ANGLO-FRENCH WAR -AMERICA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Seven Years' War - N. America |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
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ANGLO-FRENCH WAR IN INDIA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Seven Years' War - India |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
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ANGLO-MARATHA WAR, FIRST | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 | In Central India - 1775-1882 | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
ANGLO-MARATHA WARS 2nd/3rd | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 | 1803 -1805 and 1817-1818 | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
ANGLO-MYSORE WARS, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 |
Via Anglo-Maratha Wars, India |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
ANGLO-PORTUGUESE TREATY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1891 |
Via First Matabele War - settlement |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ANGLO-SUDAN WAR, SECOND | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 | British re-conquer the Sudan | History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
ANGLO-SUDAN WAR, THE FIRST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | Death of Gordon at Khartoum | History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
ANGLO-ZULU WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 | Battles of Isandlwana and Ulundi | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ANKARA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1402 | Tamerlane defeats the Ottomans | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
ANNE OF CLEVES | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1540 | Wives of H8 - 1540 - divorced | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ANNE, QUEEN OF GRT. BRITAIN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 |
Via IRELAND - Union with Scotland |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ANSELM, SAINT | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1093 | Archbishop - Investiture Controversy | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ANSON, GEORGE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 |
Via Dettingen - transworld voyage |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 | Explorers Bellinghausen and Davis | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Repeal of Corn Law |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
ANTIETAM, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Am.Civil War - Union victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1787 |
Via Toussaint Louverture - leader |
History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
ANTONIADI, EUGENE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1909 |
Via Shiaparelli - Greek astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
ANVILLE, BOURGUIGNON d' | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1743 | French cartographer - founder | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
APIANUS, PETRUS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1524 |
Via Balboa - German mapmaker |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
APPERT, NICOLAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Wagram -inventor of bottled food |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, VIRGINIA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via confederate surrender |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
AQUINAS, THOMAS | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1264 | Italian theologian - Summa Theologica | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ARAGO, FRANCOIS | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via Fresnel - French Physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
ARBUTHNOT, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1712 |
Via Pope - Scottish writer/physician |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ARC DE TRIOMPHE, PARIS, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 |
Via Austerlitz - re.Napoleon's victories |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ARCOLE, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Campo Formio - French victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
ARCOT, SIEGE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 | Victory of Robert Clive in India | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
ARCTIC EXPLORATION | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 | Explorers William Parry / John Ross | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ARETINO, PIETRO | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1545 |
Via Titian - poet and playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ARGAON, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Second Anglo-Maratha War |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
ARGENTINA - INDEPENDENCE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 | Fight for independence - gained 1816 | History (HY) | ARGENTINA (ARG) | MENU |
ARICA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via War of the Pacific - decisive |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
ARIOSTO, LUDOVICO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1516 |
Via Castiglione - Italian poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ARKWRIGHT, RICHARD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1771 | English inventor - spinning mule | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ARMAT, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Edison - American inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ARMENIAN MASSACRES, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 | Carried out by Turks and Kurds | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
ARMINIUS, JACOBUS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1588 |
Via Wesley - Dutch theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Crimean War - field gun |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
ARNAULD, ANTOINE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1655 |
Via Jansenism - French theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ARNDT, ERNST MORITZ | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Retreat from Moscow- Ger.patriot |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ARNE, THOMAS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 |
Via Handel - Rule, Britannia |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ARNOLD OF BRESCIA | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1141 | Italian religious reformer | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ARNOLD, BENEDICT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via Franco-American alliance - rebel |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
ARNOLD, DR. JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Raffles- plant specimens- Sumatra |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
ARNOLD, MATTHEW | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Hughes - English poet & critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ARNOLD, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1828 |
Via Hughes - Headmaster at Rugby |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
ARNOLFO DI CAMBIO | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1296 |
Via Snippets - Italian archItect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
AROGYE, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Stanley - Anglo-Abyssinian War |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
ARRAS, THE TREATY OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1435 |
Via End of Hundred Years War |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
ARROWSMITH, AARON | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1790 | Leading English cartographer | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ART NOUVEAU MOVEMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Beardsley - Modern movement |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ASCALON, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1099 |
Via First Crusade - re. Jerusalem |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
ASCHAM, ROGER | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1545 |
Via Snippets - Eng.writer on archery |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
ASHANTI EMPIRE, THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 | West Africa - founded by Osei Tutu | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
ASHMOLE, ELIAS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1677 |
Via Snippets - founder of museum |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1683 |
Via Snippets - opened to the public |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ASIAN COLONIES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1914 |
Via Berlin Conference - Far East |
History (HY) | ASIA (ASI) | MENU |
ASIENTO DE NEGROS, THE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1713 | Regarding Transatlantic Slave Trade | History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
ASKE, ROBERT | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1536 |
Via Pilgrimage of Grace - leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ASKIA MUHAMMED I | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1512 | King of Songhai expands his kingdom | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
ASPDIN, JOSEPH | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Snippets - making of cement |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ASSAYE, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Second Anglo-Maratha War |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
ATAHUALPA, INCA LEADER | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1533 |
Via Pizarro - death of Inca leader |
History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
ATBARA RIVER, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Second Anglo-Sudan War |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
AUBER, DANIEL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Bellini - French opera composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
AUCKLAND, LORD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 | American artist - Birds of America | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
AUERSTADT, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 | Napoleon defeats Prussians/Saxons | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
AUGHRIM, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1691 |
Via Battle of the Boyne - end of revolt |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
AUGSBURG, LEAGUE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 |
Via Grand Alliance - war v Louis XIV |
History (HY) | GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA) 1688-1697 |
MENU |
AUGSBURG, THE PEACE OF | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1555 | Compromise - Lutherism recognised | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
AUGUSTUS II OF POLAND | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 |
Via Charles XII of Sweden - deposed |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
AURANGZEB, EMPEROR | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1669 | Mughal Emperor of India 1658-1707 | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
AUSTEN, JANE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | English novelist - Pride & Prejudice | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
AUSTERLITZ, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 | Napoleon defeats Russians/Austrians | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
AUSTIN, STEPHEN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 | Dual Monarchy establised | History (HY) | AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (AHU) | MENU |
AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, WAR OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 | Following succession of Maria Theresa | History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 | Prussian victory in seven weeks | History (HY) | AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW) June/July 1866 |
MENU |
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Benz - growth in Europe & USA |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
AVERROES or IBN RUSD | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1160 |
Via Maimonides - Moorish philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
AVIGNON BRIDGE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1163 |
Via Notre Dame de Paris |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
AVOGADRO, AMEDEO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via Gay-Lussac - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
AYACHUCHO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Bolivar - Peru independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
AYTON, SIR ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1612 |
Via Burns- Scot.poet- Auld Lang Syne |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
AZTECS, THE | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1325 | Settle on Tenochtitlan island | History (HY) | AZTECS (AZT) | MENU |
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BABBAGE, CHARLES | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 | English inventor - attempt at computer | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BABINGTON PLOT, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1586 | Roman Catholic conspiracy | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BABUR, EMPEROR | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1526 | 1st Mughal Emperor in India - to 1530 | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, THE | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1309 | Pope moves to Avignon - until 1377 | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BAC LE, THE AMBUSH OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via French Indochina- French defeat |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1721 | German composer- Brandenburg | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BACHMAN, JOHN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1848 |
Via Audubon - American naturalist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BACON, FRANCIS | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1605 | English scientist and philosopher | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
BACON, ROGER | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1268 | English philosopher and scientist | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BADEN, THE TREATY OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1714 |
Via Utrecht - Emperor makes peace |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
BADEN-POWELL, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Second Matebele War - Scouts |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
BADMINTON, THE GAME OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Snippets - invented at Badminton |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
BAEDEKER, KARL | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via Snippets - guidebooks |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BAFFIN, WILLIAM | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1616 |
Via Hudson-Eng.explorer NE Canada |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BAILLIE, CHARLES | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1571 |
Via Ridolfi Plot - papal agent |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BAILY, EDWARD HODGES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1843 |
Via Trafalgar - English sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1864 |
Via Speke - discoves Lake Albert |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BAKEWELL, ROBERT | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1770 |
Via Agricultural Revolution - breeder |
Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
BAKUNIN, MIKHAIL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 |
Via Marx - Russian revolutionary |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
BALACLAVA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 | Battle in the Crimean War - October | History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
BALAKIREV, MILY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Rimsky-Korsakov - composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1513 | First to reach E.coast of Pacific | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BALES, PETER | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1590 |
Via Babington Plot - calligrapher |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BALL, JOHN | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1381 |
Via Peasants' Revolt - rebel leader |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BALLANTYNE, ROBERT MICHAEL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Hughes - Scot.adventure writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BALLARD, JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1586 |
Via Babington Plot - Jesuit priest |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BALLIOL, JOHN | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1290 |
Via Maid of Norway - King of Scotland |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BALMAT, JACQUES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1786 |
Via Mont Blanc - first to climb |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BALZAC, HONORE DE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 |
French novelist - The Human Comedy |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BANDULA, MAHA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via First Anglo-Burmese War |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
BANDYOPADHYAY, KISHORI MOHAN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Panama Canal - Bengali scientist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BANKES, LADY MARY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1646 |
Via Naseby - defence of Corfe Castle. |
History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
BANKS, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1770 |
Via James Cook - English botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BANNOCKBURN, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1314 | Bruce soundly defeats English | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BANVARD, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1846 |
Via Thornhill - Am.panorama artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BARANOV, ALEXSANDR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1799 |
Via Alaska - Russian governor |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
BARATIERI, GENERAL ORESTE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Adowa - Italian commander |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
BARBAROSSA, THE BROTHERS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1535 |
Via Pirates - Arouj & Khair-ed-Din |
History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
BARBARY PIRATES, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1535 | Pirates working from North Africa | History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
BARBER-SURGEONS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1540 |
Via Paracelsus - London guild |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BARBIZON SCHOOL, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 | French artistic school near Paris | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BARBOUR, JOHN | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1376 |
Via Bannockburn- Scot poet- Le Brus |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BARCLAY, ROBERT | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
Via Quakers - doctrine of inner light |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BARDO, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Tunisia - French protectorate |
History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
BARENTS, WILLEM | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1594 |
Via Frobisher - Dutch explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BARING, EVELYN (Lord Cromer) | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Anglo-Egyptian War- diplomat |
History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
BARKER, THOMAS JONES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Indian Mutiny - English painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BARNARD, GEORGE GREY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Rodin - American sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BARNARDO, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Booth - Irish philanthropist |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BARNET, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1471 | Warwick the kingmaker is defeated | History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
BARNUM, PHINEAS TAYLOR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Snippets - Amercan showman |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BAROQUE ART | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1611 |
Via Rubens - colourful and sensual |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BARRIE, SIR JAMES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Stevenson-Scot.writer - Peter Pan |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BARRY, CHARLES | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 |
Via Snippets - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BARTH, HEINRICH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Sturt - German African explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BARTHOLDI, FREDERIC | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Statue of Liberty-French engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BASEBALL - THE BEGINNINGS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1786 |
Via Snippets - alleged first match |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
BASEDOW, JOHANN BERNHARD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1774 |
Via Rousseau -school reformer |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
BASEDOW, KARL ADOLPHE VON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via 1840s - German physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BASEL, THE TREATY OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 | Switzerland gains its independence | History (HY) | SWITZERLAND (SWI) | MENU |
BASILE, GIAMBATTISTA | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1634 |
Via Straparola - Neapolitan writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BASKERVILLE, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1763 |
Via Beaumarchais - English printer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BASLE, TREATIES OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1795 | French peace settlements | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
BASS, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Botany Bay - English explorer |
Exploration (EX) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
BASTILLE, STORMING OF THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 | Start of the French Revolution | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
BASTILLE, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1370 |
Via Order of Garter - of this time |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BASUTOLAND (LESOTHO) | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via First Anglo-Boer War - protected |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
BATES, HENRY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Wallace - English naturalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BATTLE ABBEY | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1070 | Built at the site of Battle of Hastings | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BATU - MONGOL RULER | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1241 | The Mongols advance into Europe | History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Poe- French poet- Fleurs du Mal |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BAUHIN, GASPARD CASPER | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1623 |
Via Linnaeus - Swiss botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BAUTISTA DE TOLEDO, JUAN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1563 |
Via Escorial - Spanish architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BAUTZEN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Retreat from Moscow - Fr.victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
BAVARIAN SUCCESSION, WAR | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 | War between Austria and Prussia | History (HY) | AUSTRIA (AUT) | MENU |
BAXTER, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Eyre - exploring companion |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BAYBARS I OF EGYPT & SYRIA | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1260 | Mamluk Leader 1260 -1277 | History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
BAYEUX TAPESTRY, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1077 | Pictorial record of Battle of Hastings | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BAYEZID I, SULTAN | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1389 |
Via Batte of Kosovo - decisive role |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
BAYLE, PIERRE | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1696 |
Via Rev of Nantes - Fr.philosopher |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BAZALGETTE, JOSEPH WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Snippets-London sewage scheme |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BAZILLE, FREDERIC | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Impressionism - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BEACHY HEAD, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1690 |
Via Grand Alliance - French victory |
History (HY) | GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA) 1688-1697 |
MENU |
BEARDSLEY, AUBREY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Oscar Wilde - English illustrator |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BEAU BRUMMELL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via Prince Regent - English Dandy |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
BEAU NASH, RICHARD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1740 |
Via Gainsborough - Eng.dandy - Bath |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
BEAUCHAMPS, PIERRE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1681 |
Via Lully - king's dancing master |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BEAUFORT, COMMANDER FRANCIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 |
Via Snippets - scale of wind force |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BEAUHARNAIS, JOSEPHINE DE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Napoleon - wife - Empress 1804 |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
BEAUMARCHAIS, PIERRE DE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 | French dramatist - Barber of Seville | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BEAUMONT, FRANCIS | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1611 | Eng.playwright - worked with Fletcher | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BEAUMONT, SIR GEORGE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1795 |
Via Constable - art connoisseur |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BECCARIA, CESARE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1764 |
Via Bentham - Italian criminologist |
Law (LW) | XNA | MENU |
BECHSTEIN, KARL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Snippets - German piano maker |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BECHUANALAND (BOTSWANA) | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via First Anglo-Boer War - protected |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
BECKET, THOMAS | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1170 | Killed following dispute with Henry II | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BECQUEREL, HENRI | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 | French physicist - radioactivity | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BEECHAM, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1907 |
Via Delius - English conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 | German composer- Eroica Symphony | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BEETON, MRS ISABELLA | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Snippets -household management |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BEHAIM, MARTIN | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1492 |
Via Vespucci - first terrestial globe |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BEHN, APHRA | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1688 |
Via Rousseau - Eng.writer- Oroonoko |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BEHRING, EMIL VON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Koch - German immunologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BEIJING, THE PEACE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1901 |
Via Boxer Rebellion - indemnity |
History (HY) | BOXER REBELLION (TBR) 1899-1901 |
MENU |
BEIT, ALFRED | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1873 |
Via Rhodes - Ger.diamond merchant |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
BELASCO, DAVID | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Puccini - American producer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BELGIUM - INDEPENDENCE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 | Intervention of the great powers | History (HY) | BELGIUM (BEL) | MENU |
BELGRADE, THE TREATIES OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1739 |
Via Jassy - Ottoman - Austria/Russia |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
BELGRANO, MANUEL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 |
Via Argentina - rebel leader |
History (HY) | ARGENTINA (ARG) | MENU |
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 | Scottish-American scientist- telephone | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1860 |
Via Bell - teaching deaf to speak |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BELL, CHARLES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1830 |
Via Bright - Scottish physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BELL, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Fulton - Scottish boatbuilder |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BELL, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Jenner - Scottish anatomist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BELLAMY, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via James - American writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BELLINGSHAUSEN, FABIAN GOTTLIEB | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via Antarctic - Russian explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BELLINI, GENTILE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1480 |
Via Mehmed II - Venetian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BELLINI, GIOVANNI | RICHARD III (R3) 1483-1485 |
1483 | Leading Venetian artist | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BELLINI, JACOPO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1468 |
Via Mehmed II - Venetian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BELLINI, VINCENZO | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 | Italian opera composer- bel canto | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BELLO, RICHARD DE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1300 |
Via Snippets - the Mappa Mundi |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BELLOTTO, BERNADO | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1738 |
Via Canaletto - Italian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BENEDICT XIII, POPE | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1417 |
Via Council of Constance - pretender |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BENIN, THE KINGDOM OF | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1309 | Emergence in West Africa | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
BENSON, ARTHUR C. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1901 |
Via Elgar - English poet & essayist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BENTHAM, JEREMY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 | English philosopher - Utilitarianism | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
BENTLEY, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Wedgwood - London agent |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BENZ, KARL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | German inventor of automobile | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BERAIN THE ELDER, JEAN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1674 |
Via Boulle - French royal designer |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BERGMANN, ERNST VON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1886 |
Via Lister - German surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BERING, VITUS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 | Danish explorer - Bering Strait | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BERKELEY, GEORGE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1710 | Irish philosopher - empiricism | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
BERLIN CONFERENCE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 | Directing the "scramble for Africa" | History (HY) | AFRICA (AFR) | MENU |
BERLIN CONGRESS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 | Revises Treaty of San Stefano | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
BERLIN DECREE, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 | Blockade on British commerce | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
BERLINER, EMILE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1888 |
Via Edison - American inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BERLINGHIERI, BONAVENTURA | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1209 |
Via Francis of Assisi - Italian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BERLIOZ, HECTOR | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 | French composer and conductor | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BERNADOTTE, JEAN BAPTISTE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 |
Via Treaty of Kiel - King of Sweden |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1098 |
Via Cistercians - abbot of Clairvaux |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BERNARD, CLAUDE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Lister - French physiologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BERNHARDT, SARAH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Rostand - French actress |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BERNINI, GIOVANNI | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1633 | It. architect/sculptor- St.Peter's, Rome | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BERNOULLI, DANIEL | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1738 | Swiss physicist - hydrodynamics | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BERTHOLLET, CLAUDE-LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1787 |
Via Antoine Lavoisier- French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BERTHOUD, FERDINAND | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1773 |
Via Harrison - Swiss clockmaker |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BERTRAM, CHARLES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1746 |
Via Stukeley - English forger |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1360 |
Via Bretigny - French military leader |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
BERZELIUS, JONS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Dalton - Swedish chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BESSEL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Adams - German astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
BESSEMER PROCESS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 | Improved method of making steel | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BESSEMER, HENRY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Bessemer Process - engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BEVAN, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1892 |
Via Chardonnet - English chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BEWICK, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 |
Via Bass - English bird illustrator |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BEZZECCA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1866 |
Via Garibaldi - Italian independence |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
BICHAT, XAVIER | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1800 |
Via Jenner - French physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BIG BEN, WESTMINSTER, LONDON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Snippets - bell and clock tower |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BIGELOW, ERASTUS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Snippets - carpet power loom |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BILLY THE KID | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via Ned Kelly - American outlaw |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
BIOT, JEAN-BAPTISTE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Gay-Lussac - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BISHOPS' WARS, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1637 | Religioius wars between Eng/Scotland | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BISMARCK, OTTO VON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 | Prussian prime minister/war leader | History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
BISSELL, MELVILLE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Snippets - the first carpet sweeper |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BIZET, GEORGES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1875 | French opera composer - Carmen | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BLACK DEATH, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1347 | Bubonic plague reaches Europe | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BLACK HAWK WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1832 |
Via Second Seminole War- The Sauk |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA,THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 | Alleged atrocity against British | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
BLACK LINE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1830 |
Via Trail of Tears - Tasmania |
History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
BLACK PRINCE, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1356 | Battle of Poitiers & Limoges massacre | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
BLACK WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1828 |
Via Trail of Tears - Tasmania |
History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
BLACK, JAMES WALLACE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Talbot - American photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BLACK, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Joseph Priestly - Scottish chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BLACKBEARD (EDWARD TEACH) | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1718 |
Via Piracy - English pirate |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BLACKMORE, RICHARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 | English author - Lorna Doone | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1769 | English Jurist - Laws of England | Law (LW) | XNA | MENU |
BLACKWELL, ELIZABETH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 | First American woman doctor | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BLADENSBURG, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via War of 1812 - British victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
BLAKE, ADMIRAL ROBERT | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1652 |
Via Anglo-Dutch War - gains victory |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
BLAKE, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 | English mystic poet and illustrator | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BLANCHARD, FRANCOIS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 | French balloonist crosses channel | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BLANE, GILBERT | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1785 |
Via Lind- Scots physician -scurvy |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BLAXLAND, GREGORY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Flinders - Australian explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BLENHEIM, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1704 | Allied victory over French | History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
BLENKINSOP, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Trevithick - English mine engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BLIGH, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Mutiny on The Bounty - Captain |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
BLISS, FREDERICK J. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Petrie - American achaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
BLOEMFONTEIN CONFERENCE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
BLOEMFONTEIN CONVENTION, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Orange Free State - to Boers |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
BLONDIN, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Snippets- French tightrope walker |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BLOOD RIVER, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 | Boer Voortrekkers defeat Zulus | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
BLOOD, COLONEL THOMAS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1671 |
Via Snippets - steals English crown |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BLOODY ASSIZES, THE | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 |
Via Monmouth Rebellion - Jeffreys |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BLOODY MARSH, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1742 |
Via Georgia - British defeat Spanish |
History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
BLUCHER, GEBHARD LEBERECHT VON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Waterloo - Prussian general |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
BLUE MOSQUE, ISTANBUL, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1616 |
Via Snippets - is completed |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BLUE STOCKINGS, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 |
Via Boswell - women intellectuals |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BLY, NELLIE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1889 |
Via Verne - American journalist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BOAT RACE, THE UNIVERSITY | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1829 |
Via Snippets-first Oxford v Cambridge |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1353 |
Italian poet and writer - Il Decameron |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BOCCHERINI, LUIGI | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Haydn - Italian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BOCKLIN, ARNOLD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Munch - Swiss symbolist painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BODE, JOHANN ELERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
German astronomer - Uranographia |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1602 |
Via Snippets-after Sir Thomas Bodley |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BODLEY, SIR THOMAS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1602 |
Via Snippets - sets up Bodleian library |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BODONI, GIAMBATTISTA | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1768 |
Via Baskerville - Italian printer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BOERHAAVE, HERMANN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1708 | Dutch physician - bedside tutor | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BOIELDIEU, FRANCOIS ADRIEN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Mendelssohn - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BOILEAU, NICOLAS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1666 |
Via Rigaud - French poet/critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BOLEYN, ANNE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1533 | Wives of H8 - 1533-1536 - executed | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BOLINGBROKE, HENRY | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 | Son of John of Gaunt- future Henry IV | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BOLIVAR, SIMON | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 | Venezuelan S.American liberator | History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
BOLIVIA, SOUTH AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
BOLOGNA, THE UNIVERSITY OF | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1119 | One of the first universities | Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
BOLTZMANN, LUDWIG | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Maxwell - Austrian physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BONAPARTE, FRANCOIS CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Waterloo - Napoleon's son |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 | Seizes power in the Consulate | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
BONIFACE VIII, POPE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1302 | Unam Sanctam - spiritual authority | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BONINGTON, RICHARD PARKES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Delacroix - English landscapes |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 | The '45 Jacobite Rebellion | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
BONPLAND, AIME | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Humboldt - French botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BONTURI, ELVIRA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Puccini - his mistress/wife |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BOOTH, CATHERINE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 |
Via Booth - founder Salvation Army |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BOOTH, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1886 |
Via Booth - English social reformer |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
BOOTH, JOHN WILKES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Lincoln - assassinator |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
BOOTH, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 | Founder of the Salvation Army | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BORGIA, CESARE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1493 | Italian leading family - political tyrant | History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
BORGIA, LUCREZIA | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1493 |
Via Cesare Borgia - court at Ferrara |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
BORODIN, ALEKSANDR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 | Composer-friend of Rimsky-Korsakov | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BORODINO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Retreat from Moscow- Fr.victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
BOROUGH, STEPHEN | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1556 |
Via Muscovy Co. - English navigator |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BOROUGHBRIDGE, BATTLE OF | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1322 |
Via Edward II - Hugh Despensers |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BORROMINI, FRANCESCO | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1631 |
Via Bernini-Italian architect-churches |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BOSCH, HIERONYMUS | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1500 |
Dutch painter - Picture of Hell |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BOSE, JAGADISH CHANDRA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Marconi - Indian physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BOSHIN WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Shogunate - civil war in Japan |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
BOSSUET, JACQUES | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 |
Via Rigaud - French bishop |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BOSTON MASSACRE, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1770 | American Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
BOSTON NEWSLETTER, THE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1704 |
Via Snippets-1st American newspaper |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BOSTON TEA PARTY, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1773 | Tax protest by American colonists | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
BOSTON, THE BATTLE FOR | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 | American Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
BOSWELL, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1773 | Scottish biographer - re.Johnson | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BOSWORTH, THE BATTLE OF | RICHARD III (R3) 1483-1485 |
1485 | Henry Tudor defeats Richard III | History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
BOTANY BAY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 | Settlement of first convict colony | History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
BOTHWELL, THE EARL OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1567 |
Via Mary Queen of Scots - favourite |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BOTTA, EMILE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via Layard - French archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
BOTTEGO, VITTORIO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1892 |
Via Dubois- Italian explorer-Jubaland |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BOTTGER, JOHANN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1707 |
Via Meissen - German alchemist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BOTTICELLI, SANDRO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1478 |
Florentine artist - Primavera |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BOUCHER, FRANCOIS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1731 | Popular French rococo painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BOUCICAULT, DION | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1868 |
Via Reade- Irish-American playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BOUDIN, EUGENE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1856 |
Via Monet - French marine artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via James Cook - French explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BOULLE, ANDRE CHARLES | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1672 | Outstanding French furniture designer | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BOULSOVER, THOMAS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1742 |
Via Snippets - silver plating |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BOULTON, MATTHEW | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1782 |
Via James Watt - English engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BOUNTY, MUTINY ON THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 | Captain Bligh is cast adrift | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
BOURDELLE, ANTOINE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Rodin - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BOURNE, WILLIAM | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1578 |
Via Drebbel - plan of diving boat |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BOUVINES, THE BATTLE OF | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1214 | French defeat Otto IV of Germany | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
BOW STREET RUNNERS, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1748 |
Via Fielding - a body of "thief takers" |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
BOWDICH, THOMAS EDWARD | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 |
Via 1st Anglo-Ashanti War - explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BOWDLER, THOMAS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1807 |
Via Shakespeare - "bowdlerize" |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BOWIE, JIM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Alamo - American frontiersman |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
BOXER REBELLION, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 | To expel foreigners from China | History (HY) | BOXER REBELLION (TBR) 1899-1901 |
MENU |
BOXING - FIRST RULES OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1743 |
Via Snippets - Jack Broughton |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
BOYACA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1819 |
Via Bolivar - New Granada |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
BOYCE, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 |
Via Gluck - English composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BOYCOTTING, THE PRACTICE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Phoenix Park Murders - Ireland |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
BOYLE, ROBERT | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 | Irish scientist - law on gases | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BOYNE, THE BATTLE OF THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1690 | King defeats James Stuart in Ireland | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
BOYS' BRIGADE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Snippets - founder William Smith |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BOZZACCHI, GIUSEPPINA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Delibes - Italian ballerina |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BRACTON, HENRY DE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1268 |
Via Bacon - English jurist |
Law (LW) | XNA | MENU |
BRADFORD, GOVERNOR WILLIAM | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1620 |
Via Pilgrim Fathers - strong leader |
History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
BRAHE, TYCHO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1576 | Dan.astronomer-Castle of the Heavens | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
BRAHMS, JOHANNES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 | German composer -symphonies | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BRAID, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1841 |
Via Mesmer - founder of hypnotism |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BRAILLE, LOUIS | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Snippets - reading for the blind |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BRAITHWAITE, JOHN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1829 |
Via Stephenson - English engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BRAMAH, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1795 |
Via Industrial Revolution-Eng.engineer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BRAMANTE, DONATO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1506 | Italian architect - St.Peter's Basilica | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BRAMHAM MOOR, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1408 |
Via Shrewsbury-Northumberland killed |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BRANDENBURG GATE, BERLIN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Snippets - completed by Langhans |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BRANLY, EDOUARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Marconi - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BRANT, SEBASTIAN | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1494 |
Via Snippets- Ger.poet - Ship of Fools |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BRAUN, KARL FERDINAND | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Marconi - German physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BRAY, THOMAS | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1701 |
Via Snippets - philanthropist SPCK |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BRAYTON, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1872 |
Via Auto Industry- American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
BRAZZA, PIERRE DE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 |
Via Stanley - French explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BREDA, TREATY OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 |
Via Second Anglo-Dutch War |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
BREDA,THE DECLARATION OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1660 | Issued by Charles II of England | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BREECHES BIBLE, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1557 |
Via Tyndale - or the Geneva Bible |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BREITENFELD, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1631 |
Via Thirty Yrs War- Protestant victory |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
BREMULE, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1119 |
Via Tinchebrai - victory for Henry I |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BRETIGNY, THE TREATY OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1360 | Truce in the Hundred Years War | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
BREWSTER, DAVID | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1811 |
Via Fresnel - Scottish physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BRIDGE OF SIGHS, VENICE, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1600 |
Via Snippets - It.archItect Contino |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BRIGGS, HENRY | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1617 |
Via Napier- English mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BRIGHT, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Repeal of Corn Law - leader |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
BRIGHT, RICHARD | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 | English physician - kidney disease | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BRIGHT, TIMOTHY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1588 |
Via Snippets - early shorthand |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BRILLAT-SAVARIN, JEAN ANTHELME | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Snippets - French gastronome |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BRINDLEY, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1761 | English engineer - canal building | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BRITISH COLUMBIA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 | Joins the Canadian Federation | History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1600 | Initially named English East.Ind.Co | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Snippets - Henry De La Beche |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Snippets - open to the public |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 | Dominion of Canada established | History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
BRITISH REFORM ACT, FIRST | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 | Franchise and constituencies | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
BRITISH REFORM ACT, SECOND | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Fenian Movement - franchise |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
BRITISH REFORM ACT, THIRD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Gladstone - franchise extended |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
BROADWOOD, JOHN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1784 |
Via Cristofori -Scottish piano maker |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BROCK, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1911 |
Via Queen Victoria - English sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BRONTE SISTERS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 | Novelists - Charlotte, Emily, Anne | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BRONTE, BRANWELL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 |
Via Bronte Sisters - brother |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BRONZINO, AGNOLO | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1540 |
Via Cosimo de Medici - It.portraitist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BROUGHAM, HENRY (LATER BARON) | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 |
Via Reform Bill - horse & carriage |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BROUGHTON, JACK | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1743 |
Via Snippets - rules of boxing |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
BROUWER, ADRIAEN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1635 |
Via Steen - Little Masters of Holland |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BROWN, FORD MADOX | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites - English artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BROWN, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via American Civil War - his body |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
BROWN, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Victoria - The Queen's attendant |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
BROWN, SAMUEL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1824 |
Via Auto Industry - English engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BROWNE, HABLOT KNIGHT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1850 |
Via Dickens - English illustrator |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BROWNING, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
English poet - Pied Piper of Hamelin |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BROWNING,ELIZABETH BARRETT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Browning - wife and poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BRUANT, ARISTIDE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Toulouse-Lautrec- cabaret artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BRUCE, DAVID | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1903 |
Via Koch - Scottish microbiologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
BRUCE, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 | Scottish explorer - the Blue Nile | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BRUCE, ROBERT | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1306 | Crowned King of Scotland - to 1329 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BRUCH, MAX | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Joachim - German composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BRUCKNER, ANTON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Wagner - Austrian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BRUEGEL, PIETER - THE ELDER | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1566 |
Flemish painter - The Wedding Feast |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BRUGES, THE TREATY OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1375 | Truce in the Hundred Years War | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
BRULE, ETIENNE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1615 |
Via Champlain - Lake Superior |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BRUNEL, ISAMBARD KINGDOM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1837 | English engineer - railways, ships | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BRUNEL, MARC ISAMBARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1825 |
Via Brunel - French engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
BRUNELLESCHI, FILIPPO | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1420 | Italian architect - Florence cathedral | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
BRUNI, LEONARDI | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1423 |
Via Ghiberti - Italian scholar/historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BRUNO, SAINT | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1084 |
Via Carthusian Order - founder |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BRUNSWICK MANIFESTO, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Valmy - threat by Duke Brunswick |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
BRYANT AND MAY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1891 |
Via Booth - match-making company |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
BUCHNER, GEORG | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1835 |
Via Danton - German dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BUCKINGHAM, DUKE OF - George Villiers | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1625 |
Via Charles I - court favourite |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BUCKLAND, WILLIAM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Lyell - English geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BUDDING, EDWIN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Snippets- Eng.inventor of mower |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BUENA VISTA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 |
Via Mexican War - U.S. victory |
History (HY) | MEXICO (MEX) | MENU |
BUFFON, GEORGES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 | French naturalist - Natural History | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BULGARIAN ATROCITIES, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Russo-Turkish War |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
BULGARIAN HORRORS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Russo-Turkish War |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
BULL RUN, SECOND BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 | Confed victory in American Civil War | History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
BULL RUN, THE FIRST BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 | Confed victory in American Civil War | History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
BULL, OLE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1850 |
Via Grieg - Norwegian violinist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BULLER, SIR REDVERS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War - Brit.cmdr. |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
BULOW, HANS VON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Wagner - German conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1834 |
Via Pompeii - English novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BUNKER HILL, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 | American Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
BUNKUM FOR BUNCOMBE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 |
Via Snippets - meaning nonsense |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
BUNSEN, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Snippets - German chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
BUNYAN, JOHN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
English writer - Pilgrim's Progress |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURBAGE, JAMES | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 |
Via The Theatre - Eng.actor/manager |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURBAGE, RICHARD & CUTHBERT | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 |
Via Globe Theatre - the founders |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURCKHARDT, JOHANN LUDWIG | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 | Swiss explorer - Petra/Abu Simbel | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BURDETT, SIR FRANCIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
Via Peterloo - radical reformer |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
BURGHERS OF CALAIS, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1347 |
Via Crecy - saviours of the city |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
BURGOYNE, GENERAL JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 |
Via Battles of Saratoga - Brit.cmdr. |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
BURKE, EDMUND | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1790 | English orator and political writer | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURKE, JOHN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via Snippets - British & Irish peerage |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURKE, ROBERT O'HARA | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 | Crosses Australia south to north | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BURKE'S PEERAGE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via Snippets - British & Irish peerage |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURLEIGH, LORD (WILLIAM CECIL) | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1558 |
Via Elizabeth I - chief advisor |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
BURMA, THE KINGDOM OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via First Anglo-Burmese War |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
BURNE-JONES, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites - English artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Kipling - American author |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURNEY, CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Haydn - General History of Music |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BURNEY, FANNY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via Samuel Johnson - diarist/novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURNS, ROBBIE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1786 |
Scottish poet - Tam O'Shanter |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BURNSIDE, GENERAL AMBROSE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Battle of Fredericksburg |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
BURTON, RICHARD FRANCIS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 | Eng.soldier/explorer- source of Nile | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BURTON, ROBERT | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1621 |
Via Jonson- Eng.scholar- Melancholy |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BUSHNELL, DAVID | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 |
Via War at Sea- American submarine |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
BUTLER, LADY (ELIZABETH THOMPSON) | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1879 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War- artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
BUTLER, SAMUEL | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1663 |
Via Dryden - English poet/satirist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BUTLER, SAMUEL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
English satirist - The Way of all Flesh |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BUXTEHUDE, DIETRICH | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1703 |
Via Bach-German organist/composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BYLOT, ROBERT | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1616 |
Via Baffin - British explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
BYNG, ADMIRAL | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1757 |
Via Seven Yrs' War - executed |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
BYNKERSHOEK, CORNELIUS VAN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1703 |
Via Grotius - Dutch jurist - sea law |
Law (LW) | XNA | MENU |
BYRD, WILLIAM | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1572 |
Via Tallis - Eng.composer - Gradualia |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Eng.poet - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
BYZANTINE EMPIRE, THE | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1091 | Under Alexius I - plus brief history | History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
C | ||||||
CABET, ETIENNE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Owen - French social reformer |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
CABOT, JOHN | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1497 | Venetian explorer - Newfoundland | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CABOT, SEBASTIAN | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1553 |
Via Chancellor - North-east passage |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CABRAL, PEDRO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1500 |
Via Diaz - claims Brazil for Portugal |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CADE REBELLION, THE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1450 | Rebellion in Kent, England | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CADE, JACK | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1450 | Leader of rebellion in Kent, England | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CAILLIE, RENE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via West Africa-Fr.explorer-Timbuktu |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CALATAFIMI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Garibaldi - Italian independence |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
CALE, GUILLAUME | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1358 |
Via Jacquerie Uprising - leader |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | At Colomo - forty-niners | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CALLEY, JOHN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1705 |
Via Newcomen - plumber assistant |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
CALLIXTUS II, POPE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1122 |
Via Treaty of Worms - Concordat |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CALLOT, JACQUES | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1633 |
Via Westphalia - French engraver |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CALONNE, CHARLES ALEXANDRE DE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1784 |
Via States General - French minister |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
CALVERT, FREDERICK | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 |
Via Schliemann - Eng. archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
CALVIN, JOHN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1536 |
Fr.Protestant reformer - The Institutes |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CALZABIGI, RANIERI DI | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 |
Via Gluck - Italian poet - librettist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CAMBODIA, INDOCHINA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1867 |
Via French Indochina - part of |
History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
CAMBRAI, THE LEAGUE OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1508 |
Via Italian Wars - against Venice |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
CAMBRAI, THE TREATY OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1529 |
Via Battle of Pavia - ends Italian Wars |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1209 |
Via Paris University 1155 |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
CAMERARIUS, RUDOLPH | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1694 | German Botanist - sexual reproduction | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CAMERON, CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Adam - Scottish architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
CAMISARD WAR, THE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 | Protestant rebellion in France | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
CAMOENS, LUIS DE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1572 |
Portuguese poet - The Lusiads |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CAMPERDOWN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 |
Via Spithead and Nore Mutinies |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
CAMPION, EDMUND | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1581 |
Via Ricci - English Jesuit martyr |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CAMPION, THOMAS | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1617 |
Via Monteverdi - Eng.composer/ poet |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CAMPO FORMIO, TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 | Austria cedes territory to France | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1885 |
Via British North America Act |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
CANAL BUILDING | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1761 |
Via James Brindley - worldwide |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
CANALETTO, ANTONIO | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1738 | Italian painter - scenes of Venice | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CANCHA-RAYADA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Chile- Sp.defeats Chilean rebels |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
CANNIZZARO, STANISLAO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via Mendeleev - Italian chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CANOVA, ANTONIO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Elgin Marbles -Italian Sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1503 | Kent, England - begun in 1070 | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
CAO (or CAM), DIOGO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1482 | Portuguese explorer reachers Congo | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CAPABILITY BROWN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 | English landscaper gardener | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CAPE FRONTIER WARS, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 | Boers v Bantu tribes - South.Africa | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
CAPE ST. VINCENT, BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 | Victory of British over Spanish | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1652 | Dutch settlement - Boers - Riebeeck | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CAPTAIN SWING RIOTS, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Tolpuddle Martyrs- social uprising |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
CAPUCHINS, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1528 | Order of Friars- by Matteo de Bassi | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CARABOBO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via Bolivar-Venezuelan independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
CARAVAGGIO, MICHELANGELO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 | Italian painter - gruesome works | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CARBERRY HILL, THE BATTLE OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1567 |
Via Mary Qn of Scots - defeated |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CARBUTT, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Motion Pictures-Eng.photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CARDANO, GEROLAMO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1545 | Italian mathmetician - Algebra | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CARDIGAN, THE 7th EARL OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Balaclava - cmdr.of light brigade |
History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
CAREW, THOMAS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1640 |
Via Herrick - English Cavalier Poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CAREY, HENRY | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 |
Via Snippets - Brit. national anthem |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CAREY, JAMES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Phoenix Park Murders - radical |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
CAREY, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via India Act - Baptist missionary |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CARLILE, WILSON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Snippets - founds Church Army |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CARLIN, MARTIN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1774 |
Via Riesener - French cabinet maker |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CARLIST WAR, THE FIRST | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 | Conflict for Spanish throne | History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
CARLIST WAR, THE SECOND | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1846 |
Via First Carlist War, 1846-1848 |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
CARLIST WAR, THE THIRD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 | Ends in return of monarchy | History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
CARLSBAD DECREES, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 |
Via German Confed-rebellion crushed |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
CARLYLE, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Chartism - Scottish historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CARMELITES, THE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1156 | Religious Order of White Friars | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CARNATIC WARS, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Anglo-French war, India |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
CARNEGIE HALL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1891 |
Via Snippets - opens in New York |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CARNOT, LAZARE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Execution of Louis XVI-military ldr |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
CARPETBAGGERS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via The Reconstruction - USA |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
CARPINI, JOHANNES DE PLANO | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1247 | Italian monk returns from Mongolia | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CARRACCI, AGOSTINO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1585 |
Via Annibale Carracci - brother artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CARRACCI, ANNIBALE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1601 |
Via Caravaggio - Italian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CARRERA, JOSE MIGUEL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via Chile - Chilean commander |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
CARRIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Reign of Terror - at Nantes |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
CARRIER-BELLEUSE, ERNEST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1864 |
Via Rodin - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CARROLL, CHARLES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via Stephenson - American financier |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
CARROLL, LEWIS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
English author - Alice in Wonderland |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CARTA PISANA, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1275 |
Via Crusades - ancient map of Med. |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CARTAILHAC, EMILE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Altamira - French prehistorian |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
CARTE, RICHARD D'OYLY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1875 |
Via Gilbert and Sullivan - theatre |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CARTERET, JOHN (EARL OF GRANVILLE) | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1742 |
Via George II - British statesman |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
CARTHUSIAN ORDER, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1084 | Founded by St. Bruno | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CARTIER, JACQUES | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 | French explorer - St.Lawrence River | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CARTWRIGHT, EDMUND | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Industrial Revolution-wool combing |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CASANOVA, GIACOMO | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Snippets - world's greatest lover? |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CASEMENT, ROGER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1904 |
Via Congo Free State - consul |
History (HY) | CONGO (CON) | MENU |
CASKET LETTERS, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1567 |
Via Mary Qn of Scots - conspiracy |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CASSATT, MARY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 |
Via Pissarro - American artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CASSINI III | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 |
Via Anville - French cartographer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CASSINI, JACQUES DOMINIQUE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1793 |
Via Cassini III - French cartographer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CASSINI, JEAN-DOMINIQUE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 | French astronomer - Jupiter | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1528 |
Italian writer/diplomat - The Courtier |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CASTLE BUILDING | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1069 | Built to defend Norman Conquest | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CASTLEREAGH, LORD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Holy Alliance - British Statesman |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
CASTRO Y BELLVIS, GUILLEN DE | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1618 |
Via El Cid - Spanish dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CATALAN ATLAS, THE | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1375 |
Via Mansa Musa - Abraham Cresques |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CATEAU-CAMBRESIS, THE PEACE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1559 |
Via Pavia - French forced out of Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
CATESBY, ROBERT | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1605 |
Via Gunpowder Plot - RC conspirator |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CATHERINE I OF RUSSIA | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1725 | Empress of Russia - 1725-1727 | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
CATHERINE II, THE GREAT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1774 | Empress of Russia 1762-1796 | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
CATHERINE OF ARAGON | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1509 | Wives of H8 -1509-1533 - divorced | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CATHERWOOD, FREDERICK | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via Layard - English illustrator |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CATLIN, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Trail of Tears - American artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CATO STREET CONSPIRACY | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | Plot to kill Cabinet ministers | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
CAVALIER POETS, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 |
Via Herrick - English Royalist poets |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CAVALIER, JEAN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 |
Via Camisards - leader of rebellion |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CAVALLINI, PIETRO | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1307 |
Via Giotto - Italian painter/designer |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CAVENDISH LABORATORY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 |
Via Maxwell- established at Cambridge |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CAVENDISH, GEORGE | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1557 |
Via Wolsey- English writer- biography |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CAVENDISH, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Priestley - English scientist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CAVOUR, CONTE CAMILLO BENSO di | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via War of 1859 - PM Sardinia |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
CAXTON, WILLIAM | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1476 | First English printer - London | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CAYLEY, SIR GEORGE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 |
Via Snippets - first manned aeroplane |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CECIL, WILLIAM (LORD BURLEIGH) | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1558 |
Via Elizabeth I - chief advisor |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CELESTIAL POLICE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1800 |
Via Olbers - group of astronomers |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
CELLINI, BENVENUTO | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1554 | Famous Italian goldsmith - salt cellar | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CELSIUS, ANDERS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1742 | Swedish scientist -The celsius scale | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CENTRAL AFRICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 | Expedition reaches Lake Chad | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CENTRAL AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | CENTRAL AMERICA (CAM) | MENU |
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 | American transcontinental railroad | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
CERIGNOLA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1503 |
Via Italian Wars - Spanish victory |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
CERRO CORA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Triple Alliance - decisive battle |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
CERRO PICHINCHA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 |
Via Bolivar - Ecuador independence |
History (HY) | ECUADOR (ECU) | MENU |
CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1615 |
Spanish novelist/poet - Don Quixoto |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CESALPINO, ANDREA | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1583 | Italian botanist and physician | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CESPEDES, CARLOS MANUEL DE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Cuban Revolt - Cuban leader |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
CETSHWAYO, KING | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Anglo-Zulu War - King of Zulus |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
CEZANNE, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 | French artist - Impressionism | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CHABRIER, EMMANUEL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Debussy - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CHACABUCO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Chile-Chilean victory over Spanish |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
CHAILLU, PAUL BELLONI du | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Livingstone - French explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CHALDIRAN, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1514 |
Via Selim I - defeat of the Safavids |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
CHALGRIN, JEAN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 |
Via Arc de Triomphe - Fr.architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 |
Via Diderot- Eng.writer- Encyclopedia |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Robert Adam - Scottish architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
CHAMISSO, ADELBERT VON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Humboldt - German biologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1608 |
Via Jamestown - Fr.explorer - Quebec |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CHAMPOLLION, JEAN FRANCOIS | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 | Fr.scholar deciphers Rosetta Stone | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
CHANCELLOR, RICHARD | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1553 | NE Passage - Anglo-Russian trade | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CHANCELLORSVILLE, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Am.Civil War- Confederate victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
CHANSON DE ROLAND, LE | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1095 | Chanson de geste re. Charlemagne | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHANTREY, FRANCIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Flaxman - English sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CHAO MENG-FU | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1274 |
Via Kublai Khan - Chinese painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CHAPELAIN, JEAN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1635 |
Via Rambouillet - French poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHAPMAN, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1616 |
Via Keats - English poet /dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHAPPE, CLAUDE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Snippets - mechanical semaphore |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CHARASIA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Second Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
CHARBONNEAU, TOUSSAINT | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Lewis and Clark - French explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CHARCOT, JEAN-MARTIN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Lister - French neurologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
CHARDIN, JEAN BAPTISTE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1731 | French genre painter - domestic life | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CHARDONNET, HILLAIRE DE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Pasteur - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CHARLES, ALBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via 1848 - King of Sardinia-Piedmont |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
CHARLES I OF SPAIN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1518 | 1st Asiento-slaves to Spanish America | History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
CHARLES I, KING OF ENGLAND | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1625 | SCOTLAND and IRELAND - to 1649 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CHARLES II, KING OF ENGLAND | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1660 | SCOTLAND and IRELAND - to 1685 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CHARLES OF BOHEMIA | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1355 |
Via Rhens - Holy Roman Emperor |
History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
CHARLES OF LORRAINE | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1687 |
Via 2nd Battle of Mohacs- commander |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
CHARLES V, EMPEROR | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1525 |
Via Battle of Pavia - 1519 to 1556 |
History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
CHARLES VII OF FRANCE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1429 |
Via Joan of Arc - crowned king |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
CHARLES VIII OF FRANCE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1494 |
Via Italian Wars - captures Rome |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
CHARLES X, KING OF FRANCE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via July Revolution - abdicates |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
CHARLES X, KING OF SWEDEN | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1656 | War against Poland & Denmark | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
CHARLES XII OF SWEDEN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 | In Great Northern War v Russia | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
CHARLES, JACQUES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Montgolfier Brothers-use of helium |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1673 |
Via Moliere - Fr.baroque composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CHARTISM 1838-1848 | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 | British working class movement | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
CHARTRES CATHEDRAL | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1240 |
Via Salisbury Cathedral |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
CHATANOOGA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Gettysburg - Union victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANCOIS RENE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1802 |
Via Pius VII - French novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHATHAM,THE EARL OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 | Title of William Pitt the Elder | History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
CHATTERTON, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1769 |
Via Horace Walpole - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1387 |
English poet - The Canterbury Tales |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHAUL, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1508 |
Via Almeida - defeated by Arab fleet |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
CHAULIAC, GUY DE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1363 |
French Surgeon - Great Surgery |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
CHEKHOV, ANTON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 | Russian dramatist and story writer | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHELSEA PENSIONERS, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1681 |
Via Snippets - home for old soldiers |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CHELYUSKIN, SEMYON | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1742 |
Via Bering - Russian explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CHEN MENGLEI | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1726 |
Via Snippets - Chinese scholar |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHENG HO | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1414 |
Via Yung Lo - naval commander |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CHENG-T'UNG, MING EMPEROR | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1449 | Defeated by Mongol army | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
CHENIER, ANDRE DE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Reign of Terror - French Poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHEROKEE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 | Forcibly resettled in the west | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
CHERUBINI, LUIGI | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Beethoven - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CHESELDON, WILLIAM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1733 |
Via Haller - English surgeon - bones |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
CHESNEY, GEORGE TOMKYNS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Siege of Paris - British officer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHESTERFIELD, LORD | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1737 |
Via Johnson - English writer - letters |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHEVREUL, MICHEL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Seurat - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CHEYNE, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1885 |
Via Lister - English surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
CHIA-CHING, EMPEROR | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1550 | Ming Emperor 1521-66 - disorder | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
CHIARUGI, VINCENZO | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
Via Bichat - treatment of insane |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
CHICAGO, THE FAMOUS FIRE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Snippets - 90,000 homeless |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
CHICKAMAUGA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Gettysburg - confederate victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
CH'IEN LUNG, EMPEROR | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1752 | Manchu dynasty - 1736-1796 | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
CHILDREN'S CRUSADE, THE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1212 | Sets out and ends in total disaster | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CHILE - INDEPENDENCE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 | Fight for independence- gained 1818 | History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
CHIMU KINGDOM, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1370 | People of northern Peru move south | History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
CHIN DYNASTY, THE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1122 | Founded in Northern China | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
CHINESE PORCELAIN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1682 | During Chi'ang Dynasty | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CHIOS MASSACRE, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 |
Via War of Greek Independence |
History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1754 |
English furniture maker - The Director |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CHIRIKOV, ALEKSEY | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1741 |
Via Bering - Russian explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CHLADNI, ERNST | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Gauss - founder of acoustics |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CHOPIN, FREDERIC | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Polish composer - Piano Concerto 2 |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CHRETIEN DE TROYES | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1183 |
French poet - Five Arthurian Legends |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, THE CHURCH OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Booth - faith in divine healing |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CHRISTIAN, FLETCHER | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Mutiny on Bounty - mutineer |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
CHU HSI | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1180 |
Via Maimonides - Confucian scholar |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CHU YUAN-CHANG | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1368 |
Via Ming Dynasty - founder |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
CHUBB, CHARLES | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Snippets - English locksmith |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CHURCH ARMY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Snippets - founder Wilson Carlile |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via India Act - so named in 1812 |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Hudson River School - Am.painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CHURCHILL, LORD RANDOLPH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via First Irish Home Rule Bill |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
CHURCHILL, WINSTON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Battle of Omdurman - officer |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
CIBBER, COLLEY | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1743 |
Via Pope - English poet/playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CIMABUE, GIOVANNI | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1285 |
Early Italian painter - Maesta |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CINQUE PORTS | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1278 |
Via Snippets - for coastal defence |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CISTERCIAN ORDER, THE | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1098 | Founded by St.Robert de Champagne | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CIVITATE, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1053 |
Via Guiscard - defeat of papal forces |
History (HY) | SICILY (SIC) | MENU |
CLAPPERTON, HUGH | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 |
Via Africa- Scot.explorer- Lake Chad |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CLARE OF ASSISI | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1212 |
Via Francis of Assisi - Order of Nuns |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CLARE, JOHN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | English romantic poet - rural life | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CLARENDON CODE, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 |
Via Charles II- persecuting dissenters |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CLARENDON CONSTITUTIONS | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1164 | Aimed at limiting powers of clergy | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CLARK, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 | American explorer - crosses the USA | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CLARKSON, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Abolition of Slave Trade |
History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
CLAUDEL, CAMILLE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Rodin- Fr.sculptor - Deep Thought |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CLAUSEWITZ, CARL VON | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Carlist War- Vom Krieg (On War) |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CLAUSIUS, RUDOLF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1850 | German mathematician/physicist | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CLELAND, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1749 |
Via Snippets - author of Fanny Hill |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CLEMENCEAU, GEORGES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Dreyfus Affair - French journalist |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
CLEMENT V, POPE | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1309 |
Via Babylonian Captivity-makes move |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CLEMENT XIV, POPE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1773 |
Via Loyola - Jesuits suppresssed |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CLEMENTI, MUZIO | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1826 |
Via Mozart - Italian composer/pianist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1878 |
Via Muhammad Ali - gifts to GB & US |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
CLERMONT, THE COUNCIL OF | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1095 |
Via First Crusade - called by Urban II |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CLINTON, GENERAL SIR HENRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via American Independence |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
CLIVE OF INDIA, ROBERT | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 | A founder of British India | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
COBBETT, WILLIAM | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1830 | English social reformer - Rural Rides | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COBDEN, RICHARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Repeal of Corn Law - leader |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
COCHIN CHINA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Napoleon III - French colony |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
CODY, SAMUEL FRANKLIN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Snippets - American showman |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
COFFEE HOUSES, LONDON | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 |
Via Steele - importance to nation |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
COKE, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1784 |
Via Young - Norfolk farmer |
Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
COLBERT, JEAN BAPTISTE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 |
Via Louis XIV - Financial advisor |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
COLE, HENRY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via Great Exhibition - initiator |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
COLENSO, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War- Boer victory |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
English poet - The Ancient Mariner |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COLET, JOHN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1509 |
Via Erasmus - English theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
COLLEY, MAJOR GENERAL SIR GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via First Anglo-Boer War - Brit.cmdr |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (1ST) (FBW) 1880-1881 |
MENU |
COLLINS, DAVID | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Botany Bay - Eng.administrator |
History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
COLLINS, WILKIE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Dickens - English novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COLLINS, WILLIAM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1746 |
Via Gray - English romantic poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COLOMBE, JEAN | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1485 |
Via Limbourg Brothers - miniaturist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
COLONIAL TERRITORIES - ASIA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1914 |
Via Berlin Conference - Far East |
History (HY) | ASIA (ASI) | MENU |
COLONIAL WORLD MAP 1585 | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1585 |
Via Raleigh - Spanish, Port. & Eng. |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
COLONIES, ENGLISH, N.AMERICA | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1682 |
Via Penn, William- thirteen established |
History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
COLONNA, FRANCESCO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 |
Via Aldus Manutius - Illustrated book |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
COLT, SAMUEL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Mexican War- American gunsmith |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1492 | Italian explorer - discovers New World | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
COMANCHE, HORSE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Battle of The Little Bighorn |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
COMBE, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Rowlandson - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COMENIUS, JAN | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1657 | Moravian educator - Didactic Works | Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
COMMONWEALTH, THE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1649 | English Republic 1649-60 - Cromwell | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | Setting out principles of Communism | History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
COMPROMISE OF LE BEC, THE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1106 |
Via Anselm-re.Investiture Controversy |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
COMTE, AUGUSTE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 | French philosopher - positivism | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 | Scottish writer - Sherlock Holmes | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CONCORD, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 | American Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
CONDE, JEAN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1792 |
Via Prince Regent - French engraver |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CONDE, THE PRINCE OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1650 |
Via Princely Fronde - rebel leader |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
CONDILLAC, ETIENNE BONNET de | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1746 |
Via Locke - French philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
CONDORCET, MARIE JEAN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Robespierre - social reformer |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
CONFEDERATE SURRENDER | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 | At Appomattox Court House, Virginia | History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 |
Via Austerlitz - 83 German states |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
CONGO FREE STATE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | Established by Leopold II of Belgium | History (HY) | CONGO (CON) | MENU |
CONGRESS SYSTEM, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Congress of Vienna |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
CONGREVE ROCKETS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 |
Via Jena - British attack on Boulogne |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CONGREVE, WILLIAM | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1700 | English playwright -Way of the World | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CONGREVE, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Jena - inventor of military rocket |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CONRAD, JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Wells - British adventure novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CONSALVI, ERCOLE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Pius VII - cardinal/statesman |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CONSTABLE, JOHN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 | Eng. landscape artist -The Hay Wain | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CONSTANCE, THE COUNCIL OF | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1417 | Brings an end to the Great Schism | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CONSTANCE, THE PEACE OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1183 |
Via Frederick I - failure in N.Italy |
History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
CONSTANT, BENJAMIN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Staël-Swiss novelist/political writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CONSTANTINOPLE CONFERENCE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Anglo-Egyptian War-international |
History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
CONSTANTINOPLE, SACKING OF | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1202 |
Via Fourth Crusade-Byzantine capital |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CONSTANTINOPLE, THE FALL OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1453 | City captured by the Ottoman Turks | History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
CONSTITUTIONAL ACT, CANADA | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Vancouver - two provinces |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
CONSULATE, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 | Brings Napoleon to power | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
CONTE, NICOLAS-JACQUES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1795 |
Via Seurat - the conte crayon |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 | Blockade on British commerce | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
CONTINO, ANTONIO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1600 |
Via Snippets - builds Bridge of Sighs |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
CONVENTION, PHILADELPHIA | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1787 | Draws up United States constitution | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
COOK, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1770 | English explorer - Botany Bay | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
COOK, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via Great Exhibition - tour operator |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
COOKE, WILLIAM FORTHERGILL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Morse - invents telegraph |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1826 | Am.novelist-The Last of the Mohicans | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COOPER, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Chartism - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COPE, EDWARD DRINKER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1870 |
Via Lamarck- American paleontologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
COPENHAGEN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 | Nelson defeats the Danish fleet | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1543 | Polish astronomer - earth orbits sun | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
COPLEY MEDAL, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1709 |
Via Royal Society - science award |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1778 |
Via Pitt - American portraitist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CORAM, THOMAS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 |
Via Hogarth - English philanthropist |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
CORDAY, CHARLOTTE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Marat - assassin |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
CORELLI, ARCANGELO | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1690 |
Via Purcell - Italian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CORFE CASTLE, THE SIEGE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1646 |
Via Battle of Naseby - in Dorset |
History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
CORINTH CANAL, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via Snippets - opens to shipping |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
CORNEILLE, PIERRE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1637 |
French dramatist - Le Cid, Le Menteur |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CORNWALLIS, GENERAL CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via Washington - British commander |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
CORONADO, FRANCISCO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1540 | Sp.explorer - American south-west | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
COROT, CAMILLE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Barbizon School - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CORREGGIO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1523 |
Via Titian - Paduan painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CORT, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1784 | English ironmaster - "puddling" | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
CORTES, HERNAN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1519 | Sp.explorer conquers Aztec Empire | History (HY) | AZTECS (AZT) | MENU |
CORTONA, PIETRO DA | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1631 |
Via Rubens - Italian baroque artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CORUNNA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 | British expelled from Spain | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
COSWAY, RICHARD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1785 |
Via Prince Regent - miniaturist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
COTMAN, JOHN SELL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Norwich School - co-founder |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
COTTON, CHARLES | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1676 |
Via Izaak Walton - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COULOMB, CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1787 |
Via Volta - French physicist - law |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
COUNTER-REFORMATION, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1517 |
Via Reformation - Catholic response |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
COUPERIN, FRANCOIS | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1714 |
Via Purcell - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
COURBET, GUSTAVE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 | French painter - realist movement | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
COURNOT, ANTOINE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1838 |
Via Marshall - French economist |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
COUTRAS, THE BATTLE OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1587 |
Via Fr.Religious Wars -Prot.victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR) 1562-1598 |
MENU |
COVENT GARDEN OPERA HOUSE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1732 |
Via Gay - opens in London |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
COVENT GARDEN, LONDON | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1633 |
Via Snippets - fruit and veg.market |
Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
COVERDALE, MILES | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1535 |
Via Tyndale - produces first Eng.bible |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
COWPER, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 |
Via Burns - English poet - The Task |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
COX, DAVID | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Turner - English landscape artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
COYSEVOX, ANTOINE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1677 |
Via Le Brun - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
COZENS, JOHN ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1782 |
Via Gainsborough - English artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CRABBE, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1781 |
Via Burke - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CRANACH, LUCAS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1520 |
Via Luther - painter/ woodcut artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CRANMER, THOMAS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1533 | Prot.Archbishop grants H8 a divorce | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
CRAZY HORSE, CHIEF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Battle of The Little Bighorn |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
CRECY, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1346 | English victory over the French | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
CRESQUES, ABRAHAM and JEHUDA | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1375 |
Via Mansa Musa - Catalan Atlas |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
CRETE, THE ISLAND OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 | Revolt leads to Greco-Turkish War | History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
CRICKET - FOUNDATION OF MCC | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1787 |
Via Snippets- Lords cricket ground |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
CRICKET - THE ASHES SERIES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Snippets - England v Australia |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
CRIMEAN WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 | GB, France, Turkey v Russia | History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
CRISPIN, SAINT | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1415 |
Via Agincourt - saint's feast day |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
CRISTOFORI, BARTOLOMEO | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 | Italian piano maker - pioneer | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CROCKETT, DAVY | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Alamo - American frontiersman |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
CROME, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Norwich School - co-founder |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CROME, JOHN BERNEY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1828 |
Via Norwich School - English artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CROMER, LORD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Fashoda Incident - Egypt |
History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
CROMPTON, SAMUEL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 | English inventor - spinning mule | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CROMWELL, OLIVER | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1644 | English ruler - The Commonwealth | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
CROMWELL, RICHARD | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1658 | Lord Protector - The Commonwealth | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CROMWELL, THOMAS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 | Chief minister - English Reformation | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
CROOKES, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1875 |
Via Mendeleev - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CROSS, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1892 |
Via Chardonnet - English chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CRUFTS DOG SHOW, LONDON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1891 |
Via Snippets - founder Charles Cruft |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via Rowlandson - English caricaturist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CRUSADE, THE EIGHTH | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1270 | To Tunisia - death of king Louis IX | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADE, THE FIFTH | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1217 | Directed to Egypt, it ends in failure | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADE, THE FIRST | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1095 | With aim of recapturing Jerusalem | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADE, THE FOURTH | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1202 | Attacks the city of Constantinople | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADE, THE SECOND | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1147 | Sets out for Holy Land-ends in failure | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADE, THE SEVENTH | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1248 | Directed to Egypt, it ends in failure | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADE, THE SIXTH | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1228 | Jerusalem regained by negotiation | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADE, THE THIRD | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1189 | To Holy Land - ends in failure | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADES, END OF THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1291 | Fall of Acre, last Christain stronghold | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADES: A SUMMARY | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1270 |
Via Eighth Crusade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRUSADES: THE RESULTS | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1270 |
Via Eighth Crusade - impact on trade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
CRYSTAL PALACE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via Great Exhibition- giant glasshouse |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
CUBAN REVOLT, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 | Ten years' war against Spain | History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
CUGNOT, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1769 | French inventor- first automobile | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CUI, CESAR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1862 |
Via Balakirev - one of The Mighty Five |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
CULLODEN MOOR, BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1746 | Defeat of Jacobite Rebellion | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
CUMBERLAND, THE DUKE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1746 |
Via Culloden - British commander |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
CUNARD LINE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Brunel - shipping company |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CUNARD, SAMUEL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Brunel - British merchant |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1826 |
Via De Quincey- Scottish poet/author |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
CURIE, MARIE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 | Polish scientist - disovers radium | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CURIE, PIERRE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 | French scientist -discovers radium | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CURTIUS, ERNST | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1875 |
Via Schliemann-German archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
CUSTER, COLONEL GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Little Bighorn - American soldier |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
CUSTOZA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via 1848 - Austrian victory in Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
CUSTOZA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Austro-Prussian War |
History (HY) | AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW) June/July 1866 |
MENU |
CUTTY SARK, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via Snippets - famous tea clipper |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
CUVIER, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Lamarck - Swiss botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
CUYP, AELBERT | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1671 |
Via Ruisdael - Dutch painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
CUZCO VALLEY, THE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1200 | Incas expand into the Cuzco Valley | History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
CUZCO, THE INCA CITY OF | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1100 | Foundation of the Inca city of Cuzco | History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
CYRANO DE BERGERAC | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1656 | French writer - early science fiction | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
D | ||||||
D'ABBANS, MARQUIS DE JOUFFROY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Montgolfier - first steam boat |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DABO, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via The Sindh - British victory |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
DAGUERRE, LOUIS J.M. | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 | French pioneer in photography | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DAHOMEY, THE STATE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1665 |
Via Benin - origin of country's name |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
DAILY ADVERTISER, LONDON, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1730 |
Via Snippets - first modern newspaper |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DAILY COURANT, THE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 |
Via Snippets - first Eng. Newspaper |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DAIMLER, GOTTLIEB | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | German inventor of automobile | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
D'ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 |
Via Diderot - French mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DALTON, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 | English chemist - atomic theory | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DAMPIER, WILLIAM | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1699 | English explorer - Australia | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DANA JNR, RICHARD HENRY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Melville - Am. writer of the sea |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DANISH EAST INDIA COMPANY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1729 |
Via East India Companies - formed |
History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
DANNOURA, THE SEA BATTLE OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1185 |
Via Japanese Civil War - final battle |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Nietzche- Italian poet and novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DANTE, ALIGHIERI | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1314 |
Italian poet - The Divine Comedy |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DANTON, GEORGES JACQUES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 | Executed - leader in Reign of Terror | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
DANUBYU, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via First Anglo-Burmese War |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
DARBY, ABRAHAM | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 | English ironmaker - use of coke | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
DARBY, ABRAHAM III | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 | English engineer - first iron bridge | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DARBY, JOHN NELSON | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Plymouth Brethren - evangelist |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
DARE, VIRGINIA | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1587 |
Via Lost Colony - first colonist |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
D'ARLANDES, THE MARQUIS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Montgolfier Brothers - first flight |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DARLING, GRACE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Snippets - heroine at sea |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
DARNLEY, LORD | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1565 |
Via Mary Qn of Scots - murdered '67 |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
D'ARREST, HEINRICH LOUIS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Adams- Ger.astronomer- Neptune |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
DARWIN, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
English naturalist - Origin of Species |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DARWIN, ERASMUS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1796 |
Via Wright - English physician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DAS KAPITAL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Marx - work by Marx & Engels |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
DAUBENTON, LOUIS-JEAN-MARIE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1788 |
Via Buffon - French naturalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
D'AUBIGNE, THEODORE-AGRIPPA | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1577 |
Via Fr.Religious Wars - French poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DAUBIGNY, CHARLES FRANCOIS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Barbizon School - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DAUDET, ALPHONSE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via Bizet - Frenchwriter - Mon Moulin |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DAUDET, MADAME ALPHONSE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Daudet - wife of writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DAUMIER, HONORE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Balzac - French caricature artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DAVID AP GRUFFUDD | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1283 |
Via Wales - rebel leader executed |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1784 | French neo-classical painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DAVIS CUP, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Snippets - tennis tournament |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
DAVIS, JEFFERSON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via American Civil War - ldr in south |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
DAVIS, JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1585 |
Via Frobisher - English explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DAVIS, JOHN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via Antarctic - Am. naval captain |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DAVITT, MICHAEL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Phoenix Park Murders - radical |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
DAVY, HUMPHRY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 | English chemist- invents miner's lamp | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DAWES, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 |
Via Paul Revere - ride to Lexington |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
DE CHAUMAREYS, VISCOUNT HUGUES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1816 |
Via Gericault - commander of Medusa |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DE GEYTER, PIERRE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1888 |
Via Internationale - Belgian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DE LA BECHE, HENRY THOMAS | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Snippets - Brit. geological survey |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DE LA WARR, LORD | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1610 |
Via Jamestown - English Colonist |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DE MORGAN, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites - English potter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DE QUINCEY, THOMAS | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 | English essayist - an opium-eater | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DE RIVAZ, FRANCOIS ISAAC | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1807 |
Via Auto Industry -Swiss engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
DE SOTO, HERNANDO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1538 |
Via Pizarro - explores Florida |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DE WET, GENERAL CHRISTIAN RUDOLF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War - Boer ldr. |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
DE WINT, PETER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Varley - English watercolour artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DEAK, FERENC | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Austria-Hungary - statesman |
History (HY) | AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (AHU) | MENU |
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 | Revolutionary French composer | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DECADENT MOVEMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Redon - Modern movement in art |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DECEMBRIST UPRISING, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 | Attempt to overthrow Tsar Nicholas | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
DECIMAL SYSTEM, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1790 |
Via Snippets - adopted by the French |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
DECLARATION OF INDULGENCE, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1672 |
Via Charles II - re. nonconformists |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
DEE, JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1595 |
Via Sidney - Eng.mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DEERE, JOHN | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1837 |
Via Tull - Am.blacksmith - steel plough |
Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1618 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - the cause |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
DEFOE, DANIEL | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1719 |
English writer - Robinson Crusoe |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DEGAS, EDGAR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Manet - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DELACROIX, EUGENE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 | Leading French romantic painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DELAROCHE, PAUL | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1833 |
Via Lady Jane Gray - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DELHI DURBAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Empress of India - proclamation |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
DELIBES, LEO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
French composer - Ballet Coppelia |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DELISLE, GUILLAUME | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1700 | French cartographer - pioneer | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DELIUS, FREDERICK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Elgar - English composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DELONG, GEORGE WASHINGTON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1879 |
Via Arctic - American naval explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DENAIN, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1712 |
Via Prince Eugene - defeated |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
DENHAM, DIXON | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 |
Via Africa- Eng.explorer- Lake Chad |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DENMARK | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 |
Via Union of Kalmar - with Nor.& Sw. |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
DENNIS, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1711 |
Via Pope - English dramatist/critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DESAGA, PETER | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Snippets - re. bunsen burner |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DESAULT, PIERRE-JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1795 |
Via Bichat - French anatomist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
DESCARTES, RENE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1637 | French philosopher/mathematician | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
DESPENSER, HUGH (Father & Son) | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1322 |
Via Edward II - rule of favourites |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DESSALINES, JEAN JACQUES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1804 |
Via Toussaint - Emperor of Haiti |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
DESSAU BRIDGE, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1626 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Catholic victory |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
DETTINGEN, BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1743 | British victory over French | History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
DEVOLUTION, THE WAR OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 |
Via Louis XIV- claims Sp.Netherlands |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
DEWEY, JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1899 |
Via Froebel - American educator |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
DEWEY, MELVIL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Snippets - classification of books |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DEZHNYOV, SEMYEN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1648 |
Via Bering - Russian explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
D'HOLBACH, BARON | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 |
Via Diderot - Fr/German philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
DIAMOND NECKLACE AFFAIR, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1786 |
Via Varennes - Marie Antoinette |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
DIAZ DE LA PENA | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Barbizon School - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DIAZ, BARTOLOMEU | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1488 | Rounds Cape of Good Hope | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1850 | English novelist and social reformer | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DICKSON, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Edison - Scottish engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
DIDEROT, DENIS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 |
French philosophe - Encyclopedie |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
DIE HARDS, THE (BRITISH REGIMENT) | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via Peninsular War-Battle of Albuera |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
DIEMEN, ANTON VAN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1636 |
Via Tasman - governor DEI company |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DIESEL, RUDOLF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1892 |
Via Daimler - German engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
DIPLOMATIC REVOLUTON, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Seven Yrs War-political alignment |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
DIRECTORY, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1795 |
Via Basle Treaties - Fr.government |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
DISRAELI, BENJAMIN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1875 | British Prime Minister - Suez Canal | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
DIXIE, THE TERM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 |
Via the Mason-Dixon Line |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
DIXON, JEREMIAH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 |
Via the Mason-Dixon Line - surveyor |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
DMITRY, DONSKOY | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1380 |
Via Battle of Kulikovo - Russian leader |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
DODGE, MARY ELIZABETH | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Twain-Am.writer-The Silver Blades |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
English author - Alice in Wonderland |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DOGGER BANK, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via Fourth Anglo-Dutch War |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
DOGGETT, THOMAS | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1715 |
Via Snippets - Thames Watermen |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
DOLLAR, THE AMERICAN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Snippets - introduced in USA |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
DOMESDAY BOOK, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1086 | Detailed record of Norman England | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DOMINGO DE GUZMAN, SAINT | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1216 |
Via Albigensian Crusade- Dominicans |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
DOMINICAN ORDER | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1216 |
Via Albigensian Crusade - approved |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
DON CARLOS DE BOURBON | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via First Carlist War - "Charles V" |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
DON CARLOS, DUKE OF MADRID | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Third Carlist War - "Carlos VII" |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1571 |
Via Lepanto - Sp.victorious general |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
DONATELLO | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1435 | Italian sculptor and painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DONGHAK REBELLION, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
DONIZETTI, GAETANO | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 |
Italian opera composer - bel canto |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DONKIN, BRYAN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1804 |
Via Snippets - English engineer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DONNE, JOHN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1633 | English metaphysical poet- love poems | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DOORNKOP, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Jameson Raid - British defeat |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
DOPPLER, CHRISTIAN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Adams - Austrian physicist |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
DORE, GUSTAVE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 |
Via Barnardo - French illustrator |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DORIA, ANDREA | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1526 |
Via Suleyman - Cmdr Habsburg navy |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
DORPFELD, WILHELM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1882 |
Via Schliemann-German archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
DORYLAEUM, THE BATTLE OF | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1147 |
Via Second Crusade - Xn defeat |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
DOS RIOS, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Sp.-Am.War- Spanish victory |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
DOST MUHAMMAD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1837 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Russian novelist - The Idiot |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DOUBLEDAY, ABNER | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1839 |
Via Snippets - American baseball |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
DOUGLAS, LORD ALFRED | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Oscar Wilde - partner |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DOUGLASS, SIR JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1882 |
Via Smeaton - English civil engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
DOVER, THE SECRET TREATY OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1670 |
Via Charles II - with Louis XIV |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DOWLAND, JOHN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1604 |
Via Monteverdi -English lute player |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DOWNING STREET, LONDON | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1660 |
Via Pepys - George Downing |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DRAKE, EDWIN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Snippets - first oil well in USA |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DRAKE, FRANCIS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1580 | English adventurer - round the world | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DRAPER, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Daguerre - American astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
DREBBEL, CORNELIUS VAN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1620 | Dutch Inventor- early submarine | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DRESDEN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Retreat from Moscow - Fr.victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
DRESDEN, THE PEACE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 |
Via Fontenoy - Austria loses Silesia. |
History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
DREYFUS AFFAIR, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 | Social and political crisis in France | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
DREYFUS, ALFRED | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Dreyfus Affair - French officer |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
DROGHEDA, THE SIEGE OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1649 | Cromwell's campaign in Ireland | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
DRYDEN, JOHN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 | English poet and dramatist | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DU BELLAY, JOACHIM | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1549 |
French poet - member of La Pleiade |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DU MAURIER, GEORGES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Kipling - Fr/Eng writer - Trilby |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DUBOIS, EUGENE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1892 | Dutch anatomist - Java man | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
DUCCIO DI BUONINSEGNA | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1311 | It.painter- founder of Sienese School | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DUCOS DU HAURON, LOUIS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Maxwell - Fr.colour photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DUFAY, GUILLAUME | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1454 |
Via Constantinople- French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DUKAS, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Strauss - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DUMAS, ALEXANDRE, FILS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Dumas - French novelist - Camille |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DUMAS, ALEXANDRE, PERE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1844 |
Fr.novelist - The Three Musketeers |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
DUMAS, JEAN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Pasteur - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
DUMONT D'URVILLE, JULES | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Ross - Fr.explorer of Antarctica |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DUNANT, JEAN HENRI | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Battle of Solferino - Red Cross |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
DUNBAR, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1296 |
Via John Balliol - defeated by E1 |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DUNBAR, THE BATTLE OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1650 |
Via Cromwell - Scots defeated |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DUNCAN, ADMIRAL ADAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 |
Via Spithead and Nore Mutinies |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
DUNDEE, VISCOUNT | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 |
Via Killiecrankie-leader of Scot.revolt |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DUNES, THE BATTLE OF THE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1657 |
Via Treaty of Pyrenees - Sp.defeat |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
DUNGENESS, THE BATTLE OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1652 |
Via Anglo-Dutch War - Dutch victory |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
DUNKELD, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 |
Via Killiecrankie - end of Scot.revolt |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
DUNLOP, JOHN BOYD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Auto Industry - Scottish inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DUNMOW FLITCH, THE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1104 |
Via Snippets - English folk custom |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DUNNING, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 |
Via George III - Crown influence |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
DUNTHORNE, JOHN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1790 |
Via Constable - amateur artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DUPLEIX, JOSEPH-FRANCOIS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Anglo-French war, India |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
DUPRE, JULES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Barbizon School - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DUPUY DE LOME, HENRI | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1888 |
Via Fulton - modern submarine |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DURAND, PETER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 |
Via Appert - introduces tinned food |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
DURAND-RUEL, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 |
Via Monet - French art dealer |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DURER, ALBRECHT | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1513 | German painter and graphic artist | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DURHAM REPORT, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Union of Canada Act - reform |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
DURHAM, LORD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Canada Act - Governor general |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
DURRANI, AHMAD SHAH | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1747 | Ruler of Afghanistan - attacks India | History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
D'URVILLE, JULES DUMONT | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Ross - Fr.explorer of Antarctica |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
DURYEA BROTHERS, CHARLES & FRANK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via Auto Industry - Am.engineers |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1602 |
Via East India Companies - formed |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
DVORAK, ANTONIN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Czech composer - Slavonic Dances |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
DYCE, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites - Scottish artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
DYRRHACHIUM, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1081 |
Via Guiscard - defeat of Byz. forces |
History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
E | ||||||
EANES, CAPTAIN GIL | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1434 |
Via Henry Navigator - Port. explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
EARLY GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1220 |
Via Salisbury Cathedral, Wilts, Eng. |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
EARP BROTHERS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1881 |
Via Ned Kelly - American lawmen |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
EAST AFRICAN TRADERS | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1400 |
Via Zimbabwe, Great Empire of |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
EAST INDIA COMPANIES, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1600 | English, Dutch, French & Danish | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
EASTER ISLAND | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1722 |
Via Roggeveen, explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
EASTMAN, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 | American inventor- Kodak camera | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ECKERMANN, JOHANN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Goethe - life-long companion |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ECUADOR, SOUTH AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | ECUADOR (ECU) | MENU |
EDDY, MARY BAKER | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Christian Science - founder |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
EDGEHILL, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1642 |
Via English Civil War - indecisive |
History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
EDGEWORTH, MARIA | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Scott - Irish historical novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
EDISON, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 | American inventor - phonograph | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1272 | To 1307 - Wales and Scotland | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EDWARD II, KING OF ENGLAND | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1307 | To 1327 - Battle of Bannockburn | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EDWARD III, KING OF ENGLAND | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1327 | To 1377- Battles of Crecy and Poitiers | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EDWARD IV, KING OF ENGLAND | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1461 | To 1485 - War of Roses continues | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, KING | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 |
Via William the Conqueror-former king |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EDWARD V, KING OF ENGLAND | EDWARD V (E5) 1483 |
1483 | To 1483 - murdered in Tower | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EDWARD VI, KING OF ENGLAND | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1547 | and IRELAND - to 1553 - boy king | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EDWARDS, JONATHAN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 |
Via Whitefield - American theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
EGMONT, THE COUNT OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1568 |
Via Alva - victim of Council of Blood |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
EHRENBERG, CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 |
Via Sudan - German naturalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
EHRLICH, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Behring - German bacteriologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
EIFFEL TOWER, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 | Monument in Paris - Gustave Eiffel | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
EIFFEL, GUSTAVE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 | French engineer - Eiffel Tower | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
EIGHT-NATION ALLIANCE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Boxer Rebellion - relief force |
History (HY) | BOXER REBELLION (TBR) 1899-1901 |
MENU |
EISTEDDFOD, NATIONAL FESTIVAL | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1176 |
Via Snippets - Welsh cultural festival |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
EL CID | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1094 | Spanish soldier fights the Moors | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
EL GRECO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1586 | Greek painter- worked in Spain | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
EL OBEID, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via First Anglo-Sudan War |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
EL ZANJON, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 |
Via Cuban Revolt - settlement |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
ELBA, THE ISLAND OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 | Place of Napoleon's exile | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
ELCANO, JUAN SEBASTIAN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1522 |
Via Magellan - first to circuit globe |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ELEVEN YEARS' TYRANNY, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1629 | Eng.parliament disbanded to 1640 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ELGAR, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Eng.composer - Enigma Variations |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ELGIN MARBLES, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 | Sculptures from Parthenon in Athens | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
ELGIN, THE EARL OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Elgin Marbles- antiquarian |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
ELIOT, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
English novelist - Mill on the Floss |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ELIOT, JOHN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1631 |
Via Pilgrim Fathers - Eng.missionary |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ELIOTT, GENERAL GEORGE AUGUSTUS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 |
Via Great Siege of Gibraltar - Cmdr. |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
ELIZABETH I, QN OF ENGLAND | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1558 | and IRELAND - to 1603 - Armada | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ELLIS, WILLIAM WEBB | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1823 |
Via Arnold - re. the game of rugby |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
EMANCIPATION OF SERFS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 | By Russian Tsar Alexander II | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Hawthorne - Transcendentalism |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
EMIN PASHA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1888 |
Via Stanley - German explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
EMMET, ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1803 |
Via Act of Union- leader of Irish revolt |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
EMMETT, DANIEL DECATUR | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1859 |
Via the Mason-Dixon Line- composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
EMPRESS OF INDIA, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 | Conferred upon Queen Victoria | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT, THE | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1549 |
Via Kett Rebellion - re. common land |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ENCYCLOPEDIE, THE FRENCH | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 | A vast work of reference - Diderot | Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
ENGELS, FRIEDRICH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | German philosopher - communism | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
ENGLAND'S ROYAL COAT OF ARMS | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1189 |
Via Richard I - the three lions |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1642 | To 1651 - The major causes | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, THE END | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1651 |
Via Worcester - reasons for outcome |
History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1600 | Formed - important role in India | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ENGLISH PORCELAIN INDUSTRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1750 |
Via Wedgwood - major factories |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ENGLISH REFORMATION, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 | Henry VIII head of English Church | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ENLIGHTENMENT, THE AGE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 |
Via Denis Diderot - Encyclopedie |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
ENSOR, JAMES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Munch - Belgian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ENTENTE CORDIALE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1904 |
Via Franco-Russian Alliance |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
ENTRECASTEAUX, BRUNI D' | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Botany Bay - French navigator |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
EQUIANO, OLAUDAH | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1789 |
Via Asiento- autobiography of a slave |
History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
ERARD, SEBASTIEN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1810 |
Via Cristofori -French piano maker |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1509 |
Dutch Humanist - In Praise of Folly |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ERIC OF POMERANIA | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 |
Via Kalmar - King Den,Nor,Sweden |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
ERICSSON, JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Babbage - American Engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
ERIE CANAL, UNITED STATES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Snippets - open to traffic |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
ESCORIAL PALACE, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1563 | And monastery near Madrid | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ESCORIAL, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1733 |
Via Polish Succession - anti-British |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
ESPARTERO, BALDOMERO | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via First Carlist War - royal general |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
ESSEX, THE EARL OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 |
Via Hugh O'Neil - failure in Ireland |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ESTATES GENERAL,THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1614 |
Via Louis XIII - Fr.parliament meets |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
ETAPLES, THE PEACE OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1492 |
Via Warbeck - end to French support |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ETON COLLEGE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1440 |
Via Henry VI - founded this year |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
EUGENE, PRINCE OF SAVOY | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 |
Via Battle of Ramillies - Aust.General |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
EULER, LEONHARD | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1748 |
Via Bernoulli - Swiss mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
EUREKA STOCKADE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Chartism - Australian protest |
History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
EVANS, ABEL | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1726 |
Via Vanbrugh - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
EVANS, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Evans - English archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
EVANS, OLIVER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Trevithick - American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
EVANS, SIR ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 | Eng.archaeologist - Knossos, Crete | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
EVELYN, JOHN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1641 |
Via Pepys- English diarist 1641-1706 |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
EVENING POST, THE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 |
Via Snippets - first evening newspaper |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
EVEREST, SIR GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Snippets - mountain named after |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
EVERETT, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Gettysburg - American politician |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
EVERLASTING LEAGUE, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1291 | Beginning of Swiss Federation | History (HY) | SWITZERLAND (SWI) | MENU |
EVESHAM, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1265 | Montfort is defeated and killed | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EWUARE, OBA | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1440 | Becomes ruler of the Benin Kingdom | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
EXCLUSION BILL, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1679 |
Via Popish Plot - re. succession |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
EXPRESSIONISM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1901 |
Via Van Gogh - German art movement |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
EYCK, JAN VAN | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1432 | Noted Flemish painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
EYLAU, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 | Napoleon defeats Russians | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
EYRE, EDWARD JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Sturt - Eng.explorer in Australia |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
F | ||||||
FABIAN SOCIETY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Shaw - doctrine of socialism |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
FABRE, HENRI | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Mendel - French entomologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FABRICIUS, HIERONYMUS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1600 |
Via Cesalpino - Italian anatomist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
FABRITIUS, CAREL | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1654 |
Via Vermeer - Dutch painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FACTORY ACT 1833, THE BRITISH | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Reform Bill - re. child labour |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
FAHRENHEIT, GABRIEL DANIEL | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1714 | German scientist - thermometer | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FAIR OAKS, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Am.Civil War - Union victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
FALCONET, ETIENNE MAURICE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1782 |
Via Catherine II - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FALKIRK, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1298 | Edward defeats Wallace in Scotland | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
FALKIRK, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1746 |
Via '45 Rebellion - Jacobite victory |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
FALKLAND ISLANDS, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Ross - taken by British |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
FALLOPIUS, GABRIEL | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1548 | Italian anatomist - reproductive organs | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
FALSE DMITRY, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1603 |
Via Godunov - Tsar 1605-1606 |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
FANTIN-LATOUR, HENRI | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Whistler - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FARADAY, MICHAEL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 | English scientist - electric dynamo | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FARIA E SOUSA, MANUEL DE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1639 |
Via Camoens - Portuguese poet/critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FARINA, JOHANN MARIA | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 |
Via Snippets - makes eau de cologne |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
FARQUHAR, GEORGE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 |
Via Vanbrugh - Irish dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FASHODA INCIDENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 | A serious Anglo-French dispute | History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
FAUCHARD, PIERRE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 |
Via Cheselden - French dentist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
FAURE, GABRIEL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1888 |
Via Saint-Saëns - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
FAUVISM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1905 |
Via Van Gogh - French art movement |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FAWCETT, MILLICENT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1901 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War- commission |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
FAWKES, THE REVEREND FRANCIS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1761 |
Via Snippets - author The Brown Jug |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FEBRONIUS, JUSTINUS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1763 |
Via Pope Pius VI - Febronianism |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FENBY, ERIC | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1928 |
Via Delius - English amanuensis |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
FENELON, FRANCOIS DE | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1699 |
Via Revocation of Edict of Nantes |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FENEON, FELIX | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Seurat - French art critic |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FENIAN MOVEMENT/UPRISING | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 | Movement for Irish independence | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
FENTON, ROGER | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Crimean War - photographer |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FERDINAND I, EMPEROR | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1556 | Division of Holy Roman Empire | History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
FERDINAND III OF CASTILE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1236 | Captures Cordoba from the Moors | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
FERDINAND OF ARAGON | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1469 | Marriage to Isabella of Castile | History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
FERDINAND VII, KING OF SPAIN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via First Carlist War - 1814-1833 |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
FERKEH, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Second Anglo-Sudan War |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
FERMAT, PIERRE DE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1654 |
Via Pascal - French mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FERRABEE, JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Snippets- Eng.inventor of mower |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
FERRARI, LODOVICO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1548 |
Via Cardano - Italian mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FESSENDEN, REGINALD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Marconi - Canadian physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FEUDAL SYSTEM, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 | Norman feudal system - British Isles | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
FEUERBACH, LUDWIG | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Marx - German atheist |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FICHTE, JOHANN GOTTLIEB | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Kant - German philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1520 |
Via Henry VIII - meets Francis I |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
FIELD, CYRUS W. | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 | Am. Financier - transatlantic cable | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
FIELD, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1814 |
Via Chopin-Irish composer-Nocturne |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
FIELDING, HENRY | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1749 |
English novelist - Tom Jones |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FIFTEEN REBELLION, THE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1715 | Jacobite rising in Scotland & England | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
FIGG, JAMES | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1719 |
Via Snippets - Eng.boxing champion |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
FINLAND | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Kiel - Finland ceded to Russia |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
FINLAY, CARLOS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Panama Canal - Cuban physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
FINLEY, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1796 |
Via Telford - American bridge builder |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
FIORELLI, GIUSEPPE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1860 |
Via Pompeii - Italian archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
FIRESTONE, HARVEY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Auto Industry- American inventor |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
FISHER, JOHN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1535 |
Via More - Catholic bishop - executed |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FITCH, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1786 |
Via Fulton, American boat builder |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
FITZGERALD, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Tennyson - poet - Omar Kayyam |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FITZGERALD, GEORGE FRANCIS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Hertz - Irish physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FITZGERALD, GERALD | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1579 |
Via Ireland - leads 2nd Catholic revolt |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
FITZGERALD, GERALD, OF KILDARE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1485 |
Via Poynings' Law - control of Ireland |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
FITZGERALD, JAMES | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1568 |
Via Ireland - leads 2nd Catholic revolt |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
FIZEAU, ARMAND | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Daguerre - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FLAMSTEED, JOHN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1705 |
Via Halley - English astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Poe- Fr.novelist- Madame Bovary |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FLAXMAN, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Trafalgar - Eng.sculptor/designer |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FLETCHER, JOHN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1611 | Eng.playwright-worked with Beaumont | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FLETCHER, RICHARD | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1586 |
Via John Fletcher - royal chaplain |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FLEURUS, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Basle Treaties - French victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
FLIGHT OF THE EARLS, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1607 |
Via Ireland - Settlement in Rome |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
FLIGHT TO VARENNES, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 | Louis XVI attempts to escape | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
FLINDERS, MATTHEW | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Lewis & Clark - circuits Australia |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
FLODDEN FIELD, BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1513 | English defeat the Scots | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
FLORENCE, THE CITY OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1436 | Birth place of Italian renaissance | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FLOYER, SIR JOHN | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 |
Via Snippets - Eng.physician - pulse |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
FOLGER, TIMOTHY | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1770 |
Via Franklin- Am.whaler- Gulf Stream |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
FOMENA, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 |
Via Third Anglo-Ashanti War |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
FONTAINEBLEAU, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 | Secret treaty between France & Spain | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
FONTAINEBLEAU, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Elba - Napoleon abdicates |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
FONTANA, DOMENICO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1592 |
Via Pompeii - Italian architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
FONTENOY, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 | French victory in Austrian Succession | History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE ENGLISH | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Snippets - the first of its kind |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
FORBIDDEN CITY, THE | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1421 | Built in Peking by Emperor Yung-Lo | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
FORD, HENRY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Auto Industry- American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
FORD, JOHN | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1634 |
Via Warbeck - English dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FORSTER, JOHANN & GEORG | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 |
Via Banks - German botanists |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FORT LARAMIE, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Little Bighorn- treaty with Indians |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
FORTH RAILWAY BRIDGE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Snippets - opens in Scotland |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
FORTY-FIVE REBELLION, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 | A Jacobite invasion of Scotland | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
FORTY-NINTH PARALLEL, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Lewis/Clark - the Am/Can border |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
FOSTER, STEPHEN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via American Civil War - songs |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
FOTHERGILL, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1748 |
Via Cheselden - Eng.doctor- diptheria |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
FOUCAULT, LEON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Daguerre - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FOUQUET, JEAN | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1450 |
Via Joan of Arc - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FOUQUET, NICOLAS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 |
Via Versailles - finance minister |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FOURIER, CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Owen - French social reformer |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
FOURIER, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Pyramids - French mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FOURNIER, LOUIS EDOUARD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1889 |
Via Shelley - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FOX, CHARLES JAMES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1783 |
Via Pitt the Younger - Whig politician |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
FOX, GEORGE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1650 |
Via Quakers - English preacher |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FOXE, JOHN | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1563 |
Via Ridley/Latimer- Book of Martyrs |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FRA ANGELICO | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1450 |
Via Florence - Italian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FRA BARTOLOMMEO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1500 |
Via Savonarola - Florentine artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FRACASTORO, GEROLAMO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1546 |
Via Vesalius - Italian - On Contagion |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
FRAGA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1134 |
Via Alfonso I - victory for the Moors |
History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
FRAGONARD, JEAN HONORE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
French rococo painter - The Swing |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FRANCE, ANATOLE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Dreyfus Affair - French novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
FRANCIA, JOSE GASPAR RODRIGUEZ DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Paraguay - rebel leader |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
FRANCIS DE SALES | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1610 | French bishop and theologian | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FRANCIS I, OF FRANCE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1525 |
Via Battle of Pavia - 1515 to 1547 |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FRANCIS OF ASSISI, SAINT | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1210 | Founds the Franciscan Order | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FRANCISCAN ORDER, THE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1210 |
Via Francis of Assisi - Order founded |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
FRANCK, CESAR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Rimsky-Korsakov - Fr.composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
FRANCO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 | American Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
FRANCO-DUTCH WAR | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1672 |
Via Third Anglo-Dutch War - to 1679 |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 | Germany defeats France by 1871 | History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 | Formed against Triple Alliance | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FRANKFURT PARLIAMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via 1848 - attempt at Ger.unification |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
FRANKFURT, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Siege of Paris - ends F-P War |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1752 | American politician & scientist | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FRANKLIN, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 | English explorer lost in the Arctic | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
FRANZ-JOSEPH, EMPEROR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 | Austria-Hungary - Dual Monarchy | History (HY) | AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (AHU) | MENU |
FRASER, SIMON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Lewis & Clerk - Canadian explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
FRAUNHOFER, JOSEPH VON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Gauss - lines in sun's spectrum |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
FREDERICK BARBAROSSA | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1177 | Emperor in dispute with Pope | History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
FREDERICK II OF GERMANY | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1228 |
Via Sixth Crusade-regains Jerusalem |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
FREDERICK II, THE GREAT | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 | Enlightened ruler of Prussia 1740-86 | History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
FREDERICKSBURG, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Am.Civil War - Confed victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
FREMANTLE, CAPTAIN CHARLES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1829 | British naval officer-Western Australia | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
FRENCH EAST INDIA CO. | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1664 |
Via East India Companies - formed |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Algeria - international army |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FRENCH INDOCHINA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 | Territories of Vietnam & Cambodia | History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
FRENCH MILITARY ACADEMY, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1802 |
Via Snippets - founded by Napoleon |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
FRENCH REVOLUTION, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 | To rise of Napoleon 1799 | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
FRENCH WARS OF RELIGION | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1562 | To 1598 - ends by Edict of Nantes | History (HY) | FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR) 1562-1598 |
MENU |
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1874 |
Via Battle of Concord - Am.sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FRERE, SIR HENRY BARTLE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Anglo-Zulu War - Commissioner |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
FRESNEL, AUGUSTIN-JEAN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 | French physicist - improved lens | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FRIEDLAND, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 | Napoleon defeats Russians | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
FRIEDLINGEN, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 |
Via Spanish Succession - Fr. victory |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
FRIEDRICH, CASPAR DAVID | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Romanticism - German painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FRIESE-GREENE, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Motion Pictures-Eng.photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
FRISIUS, GEMMA | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1535 |
Via Mercator - Dutch mapmaker |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
FROBISHER, MARTIN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1576 | English explorer - NW passage | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
FROEBEL, FRIEDRICH WILHELM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 | German educator - kindergarten | Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
FROISSART, JEAN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1339 |
Via Hundred Years War - chronicler |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
FRONDE, THE PARLEMENTARY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 | French social rebellion in Paris | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FRONDE, THE PRINCELY | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1653 | French social rebellion led by Conde | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
FROUDE, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Brunel - English engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
FRY, ELIZABETH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | English prison reformer | Law (LW) | XNA | MENU |
FUCHS, LEONHARD | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1542 |
Via Agricola - German botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
FULTON, ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 | American engineer- paddle steamboat | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
FURNEAUX, TOBIAS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 |
Via Cook - captain of The Adventure |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
FURNISS, HARRY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Gladstone - Irish cartoonist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FUSELI, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via Reynolds- Swiss artist- Nightmare |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
FUST, JOHANN | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1448 |
Via Gutenberg - printing partner |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
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GABELSBERGER, FRANZ XAVER | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 |
Via Snippets - German shorthand |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GABRIEL, JAQUES- ANGE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1764 |
Via Snippets - Fr.architect -Trianon |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
GADDI, TADDEO | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1334 |
Via Giotto's Tower- Florentine artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GADSDEN PURCHASE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 |
Via Mexican War - U.S. victory |
History (HY) | MEXICO (MEX) | MENU |
GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 | English portrait artist - high society | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GALILEO, GALILEI | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1610 | Italian astronomer - the solar system | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
GALL, FRANZ JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1802 |
Via Hahnemann - phrenology |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
GALLE, JOHANN GOTTFRIED | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Adams- Ger.astronomer- Neptune |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
GALSWORTHY, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Wells - Eng novelist/playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GALTON, FRANCIS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Darwin - re. survival of fittest |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GALVANI, LUIGI | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Volta - Italian physiologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
GAMBETTA, LEON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Siege of Paris - war minister |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
GANCIA REVOLT, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Italian Independence - Palermo |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
GANDAMAK, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Second Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
GANDON, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1769 |
Via Adam - Eng. architect in Ireland |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
GANGHWA, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1876 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
GARDNER, ERNEST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Petrie - English archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
GARDNER, PERCY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Petrie - English archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
GARFIELD, PRESIDENT JAMES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1881 |
Via Bell - President assassinated |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 | Fighter for Italian unification | History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
GARNERIN, ANDRE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 |
Via Blanchard - French parachutist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GARRETT, ALMEIDA | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1825 |
Via Camoens - Portuguese poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GARRICK, DAVID | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Adam - English actor/playwright |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GASCONY, THE DUCHY OF | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1294 | Cause of war - France v England | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GASKELL, ELIZABETH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 |
Via Bronte Sisters - English novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GASPAR A MYRICA | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1535 |
Via Mercator - Dutch engraver |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GASTEIN CONVENTION, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Second Schleswig War |
History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
GATES, GENERAL HORATIO | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 |
Via Battles of Saratoga -Am.leader |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
GAUGUIN, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 | French post-impressionist painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GAUSS, CARL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 | German mathematician | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GAUTIER, THEOPHILE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Hugo - French poet and critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GAVESTON, PIERS | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1307 |
Via Edward II - a favourite of the king |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GAY, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 |
English dramatist - Beggar's Opera |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GAY-LUSSAC, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Humboldt - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GENEVA BIBLE, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1557 |
Via Tyndale - or the "Breeches Bible" |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GENGHIS KHAN | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1206 | Founder of the Mongol Empire | History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1139 | Welsh chronicler- King Arthur legends | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GEOFFRIN, MARIE THERESE RODET | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 |
Via Diderot - eminent Parisian salon |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
GEOFFROI DE VILLEHARDOUIN | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1202 |
Via Fourth Crusade - detailed account |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
GEORGE CROSS, THE | GEORGE VI 1936-1952 (G6) | 1940 |
Via Sevastopol - civilian gallantry |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
GEORGE I, KING OF GRT.BRITAIN | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1714 | and IRELAND - to 1727 - German | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
GEORGE II, KING GRT.BRITAIN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1727 | and IRELAND - to 1760 - Walpole | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
GEORGE III OF GREAT BRITAIN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 | To 1820 - Loss of American colonies | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
GEORGE IV OF UNITED KINGDOM | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | To 1830 - The Regency period | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
GEORGIA, COLONY FOUNDED | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1733 | Last of 13 Colonies in N.America | History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
GEORGIE PORGIE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via Prince Regent - nursery rhyme |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
GERARD, FRANCOIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Austerlitz - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GERICAULT, THEODORE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 | French artist -The Raft of the Medusa | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GERMAN CONFEDERATION, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Vienna Congress - Germany |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
GERMAN UNIFICATION | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 | Establishment of the German Empire | History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
GERMANY, THE STATES OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Uprisings in Europe - put down |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
GERRIT DE VEER | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1598 |
Via Barents - Dutch sailor/writer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
GESNER, KONRAD VON | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1551 | Swiss Naturalist - founder of Zoology | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Gettysburg - by President Lincoln |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
GETTYSBURG, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 | Major battle in American Civil War | History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
GHANA, FALL OF KINGDOM | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1203 | Taken over by neighbouring Susu tribe | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
GHANA, THE KINGDOM OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1076 | Attacked by Almoravids | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
GHENT, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via War of 1812 - peace settlement |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
GHIBERTI, LORENZO | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1423 | Florence goldsmith - Paradise Gates | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GHIRLANDAIO, DOMENICO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1481 |
Via Sistine Chapel - Florentine artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GIBBON, EDWARD | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
Eng.historian - Rise and Fall of Rome |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GIBBONS, GRINLING | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 | English woodcarver - St. Paul's | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GIBBONS, ORLANDO | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1619 |
Via Monteverdi - English composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GIBBS, JAMES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 | Scottish architect - St. Martin's | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
GIBRALTAR, GREAT SIEGE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 | Franco-Spanish attack - 1779-1783 | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
GIBRALTAR, THE ROCK OF | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1462 | Rock fortress taken by Castile | History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
GIDE, ANDRE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Oscar Wilde- Fr.writer and critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GIFFARD, HENRI | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1852 |
Via Blanchard - French balloonist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | Producers of light comic operas | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1583 |
Via Cabot - English adventurer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
GILBERT, WILLIAM | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1600 | English scientist - magnetism | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GILBERT, WILLIAM SCHWENCK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | Eng. librettist/poet - Savoy operas | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GILCHRIST, PERCY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1875 |
Via Bessemer - English metallurgist |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
GILES OF ROME | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1302 |
Via Boniface VIII - Italian philosopher |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GILLRAY, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1802 |
Via Edward Jenner - cartoonist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GILPIN, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1768 |
Via Repton - English writer & artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GIORGIONE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1497 |
Via Leonardo da Vinci - Italian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GIOTTO DI BONDONE | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1307 | Italian painter and architect | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GIOTTO'S TOWER | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1334 | Begun by Giotto di Bondone | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
GIOVANNI DEI DOLCI | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1473 |
Via Sistine Chapel - Italian architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
GIRARDON, FRANCOIS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 |
Via Le Brun - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GIRODET-TRIOSON, ANNE-LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Chateaubriand - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GIRTIN, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1794 |
Via Turner - Eng.watercolour artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GISLEBERTUS | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1135 | French Romanesque sculptor | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 | Prominent British liberal politician | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
GLAZUNOV, ALEXANDER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Borodin - Russian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GLENCOE MASSACRE, THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1692 | Campbells attack Macdonalds | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GLENDOWER, OWEN | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1400 | Leads Welsh rebellion against England | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GLINKA, MIKHAIL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Verdi - Russian opera composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GLOBE THEATRE, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 | Founded in London by Burbage bros. | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE, BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Robespierre - Brit.naval victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION, THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1688 |
Via William III- overthrow of James 2 |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 | German operatic composer | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GOBELIN FAMILY AND FACTORY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1601 |
Via Snippets - Gobelin tapestries |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GO-DAIGO, EMPEROR | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1333 |
Via War of the Courts - Southern |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
GODFREY DE BOUILLON | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1099 |
Via Jerusalem - ruler of kingdom |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
GODUNOV, TSAR BORIS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1565 |
Via Ivan the Terrible - 1598 to 1605 |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
GODWIN, FRANCIS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1638 |
Via Wilkins - The Man in the Moone |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Shelley - later Mary Shelley |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GODWIN, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Wollstonecraft- philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1774 | Founder of modern German literature | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GOGOL, NIKOLAI | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 |
Via Pushkin - Russian novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GOGRA RIVER, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1529 |
Via Babur - subdues northern India |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
GOLD RUSHES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | Australia, South Africa, Canada, NZ | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
GOLDEN PAVILION, THE | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1398 |
Via Japan - palace at Kyoto |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
GOLDEN SPURS, THE BATTLE OF THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1302 | French army defeated in Flanders | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Anglo-Irish writer - Vicar of Wakefield |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (Canadian) | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1825 |
Via Goldsmith - Canadian relative |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GOLIAD, THE SURRENDER AT | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
GOMEZ, MAXIMO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Sp.-American War - Cuban rebel |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
GONCOURT ACADEMY, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1903 |
Via Goncourt Brothers - established |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GONCOURT BROTHERS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Hugo - French novelists |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GOODWIN, HANNIBAL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Motion Pictures-American inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GOODYEAR, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1839 |
Via Auto Industry- American inventor |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
GORDON RIOTS, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 | Uprising against Roman Catholics | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
GORDON, GENERAL CHARLES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | Brit.commander at Siege of Khartoum | History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
GORDON, LORD GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 |
Via Gordon Riots - the leader |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
GORE, LIEUTENANT GRAHAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Franklin - diary of expedition |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
GOTA CANAL, SWEDEN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Kiel Treaty - completed in 1832 |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1163 |
Via Notre Dame de Paris |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
GOTTHARD RAILWAY TUNNEL, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Snippets - work begins |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
GOULD, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1837 |
Via Lear, English ornithologist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GOUNOD, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
French opera composer - Faust |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GOWER, JOHN | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1390 |
Via Chaucer - English court poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GOYA, FRANCISCO DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Spanish artist - 3rd May 1808 |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GOZZI, CARLO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1762 |
Via Puccini - Italian playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GRACE, W.G. | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Snippets - famous Eng.cricketer |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
GRAHAM, GEORGE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1704 |
Via Tompion, English clockmaker |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GRAHAM, THOMAS | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Faraday - Scottish chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GRANADA, THE FALL OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1492 | Fall of the last Muslim territory in Spain | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
GRAND ALLIANCE, THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 | Formed to oppose Louis XIV | History (HY) | GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA) 1688-1697 |
MENU |
GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Snippets - first, held at Aintree |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
GRAND PRIX DE PARIS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Snippets - first run at Longchamp |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
GRAND TOUR, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1738 |
Via Antonio Canaletto - of Europe |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
GRANDPRE, MONSIEUR DE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1808 |
Via Blanchard - duel by balloon |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GRANT, GENERAL ULYSSES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Second Battle of Bull Run |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
GRANT, GEORGE BARNARD | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1876 |
Via Babbage - American engineer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Speke - Scottish explorer - Nile |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
GRATIAN | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1143 | Italian monk - Father of Canon Law | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GRATTAN, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 | Leader for Irish independence | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
GRAU, ADMIRAL MIGUEL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via War of Pacific - Peruvian navy |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
GRAVELOT, HUBERT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1740 |
Via Gainsborough - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GRAVES, ROBERT JAMES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via 1840s - Irish physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
GRAY, ASA | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Darwin - American botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GRAY, ELISHA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 |
Via Bell - Am.inventor of telephone |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GRAY, ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Vancouver - American explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
GRAY, THOMAS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1750 |
English poet - Country Churchyard |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GREAT EXHIBITION, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 | International display of industry | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1666 | Over four days - much destruction | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GREAT MUGHAL DIAMOND, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 |
Via Nadir Shah of Iran |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GREAT NORTHERN WAR, THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1700 | Sweden (Charles XII) v neighbours | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 | At its height - some 70,000 die | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GREAT POTATO FAMINE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 | Ireland - close on a million die | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
GREAT SCHISM, THE | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1378 | Two and three Popes until 1417 | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GREAT TREK, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 | Boers trek to Natal & high veld | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
GREAT WALL OF CHINA | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1449 |
Via Cheng-t'ung - Ming Emperor |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
GREAT ZIMBABWE EMPIRE | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1400 | Reaches height of its power | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
GRECO-TURKISH WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 | Following rebellion on Crete | History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
GREECE - INDEPENDENCE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 | The War of Greek Independence | History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
GREEK REVIVAL, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Robert Adam - designer |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
GREEN, CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1836 |
Via Blanchard-record balloon journey |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GREENE, GENERAL NATHANAEL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via Yorktown - American commander |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
GREENE, MAURICE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1727 |
Via Handel - English composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GREGORIAN CALENDAR IN GB | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1752 | "Give us back our 11 days!" | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
GREGORIAN CALENDAR, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1582 | RC countries "lose" ten days | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GREGORY IX, POPE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1231 |
Via Inquisition - instigator |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GREGORY VII, POPE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1075 | Henry IV re. Investiture Controversy | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GREGORY XI, POPE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1377 |
Via Babylonian Captivity-back to Rome |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GREGORY XIII, POPE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1582 |
Via Gregorian Calendar - decree |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GRENVILLE, SIR RICHARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1591 |
Via Tennyson - English sea captain |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GREUZE, JEAN BAPTISTE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Fragonard - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GREW, NEHEMIAH | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1682 |
English botanist - Anatomy of Plants |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GRIEG, EDVARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 | Norwegian composer - Peer Gynt | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GRIMM, JACOB and WILHELM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 | German writers - famous fairy tales | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GRIMMELSHAUSEN, JACOB CHRISTOPH | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1669 |
Via Westphalia - German writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GROOTE, GERHARD | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1371 |
Via Thoma à Kempis - Dutch priest |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GROS, ANTOINE JEAN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 |
Via Campo Formio - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GROSHOLTZ, MARIE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Reign of Terror - Madame Tussaud |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GROSSMITH, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Gilbert and Sullivan - writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GROTEFEND, GEORG FRIEDRICH | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1802 |
Via Champollion - cuneiform script |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GROTIUS, HUGO | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1609 | Dutch jurist/theologian-international law | Law (LW) | XNA | MENU |
GROUCHY, EMMANUEL DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Waterloo - French marshal |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
GRUB STREET | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Smollett - regarding hack writers |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GRUBER, FRANZ XAVER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Rossini-Aust.organist- Silent Night |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GRUNEWALD, MATTHIAS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1520 |
Via Durer - German painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GRUNWALD, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1410 | Defeat of German Teutonic Knights | History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
GUADALOUPE HIDALGO, TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Mexican War - settlement |
History (HY) | MEXICO (MEX) | MENU |
GUARDI, FRANCESCO | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1750 |
Via Canaletto - Venetian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
GUARNERI, GIUSEPPE ANTONIO | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1710 |
Via Stradivarius - violin maker |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GUERICKE, OTTO VON | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1654 | German physicist -pump/air pressure | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GUETTARD, JEAN-ETIENNE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 |
Via Lavoisier - French geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
GUILLAUME DE LORRIS | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1225 |
French Poet - Romance of the Rose |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GUILLLAUME DE MACHAUT | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1340 |
Via Chaucer - French poet/musician |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GUILLOTIN, JOSEPH IGNACE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Execution of Louis XVI |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
GUILLOTINE, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Execution of Louis XVI |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
GUIRAUD, ERNEST | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1881 |
Via Offenbach - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
GUISCARD, ROBERT | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1072 | Norman adventurer- Kingdom of Sicily | History (HY) | SICILY (SIC) | MENU |
GUJIN TUSHU JICHENG | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1726 |
Via Snippets - Chinese encylopedia |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
GUJRAT, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 |
Via Second Sikh War - Brit.victory |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
GULISTAN, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | Russian gains in the Caucasus | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1881 |
Via Am Wild West - famous shootout |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
GUNPOWDER PLOT, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1605 | Catholic attack on parliament is foiled | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GURKHAS OF NEPAL, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via 2nd/3rd Anglo-Maratha Wars |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
GURNEY, GOLDSWORTHY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1829 |
Via Trevithick - Cornish inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GUSTAV VASA I | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1524 | Swedish King - gains independence | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1630 | Swedish King - Thirty Years War | History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
GUTENBERG BIBLE, THE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1448 |
Via Gutenberg - and printing partner |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
GUTENBERG, JOHANNES | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1448 | German printer - The Gutenberg Bible | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
GUY FAWKES | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1605 |
Via Gunpowder Plot - RC conspirator |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
GUYS, CONSTANTIN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Crimean War - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
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HABSBURGS, THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1477 | Habsburgs take over the Netherlands | History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
HADLEY, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1730 |
Via Harrison - English inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HAECKEL, ERNST | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Darwin - German zoologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HAFIR, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Second Anglo-Sudan War |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
HAGGARD, RIDER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Stevenson - English novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HAHNEMANN, SAMUEL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 | German physician- homoeopathy | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
HAKATA BAY, THE BATTLES OF | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1274 | Kublai Khan invades Japan - and 1281 | History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
HAKLUYT, RICHARD | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1589 |
Via Raleigh - English geographer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
HAKODATE, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via Boshin War- final imperial victory |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
HALE, SIR MATTHEW | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1713 |
Via Blackstone - English jurist |
Law (LW) | XNA | MENU |
HALE, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1844 |
Via Congreve Rockets - Eng.engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
HALES, STEPHEN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1727 |
Via Linnaeus - Eng.biologist/chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HALICARNASSUS, THE CITY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Charles Newton - Persian city |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
HALIDON HILL, BATTLE OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1333 | English victory in Scotland | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HALL, CHARLES MARTIN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Marconi - American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
HALL, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1790 |
Via Hutton - Scottish geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HALLAM, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1830 |
Via Tennyson - close friend |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HALLER, ALBRECHT VON | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1747 | Swiss physician- founder of neurology | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
HALLEY, EDMUND | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1705 | English astronmer - study of comets | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
HALS, DIRCK | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1623 |
Via Monteverdi - Dutch artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HALS, FRANS | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1624 |
Dutch painter - The Laughing Cavalier |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HAMBLEDON CRICKET CLUB, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1750 |
Via Snippets - home of cricket |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
HAMIDIAN MASSACRES, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 | Carried out by Turks and Kurds | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Washington - Federalist |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
HAMILTON, LADY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Nile Battle - Nelson's mistress |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1784 |
Via Lady Hamilton - lover and husband |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
HAMILTON, WILLIAM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 |
Via Snippets - longest maiden speech |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
HAMPTON COURT PALACE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1515 |
Via Wolsey - built by him near London |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
HANCOCK, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 |
Via Declaration of Independence |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1742 |
German composer - The Messiah |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
HANOVARIANS, THE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1714 | To Queen Victoria 1901 | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
HANSARD, THOMAS CURSON | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1810 |
Via Cobbett - parliamentary reports |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HANSEATIC LEAGUE, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1368 | Confederation of trading states (Baltic) | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
HANSEN, ARMAUER | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 |
Via Lister - Norwegian physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
HANSOM, JOSEPH | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 |
Via Snippets - makes the hansom cab |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HARDIE, KEIR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via Snippets - Labour movement |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
HARDOUIN-MANSART, JULES | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
Via Versailles - French architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
HARDRADA, HARALD | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 |
Via Hastings - Norwegian king |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HARDY, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 | English/Dorset novelist and poet | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HARGREAVES, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1764 | English inventor - spinning jenny | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HARINGTON, SIR JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1596 |
Via Snippets - first water closet |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HAROLD II, KING OF ENGLAND | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 | Defeated by William the Conqueror | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HARRIOT, THOMAS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1631 |
Via Snippets - mathematical symbols |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Twain - Am. writer - Uncle Remus |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HARRISON, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Witwatersrand - gold prospector |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
HARRISON, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 | English clockmaker - chronometer | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HARROWING OF THE NORTH | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1069 | Norman attack on Northumbria | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HARTLEY, DAVID | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1749 |
Via Locke - English psychologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HARTOG, DIRK | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1616 |
Via Torres - lands in Australia |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
HARVARD, JOHN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1639 |
Via Harvard - English benefactor |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
HARVARD, UNIVERSITY OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1636 | From college to university - USA | Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
HARVEY, WILLIAM | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1628 | English physician - blood circulation. | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
HASTINGS, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 | Overthrow of Harold II of England | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HASTINGS, WARREN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 | East India Company and government | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
HATTIN, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1187 |
Via Saladin - defeats Christian army |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
HAUSSMANN, GEORGES-EUGENE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 |
Via Snippets - reconstruction of Paris |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
HAWKE, ADMIRAL EDWARD | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Quiberon Bay |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
HAWKINS, JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1562 | English adventurer- slave trade | History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
HAWKINS, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1776 |
Via Burney - History of Music |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
HAWKINS, RICHARD | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1585 |
Via Hawkins - son, served with Drake |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
HAWKSMOOR, NICHOLAS | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1711 |
Via Vanbrugh - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1850 |
American novelist - The Scarlet Letter |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 | Austrian composer - symphonies | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
HAZLITT, WILLIAM | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Lamb - English essayist/critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HEAVISIDE, OLIVER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Marconi - English engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
HEBERT, JACQUES-RENE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Robespierre - leading radical |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
HEDLEY, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Trevithick - English mine engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
HEGEL, GEORG | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 | German philosopher - world spirit | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
HEINE, HEINRICH | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1826 |
Via Schubert - German poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HELIGOLAND, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Second Schleswig War - at sea |
History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
HELMHOLTZ, HERMANN VON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via 1850s - Ger. physician/physicist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
HELMONT, JAN BAPTISTA VAN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 |
Via Torricelli- Belgian scientist- gases |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HEMANS, FELICIA | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1826 |
Via Battle of Nile - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HENLEIN, PETER | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1500 |
Via Snippets - German timepieces |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HENLEY, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1875 |
Via Stevenson- English poet - Invictus |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HENRY I OF ENGLAND | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1100 | To 1135 - no male heir | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HENRY II OF ENGLAND | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1154 | To 1189 - killing of Thomas Becket | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HENRY III OF ENGLAND | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1216 | To 1272 - period of civil war | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HENRY IV OF ENGLAND | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1399 | To 1413 - Civil war led by Percys | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HENRY IV OF FRANCE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1589 |
Via Fr.Wars of Religion - to 1610 |
History (HY) | FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR) 1562-1598 |
MENU |
HENRY IV, HOLY ROMAN EMP | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1075 | Pope re. Investiture Controversy | History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
HENRY OF NAVARRE (HENRY IV) | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1572 |
Via Fr.Wars of Religion - Protestant |
History (HY) | FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR) 1562-1598 |
MENU |
HENRY THE MINSTREL | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1488 |
Via Battle of Falkirk - Wallace legend |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HENRY THE NAVIGATOR | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1419 | Prince of Portugal - exploration | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
HENRY V OF ENGLAND | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1413 | To 1422 - The Battle of Agincourt | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HENRY V, HOLY ROMAN EMP | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1111 | Continuation of investiture controversy | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
HENRY VI OF ENGLAND | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1422 | To 1461 - War of the Roses | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HENRY VII CHAPEL, THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1503 |
Via Westminster Abbey, London |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
HENRY VII, OF ENGLAND | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1485 | To 1509 - Pretenders - Ireland | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1509 | To 1547-Six wives and the Reformation | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HENRY, JOSEPH | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Faraday - American physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HENSLOW, JOHN STEVENS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1829 |
Via Darwin - English botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HEPPLEWHITE, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
Via Sheraton- English cabinet maker |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HERBART, JOHANN FRIEDRICH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1802 |
Via Pestalozzi - German educator |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
HERBERT, SIDNEY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Nightingale - English statesman |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
HERCULANEUM, ROMAN TOWN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1748 | Buried 79 AD. Excavation begins | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
HERDER, JOHANN, GOTTFRIED | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1773 |
Via Goethe - German poet/critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HEREWARD THE WAKE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1070 | A revolt against the Norman conquest | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HERMES BY PRAXITELES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Schliemann - found at Olympia |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
HEROULT, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Marconi - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HERRERA, FERNANDO de | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1572 |
Via Lepanto - Spanish poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HERRERA, JUAN de | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1567 |
Via Escorial - Spanish architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
HERRICK, ROBERT | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 |
English Cavalier Poet - Hesperides |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HERSCHEL, CAROLINE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1798 |
Via Herschel - English astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
HERSCHEL, JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Babbage - English astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
HERSCHEL, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 | English astronomer- discovers Uranus | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
HERTZ, HEINRICH RUDOLF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 | German physicist - radio waves | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HERZL, THEODOR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Dreyfus Affair - Jewish journalist |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
HESS, MOSES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Marx - German radical journalist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HETTNER, HERMANN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1852 |
Via Ibsen - Norwegian writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HETZEL, PIERRE JULES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Verne - French publisher |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HEVELIUS, JOHANNES | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1647 |
Polish astronomer - Selonographia |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
HEYWOOD, JOHN | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1556 |
Via Cranmer - English dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HICKS, GENERAL WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via First Anglo-Sudan War-defeated |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
HIDEYOSHI, TOYOTOMI | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1582 |
Via Japanese civil war- military leader |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
HILL, ROWLAND | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Trollope - postal reformer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HILLIARD, NICHOLAS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1570 |
Via Spanish Armada - miniaturist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HIROSHIGE, ANDO | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 | Japanese artist - colour block prints | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOBAN, JAMES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1792 |
Via Gibbs - The White House |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
HOBBEMA, MEINDERT | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 | Dutch landscape artist - The Avenue | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOBBES, THOMAS | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1651 |
English philosopher - Leviathan |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
HOBHOUSE, EMILY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via 2nd Boer War - campaigner |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
HOBSON, CAPTAIN WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Treaty of Waitangi - negotiator |
History (HY) | NEW ZEALAND (NZ) | MENU |
HOCHKIRCH, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1758 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian defeat |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
HOCHSTADT, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1703 |
Via Spanish Succession - Fr. victory |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
HODGES, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 |
Via Cook - English landscape artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOFER, ANDREAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Wagram - Tirolese patriot |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODORE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1816 |
Via Grimm Brothers - German writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HOFMANNSTHAL, HUGO VON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1911 |
Via Strauss - Austrian librettist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
HOGARTH, WILLIAM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1735 | English painter and engraver | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOGG, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Scott- Scottish poet- folk tradition |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HOHENLINDEN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1800 |
Via Marengo - Fr.victory near Munich |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
HOKUSAI, KATSUSHIKA | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 | Japanese artist - colour block prints | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOLBEIN, HANS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1523 | German portrait painter - court of H8 | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOLBERG, LUDWIG | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1722 |
Via Grieg- Dan/Norwegian playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HOLDERLIN, FRIEDRICH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 |
Via Schiller - German poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HOLINSHED, RAPHAEL | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 |
Via Shakespeare - Chronicles |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HOLLERITH, HERMAN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1890 |
Via Jacquard - American Statistician |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HOLLIDAY, DOC | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1881 |
Via American West - gunfighter |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via 1840s - Am.physician - fever |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
HOLTERMANN NUGGET, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1872 |
Via Californian Gold Rush - largest |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
HOLY ALLIANCE, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 | Brainchild of Tsar Alexander I | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - DIVIDED | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1556 | Between Philip II and Ferdinand I | History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1075 |
Via Gregory VII - German title |
History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
HOMER, WINSLOW | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Am.Civil War - American artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOMILDON HILL, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1403 |
Via Nothhumberland - Scottish defeat |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HONDIUS, JODOCUS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1606 |
Via Mercator - Dutch mapmaker |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
HONG KONG, THE ISLAND OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Treaty of Nanking - British gain |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
HOOCH, PIETER DE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1655 |
Via Vermeer - Dutch artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOOKE, ROBERT | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
Via Boyle - the law of elasticity |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Ross - English botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HOOKER, RICHARD | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1593 |
Via Elizabeth I - English theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
HOPE, ANTHONY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Stevenson - English novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HOPKINS, MATTHEW | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1644 |
Via Witchcraft - Finder General |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HOPPNER, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1789 |
Via Prince Regent - portraitist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HORROCKS, JEREMIAH | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1639 |
Via Hevelius - English astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
HORROCKS, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Eli Whitney - Eng.cotton producer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HOTSPUR, SIR HENRY PERCY | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1403 |
Via Shrewsbury - killed in battle |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HOUDON, JEAN-ANTOINE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
Via Washington - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HOUSMAN, A.E. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via 2nd Boer War - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HOUSTON, SAMUEL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
HOWARD, CATHERINE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1540 | Wives of H8 - 1540-1542 - executed | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
HOWARD, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 |
Via William Blackstone - prisons |
Law (LW) | XNA | MENU |
HOWARD, LUKE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Snippets - cloud formations |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HOWE, ADMIRAL LORD | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Robespierre - Brit.naval victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
HOWE, ELIAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Snippets - first sewing machine |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
HOWE, GENERAL WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 |
Via Boston - British commander |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
HOYLE, EDMOND | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1742 |
Via Snippets - the game of whist |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
HUAYNA CAPAC | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1527 |
Via Pachacuti Inca - later leader |
History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
HUDSON BAY COMPANY, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1670 | English company founded - fur trade | History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Barbizon School - Am.school |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HUDSON, HENRY | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1610 | English explorer - NE Canada | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
HUE, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via French Indochina - extended |
History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
HUGHES, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1866 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites - English artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HUGHES, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Writer - Tom Brown's School Days |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HUGO, VICTOR | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
French writer - The Hunchback |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HULAGU - MONGOL RULER | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1258 | Extends Mongol rule deep into Asia | History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 | German scientist and explorer | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HUME, DAVID | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 | Scottish empirical philosopher | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Wagner - German composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
HUMPTY DUMPTY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 |
Via Battle of Preston - cannon |
History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
HUNDRED DAYS, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 | Napoleon's return from Elba | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
HUNDRED YEARS' WAR BEGINS | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1339 | Between France & England to 1453 | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
HUNDRED YEARS' WAR ENDS | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1453 | Only Calais held by English | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
HUNGARIAN INDEPENDENCE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1703 | A rebellion led by Ferenc Rakoczi II | History (HY) | HUNGARY (HUN) | MENU |
HUNT, HENRY "ORATOR" | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
Via Peterloo - radical reformer |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
HUNT, HOLMAN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | English Pre-Raphaelite artist | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
HUNT, LEIGH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
Via Keats - English poet/essayist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HUNT, RICHARD MORRIS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Statue of Liberty - Am.architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
HUNTER, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1770 |
Via Jenner - Scottish surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
HUSAYN I, SULTAN | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1722 | Fall of Safavid dynasty - Iran | History (HY) | IRAN (IRA) | MENU |
HUSAYN IBN ALI | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1705 | Leader of Tunisia, North Africa | History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
HUSKISSON, WILLIAM | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1830 |
Via Stephenson - 1st railway casualty |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
HUSS, JAN | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1415 | Bohemian church reformer | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
HUTTON, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 | Scottish geologist- founder of geology | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Darwin - English biologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1657 | Dutch scientist - mathematician | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
HUYSMANS, JORIS-KARL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1884 |
Via Zola - French decadant novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
HYDER ALI - MYSORE RULER | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 |
Via Anglo-Mysore Wars - the Second |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
I | ||||||
IBN BATTUTA | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1353 | Moroccan geographer and traveller | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
IBN KHALDUN | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1402 |
Via Tamerlane - Tunisian historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
IBN RUSD or AVERROES | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1160 |
Via Maimonides - Moorish philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
IBSEN, HENRIK | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Norwegian dramatist - A Doll's House |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ICELAND | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 |
Via Snippets - gains self-government |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
IEYASU, TOKUGAWA | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1603 | Japanese Shogun - powerful ruler | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
IMPERIAL SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1592 |
Via Snippets - founded in Vienna |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
IMPRESSIONISM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 | French art movement - Claude Monet | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
INCAS, THE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1100 | Beginning of the Inca Empire | History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
INCE, SERGEANT MAJOR | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1782 |
Via Great Siege of Gibraltar - sapper |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
INDIA ACT, THE - 1784 | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1784 |
Via Mangalore Treaty- wider control |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
INDIA ACT, THE - 1858 | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via The Indian Mutiny - reforms |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
INDIAN MUTINY, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 | Widespread revolt against British | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1830 |
Via Trail of Tears - Georgia |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
INDIAN WARS, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 | End of a series of conflicts in NAM | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1771 | Beginnings of movement in Britain | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
INGENHOUSZ, JAN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1768 |
Via Jenner - re. cure for smallpox |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
INGRES, JEAN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 | French neo-classical artist | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
INIGO JONES | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1622 | English architect - classical design | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
INKERMAN, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 | Battle in the Crimean War- November | History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
INNOCENT III, POPE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1209 |
Via Albigensian Crusade - instigator |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
INNOCENT IV, POPE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1252 |
Via Inquisition - use of torture |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
INQUISITION, THE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1231 | Established by Pope to combat heresy | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
INQUISITION, THE SPANISH | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1478 | Sanctioned by Pope Sixtus IV | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
INTERNATIONAL CONGO SOCIETY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1879 |
Via Berlin Conference - Leopold II |
History (HY) | CONGO (CON) | MENU |
INTERNATIONALE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Marx - Communist anthem |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
IRELAND | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1170 | The Anglo-Norman conquest begins | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
IRISH HOME RULE BILL, 1st. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 | Failed attempt by PM Gladstone | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
IRISH HOME RULE BILL, 2nd. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via First Irish Home Rule Bill |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
IRISH REPUBLICAN BROTHERHOOD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1858 |
Via Fenian Uprising - movement |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
IRON CROSS, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Jena-Prussian military decoration |
History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
IRVING, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1826 |
Via Carlyle - Scottish mystic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
IRVING, WASHINGTON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
Via Snippets - Rip Van Winkle |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ISABELLA II, QUEEN OF SPAIN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 | Abdicates leading to civil war | History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
ISABELLA OF CASTILE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1469 | Marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon | History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
ISABELLA, QUEEN | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1326 |
Via Edward II - wife becomes ruler |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ISANDLIWANA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 | Anglo-Zulu War - British defeat | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ISFAHAN, THE CITY OF | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1623 |
Via Abbas I - capital city Iran |
History (HY) | IRAN (IRA) | MENU |
ISLY, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1844 |
Via Algeria- Fr.defeat of Moroccans |
History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
ISMAIL I, SHAH | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 |
Via Safavid Dynasty - the founder |
History (HY) | IRAN (IRA) | MENU |
ITALIAN WARS, THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1494 | France versus Habsburgs until 1559 | History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
ITALO-ETHIOPIAN WAR, FIRST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Adowa - victory for Ethiopians |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
ITALY, THE UNIFICATION OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 | Following the capture of Rome | History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
ITZCOATL | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1432 | Leader of the Aztecs - expansion | History (HY) | AZTECS (AZT) | MENU |
IVAN I, PRINCE OF ALL RUSSIA | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1328 |
Via Ivan the Great - ruled 1328-1340 |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
IVAN III, THE GREAT | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1480 | First Tsar of Russia 1462-1505 | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
IVAN IV, THE TERRIBLE | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1547 | Brutal Tsar of Russia 1547-1584 | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
IVORY COAST, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via Tunisia- becomes French colony |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
IWAKURA MISSION, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Boshin War - Jap.fact finding mission |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
J | ||||||
JACK THE RIPPER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Snippets - London murderer |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
JACKSON, GENERAL "STONEWALL" | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via American Civil War - commander |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
JACKSON, GENERAL ANDREW | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via War of 1812 - American leader |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
JACOBS, JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Kipling - Australian writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JACOBS, W.W. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Jerome-Eng.writer-Monkey's Paw |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JACQUARD, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 | French inventor - automated loom | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
JACQUERIE UPRISING, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1358 | Peasant revolt in France | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
JAHAN, SHAH | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1632 | Mughal emperor to 58 - Taj Mahal | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
JAMES I, KING OF ENGLAND | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1603 | SCOTLAND and IRELAND - to 1625 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
JAMES II, KING OF ENGLAND | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 | SCOTLAND and IRELAND - to 1688 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
JAMES, HENRY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 | American-born English novelist | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JAMES, JESSE and FRANK | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Ned Kelly - American outlaws |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
JAMES, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1631 |
Via Coleridge - Eng.navigator/writer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
JAMES, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via James - American philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
JAMESON RAID, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | Failure of attack on the Transvaal | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
JAMESON, LEANDER STARR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via Jameson Raid- Scottish statesman |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1607 | First successful English colony | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
JANISSARY CORPS, THE | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1389 |
Via Kosovo - elite fighting force |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
JANSEN, CORNELIUS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1640 |
Via Jansenism - theologian - founder |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
JANSENISM | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1640 | Religious movement-predetermination | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
JANSZ, WILLEM | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1606 |
Via Quiros & Torres - Dutch explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
JAPAN - CIVIL WAR | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1156 | Between rival families until 1185 | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
JARDIN DES PLANTES, PARIS, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1626 |
Via Snippets - opened to public 1650 |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
JASSY, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 | Ends another Russo-Turkish War | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
JAYAVARMAN VII | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1181 | Able King of the Khmer Empire | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
JEAN DE MEUN | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1285 |
Via Guillaume de Lorris - French poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JEAN LE BEL | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1339 |
Via Froissart - Flemish writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JEFFERSON, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Louisiana - American President |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
JEFFREYS, JUDGE | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 |
Via Monmouth Rebellion - Assizes |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
JEFFRIES, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 |
Via Blanchard - crosses channel |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
JELLINEK, EMIL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Daimler - name of Mercedes |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
JEMAPPES, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Valmy - French defeat Austrians |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
JENA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 | Napoleon defeats Prussians/Saxons | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
JENKIN'S EAR, THE WAR OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 | Trading dispute - GB v Spain | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
JENKINS, CHARLES FRANCES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Edison - American inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
JENNER, EDWARD | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 | English physician - vaccination | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
JENNEY, WILLIAM LE BARON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Bessemer - American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
JEROME, JEROME K. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
English writer - Three Men in a Boat |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JERUSALEM RECAPTURED | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1099 | First Crusade recaptures Holy City | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
JERVIS, ADMIRAL SIR JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 |
Via Battle of St.Vincent - commander |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
JESUITS, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 | RC religious order founded by Loyola | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
JEVONS, WILLIAM STANLEY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1862 |
Via Marshall - English economist |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
JIANG TINGXI | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1726 |
Via Snippets - Chinese scholar |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JIGSAW PUZZLES, THE FIRST | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Snippets - John Spilsbury |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
JOACHIM, JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via Brahms - A-H composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
JOAN OF ARC | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1429 | Raises the siege of Orleans | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
JOCKEY CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1750 |
Via Snippets - founded at Newmarket |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
JOHN BULL | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1712 |
Via Arbuthnot - typical Englishman |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JOHN I OF PORTUGAL | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1386 |
Via Treaty of Windsor - peace pact |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
JOHN II COMNENUS | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1118 | Byzantine Emperor 1118-1143 | History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
JOHN II OF PORTUGAL | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1482 |
Via Diego CAo - exploration W.Africa |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
JOHN II, KING OF FRANCE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1360 |
Via Treaty of Bretigny - negotiator |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
JOHN OF GAUNT | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1374 | King's uncle and part-time ruler | History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
JOHN XXII, POPE | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1318 | Missionary work - near and far east | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
JOHN, KING OF ENGLAND | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1199 | To 1216 - The Magna Carta | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
JOHNSON, CHARLES | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1712 |
Via Kidd - English playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JOHNSON, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Wollstonecraft - London publisher |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JOHNSON, SAMUEL | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1755 |
English man of letters - Dictionary |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JOINVILLE, JEAN de | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1309 |
Via Louis IX - French chronicler |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JOLY, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1894 |
Via Maxwell - Irish physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
JONES, INIGO | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1622 | English architect - classical design | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
JONES, JOHN PAUL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 |
Via War at Sea - Am.Independence |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
JONES, WILLIAM | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 |
Via Snippets - symbol for pi r squared |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
JONSON, BEN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1614 | English comic dramatist and poet | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
JOPLIN, SCOTT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via G&S - Am. ragtime composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
JORDAENS, JACOB | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1632 |
Via Van Dyck - Flemish artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
JOSEPH II, OF AUSTRIA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1765 |
Via Maria Theresa - son of |
History (HY) | AUSTRIA (AUT) | MENU |
JOSEPH, FATHER PIERRE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1628 |
Via Richelieu - his Eminence grise |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
JOSEPHINE, EMPRESS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Napoleon - crowned empress |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
JOSQUIN DES PREZ | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1486 | Flemish musician and composer | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
JOULE, JAMES PRESCOTT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Clausius - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
JUAN DE LA COSA | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1500 |
Via Vespucci - Spanish cartographer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
JUAREZ, BENITO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Napoleon III - Mexican patriot |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
JULIUS II, POPE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1505 |
Via Bramante - building of St.Peter's |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
JULY REVOLUTION 1830, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 | Overthrow of Charles X, Paris | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
JUNIUS, THE LETTERS OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1769 |
Via Gibbon - attacks upon George III |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
JUSSIEU, ANTOINE LAURENT DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1789 |
Via Cuvier - French botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
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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 |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
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) |
MENU |
KETT REBELLION, THE | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1549 | Rising in Norfolk against enclosures | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
KING GEORGE'S WAR, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1744 | British v French in North America | History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
KING WILLIAM'S WAR | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 |
Via Grand Alliance - in North America |
History (HY) | GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA) 1688-1697 |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
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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LA BRUYERE, JEAN DE | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1688 |
Via Edict of Nantes - French writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LA FAYETTE, MADAME DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
Via Louis XIV - novelist & letter writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 |
Via Racine - French fabulist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LA FRANCE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Snippets - first practical airship |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LA GAZETTE, PARIS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1631 |
Via Snippets- first French newspaper |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LA HOGUE, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1692 |
Via Grand Alliance - French defeated |
History (HY) | GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA) 1688-1697 |
MENU |
LA MARSEILLAISE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Valmy - French marching song |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
LA PEROUSE, JEAN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
Via Botany Bay - French explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
LA POUPLINIERE, LE RICHE DE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1727 |
Via Rameau - wealthy patron |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LA SALLE, RENE-ROBERT DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1680 | French explorer- navigates Mississippi | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
LA SCALA OPERA HOUSE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via Snippets - opens in Milan |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LA TOUR, GEORGES DE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1640 |
Via Poussin - Fr. artist - candle light |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LA TOUR, MAURICE-QUENTIN DE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Rousseau - French pastelist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LABOULAYE, EDOUARD DE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1865 |
Via Statue of Liberty- French historian |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
LACAILLE, NICOLAS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1750 | French astronomer - S.hemisphere | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
LACEPEDE, THE COMTE DE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1788 |
Via Buffon - French naturalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LADY JANE GREY | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1553 | Queen for nine days on death of E6 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
LADYSMITH, THE RELIEF OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War - March |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
LAENNEC, RENE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Snippets - invents stethoscope |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LAFAYETTE, GENERAL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via French Revolution- military leader |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
LAGRANGE, JOSEPH LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 | Italian mathematician - mechanics | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LAHORE, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via First Sikh War - settlement |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
LAING, ALEXANDER GORDON | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via West Africa - Scottish explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
LAKE CHAMPLAIN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via War of 1812 - Am.naval victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
LAKE ERIE, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via War of 1812 - Am.naval victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
LALANDE, JEROME | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
Via Bode - French astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
LALLEMENT, PIERRE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Snippets - first practical bicycle |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LAMARCK, JEAN BAPTISTE de | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 | French naturalist - theory of evolution | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE DE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Napoleon III - Fr.poet/politician |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LAMB, CHARLES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | English essayist and literary critic | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LAMB, MARY | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1807 |
Via Lamb - Tales from Shakespeare |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LAMBERT, DANIEL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Snippets - England's fattest man |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
LAMBERT, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Auto Industry- American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LAMI, EUGENE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1840 |
Via Battle of Yorktown - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LANCASTRIANS, THE | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1399 | To King Henry VI 1461 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
LANCET, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 |
Via Snippets - British medical journal |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LANCRET, NICOLAS | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1717 |
Via Watteau - French rococo painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LANDER BROTHERS, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1830 |
Via Africa - the river Niger |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
LANDSEER, SIR EDWIN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via Great Exhibition - English artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LANDSHUT, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1760 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian defeat |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
LANDSTEINER, KARL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Snippets - human blood groups |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LANFRANC, ARCHBISHOP | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1070 | Appointed by William the Conquerer | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LANG, ANDREW | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Kipling - Scottish poet/writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LANGEN, EUGEN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1876 |
Via Auto Industry - German engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LANGHANS, CARL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Snippets - Brandenburg Gate |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
LANGLAND, WILLIAM | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1362 |
English poet - Piers Plowman |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LANGSIDE, THE BATTLE OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1568 |
Via Mary Qn of Scots - defeated |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
LANGTON, STEPHEN | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1209 | Archbishop of Canterbury 1207-1228 | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LANLEY, SAMUEL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Snippets - invents flying machine |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LANNER, JOSEF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1823 |
Via Strauss the Elder- Aus.composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LAOCOON | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1506 | Discovery of ancient Greek sculpture | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
LAOS, INDOCHINA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via French Indochina - incorporated |
History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMON de | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via Lagrange - French astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
LAPORTE, ROLAND | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 |
Via Camisards - leader of rebellion |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LARGILLIERE, NICOLAS DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1685 |
Via La Fontaine - French portraitist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LARREY, BARON DOMINIQUE-JEAN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Moscow retreat - French surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LARTET, LOUIS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Altamira - French geologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA, BATTLE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1212 | Beginning of end for Moors in Spain | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
LASCAUX GROTTO, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1940 |
Via Altamira-pre-historic wall paintings |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
LATHAM, WOODVILLE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Lumière brothers - film maker |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LATIMER, HUGH | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1555 | English bishop - Protestant martyr | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LATREILLE, PIERRE-ANDRE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Lamarck - French entomologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LAUD, WILLIAM | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1625 |
Via Charles I- Archbishop Canterbury |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LAUSTE, EUGENE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Lumière brothers - film maker |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LAVERAN, ALPHONSE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via Lister - French physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LAVOISIER, ANTOINE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 | French chemist- theory of combustion | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LAW OF GUARANTEES, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Italian Unification - papal rights |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
LAW, JOHN | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1716 |
Via Mississippi Bubble - Scot financier |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
LAW, WILLIAM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 |
Via Wesley - English cleric |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LAWES, HENRY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1653 |
Via Herrick - English composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LAWRENCE, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Davy - English portrait painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LAYAMON | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1205 | English poet - Arthurian Legend | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LAYARD, AUSTEN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 | English archaeologist - Nineveh | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
LAZARUS, EMMA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Statue of Liberty - American poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LE BRUN, CHARLES | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1662 |
Via Versailles - French designer |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LE NOTRE, ANDRE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 |
Via Versailles - landscape artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LE PRINCE, LOUIS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Motion Pictures - Fr.photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LE VAU, LOUIS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1669 |
Via Versailles - French architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
LE VERRIER, URBAIN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Adams - Fr.astronomer - Neptune |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
LEAGUE OF GERMAN PRINCES, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1785 |
Via Frederick II - Prussian leadership |
History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
LEAR, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Eng.writer/artist - Books of Nonsense |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LEBON, PHILIPPE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1799 |
Via Murdock - Fr.engineer - gas light |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LECONTE DE LISLE, CHARLES | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1866 |
Via Hugo - French Parnassian poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LEE, GENERAL ROBERT E. | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Second Battle of Bull Run |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
LEECH, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1850 |
Via Dickens - English Illustrator |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONI VAN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1683 | Pioneer in microscopic research | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LEFEVRE d'ETAPLES | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1562 |
Via Fr.Religious Wars - Prot reformer |
History (HY) | FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR) 1562-1598 |
MENU |
LEGENDRE, ADRIEN MARIE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Lagrange - French mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LEGNANO, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1176 |
Via Frederick I - defeated in Italy |
History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
LEHMANN, CASPAR | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1605 |
Via Snippets - first cut glass |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LEIBNIZ, GOTTFRIED | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1714 |
Via Newton - German philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
LEICHHARDT, LUDWIG | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Sturt-Prussian explorer - Australia |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
LEIGHTON, FREDERICK | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LEIPZIG, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | Coalition of forces defeat Napoleon | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
LELY, PETER | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1651 |
Via Cromwell - Dutch portrait artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LEMOYNE, FRANCOIS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1727 |
Via Boucher - French rococo artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LENARD, PHILIPP | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Roentgen - German physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LENOIR, ETIENNE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1863 |
Via Auto Industry - French engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LENORMAND, LOUIS-SEBASTIEN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Montgolfier - first parachute jump |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LENS, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Habsburg defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
LEONARDO DA VINCI | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1497 | Italian Renaissance artist and genius | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LEONCAVALLO, RUGGERO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Puccini - It.composer - Pagliacci |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LEOPOLD I, KING OF BELGIUM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 |
Via Belgium - first king of Belgians |
History (HY) | BELGIUM (BEL) | MENU |
LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | Establishes Congo Free State | History (HY) | CONGO (CON) | MENU |
LEOPOLD II, ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Flight to Varennes - Pillnitz |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
LEPANTO, THE BATTLE OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1571 | Ottoman fleet defeated by Holy League | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
LERMONTOV, MIKHAIL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Pushkin - Russian poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LEROY, JULIEN-DAVID | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1758 |
Via Greek Revival - French architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
LES TRES RICHES HEURES | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1413 |
Via Limbourg Brothers - Book of Hours |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LES VINGT (THE TWENTY) | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Seurat - French artist group |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LESAGE, ALAIN-RENE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1715 |
Via Fielding - Fr.novelist - Gil Blas |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LESLIE, JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1571 |
Via Ridolfi Plot - Catholic bishop |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 | Fr.builder Suez & Panama canals | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LESSING, GOTTHOLD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 | German dramatist- modern foundation | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LETTERS OF JUNIUS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1769 |
Via Gibbon - attacks upon George III |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
LEUTHEN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1757 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian victory |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
LEUTZE, EMANUEL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1851 |
Via Washington - German artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LEVASSOR, EMILE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Auto Industry - French engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LEVELLERS - REPUBLICANS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1649 |
Via Trial of Charles I - John Lilburne |
History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
LEVSKI, VASIL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 |
Via Russo-Turkish War 1877-78 |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
LEWES, GEORGE HENRY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via George Eliot - English critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LEWES, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1264 | Simon de Montfort defeats Henry III | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Blake - English terror novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LEWIS, MERIWETHER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 | American explorer - crosses the USA | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
LEXINGTON, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 | Opens War of Am.Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
LIBERIA, THE STATE OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 |
Via West Africa - founded |
History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
LIEBIG, JUSTUS VON | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Faraday - German chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LIECHTENSTEIN, THE PRINCIPALITY OF | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1719 |
Via Snippets- within Holy Roman Emp. |
History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
LIGNY, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Hundred Days - French victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
LILBURNE, JOHN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1649 |
Via Trial of Charles I - Ldr of Levellers |
History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
LIMBOURG BROTHERS, THE | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1413 | French manuscript illustrators | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LIMERICK, THE TREATY OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1691 |
Via Battle of the Boyne - ends revolt |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
LIMOGES MASSACRE, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1370 |
Via Black Prince - Hundred Yrs War |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
LINACRE, THOMAS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1518 |
Via Erasmus - English physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 | President USA 1861-1865 - Civil War | History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
LINCOLN, THE BATTLE OF | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1141 | King Stephen defeated by Qn.Matilda | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
LIND, JAMES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1754 | Scottish physician - cure for scurvy | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LINDSAY, NICHOLAS VACHEL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1914 |
Via Congo Free State- American poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LINNAEUS, CAROLUS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1735 | Swedish botanist - plant classification | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LINNEAN SOCIETY, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1788 |
Via Linnaeus - by James Smith |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LIPPERSHEY, HANS | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1608 |
Via Galileo - Dutch lens maker |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LIPPI, FRA FILIPP0 | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1445 |
Via Donatello - Florentine painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LIPPMANN, GABRIEL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1891 |
Via Maxwell - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LISBON EARTHQUAKE, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1755 | Plus tidal wave - 30,000 killed | History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
LISBON, THE TREATY OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1668 | Portugal regains independence | History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
LISLE, ROUGET DE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via La Marseillaise - composer |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
LISSA, THE NAVAL BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Austro-Prussian War |
History (HY) | AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW) June/July 1866 |
MENU |
LISTER, JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 | English surgeon - antiseptic regime | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LISZT, FRANZ | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 | Hungarian composer / piano virtuoso | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LITTLE BIGHORN, BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 | Colonel Custer makes last stand | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
LIVINGSTONE, DAVID | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 | Scottish missionary and explorer | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
LIVONIAN WAR, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1557 |
Via Ivan IV - failure to gain Baltic |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
LLYWELYN AP GRUFFUDD | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1276 |
Via Wales - defeated by Edward I |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
LOCKE, JOHN | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1690 | English philosopher - empiricism | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
LODGE, OLIVER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Marconi - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LODI, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Campo Formio - French victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
LOFFLER, FREDERICH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Pasteur - German biologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LOLLARDS, THE | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1401 | Trained followers of John Wycliffe | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LOMBARD LEAGUE, THE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1167 |
Via Frederick I - military alliance |
History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
LOMBARD, PETER | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1148 |
It. theologian - Books of Sentences |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LONDON BRIDGE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1163 |
Via Notre Dame de Paris |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
LONDON CONFERENCE, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1830 |
Via War of Greek Independence - |
History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
LONDON CONVENTION, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via 1st A-B War- settlement modified |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (1ST) (FBW) 1880-1881 |
MENU |
LONDON UNDERGROUND, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Snippets - construction begins |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LONDON UNIVERSITY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1825 |
Via Mill - University and King's |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
LONDON, JACK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Klondike- Am.author - White Fang |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LONG PARLIAMENT, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1640 | Not dissolved until 1660 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
LONG, CRAWFORD WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Simpson-American surgeon-ether |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LONGBOW, THE ENGLISH | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1346 |
Via Crecy - decisive weapon |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
American poet - Song of Hiawatha |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LOPE DE VEGA | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1613 |
Via Cervantes - Sp.playwright/poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA, GENERAL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
LOPEZ, FRANCISCO SOLANO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via War of Triple Alliance |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
LORENZO DI PIERFRANCESCO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1478 |
Via Botticelli - member of Medici |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1469 | Head of Medici family - patron of arts | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LORRAIN, CLAUDE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1637 |
Via Poussin - French landscape artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LOTI, PIERRE (JULIEN VIAUD) | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Rostand- French novelist- Aziyade |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LOUIS DE FOIX | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1581 |
Via Smeaton - French engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LOUIS IV OF BAVARIA | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1322 |
Via John XXII - dispute with Pope |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LOUIS IX, KING OF FRANCE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1270 |
Via Eighth Crusade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via July Revolution - King of France |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
LOUIS XII OF FRANCE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1513 |
Via Italian Wars - forced out of Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
LOUIS XIII OF FRANCE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1614 | 1610-1643 - Richelieu chief minister | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
LOUIS XIV, KING OF FRANCE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 | Reigned 1661-1715 - The Sun King | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
LOUIS XVI OF FRANCE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 | Execution of Fr.king and his wife | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
LOUISIANA PURCHASE, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 | USA buys territory from Napoleon | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
LOURDES, FRANCE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Snippets - place of pilgrimage |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Babbage - English mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LOVELACE, RICHARD | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1642 |
Via Herrick - English Cavalier Poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LOVETT, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Chartism- English social reformer |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
LOWELL, PERCIVAL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Schiaparelli - Am.astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
LOYOLA, IGNATIUS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 | Spanish soldier - founder of Jesuits | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LUBECK, THE TREATY OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1629 |
Via Thirty Yrs War- Protestant defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
LUCAN, LORD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Balaclava - cavalry commander |
History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
LUCCHESI, URBANO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1894 |
Via Shelley - Italian sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LUCHANA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via First Carlist War - royal victory |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
LUDDITES, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 | Riots against use of machinery | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
LUKIN, LIONEL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 |
Via Snippets -first unsinkable lifeboat |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LULLY, JEAN BAPTISTE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 |
Via Louis XIV - Court musician |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LUMBYE, HANS CHRISTIAN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1839 |
Via Strauss the Elder - Dan.composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LUMIERE, AUGUSTE AND LOUIS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | Pioneers of motion film industry | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LUNAR SOCIETY, THE BIRMINGHAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Watt- promoting science/industry |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LUNEVILLE, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
Via Marengo - French gains in Italy |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
LUTHER, MARTIN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1517 | German priest - initiates Reformation | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LUTINE BELL, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Snippets - Lloyds of London |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LUTTER AM BARENBERGE, BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1626 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Catholic victory |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
LUTZEN, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1632 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Death of Gustav |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
LUTZEN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Retreat from Moscow - Fr.victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
LUXEMBOURG, THE STATE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Snippets - gains independence |
History (HY) | LUXEMBOURG (LUX) | MENU |
LYDGATE, JOHN | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1420 |
Via Chaucer - Eng.poet - Troy Book |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LYELL, CHARLES | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 | Scottish geologist - uniformitarianism | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LYON, THE COUNCIL OF | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1274 |
Via Michael VIII-union E/W churches |
History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
LYTE, HENRY FRANCIS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 |
Via Snippets - Abide With Me |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
M | ||||||
MACARTNEY, LORD | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 | Failure of trade mission to China | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Trollope - English historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MACDONALD, FLORA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1746 |
Via Culloden - Jacobite supporter |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
MACDONALD, SIR JOHN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via British North America Act |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
MACEO, ANTONIO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Cuban Revolt - leading rebel |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
MACGILLIVRAY, WILLIAM | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1831 |
Via Audubon - Scottish ornithologist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MACH, ERNST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Hertz - Austrian physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1513 |
Florentine writer/diplomat - The Prince |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MACINTOSH, CHARLES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 |
Via Snippets- invention of waterproofs |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Vancouver - Scottish explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1837 |
Via Union of Canada Act - rebel |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
MACLAREN, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1822 |
Via Schliemann - Scottish geologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
MACMAHON, MARSHAL MARIE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Battle of Magenta - Fr.commander |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
MACPHERSON, JAMES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1760 |
Via Stukeley - Ossian poems |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MACQUARIE, LACHLAN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1810 |
Via Botany Bay - Gov.New Sth Wales |
History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
MADAGASCAR, THE ISLAND OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via French Indochina - Fr.control |
History (HY) | AFRICA (AFR) | MENU |
MADAME DE POMPADOUR | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 |
Via Diderot - Louis XV's mistress |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MADAME TUSSAUD'S | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1802 |
Via Reign of Terror - waxworks |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MADERNO, CARLO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1612 |
Via St. Peter's Basilica - It. architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
MADISON, PRESIDENT JAMES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via War of 1812 - declares war v UK |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
MAFEKING, THE RELIEF OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War - May |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
MAGDALA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Stanley - Anglo-Abyssinian War |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
MAGELLAN, FERDINAND | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1522 | His expedition circumnavigates globe | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MAGENTA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via War of 1859 - Austrian defeat |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
MAGNA CARTA, THE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1215 | An attempt to reduce royal power | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MAHAN, ALFRED THAYLER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Sp-Am War - writer on seapower |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MAHLER, GUSTAV | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Strauss-Ger.composer/conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MAHMUD, SULTAN, AFGHAN LEADER | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1193 |
Via Muhammed of Ghur - Ghazni |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
MAID OF NORWAY, MARGARET | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1290 | Death of heir to Scottish throne | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MAIMONIDES | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1176 | Jewish Rabbi and Hebrew scholar | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
MAINTENON, MARQUISE DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1683 |
Via Louis XIV - mistress and wife |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
MAIPU, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Chile - Chilean independence |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
MAIWAND, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via Second Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
MAJUBA HILL, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via First Anglo-Boer War- Brit.defeat |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (1ST) (FBW) 1880-1881 |
MENU |
MAL TIEMPO, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Sp.-American War- Cuban victory |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
MALEBRANCHE, NICOLAS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1674 |
Via Descartes - French philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
MALET, CLAUDE FRANCOIS DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Retreat from Moscow - failed coup |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
MALHERBE, FRANCOIS DE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1610 |
Via Rambouillet - French poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MALI EMPIRE, THE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1235 | Founded following defeat of the Susu | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
MALIK SHAH, SULTAN SELJUK TURKS | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1085 |
Via First Crusade -threat to Christians |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
MALLARME, STEPHANE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Manet - French poet - Mardists |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MALMO, THE TREATY OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1524 |
Via Gustav Vasa - Sw. independence |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
MALORY, SIR THOMAS | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1470 | English writer - Arthurian legend | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MALOUIN, JEAN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1743 |
Via Snippets - galvanised metal |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MALPIGHI, MARCELLO | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 | Italian microscopist - capillaries | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
MALPLAQUET, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 | Allied victory over French | History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
MALTA, THE SIEGE OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1565 |
Via Suleyman-Turkish attack repulsed |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MALTHUS, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 | English economist - over-population | Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
MAMLUKS, THE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1250 | New dynasty arrives in Egypt/Syria | History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
MAN IN THE IRON MASK, THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1698 | French political prisoner | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
MANCHU (QING) DYNASTY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1644 | Overthrows the Ming Dynasty | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
MANCO CAPAC | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1100 |
Via Incas - founder of the Empire |
History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
MANET, EDOUARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 | French artist - impressionism | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MANGALORE, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1784 | Ends Second Anglo-Mysore War | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
MANILA BAY, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Sp.-Am.War - American victory |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
MANN, HORACE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Froebel - American educator |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
MANNERISM - ART STYLE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1523 |
Via Parmigianino - against perfection |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MANORIAL SYSTEM, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 |
Via The Norman feudal system |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MANSA MUSA | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1324 | Outstanding leader of the Mali Empire | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
MANSART, FRANCOIS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1638 |
Via Hardouin-Mansart - mansard roof |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
MANSION, COLARD | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1474 |
Via Caxton - Flemish printer/scribe |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MANSON, PATRICK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Panama Canal - Scot.physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
MANTEGNA, ANDREA | RICHARD III (R3) 1483-1485 |
1492 |
Via Bellini- Paduan artist- perspective |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MANTUA, THE COUNCIL OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1460 |
Via Fall of Constantinople - crusade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
MANUTIUS, ALDUS | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1495 | Italian printer establishes Aldine Press | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MANZIKERT, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1071 | Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantines | History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
MANZONI, ALESSANDRO | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 |
Italian novelist - The Betrothed |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MAORI PEOPLE, THE | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1550 | Extend their settlement in New Zealand | History (HY) | NEW ZEALAND (NZ) | MENU |
MAORI WARS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Waitangi - concluding in 1872 |
History (HY) | NEW ZEALAND (NZ) | MENU |
MAPPA MUNDI, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1300 |
Via Snippets - ancient world map |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MARAT, JEAN PAUL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Reign of Terror - radical |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
MARATHAS, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1674 |
Via Aurangzeb - Hindu state - Shivaji |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
MARBLE ARCH, LONDON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1828 |
Via Nash - victory monument |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
MARCEL, ETIENNE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1358 |
Via Jacquerie Uprising - leader |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
MARCHAND, CAPTAIN JEAN-BAPTISE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Fashoda Incident - French soldier |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
MARCO ANTONIO DE DOMINIS | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1610 |
Via Snippets - a rainbow explained |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MARCO POLO | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1271 | Sets out for court of Kublai Khan | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MARCONI, GUGLIELMO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | Italian physicist - wireless developed | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MARCUS, SIEGFRIED | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1870 |
Via Auto Industry - Austrian engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
MARDISTS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1885 |
Via Mallarme - intellectual gathering |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MARENGO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1800 | Napoleon defeats Austrians | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
MAREY, ETIENNE-JULES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Motion Pictures - Fr.physiologist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MARGARET I, QUEEN | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1389 |
Via Kalmar-Denmark,Norway,Sweden |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
MARGARET OF ANJOU | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1455 |
Via Wars of the Roses - king's wife |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
MARIA THERESA OF AUSTRIA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 | Empress of Austria 1740-1780 | History (HY) | AUSTRIA (AUT) | MENU |
MARIE ANTOINETTE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Varennes - wife of Louis XVI |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
MARIGNANO, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1515 |
Via Francis I - defeat of Habsburgs |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
MARJ DABIQ, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1516 |
Via Selim I - defeat of the Mamluks |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MARK TWAIN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
American writer - Tom Sawyer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MARKHAM, EDWIN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1899 |
Via Millet - Am.poet/social reformer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MARLBOROUGH, THE DUKE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1704 | British commander- War of Sp. Succ. | History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1588 |
Eng. dramatist and poet - Dr Faustus |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MARPRELATE TRACTS, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1588 |
Via Elizabeth - defence of Puritanism |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MARRYAT, FREDERICK | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 | English writer of adventure stories | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MARSHALL, ALFRED | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 | Leading English economist | Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
MARSHALL, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Californian Gold Rush - miner |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MARSILIUS OF PADUA | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1322 |
Via John XXII - curbing papal power |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MARSTON MOOR, BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1644 | Parliamentary victory in Eng.Civil War | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
MARTELLO TOWERS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Napoleon - coastal defence |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
MARTI, JOSE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Sp-American War - Cuban rebel |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
MARTIN, PIERRE-EMILE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Bessemer - French engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
MARTINEZ DE IRALA, DOMINGO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1539 |
Via Paraguay- Spanish conquistador |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
MARTINI, SIMONE | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1311 |
Via Duccio - Italian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MARVELL, ANDREW | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 |
Via Milton - English metaphysical poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MARX, KARL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | German philosopher - Communism | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
MARY CELESTE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 |
Via Snippets - phantom ship |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
MARY I, QUEEN OF ENGLAND | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1553 | and IRELAND - to 1558 - Catholic | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MARY II, QUEEN OF ENGLAND | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 | and IRELAND - to her death in 1694 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1568 | Abdicates - takes refuge in England | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MARY ROSE, THE WARSHIP THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1545 |
Via Henry VIII - sinks off Portsmouth |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1787 |
Via Snippets - laws governing cricket |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
MASACCIO | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1427 |
Via Donatello - Florentine painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MASCAGNI, PIETRO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Puccini - It.composer - Cavalleria Rusticana |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MASKELYNE, NEVIL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1765 |
Via William Herschel - astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
MASOLINO DA PANICALE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1427 |
Via Masaccio - Tuscan artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MASON, CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 |
Via the Mason-Dixon Line - surveyor |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
MASON, WILLIAM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1752 |
Via Arne - English poet - Elfrida |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MASON-DIXON LINE, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 | Division between two American states | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
MASSENET, JULES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Debussy - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MASSYS, QUENTIN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1513 |
Via Erasmus - Flemish painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MATABELE WAR, THE FIRST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 | British victory - state of Rhodesia | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
MATABELE WAR, THE SECOND | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 | Rebellion against British rule | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
MATHER, INCREASE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1684 |
Via Salem Witch Trials - writer |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MATILDA, DAUGHTER OF H1 | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1135 | War of succession under Stephen | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MATILDA, QUEEN | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1077 |
Via Bayeux Tapestry- wife of William I |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MATTEO DE BASSI | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1528 |
Via Capuchins - Order's founder |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MAUDSLAY, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1800 |
Via Industrial Revolution- metal lathe |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
MAUGHAM, SOMERSET | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1916 |
Via Gauguin - Eng.playwright/novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MAUPASSANT, GUY DE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
French writer - Boule de Suif |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MAURY, LIEUTENANT MATTHEW | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Transatlantic cable - the route |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
MAXIM AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via First Matabele War - first used |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MAXIM, HIRAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via First Matabele War - Am.inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MAXIMILIAN I, EMPEROR OF MEXICO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Napoleon III - executed 1867 |
History (HY) | MEXICO (MEX) | MENU |
MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 | Scottish physicist - electromagentism | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MAXWELL, WILLIAM, EARL NITHSDALE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1715 |
Via The Fifteen - Jacobite leader |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
MAY, THOMAS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1647 |
Via Long Parliament - English writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MAYAN EMPIRE, THE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1200 | The revival of Mayan power | History (HY) | CENTRAL AMERICA (CAM) | MENU |
MAYAPAN, THE CITY OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1460 | Fall of the city ends Mayan Empire | History (HY) | CENTRAL AMERICA (CAM) | MENU |
MAYBACH, WILHELM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Daimler - German car designer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
MAYER, JOHANN TOBIAS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1753 |
Via Lacaille - German astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
MAYER, JULES ROBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1850 |
Via Clausius - German physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MAZARIN, CARDINAL JULES | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1642 |
Via Richelieu - his successor |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
MAZEPA, IVAN STEPANOVICH | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1708 |
Via Charles XII - Cossack leader |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
MAZZINI, GIUSEPPE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via 1848 - Italian revolutionary leader |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
McADAM, JOHN LOUDON | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1816 |
Via Telford - Scottish engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
McCLINTOCK, FRANCIS LEOPOLD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Franklin - discovers expedition |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
McCLURE, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Franklin - Irish arctic explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
McCORMICK, CYRUS HALL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Tolpuddle Martyrs - reaper |
Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
McKINLEY, PRESIDENT WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Sp.-Am.War - Am.intervention |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
MEADE, GENERAL GEORGE GORDON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Gettysburg - Union commander |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
MEDICAL ADVANCES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via Simpson - 1840s/1850s |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
MEDICI FAMILY, THE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1436 |
Via Florence - patrons of the arts |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MEDICI VENUS, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1815 |
Via Venus de Milo - Greek sculpture |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
MEDICI, COSIMO DE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1434 |
Via Florence - patron of the arts |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MEDICI, LORENZO DE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1469 | Head of Medici family - patron of arts | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MEDICI, MARIE DE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1610 |
Via Louis XIII - mother and regent |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
MEDUSA, THE RAFT OF THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1816 |
Via Gericault - The raft of the Medusa |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MEEGEREN, HANS VAN | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1945 |
Via Vermeer - Dutch forger |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MEHMED I, SULTAN | HENRY VI (H6) 1422 - 1461 |
1453 |
Via Constantinople- Ottoman advance |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MEHMED II, SULTAN | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1468 | Ottoman empire extended further | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MEIJI RESTORATION, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Shogunate - imperial power |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
MEISSEN PORCELAIN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1710 | First hard-paste factory - Saxony | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MEISTERSINGERS | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1210 |
Via Strassburg - German minstrels |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MELANCHTHON, PHILIPP | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1530 |
Via Luther - Ger.theologian - Articles |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MELBOURNE-COOPER, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Motion Picture Industry |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MELIES, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Motion Picture Industry |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MELVILLE, HERMAN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
American novelist - Moby Dick |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MENDEL, GREGOR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 | Austrian botanist - laws of inheritance | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MENDELEEV, DMITRI | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 | Russian chemist - periodic tables | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MENDELSSOHN, FELIX | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1826 | German composer - Fingal's Cave | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MENDELSSOHN, MOSES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Lessing - German philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
MENDOZA, PEDRO DE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1535 |
Via Pizarro - reaches Buenos Aires |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MENELIK II, EMPEROR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Adowa - Leader of Ethiopia |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
MENGER, CARL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1871 |
Via Marshall - German economist |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
MENGS, ANTON RAPHAEL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1761 |
Via Neoclassicism - German painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MENTANA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1867 |
Via Garibaldi - Italian independence |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
MERCATOR, GERHARDUS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1569 | Flemish map maker-projection system | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MEREDITH, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Jerome - Eng.writer - The Egoist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MERICI, ANGELA | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1538 |
Via Capuchins - founder of Ursulines |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MERIDIAN, THE GREENWICH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Snippets - Universal Time |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MERIMEE, PROSPER | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Dumas - French novelist- Carmen |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MERMAID TAVERN, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1606 |
Via Shakespeare - meeting place |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MESMER, FRANZ ANTON | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 |
Via Morgagni-It.physician-mesmerism |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
MESSIER, CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Herschel - French comet searcher |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
METCALF, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1765 |
Via McAdam - English road maker |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
METHODISM IN GREAT BRITAIN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 | Church reform movement | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
METHUEN TREATY, THE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1703 | Trade pact - England and Portugal | History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
METRIC SYSTEM, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via Snippets - introduced into France |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Snippets - opens in New York |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
METTERNICH, PRINCE von | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Year of Revolutions - diplomat |
History (HY) | AUSTRIA (AUT) | MENU |
MEUCCI, ANTONIO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Bell - Italian inventor of telephone |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MEXICAN ADVENTURE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Napoleon III - colonial failure |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
MEXICAN WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 | Mexico v United States - to 1848 | History (HY) | MEXICO (MEX) | MENU |
MEYER, LOTHAR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via Mendeleev - German chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MEYERBEER, GIOCOMO | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Bellini - German opera composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MEYNELL, WILFRID AND ALICE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Thompson - English poets |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MIANI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via The Sindh - British victory |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
MICHAEL VIII, OF NICAEA | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1261 | Byzantine Empire re-established | History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
MICHELANGELO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1504 | Artistic giant of the Italian Renaissance | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MICHELIN, EDOUARD & ANDRE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Auto Industry - French inventors |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MICHELL, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1760 |
Via Lisbon Earthquake- Eng. geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMMEO | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1436 |
Via Florence - Italian architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
MIDLOTHIAN CAMPAIGN, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1880 |
Via Gladstone - election campaign |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
MIGHTY FIVE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1862 |
Via Balakirev - Russian group |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MILAN, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via 1848 - Austrian victory in Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
MILAZZO, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Garibaldi - Italian independence |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
MILL, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Ricardo - English economist |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
MILL, JOHN STUART | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 | English philosopher and economist | Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
MILLAIS, JOHN EVERETT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | English Pre-Raphaelite artist | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MILLER, PHINEAS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Whitney - partner re. cotton gin |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 | French painter of Barbizon School | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MILNER, ALFRED | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
MILTON, JOHN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 |
English poet - Paradise Lost |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MING DYNASTY | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1368 | Established in China (1368-1644) | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
MINKUS, LUDWIG | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Delibes - Austrian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MINNESINGERS | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1210 |
Via Strassburg - German bards |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MINOAN CIVILISATION, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Evans - finds on island of Crete |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
MIR JA'FAR, NAWAB OF BENGAL | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Seven Yrs War- Battle of Plassey |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
MISSOURI COMPROMISE, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 |
Via Monroe Doctrine - re. slavery |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
MIVART, ST.GEORGE JACKSON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Darwin - English biologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
MODEL PARLIAMENT, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1295 | Wide representation - to raise funds | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MOFFAT, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via Livingstone - Scottish missionary |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MOFOLO, THOMAS MOKOPU | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1925 |
Via Shaka - South African writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MOHACS, SECOND BATTLE OF | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1687 | Turks defeated by Holy League | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MOHACS, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1526 |
Via Suleyman I - Hungarians defeated |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MOHR, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1816 |
Via Rossini - Aut.priest - Silent Night |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MOLIERE, JEAN BAPTISTE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1666 | French dramatist noted for comedies | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MOLTKE, GENERAL HELMUTH VON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Franco-Prussian War - Prussian |
History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
MONASTERIES, DISSOLUTION | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1536 | Part of the English Reformation | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MONCK, GENERAL GEORGE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1659 |
Via Commonwealth- recalls monarchy |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MONDOVI, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Campo Formio - French victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
MONET, CLAUDE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 | Leading French impressionist painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MONGOL EMPIRE, THE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1206 | Beginning under Genghis Khan | History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
MONIER, JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Snippets - reinforced concrete |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MONK, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 |
Via Snippets-music for Abide with Me |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MONMOUTH REBELLION, THE | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 | Rebellion against James II is defeated | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MONMOUTH, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via French intervention - drawn battle |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
MONMOUTH, THE DUKE OF | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 | Commands army against James II | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MONRO, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Turner - London art collector |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MONROE DOCTRINE, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 | US defence of the Americas | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
MONROE, JAMES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 |
Via The Monroe Doctrine |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
MONT BLANC | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1786 | First climbed - Paccard & Balmat | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MONT CENIS TUNNEL, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Snippets - opens for rail travel |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
MONTAGU, LADY MARY WORTLEY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1721 |
Via Jenner- re. treatment for smallpox |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
MONTAGU, MRS ELIZABETH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 |
Via Blue Stockings - London hostess |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1588 | French writer and humanist - Essays | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MONTCALM, THE MARQUIS DE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Anglo French War-North America |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
MONTES CLAROS, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 |
Via Lisbon Treaty- Portuguese victory |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1748 |
French jurist - Spirit of the Laws |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1607 | Italian composer - notably operas | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MONTEZUMA I | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1440 |
Via Itzcoatl - great Aztec ruler |
History (HY) | AZTECS (AZT) | MENU |
MONTFORT, SIMON DE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1264 | Defeats Henry III and his son Edward | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 | French inventors - first hot air balloon | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MOORE, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Oscar Wilde -Irish novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MOORE, SIR JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Corunna - killed in the battle |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
MOORE, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Byron - Irish poet/satirist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MORAN, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Statue of Liberty - American artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MORE, HANNAH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
Via Gibbon - English philanthropist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MORE, THOMAS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1516 |
Scholar and humanist - Utopia |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MOREL, EDMUND DENE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Congo Free State - editor |
History (HY) | CONGO (CON) | MENU |
MORGAGNI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1761 | Italian physician- founder of pathology | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
MORGAN, SIR HENRY | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1670 |
Via Piracy - Welsh buccaneer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MORIGIA, CAMILLO | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1780 |
Via Dante - Italian architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
MORISOT, BERTHE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Manet - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MORLAND, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via More- Eng.painter- rural scenes |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MORMON CHURCH, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Oxford Movement-in United States |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MORNINGTON, LORD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Maratha War |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
MOROCCO, THE KINGDOM OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1844 |
Via Algeria - Treaty of Tangier |
History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
MORRIS, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites- English designer |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MORSE, SAMUEL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 | Makes telegraph and invents code | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MORTIMER, ROGER | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1326 |
Via Edward II - ruler for 3 years |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MORTON, WILLIAM THOMAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Simpson- American dentist- ether |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1891 |
Via Edison - the birth of the industry |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MOUHOT, HENRI | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 |
Via Ankor Wat - French naturalist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1786 | Austrian composer - musical genius | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MUGHAL EMPIRE, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1526 | Babur becomes first Mughal leader | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
MUHAMMAD AHMAD OF SUDAN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via First Anglo-Sudan War-the Mahdi |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
MUHAMMAD ALI | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | Viceroy in Egypt - attacks Sudan | History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
MUHAMMAD OF GHUR | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1193 | Founder of Muslim power in India | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
MUHLBERG, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1547 |
Via Reformation- defeat of Protestants |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
MULLER, WILHELM | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Schubert - German poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MULREADY, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Snippets - penny post |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MUNCH, EDVARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via Gauguin - Norwegian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MUNGO PARK | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1795 | Scottish explorer - the Niger,W.Africa | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1544 |
Via Balboa - German mapmaker |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
MURAD I | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1345 |
Via Orhan - advance into the Balkans |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MURAD II - OTTOMAN LEADER | HENRY VI (H6) 1422 - 1461 |
1453 |
Via Constantinople- Ottoman advance |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MURAD IV | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1638 | Ottoman Sultan - 1623-1640 | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
MURAT, JOACHIM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Hundred Days - French General |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
MURDOCK, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1784 |
Via Cugnot - English inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MURGER, HENRI | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1851 |
Via Puccini - French novelist/poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MURILLO, BARTOLOME | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1646 |
Via Velasquez - Spanish artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
MUSCOVY COMPANY, THE | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1555 | Established for Anglo-Russian trade | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
MUSSET, ALFRED DE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Hugo- French poet and playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
MUSSORGSKY, MODEST | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Tchaikovsky - Russian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 | Captain Bligh is set adrift | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1877 |
Via Motion Pictures-Eng.photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
MYCENAE, ANCIENT CITY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Schliemann - in Greece |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
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NACHTIGAL, GUSTAV | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via Stanley - German explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
NADAR (TOURNACHON, FELIX) | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Talbot - French photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
NADEJDA VON MECK | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Tchaikovsky - wealthy patron |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
NADIR SHAH OF IRAN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 | Ruler 1736-1747 - Peacock throne | History (HY) | IRAN (IRA) | MENU |
NAGELI, KARL WILHELM VON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Mendel - Swiss botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
NAIRNE, LADY CAROLINA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1824 |
Via Culloden - Scottish songwriter |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
NANAK, SIKH | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 |
Via Sikhism - founder/spiritual leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
NANCEN PINCO | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1370 |
Via Chimu People - later overrun |
History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
NANKING, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via First Opium War - settlement |
History (HY) | OPIUM WARS (OPW) 1839-1842, 1856-1860 |
MENU |
NANSEN, FRIDTJOF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1893 |
Via Franklin - Norwegian arctic explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
NANTES, REVOCATION OF EDICT | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 | Further persecution of Huguenots | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
NANTES, THE EDICT OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1598 | Protestants gain a measure of freedom | History (HY) | FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR) 1562-1598 |
MENU |
NAPIER, GENERAL CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Anglo-Afghan War - war in Sindh |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
NAPIER, GENERAL ROBERT CORNELIUS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Indian Mutiny - British general |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
NAPIER, JOHN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1614 | Scottish mathematician - logarithms | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1828 |
Via Peninsular War - history of |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via The Consulate - French general |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
NAPOLEON II | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Waterloo - Napoleon's son |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
NAPOLEON III | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1852 | Becomes emperor of France - 1870 | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
NAPOLEONIC WARS, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 | To Battle of Waterloo 1815 | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
NARODNISM (POPULISM) | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Alexander II - popular movement |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
NARVA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1700 |
Via Great Northern War |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
NASEBY, BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1645 | Royalists defeated in Eng.Civil War | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
NASH, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 | English architect - Regent Street | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
NASH, RICHARD BEAU | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1740 |
Via Gainsborough - Eng.dandy - Bath |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
NASHVILLE, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Gettysburg - Union victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
NASMYTH, JAMES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Brunel - Scot.engineer - hammer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
NATAL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Battle of Blood River |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Snippets - founded in Pall Mall |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1888 |
Via Bell - founded in Washington DC |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
NATIONAL TRUST, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Snippets - founded in Britain |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
NATIONS, THE BATTLE OF THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | Coalition of forces defeat Napoleon | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
NAVARINO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 |
Via War of Greek Independence |
History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
NAYLOR, JAMES | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1651 |
Via Fox - English Quaker |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
NAZARINES, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1809 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites - German artists |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
NECKER, JACQUES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via States General - French minister |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
NED KELLY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 | Last stand of Australian outlaw | History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
NEILSON, JAMES BEAUMONT | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via Industrial Rev.- Scottish engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
NELL GWYN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 |
Via Dryden - King's mistress |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
NELSON, HORATIO | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Battle of Aboukir Bay - British admiral |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
NELSON'S COLUMN, LONDON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via Snippets -completed Trafalgar Sq. |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
NEOCLASSICISM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Robert Adam- visual art |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
NEO-IMPRESSIONISM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Seurat - pointillism |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
NEPAL, KINGDOM OF NORTHERN INDIA | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via 2nd/3rd Anglo-Maratha Wars |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
NERCHINSK, TREATY OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 | Agreement on Russo-Chinese border | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
NETHERLANDS, THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1477 | Habsburgs take over Netherlands | History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
NEUVILLE, ALPHONSE DE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Rorke's Drift - Fr. battle artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
NEW ACADEMY, THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1500 |
Via Aldus Manutius - Greek studies |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
NEW AMSTERDAM | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1626 | Founded by Dutch - Manhattan Island | History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
NEW ECHOTA, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1835 |
Via Trail of Tears - Indian expulsion |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
NEW GRANADA, SOUTH AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1819 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
NEW ORLEANS, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via War of 1812 - American victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
NEW YORK, BRITISH CAPTURE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 | American Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
NEW YORK, MANHATTAN ISLAND | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1664 |
Via New Amsterdam - seized by Brits |
History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
NEWBERY, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1765 |
Via Goldsmith - English bookseller |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
NEWBOLT, SIR HENRY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1897 |
Via Drake - Eng.Poet - Drake's Drum |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
NEWCOMEN, THOMAS | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1712 | English engineer - steam engine | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
NEWLANDS, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Mendeleev - English chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Oxford Movement - leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
NEWPORT, CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1607 |
Via Jamestown - colonial leader |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
NEWTON, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Layard - English archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
NEWTON, ISAAC | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1687 | English mathematician & scientist | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
NEWTON, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1779 |
Via Cowper - Olney hymns |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
NEY, MARSHAL MICHEL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Hundred Days - French general |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
NI TSAN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1368 |
Via Ming Dynasty - Chinese artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
NICHOLAS I, TSAR | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Decembrist Uprising in Russia |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
NICHOLLS, ARTHUR BELL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Charlotte Bronte - husband |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
NICHOLSON'S NEK, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War- Boer victory |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
NICOLAI, OTTO | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Berlioz - German composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
NICOLAIER, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Pasteur - German physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
NICOLE, PIERRE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1669 |
Via Arnauld - French theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
NICOPOLIS, THE BATTLE OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1396 |
Via Kosovo- Ottomans defeat crusade |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
NICOT, JEAN | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1558 |
Via Snippets- Italian diplomat- tobacco |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
NIEBUHR, BARTHOLD GEORG | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1832 |
Via Carsten Niebuhr-German historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
NIEBUHR, CARSTEN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 |
Via Bruce - German map maker |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
NIEPCE, JOSEPH | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 | French inventor - first photograph | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | German philosopher - will to succeed | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 | English nurse in Crimean War | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
NIJMEGEN, THE TREATIES OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
Via Franco-Dutch War - and 1679 |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
NILE, THE BATTLE OF THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 | Nelson destroys French fleet | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
NINEVEH, THE CITY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 | Discovery of Ancient Assyrian capital | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
NINGYUAN, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1626 |
Via Manchu - defeat of Ming army |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
NIZIP, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Muhammad Ali - Egyptian victory |
History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
NOBEL PRIZES, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | Awarded by Alfred Bernhard Nobel | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 | Swedish chemist - develops dynamite | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
NOBUNAGA, ODA | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1568 |
Via Onin War - feudal lord |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
NOH DRAMA | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1385 |
Via Japan - Zeami Motokiyo |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
NOOTKA SOUND CONTROVERSY, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1790 |
Via Vancouver - Spain v GB |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
NORDENSKIOLD, ADOLF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1879 |
Via Franklin - Northeast Passage |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
NORDLINGEN, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1634 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Protestant defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
NORDLINGEN, THE SECOND BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1645 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Habsburg defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
NORDMAN, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1901 |
Via Marconi - French astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
NORDRAAK, RICHARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Grieg - Norwegian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
NORE MUTINY, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 | British naval mutiny -The Thames | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
NORMAN CONQUEST, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1067 | Norman rule imposed on British Isles | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
NORMANS, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 | To King Stephen 1154 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
NORTH, LORD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via George III - British PM |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
NORTHAMPTON, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1460 |
Via Wars of Roses - victory for York |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
NORTHAMPTON, TREATY OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1328 | Declares independence of Scotland | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
NORTHEN, ADOLF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Retreat from Moscow - Ger.artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
NORTHUMBERLAND, DUKE OF | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1549 |
Via Edward VI - Regent 1549-1553 |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
NORTHUMBERLAND, EARL OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1403 |
Via Shrewsbury - defeat of Hotspur |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
NORWAY | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 |
Via Union of Kalmar - with Den.& Sw. |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
NORWICH SCHOOL, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Turner- landscape/marine artists |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
NOSTRADAMUS | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1555 | French astrologer makes predictions | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1163 | Early Gothic - completed in 1250 | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
NOVALIS (VON HARDENBERG) | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via Schiller - German romantic poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
NOVARA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1513 |
Via Italian Wars- Swiss defeat French |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
NOVARA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 |
Via 1848 - Austrian victory in Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
NTOMBI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Anglo-Zulu War - British defeat |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
NURHACHI (KHAN KUNDULUN) | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1616 |
Via Manchu Dynasty - founder |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
NUSSEY, ELLEN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 |
Via Charlotte Bronte - life-long friend |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
NYSTADT, TREATY OF | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1721 | Between Sweden and Russia | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
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O'BRIEN, JAMES BRONTERRE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1835 |
Via Chartism - Irish born radical |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
O'BRIEN, WILLIAM SMITH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 |
Via Great Potato Famine, Ireland |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
O'CONNELL, DANIEL | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1829 |
Via Peel - Irish nationalist |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
O'CONNOR, FEARGUS EDWARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Chartism - Irish militant leader |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
O'CONNOR, RODERICK, HIGH KING | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1170 |
Via Ireland - opposes Strongbow |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
O'DONNELL, PATRICK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Phoenix Park Murders - radical |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
O'HIGGINS, BERNADO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 |
Via Chile - patriot and leader |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
O'MAHONY, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Fenian Uprising - Irish nationalist |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
O'MORE, RORY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1641 | Irish Catholic chieftain starts uprising | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
O'NEIL, SHANE, OF TYRONE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1562 |
Via Ireland - leads first Catholic revolt |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
O'NEILL, HUGH, EARL OF TYRONE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1598 |
Via Ireland - leads 3rd catholic revolt |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
OATES, TITUS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 | English instigator of Popish Plot | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
OBASSA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via War of the Golden Stool - ending |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
OBERAMMERGAU, BAVARIAN ALPS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1634 |
Via Snippets - Bavarian passion play |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
OBRENOVICH, MILOS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Karageorge - Serbian leader |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
ODO, BISHOP OF BAYEUX | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1077 |
Via Bayeux Tapestry - possible part |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ODORIC OF PORDENONE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1330 |
Via Ibn Battuta - Italian traveller |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
OEBEN, JEAN FRANCOIS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1754 |
Via Chippendale- Germ.cabinetmaker |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
OEHLENSHLAGER, ADAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Grimm Brothers - Danish poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
OERSTED, HANS CHRISTIAN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | Danish scientist- electromagnetism | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
OFFENBACH, JACQUES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 | German-born French composer | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
OGLETHORPE, JAMES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1733 | Eng. philanthropist - sets up Georgia | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
OHM, GEORG SIMON | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Oersted - German physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
OJEDA, ALONSO DE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 |
Via Vespucci-Spanish soldier/explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
OLAF II, KING (and OLAF IV) | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1380 |
Via Kalmar - Denmark and Norway |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
OLBERS, HEINRICH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1802 |
Via Gauss - German astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
OLD GLORY - STARS & STRIPES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 |
Via Saratoga Battles - US flag |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
OLDCASTLE, SIR JOHN | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1417 |
Via Lollards - leader of rebellion |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
OLDS, RANSOM ELI | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1901 |
Via Auto Industry- American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
OLYMPIC GAMES, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Snippets - revived in Athens |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
OMAI - SOUTH SEA ISLANDER | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 |
Via Cook-Tahitian brought to England |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
OMAN, SIR CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1902 |
Via Peninsular War- military historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
OMAR KHAYYAM | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1131 | Persian poet - Four lined verse | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
OMDURMAN, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 | British defeat Sudanese Dervishes | History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
ONIN WAR, THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1467 | Civil War in Japan for over 100 years | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
OPIE, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Wollstonecraft - English painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
OPIUM WAR, THE FIRST | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 | Trade war - UK and China | History (HY) | OPIUM WARS (OPW) 1839-1842, 1856-1860 |
MENU |
OPIUM WAR, THE SECOND | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 | Trade war - France and UK v China | History (HY) | OPIUM WARS (OPW) 1839-1842, 1856-1860 |
MENU |
OPORTO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Peninsular War - British victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
ORANGE FREE STATE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Battle of Blood River |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ORDAHSU, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 |
Via Third Anglo-Ashanti War |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
ORDER OF KNIGHTS | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 | Forming of Hospitaller | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
ORDER OF THE GARTER, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1348 | A royal civil and military honour | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ORDERIC VITALIS | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1069 |
Via Harrowing - Norman historian |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ORDNANCE SURVEY, THE BRITISH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Arrowsmith - established |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
OREGON TRAIL, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Oregon Treaty - pioneer route |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
OREGON TREATY, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 | Border settlement - USA-Canada | History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
ORELLANA, FRANCISCO DE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1541 |
Via Pizarro - navigates River Amazon |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ORHAN, SULTAN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1345 | Ottomans advance into the Balkans | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
ORIENT EXPRESS, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via Snippets - Paris to Istanbul |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ORISKANY, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 |
Via Battles of Saratoga- British defeat. |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
ORSINI, FELICE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Napoleon III - Italian patriot |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1569 |
Via Mercator - Dutch mapmaker |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
OSCEOLA, CHIEF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1835 |
Via Second Seminole War- Leader |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
OSEI KWADWO | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1764 | Leader of the Ashanti, West Africa | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
OSEI TUTU | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 |
Via Ashanti - founder of empire |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
OSMAN I | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1300 |
Via Ottoman Empire - the founder |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
OSSIAN, THE WORKS OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1760 |
Via Macpherson - Scottish forger |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
OSTADE, ADRIAEN VON | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1642 |
Via Steen - Little Masters of Holland |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
OSTROLENKA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Poland - rebellion crushed |
History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
OTIS, ELISHA | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1852 |
Via Bessemer - American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
OTTO, NIKOLAUS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1876 |
Via Auto Industry - German engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
OTTOMAN EMPIRE, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1300 | Founded by Osman I in NW Anatolia | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
OUDENAARDE, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1708 | Allied victory over French | History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
OUDNEY, WALTER | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 |
Via Africa- Scot.explorer- Lake Chad |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
OUGHTRED, WILLIAM | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1631 |
Via Snippets - mathematical symbols |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
OURIQUE, THE BATTLE OF | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1139 |
Via Portugal - independence gained |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
OUTLAWS OF THE WILD WEST | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via Kelly - American outlaws |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
OWEN, RICHARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Darwin - English anatomist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
OWEN, ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Fry - Welsh socialist reformer |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
OXFORD MOVEMENT, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 | Reform movement-Church of England | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
OXFORD, THE UNIVERSITY OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1167 |
Via Paris University 1155 |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
OXLEY, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Flinders - English explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
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PAARDEBERG, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Sec.Anglo-Boer War- Brit.victory |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
PACCARD, MICHEL-GABRIEL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1786 |
Via Mont Blanc - first to climb |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
PACHACUTI INCA | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1466 | Leader of Incas - expands empire | History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
PACHELBEL, JOHANN | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1699 |
Via Purcell - German composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PACKARD, JAMES WARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Auto Industry- American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
PADEREWSKI, IGNANCY JAN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Snippets - Polish virtuoso pianist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PAGANINI, NICOLO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | Genoan virtuoso violinist | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PAGET, GENERAL LORD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Corunna - cavalry commander |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
PAGET, SIDNEY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PAINE, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Burke - English/American radical |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PAJOU, AUGUSTIN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Houdon - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PALERMO, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Garibaldi - Italian independence |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
PALESTRINA, GIOVANNI | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1551 | Italian composer - church music | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PALEY, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Kant - Eng.theologian/philosopher |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PALLADIO, ANDREA | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1570 |
Italian classical architect - Four Books |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
PALLAS, PETER SIMON | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Buffon - German naturalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PALMERSTON, LORD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Treaty of Paris- English statesman |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
PALO ALTO, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Mexican War - U.S. victory |
History (HY) | MEXICO (MEX) | MENU |
PANAMA CANAL, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 | Construction begins - De Lesseps | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
PANIPAT, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1526 |
Via Babur - making of Mughal empire |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
PANIPAT, THE BATTLE OF | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1556 |
Via Akbar - expansion of Muhgal Emp. |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
PANIPAT, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1761 | The Afghans defeat the Mahrathas | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
PANIPAT, THE BATTLE OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1398 |
Via Tamerlane - captures Delhi |
History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
PANKHURST, MRS EMMELINE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Snippets - Women's Franchise |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
PAOLI, PASQUALE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1790 |
Via Napoleon - Corsican leader |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
PAPAL INFALLIBILITY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Snippets - the declaration |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PAPAL STATES, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Uprisings in Europe - put down |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
PAPIN, DENIS | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1690 |
Via Savery - French physicist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PAPINEAU, LOUIS JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1837 |
Via Union of Canada Act - rebel |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
PARACELSUS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1536 |
Swiss Physician - Great Surgery Book |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
PARAGUAY - INDEPENDENCE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 | Fight for independence - gained 1813 | History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
PARE, AMBROISE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1545 |
Via Paracelsus - French surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
PARIS COMMUNE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 | Working class rebellion | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
PARIS, MATTHEW | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1216 |
English monk - History of the English |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PARIS, THE PEACE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 | Settlement- Am.War of Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
PARIS, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 | Ends Crimean War 1854-1856 | History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
PARIS, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Spanish/American War-settlement |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
PARIS, THE UNIVERSITY OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1155 | Founded - a model for others | Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
PARIS, TREATY OF - 1259 | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1259 | Henry renounces most Fr.territory | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PARIS, TREATY OF - 1763 | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1763 | Ends Seven Years' War | History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
PARKER, RICHARD | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 |
Via Nore Mutiny - leading mutineer |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
PARKINSON, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Hahnemann- English neurologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
PARMIGIANINO, FRANCESCO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1535 |
Via Titian - Italian painter and etcher |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PARNASSIAN MOVEMENT, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1866 |
Via Leconte de Lisle - poetic movement |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Phoenix Park Murders - radical |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
PARR, CATHERINE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1543 | Wives of H8 -1543-1547 - survived | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PARR, THOMAS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1635 |
Via Snippets - dies aged 152 |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PARRY, HUBERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1886 |
Via Blake- Eng.composer-Jerusalem |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PARRY, WILLIAM | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 |
Via Arctic - English explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
PARSONS, CHARLES ALGERNON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Daimler - English engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
PARTHENON, THE | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1687 |
Via Second Battle of Mohacs |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
PARTITION OF POLAND, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1795 | By Austria, Russia and Prussia | History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
PARWAN, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
PASCAL, BLAISE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1656 | French philosopher and scientist | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PASCHALL II, POPE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1111 |
Via Henry V-re.investiture controversy |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PASSAROWITZ, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1718 | Between OttomanTurks and Austria | History (HY) | AUSTRIA (AUT) | MENU |
PASTEUR INSTITUTE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Pasteur - for contagious diseases |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
PASTEUR, LOUIS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 | French chemist - biology & medicine | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
PASTON LETTERS, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1787 |
Via Gibbon - re.15th century Norfolk |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PATAY, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1429 |
Via Joan of Arc - French victory over English |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
PATER, JEAN BAPTISTE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1717 |
Via Watteau - French rococo painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PATERSON, WILLIAM | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1694 |
Via Snippets-Bank of England founded |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
PATINIR, JOACHIM | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1500 |
Via Bosch - Dutch landscape artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PAUL III, POPE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1517 |
Via Counter Reformation - policy |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PAUL, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Motion Picture Industry |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PAVIA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1525 | HRE victory ends the Italian Wars | History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
PAXTON BOYS' UPRISING, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1763 |
Via Pontiac's War - attack on Indians |
History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
PAXTON, JOSPEH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via Great Exhibition - Crystal Palace |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
PEABODY, ELIZABETH PALMER | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1860 |
Via Froebel - American educator |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
PEACE OF PARIS, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 | Settlement- Am.War of Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
PEACE OF PRAGUE, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1635 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - brief settlement |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
PEACOCK THRONE, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1632 |
Via Jahan - built in his reign |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Shelley - English novelist/poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PEALE, CHARLES WILSON | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Washington - American artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PEARY, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1909 |
Via Arctic - first to reach N.Pole |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
PEASANTS' REVOLT, CENTRAL EUROPE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1525 | Widespread revolt is swiftly crushed | History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
PEASANTS' REVOLT, THE | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1381 | Led by Wat Tyler and John Ball | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PEEL, SIR ROBERT | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1829 | Police force & Catholic emancipation | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
PEIWAR KOTAL, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 |
Via Second Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
PEKING CONVENTION, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Second Opium War - China |
History (HY) | OPIUM WARS (OPW) 1839-1842, 1856-1860 |
MENU |
PELLETIER, PIERRE JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Davy - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PELSAERT, FRANCISCO | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1627 |
Via Diemen-1st Australian immigrants |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
PENGELLY, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Darwin - English archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
PENINSULAR WAR, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 | Britain sends army to Portugal | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
PENN, WILLIAM | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1682 | English Quaker - Pennsylvania | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PENNELL, JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Whistler- American.artist/writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PENNY BLACK, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Snippets - first postage stamp |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PENNY FARTHING BICYCLE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Snippets - invented by J.Starley |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PENRITH, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 |
Via '45 Rebellion - Jacobite victory |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
PEOPLE'S CRUSADE, THE | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1095 |
Via First Crusade - Peter the Hermit |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
PEPUSCH, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 |
Via Gay - German composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PEPYS, SAMUEL | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1660 | English diarist 1660-1669 | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PERCEVAL, SPENCER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Snippets-British PM assassinated |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
PERCY, SIR HENRY (HOTSPUR) | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1403 |
Via Shrewsbury - killed in battle |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PERE LACHAISE CEMETERY, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1804 |
Via Bizet - famous Paris cemetery |
HY | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
PEREGRINUS, PETRUS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1269 |
Via Gilbert - Fr.scientist - magnetism |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PERRAULT, CHARLES | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 |
French writer of fairy tales - Cinderella |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PERRY, COMMODORE MATTHEW | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Treaty of Kanagawa - negotiator |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via War of 1812 - Hero of Lake Erie |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
PERU, SOUTH AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
PERUGINO, PIETRO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1486 |
Via Raphael - Umbrian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PESTALOZZI, JOHANN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 |
Via Rousseau - Swiss educator |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
PETER I OF RUSSIA, THE GREAT | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 | Tsar of Russia 1682-1725 | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
PETER THE HERMIT | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1095 |
Via First Crusade - People's Crusade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
PETERLOO MASSACRE, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 | Demand for parliamentary reform | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
PETRA, THE ANCIENT CITY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Burckhardt - discovery of red city |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
PETRARCH, FRANCESCO | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1330 |
Italian poet and humanist - Songbook |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PETRIE, SIR FLINDERS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 | Eng. archaeologist & Egyptologist | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
PETRUCCI, OTTAVIANO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1501 |
Via Josquin des Prez - printer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PETZVAL, JOZSEF MISKA | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via Daguerre - Hung.mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PEURBACH, GEORG VON | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1450 |
Via Regiomontanus - astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1787 | Draws up USA constitution | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
PHILIP II OF SPAIN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1580 |
Via Alcantara, Battle of - 1556-1598 |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
PHILIP IV OF FRANCE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1302 |
Via Boniface VIII - running dispute |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PHILIPPA OF HAINAUT, QUEEN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1346 |
Via Burghers of Calais |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
PHILLIP, ARTHUR | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
Via Botany Bay - naval captain |
History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
PHIPS, SIR WILLIAM | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1690 |
Via King William's War - Canada |
History (HY) | GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA) 1688-1697 |
MENU |
PHNOM PENH, THE CITY OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1434 | New capital for the Khmer empire | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
PHOENIX PARK MURDERS, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 | The killing of two British ministers | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
PHYSIOCRATS, THE SCHOOL OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1758 |
Via Quesnay - School of economists |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
PIAZZI, GIUSEPPE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
Via Bode - Italian astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
PICCINNI, NICCOLO | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Gluck - Italian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1452 | Italian artist - Arrezo frescoes | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PIERO DI COSIMO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1481 |
Via Sistine Chapel - Florentine artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PIGALLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1776 |
Via Voltaire - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PILGRIM FATHERS, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1620 |
Puritans to America - The Mayflower |
History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1536 | Revolt v dissolution of monasteries | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PILLNITZ, THE DECLARATION OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Flight to Varennes-Austria/Prussia |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
PINEL, PHILIPPE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Bichat - treatment of insane |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
PINERO, ARTHUR WING | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via Shaw - English playwright |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PINKIE, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1547 | English defeat the Scots | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PINTORICCHIO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1492 |
Via Raphael - Italian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PINZON, VICENTE YANEZ | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 |
Via Cabral - Spanish explorer - Brazil |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
PIQUE, MONSIEUR DE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1808 |
Via Blanchard - duel by balloon |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PIRACY AT SEA | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1701 |
Via Kidd - through the ages |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Pompeii - Italian engraver |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PISA, THE COUNCIL OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1409 | Schism ends up with three Popes! | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PISANELLO (ANTONIO PISANO) | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1452 |
Via Piero della Francesca - It.artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PISANO, ANDREA | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1336 |
Via Giotto's Tower - Italian sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PISANO, NICOLA AND GIOVANNI | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1307 |
Via Giotto - Italian sculptors |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PISSARRO, CAMILLE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 | French artist - Impressionism | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PITCAIRNE, ARCHIBALD | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1701 |
Via Boerhaave - Scottish physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
PITMAN, ISAAC | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1837 |
Via Snippets - shorthand system |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PITT DIAMOND, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1702 |
Via Jahan - bought by Thomas Pitt |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PITT RIVERS, GENERAL AUGUSTUS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Petrie-Eng.amateur archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
PITT, THOMAS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1702 |
Via Jahan - the Pitt diamond |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
PITT, WILLIAM, THE ELDER | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 | Brit. political leader in Seven Yrs War | History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
PITT, WILLIAM, THE YOUNGER | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1783 | PM GBR 1783-1801 & UK 1804-6 | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
PIUS II, POPE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1460 |
Via Fall of Constantinople - crusade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
PIUS IV, POPE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1559 |
Via Snippets - lists prohibited books |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PIUS IX, POPE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Italian Unification - The Vatican |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
PIUS VI, POPE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1799 |
Via Pius VII- imprisoned by Napoleon |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PIUS VII, POPE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 | Returns to Rome-revives Jesuit Order | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PIZARRO, FRANCISCO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1533 | Sp.soldier overthrows Inca Empire | History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
PLANCK, MAX | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Marconi - German physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PLANTAGENETS, THE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1154 | To King Richard II 1399 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PLASSEY, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1757 | British victory over French in India | History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
PLAYFAIR, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1802 |
Via Hutton - Scottish geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PLEIADE, LA | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1549 |
Via Du Bellay - group of French poets |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PLIMSOLL, SAMUEL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1876 |
Via Reade - intro of plimsoll line |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Oxford Movement - religious sect |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
POCAHONTAS | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1616 |
Via Jamestown -Indian princess |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
POCOCK, NICHOLAS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Robespierre - English artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
POE, EDGAR ALLAN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 | American writer of horror stories | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
POET LAUREATE, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1616 |
Via Jonson - regarded as the first |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
POETS' CORNER, WESTMINSTER ABBEY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 |
Via Spenser - opening of corner |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
POINTILLISM (or DIVISIONISM) | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Seurat - colouring technique |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
POISSON, SIMEON-DENIS | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 |
Via Oersted - French mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
POITIERS, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1356 |
Via Black Prince - victory over French |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
POLAND - THE FINAL PARTITION | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1795 | By Austria, Russia and Prussia | History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
POLAND, THE KINGDOM OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Uprisings in Europe - put down |
History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
POLIDORI, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
Via Mary Shelley - The Vampyre |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
POLISH SUCCESSION, WAR OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1733 | Russia/Austria v France/Spain | History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
POLITIAN, ANGELO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1475 |
Via Lorenzo the Magnificent - poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
POLTAVA, BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 | Russians defeat Swedes | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
POMPEII - EXCAVATION BEGINS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1748 | Roman city - buried in 79 AD | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
POMPEII, ROMAN CITY OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1592 | Discovered after being buried 79 AD | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
PONCE DE LEON, JUAN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1513 |
Via Balboa - discovers Florida |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1876 |
Via Puccini - Italian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PONTIAC, CHIEF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1763 | Indian rebellion in North America | History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
PONTIAC'S WAR | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1763 | Indian rebellion in North America | History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
POOR LAW OF 1834, THE BRITISH | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 |
Via Reform Bill - workhouses built |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
POPE, ALEXANDER | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 |
English poet and satirist - The Dunciad |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
POPISH PLOT IN ENGLAND, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 | Fabricated by Titus Oates v RCs | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
POPOV, ALEXANDER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Marconi - Russian physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PORCELAIN, CHINESE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1682 | During Chi'ang Dynasty | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PORT ARTHUR MASSACRE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
PORTEOUS RIOTS, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1736 | Riots in Edinburgh - by Jacobites? | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
PORTLAND CEMENT, MAKING OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Snippets - by Joseph Aspdin |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PORTLAND VASE, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via Snippets - repair of Roman vase |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
PORTO NOVO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via Anglo-Mysore Wars - Brit.victory |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
PORTUGAL | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1139 | Independence gained from Spain | History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
POST-IMPRESSIONISM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via Van Gogh - French art movement |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
POTEMKIN, GRIGORY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Catherine II - soldier/statesman |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
POTT, PERCIVALL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 |
Via Morgagni - English surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
POTTIER, EUGENE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Internationale - French socialist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
POULSON, VALDEMAR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1900 |
Via Edison - Danish engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
POUNDS, JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1802 |
Via Shaftsbury - free schooling |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
POUSSIN, NICOLAS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1640 | French baroque artist to Louis XIII | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
POWER, HARRY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Ned Kelly - Australian outlaw |
History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
POYNINGS' LAW | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1495 | The English take control of Ireland | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
POYNINGS, SIR EDWARD | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1494 |
Via Poynings' Law - sent to Ireland |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
PRADO MUSEUM, MADRID | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
Via Snippets - opened to the public |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PRAETORIUS, MICHAEL | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1620 | German composer and music theorist | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PRAGMATIC SANCTION | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 |
Via War of Austrian Succession |
History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
PRAGUE, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Austro-Prussian War - settlement |
History (HY) | AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW) June/July 1866 |
MENU |
PRAT, ARTURO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via War of Pacific - Chilean captain |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
PREECE, WILLIAM HENRY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Marconi - Welsh inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PRE-RAPHAELITES, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | Art movement-stressing spiritual values | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PRESCOTT, SAMUEL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 |
Via Paul Revere - ride to Lexington |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
PRESSBURG, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Austerlitz - Austria humiliated |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
PRESTER JOHN | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1314 |
Via John XXII - legendary Xn prince |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PRESTON, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 | Cromwell defeats the Scots | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
PRESTON, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1715 |
Via The Fifteen - Jacobites defeated |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
PRESTONPANS, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 |
Via Bonnie Prince Charlie - victory |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
PRETORIA, THE CONVENTION OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 |
Via First Anglo-Boer War - settlement |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (1ST) (FBW) 1880-1881 |
MENU |
PRETORIUS, ANDREAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Battle of Blood River- Boer leader |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
PRETORIUS, MARTHINUS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Transvaal - elected president |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
PREVEZA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1538 |
Via Suleyman-defeat of Holy League |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
PREVOST, ABBE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1731 |
Via Henry Fielding - French novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PRIAM TREASURE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 |
Via Schliemann - from Troy |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
PRICE, RICHARD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 |
Via Boston Tea Party - philosopher |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
PRICE, SIR UVEDALE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1794 |
Via Repton - picturesque landscape |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1774 | English chemist - discovers oxygen | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PRINCE ALBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1851 |
Via Great Exhibition- Queen's Consort |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
PRINCE OF WALES, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1301 |
Via Wales - title instituted by E1 |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PRINCE REGENT, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 | To 1820 - George IV 1820-1830 | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
PRINGLE, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1752 |
Via James Lind - Scottish physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
PRIOR, MATTHEW | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1713 |
Via Treaty of Utrecht - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PRITCHARD, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1770 |
Via Darby III - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
PROHIBITED BOOKS - PAPAL DECREE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1559 |
Via Snippets-issued by Pope Pius IV |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PROUDHON, PIERRE-JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Marx - French social philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
PROUST, JOSEPH LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1794 |
Via Berthollet - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
PROVISIONS OF OXFORD, THE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1258 | Baronial check on royal power | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PRZHEVALSKI, NICOLAI | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Stanley - Russian explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
PUCCINI, GIACOMO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Italian opera composer - La Bohème |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PUEBLO PEOPLE, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1300 | Abandon cliff houses in New Mexico | History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
PUGACHEV, YEMELIAN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1773 | Leader of serf revolt in Russia | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
PUGIN, AUGUSTUS CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Rowlandson - Anglo-French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
PUGIN, AUGUSTUS WELBY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Snippets - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
PULLMAN, GEORGE M. | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Snippets - invents the sleeping car |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
PUNCH, THE PERIODICAL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via Snippets - Eng.periodical founded |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PURCELL, HENRY | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 |
English composer - Dido & Aeneas |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
PUSEY, EDWARD BOUVERIE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Oxford Movement - leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
PUSHKIN, ALEKSANDR | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Russian poet/novelist - Eugene Onegin |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
PYM, JOHN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1640 |
Via Long Parliament - reformist MP |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
PYONGYANG, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
PYRAMIDS, THE BATTLE OF THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 | Napoleon gains control of Egypt | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
PYRENEES, TREATY OF THE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1659 | Ends war between France and Spain | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
Q | ||||||
QUAKERS, THE (Society of Friends) | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1650 | Puritan movement - George Fox | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
QUATRE BRAS, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Hundred Days - indecisive result |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
QUEBEC ACT, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1774 | Safeguards for Roman Catholics | History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
QUEBEC, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 | British gain control over Canada | History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
QUEEN ANNE'S WAR | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 |
Via War of Spanish Succession |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
QUEENSBURY RULES, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Snippets-boxing's governing rules |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
QUEENSBURY, THE MARQUIS OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Oscar Wilde - sued for libel |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
QUEENSLAND GOLD RUSH, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Witwatersrand - Mount Morgan |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
QUEENSTON HEIGHTS, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via War of 1812 - British victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
QUESNAY, FRANCOIS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1758 |
Via David Hume - French economist |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
QUESNEL, PASQUIER | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1713 |
Via Jansenism - French theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
QUIBERON BAY, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Seven Yrs War - defeat of French |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
QUILLER-COUCH, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Stevenson - English writer/critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
QUINAULT, PHILIPPE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1672 |
Via Lully - French librettist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
QUINTANA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 |
Via Kaffir Wars - defeat of Xhosa |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
QUIROS, PEDRO FERNANDEZ de | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1606 | Spanish explorer - New Hebrides | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
R | ||||||
R.S.P.C.A. | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Snippets - protection of animals |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
RABELAIS, FRANCOIS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 |
Fr. satirical writer - Life of Gargantua |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RACINE, JEAN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 |
Fr. dramatist-tragedies - Andromaque |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RADCLIFFE, ANN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Blake - English terror novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RADISHCHEV, ALEKSANDRA | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1790 |
Via Catherine II - Russian author |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RAEBURN, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Scott - Scottish portraitist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RAFFLES, THOMAS STAMFORD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 | East India Company - Singapore | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
RAGLAN, LORD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Balaclava - British commander |
History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
RAIKES, ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 |
Via Snippets - first Sunday School |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
RAKOCZI, FERENC II | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1703 | Hungarian leader v Habsburgs | History (HY) | HUNGARY (HUN) | MENU |
RALEIGH, WALTER | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1585 | English seaman and adventurer | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
RAMBOUILLET, MARQUISE DE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1630 |
Via Descartes - major literary salon |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RAMEAU, JEAN PHILIPPE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1722 |
Via Vivaldi - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
RAMILLIES, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 | Allied victory over French | History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
RAMSAY, ALLAN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 |
Via Hogarth - Scotish portrait painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RAMSAY, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Curies - Scottish chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
RANCAGUA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via O'Higgins-Chilean rebels defeated |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
RANCE, ARMAND DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1662 |
Via Trappists - new code of conduct |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
RANJIT SINGH | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1801 |
Via Koh-I-noor diamond - Sikh ruler |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
RANULF DE GLANVILLE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1180 | Chief Minister to Henry II -1180-1189 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
RAPHAEL, SANZIO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1508 |
Brilliant Italian artist - School of Athens |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RAPP, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Owen - German religious leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
RASPE, RUDOLPH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 |
Via Snippets-Tales about Munchausen |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RASTATT, THE TREATY OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1714 |
Via Utrecht - Emperor makes peace |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
RAUCH, CHRISTIAN DANIEL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Snippets - German sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RAUCOUX, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1746 |
Via Fontenoy- another French victory |
History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
RAWLINSON, HENRY CRESWICKE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 |
Via Layard - English orientalist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
RAY, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1704 |
Via Linnaeus - English botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
RAYDANIYAH, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1517 |
Via Selim l - defeat of the Mamluks |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
RAYLEIGH, LORD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Ramsay - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
RAZIN, STENKA | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1670 |
Via Tsar Alexis - leader of serf revolt |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
READE, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Eliot, English humanist writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
REASON, THE AGE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1751 |
Via Denis Diderot - Encyclopedie |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
REAUMUR, RENE ANTOINE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1734 |
Via Linnaeus - French entomologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
REBECCA RIOTS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Chartism - in south-west Wales |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
RECAMIER, MADAME DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Austen - influential French salon |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RECONSTRUCTION, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via the confederate surrender |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
RED CRESCENT, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Battle of Solferino - Muslem |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
RED CROSS - GENEVA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 | International Committee established | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
RED CROSS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via Battle of Solferino - J.H. Dunant |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
REDON, ODILON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Munch - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
REFORM LEAGUE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Second Reform Act - agitation |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
REFORMATION IN EUROPE, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1517 | Protest movement against RC Church | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
REFORMATION, THE ENGLISH | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 |
Via Cromwell, Thomas - finalized |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
REGENCY STYLE, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via Nash - architectural style |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
REGIOMONTANUS | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1474 | German astronomer & mathematician | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
REICHENBACH, KARL VON | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 |
Via Snippets - German scientist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
REICHSTADT, THE DUKE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Waterloo - son of Napoleon |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
REIGN OF TERROR - FRANCE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 | Ten months throughout France | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
REIS, JOHANN PHILIPP | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 |
Via Bell- German inventor of telephone |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1642 | Dutch portrait artist-etchings/drawings | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
REMINGTON, FREDERIC | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Spanish-American War - artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
REMINGTON, PHILO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 |
Via Twain - invents workable typewriter |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
RENAISSANCE, THE | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1420 | The beginnings - in Florence | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RENNIE, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Nash - Scottish engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
RENO, MAJOR MARCUS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Battle of The Little Bighorn |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
RENOIR, PIERRE-AUGUSTE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 | French impressionist painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
REPEAL OF CORN LAWS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Great Potato Famine, Ireland |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
REPIN, ILYA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1885 |
Via Mussorgsky - Russian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
REPTON, HUMPHRY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 |
Via Nash - English landscape artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
REPUBLICAN CALENDAR, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Valmy - in France until 1805 |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
RESACA DE LA PALMA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Mexican War - U.S. victory |
History (HY) | MEXICO (MEX) | MENU |
RESPIGHI, OTTORINO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1919 |
Via Rossini - Italian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1660 | Return of English monarchy - C2 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
RETREAT FROM MOSCOW, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 | The defeat of Napoleon's army | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
RETZ, CARDINAL DE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1655 |
Via Princely Fronde - Memoires |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
REUTER, PAUL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1851 |
Via Morse - world news service |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
REVERE, PAUL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 |
Via Battle of Lexington - midnight ride |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
REVETT, NICHOLAS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Adam - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
REVOLUTIONARY WARS, FRENCH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 | The Beginning - The Battle of Valmy | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
REVOLUTIONS, THE YEAR OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | Series of European rebellions | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
REYNAUD, EMILE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 |
Via Motion Pictures - French scientist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
REYNOLDS, JOSHUA | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1768 | English portrait artist - R.A. of Arts | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RHENS, THE DECLARATION OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1338 | Restriction of papal power | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
RHETICUS, GEORG JOACHIM | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1543 |
Via Copernicus - Austrian astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1903 |
Via Rhodes - Oxford University |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
RHODES, CECIL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 | British entrepreneur and imperialist | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
RHODES, FATHER ALEXANDRE DE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1620 |
Via French Indochina - missionary |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
RHODESIA, THE STATE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via First Matabele War - established |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
RHUDDLAN, THE STATUTE OF | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1284 |
Via Wales - Principality established |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
RICARDO, DAVID | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 | English economist - Law of Wages | Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
RICCI, MATTEO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1583 | Jesuit missionary works in China | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
RICHARD I OF ENGLAND | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1189 | To 1199 - takes part in 3rd Crusade | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
RICHARD II OF ENGLAND | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1377 | To 1399 - The Peasants' Revolt | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
RICHARD III OF ENGLAND | RICHARD III (R3) 1483-1485 |
1483 | To 1485 - killed at Battle of Bosworth | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
RICHARDSON, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1832 |
Via Pontiac's War - Canadian writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RICHARDSON, SAMUEL | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1748 |
Via Henry Fielding - English novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RICHELIEU, CARDINAL | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1624 | First minister to Fr. king Louis XIII | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
RICHTER, HANS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Wagner - Hungarian conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
RICORDI, GIULIO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Puccini - Italian publisher |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
RIDLEY, NICHOLAS | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1555 | English bishop - Protestant martyr | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
RIDOLFI PLOT, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1571 |
Via Babington Plot - RC conspiracy |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
RIEBEECK, JAN VAN | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1652 |
Via Cape Town - Dutch leader |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
RIEL, LOUIS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via British N.America Act - rebel |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
RIESENER, JEAN HENRI | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1774 | German cabinetmaker to the king | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RIGAUD, HYACINTHE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1701 |
Via Kneller - French portrait artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RIMBAUD, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Hugo - French poet - surrealism |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RIMPA SCHOOL OF ART | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1603 |
Via Ieyasu Tokugawa - Japanese |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 | Russian composer - The Mighty Five | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
RIO SALADO, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1340 | Moors defeated by Christian army | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
RISORGIMENTO | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via 1848 - re. Italian unification |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
RITTER, ALEXANDER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Strauss - German composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
RIVOLI, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Campo Formio - French victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
RIZZIO, DAVID | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1566 |
Via Mary Qn of Scots - secretary |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ROB ROY (ROBERT MacGREGOR) | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1715 |
Via Fifteen Rebellion- Scottish outlaw |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
ROBBIA, ANDREA DELLA | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1466 |
Via Florence - Italian sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROBBIA, LUCA DELLA | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1438 |
Via Florence - Florentine sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROBERT BROTHERS, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Charles - French engineers |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ROBERT DE CHAMPAGNE | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1098 |
Via Cistercians - founder of order |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ROBERT DE COMINES | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1069 |
Via Harrowing - Killing of Norman Earl |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ROBERT DE SORBON | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1253 |
Via Paris University - the Sorbonne |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
ROBERT, DUKE OF NORMANDY | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1095 |
Via First Crusade - son of William I |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
ROBERT, HUBERT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Fragonard-Fr.artist- Roman ruins |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROBERT, LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Snippets - French paper maker |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ROBERTS, GENERAL SIR FREDRICK | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via Second Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
ROBERTS, RICHARD | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Industrial Rev - Welsh inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 | Executed - leader in Reign of Terror | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
ROBIN HOOD | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1189 |
Via Richard I - Sherwood legend |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Peninsular War - first war reporter |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ROCOCO ART FORM OR STYLE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1717 |
Via Watteau - light and frivolous |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROCROI, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1643 |
Via Thirty Yrs War- Spanish defeated |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
RODIN, AUGUSTE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
French famous sculptor - The Kiss |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RODRIGO DE TRIANA | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1492 |
Via Columbus - sights New World |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ROEBUCK, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Watt - Eng. Ironmaster/inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ROENTGEN, DAVID | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 |
Via Riesener - German cabinet maker |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROENTGEN, WILHELM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | German physicist - discovers X-rays | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
ROGER II (GUISCARD) | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1130 | Crowned king of Sicily | History (HY) | SICILY (SIC) | MENU |
ROGERS, CAPTAIN WOODES | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1709 |
Via Selkirk - commands rescue ship |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ROGGEVEEN, JACOB | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1722 | Dutch Explorer- visits Easter Island | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ROLAND, MADAME MARIE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 |
Via Reign of Terror - price of liberty |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
ROMAGNOSI, GIAN DOMENICO | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1802 |
Via Oersted - Italian jurist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
ROMAN, JOHAN HELMICH | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1744 |
Via Handel - "The Swedish Handel" |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ROMANESQUE STYLE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1075 |
Via Tower of London - Norman style |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ROMANIA, KINGDOM OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 | Union of Moldavia and Wallachia | History (HY) | ROMANIA (ROM) | MENU |
ROMANTICISM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Wordsworth - literature/art/music |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ROME, THE SACK OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1527 |
Via Pavia - by Habsburg troops |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
ROMER, OLE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1676 |
Via Cassini - Dutch astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
ROMNEY, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1783 |
Via Lady Hamilton - Eng. portraitist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROMONOV DYNASTY, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1613 | Rulers of Russia until 1917 | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
ROMONOV, MICHAEL | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1613 | Tsar of Russia - first of the Romonovs | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
RONSARD, PIERRE DE | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1549 |
Via Du Bellay - leader of La Pleiade |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ROOD, OGDEN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Seurat - American physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
ROOKE, SIR GEORGE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1704 |
Via Gibraltar - Admiral in command |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Spanish-American War |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
RORKE'S DRIFT, BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Anglo-Zulu War - famous stand |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ROSAS, JUAN MANUEL DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1835 |
Via Argentina - military dictator |
History (HY) | ARGENTINA (ARG) | MENU |
ROSETTA STONE, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via Battle of Pyramids - ancient script |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
ROSKILDE, THE TREATY OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1658 |
Via Charles X - Swedish victory |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
ROSS, BETSY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 |
Via Saratoga Battles - American flag |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
ROSS, JAMES CLARK | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 | English explorer - Arctic & Antarctic | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ROSS, JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 | Scottish explorer - Arctic | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
ROSS, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Trail of Tears - native leader |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
ROSS, RONALD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Panama Canal - British physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
ROSSBACH, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1757 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian victory |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
ROSSELLI, COSIMO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1481 |
Via Sistine Chapel - Florentine artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROSSELLINO, BERNARDO | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1447 |
Via Ghiberti - Florentine artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Carroll - English writer and poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via English Pre-Raphaelites |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1816 |
Italian composer - The Barber of Seville |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
ROSSO, MEDARDO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Rodin - Italian sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROSTAND, EDMOND | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Fr.dramatist- Cyrano de Bergerac |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ROUBILIAC, LOUIS FRANCOIS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 |
Via James Gibbs - French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROUSSEAU, HENRI | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1891 |
Via Toulouse-Lautrec - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Fr.social philosopher - Social Contract |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
ROUSSEAU, THEODORE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Barbizon School - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROUX, PIERRE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Pasteur - French bacteriologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
ROWE, NICHOLAS | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1715 |
Via Edward VI - English dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ROWLANDSON, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Trevithick - English caricaturist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, LONDON | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1768 |
Via Reynolds - founded by George III |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ROYAL CHELSEA HOSPITAL, LONDON | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1681 |
Via Snippets - "Chelsea Pensioners" |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ROYAL INSTITUTION, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1800 |
Via Rumford - advance of science |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
ROYAL REGATTA, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Snippets - first, held at Henley |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
ROYAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1662 | To encourage scientific learning | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
ROZIER, PILATRE DE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Montgolfier Brothers - first flight |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
RUBENS, PETER PAUL | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1611 | Flemish painter - Baroque artist | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RUBINSTEIN, ANTON & NIKOLAI | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Tchaikovsky- Russian conductors |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
RUDE, FRANCOIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 |
Via Arc de Triomphe- French sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RUDOLF I, KING OF GERMANY | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1282 |
Via Habsburgs - first of the dynasty |
History (HY) | AUSTRIA (AUT) | MENU |
RUDYARD, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1709 |
Via Smeaton - Eddystone lighthouse |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
RUEIL, THE PEACE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1649 |
Via Parliamentary Fronde - settlement |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
RUGBY SCHOOL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1567 |
Via Thomas Arnold - public school |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
RUGBY, THE GAME OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1823 |
Via Arnold - begun at Rugby School |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
RUGEN, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Second Schleswig War - at sea |
History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
RUISDAEL, JACOB | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1671 | Leading Dutch landscape artist | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RUIZ DE ALARCON, JUAN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1634 |
Via Corneille, Spanish dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RUMFORD MEDAL, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1796 |
Via Royal Society - scientific award |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
RUMFORD, COUNT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Lagrange - British physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
RUNGE, PHILIPP OTTO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Grimm Bros - German illustrator |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RUPERT, PRINCE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1644 |
Via Marston Moor - Royalist leader |
History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
RUSKIN, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via Turner - English art critic |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RUSSELL, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Snippets - breed of terrier |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
RUSSELL, WILLIAM HOWARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Nightingale - war correspondent |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RUSSIA - BATTLE OF KULIKOVO | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1380 | Early beginnings of Russian state | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BALLET SCHOOL | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1738 |
Via Snippets - founded St.Petersburg |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RUSSO-TURKISH WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 | Russia advances on Istanbul | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
RUSTICHELLO OF PISA | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1296 |
Via Marco Polo - Italian writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
RUTHERFORD, ERNEST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Curies - N.Z. physicist - the atom |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
RUYTER, ADMIRAL de | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Dutch War-commander |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
RYE HOUSE PLOT, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1683 | Plot to murder Charles II and brother | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
RYSBRACK, JOHN MICHAEL | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1728 |
Via James Gibbs - Flemish sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
RYSWICK, THE TREATY OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 | Settlement-Louis XIV & Grand Alliance | History (HY) | GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA) 1688-1697 |
MENU |
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SABATINI, RAFAEL | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1915 |
Via Kidd - Italian writer - Sea Hawk |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SACHEVERELL, HENRY | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 |
Via Anne - Ardent English Tory preacher |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
SACHS, HANS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1520 |
Via Luther - German meistersinger |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SACK OF ROME, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1527 |
Via Pavia - by Habsburg troops |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
SACY, SILVESTRE DE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1802 |
Via Rosetta Stone - decipherer |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
SADOWA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Austro-Prussian War |
History (HY) | AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW) June/July 1866 |
MENU |
SAFAVID DYNASTY, THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 | Founded in Iran by Shah Ismail I | History (HY) | IRAN (IRA) | MENU |
SAIGO, TAKAMORI | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Satsuma Rebellion - leader |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SAINT-JUST, LOUIS ANTOINE DE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Robespierre - revolutionay leader |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
SAINT-PIERRE, ABBE DE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1713 |
Via Utrecht-idea of peace organisation |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
SAINT-SAENS, CAMILLE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Delibes - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SAINT-SIMON, DUC DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1746 |
Via Versailles - Court Memoires |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SAINT-SIMON, HENRI DE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1818 |
Via Comte - Fr. socialist - atheism |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
SAINTE CHAPELLE, PARIS | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1248 |
Via Louis IX of France - holy relics |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SAINTE-BEUVE, CHARLES AUGUSTIN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1848 |
Via Jansenism - French literary critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SALADIN, SULTAN OF EGYPT | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1187 | Unites Muslims & captures Jerusalem | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
SALAMANCA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Peninsular War - British victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
SALBAI, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1782 |
Via First Anglo-Maratha War |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
SALDANHA, ANTONIO DE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1503 |
Via Cape Town - Portuguese explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SALEM WITCH TRIALS, THE | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1692 | In Massachusetts, North America | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1220 | Completed 1266 - Early gothic style | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
SALISBURY, LORD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via First Irish Home Rule Bill |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
SALOMON, JOHANN PETER | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Hayden - London impressario |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SALON DES REFUSES, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Manet - for rejected art work |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SALVATION ARMY, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1875 |
Via Booth - Christian mission |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SALVI, NICCOLO | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1732 |
Via Snippets - Italian archItect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
SAMURAI, THE | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1192 |
Via Shogunate - military caste |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SAN JACINTO, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
SAN MARTIN, JOSE DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Chile - rebel leader with O'Higgins |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
SAN STEFANO, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 |
Via Berlin Congress of 1878 |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
SAND CREEK MASSACRE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Gettysburg - by Union forces |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
SAND RIVER CONVENTION, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1852 |
Via Transvaal - Boer independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
SAND, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Chopin - French woman novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SANDBY, PAUL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1790 |
Via Turner - English watercolour artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SANDHURST MILITARY ACADEMY | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1741 |
Via Snippets - Opens at Woolwich |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
SANDWICH, THE EARL OF | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1725 |
Via Snippets - origin of the sandwich |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SANSOVINO, JACOPO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1557 |
Via Tintoretto - Italian architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
SANTIAGO BAY, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Sp.-Am.War - American victory |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
SANTORIO, SANTORIO | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1612 | Italian physician - crude thermometer | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
SAO MAMEDE, THE BATTLE OF | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1128 |
Via Afonso Henriques - claims throne |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
SARAGOSSA | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1118 | Spanish capture city from the Moors | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
SARATOGA, THE BATTLES OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 | American Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
SARDOU, VICTORIEN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Puccini - French dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SARGENT, JOHN SINGER | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1887 |
Via Monet- American portrait painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SATIE, ERIC | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Debussy - Fr.pianist/composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SATSUMA REBELLION, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Shogunate - revolt of Samurai |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SAUMAREZ, BARON DE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
Via Copenhagen - British admiral |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1787 |
Via Mont Blanc - Swiss geologist |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SAUSSURE, NICOLAS THEODORE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Lamarck - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SAUTUOLA, MARCELINO DE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Altamira - Spanish archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
SAVAGE, RICHARD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1744 |
Via Johnson - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SAVART, FELIX | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 |
Via Oersted - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SAVERY, THOMAS | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1696 | English engineer - first steam engine | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMA | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1494 | Italian Dominican preacher/reformer | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SAX, ANTOINE-JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via Snippets - invents the saxophone |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SAXE, MARSHAL MAURICE DE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 |
Via Fontenoy - French commander |
History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
SAY, JEAN BAPTISTE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Ricardo - French economist |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
SCALAWAGS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via The Reconstruction - USA |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
SCARLATTI, ALESSANDRO | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1702 |
Via Corelli - Italian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SCARLATTI, DOMENICO | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1738 |
Via Handel - Italian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SCHARNHORST, GERHARD | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Clausewitz - Prussian general |
History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
SCHEELE, CARL WILHELM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 | Sw.chemist - elements & compounds | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SCHEINER, JULIUS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Marconi - German astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
SCHELLING, FRIEDRICH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Hegel - German philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
SCHEUTZ, GEORG and EDVARD | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1853 |
Via Babbage - Swedish engineers |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
SCHIAPARELLI, GIOVANNI | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 | Italian astronomer - Canals on Mars | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
SCHILLER, FRIEDRICH VON | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 | German poet, dramatist, historian | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SCHLEIDEN, MATTHIAS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Pasteur - German botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SCHLEIERMACHER, FRIEDRICH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via Fichte - German theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SCHLESWIG WAR, THE FIRST | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1848 |
Via Schleswig-Holstein Question |
History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
SCHLESWIG WAR, THE SECOND | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 | Prussia/Austria defeat Denmark | History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Second Schleswig War |
History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
SCHLIEMANN, HEINRICH | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 | German archaeologist- Troy/Mycenae | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
SCHOFFER, PETER | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1455 |
Via Gutenberg - printing partner |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SCHONBRUNN, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Wagram- between France/Austria |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
SCHOPENHAUER, ARTHUR | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Hegel - German philosopher |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
SCHREINER, OLIVE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Rhodes - South African novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SCHROTER, JOHANN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1800 |
Via Celestial Police - founder member |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
SCHUBERT, FRANZ PETER | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 | Austrian composer - 600 songs | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SCHULZE, JOHANN HEINRICH | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1725 |
Via Niepce - German physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SCHUMANN, CLARA (Nee Wieck) | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Schumann - German composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SCHUMANN, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 | German composer/music critic | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SCHWALBE, GUSTAV | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Dubois - German anatomist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SCHWANN, THEODOR | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Pasteur - German physiologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SCORESBY, THE YOUNGER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1820 |
Via Lewis and Clark - Arctic region |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SCORESBY, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1806 |
Via Lewis & Clark - Arctic region |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SCOTT, GILBERT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1872 |
Via Prince Albert - memorial |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
SCOTT, SIR WALTER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Scottish novelist - The Waverley Novels |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SCRIBE, EUGENE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 |
Via Auber - French librettist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SCRIBLERUS CLUB, THE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1714 |
Via Swift - against pretence/pedantry |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SEACOLE, MARY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Nightingale - Jamaican nurse |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1531 |
Via Michelangelo - Venetian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SECCHI, PIETRO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Schiaparelli - Italian astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
SEDAN, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Franco-Prussian War - Fr.defeat |
History (HY) | PRUSSIA (PRU) | MENU |
SEDGEMOOR, THE BATTLE OF | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 |
Via Monmouth Rebellion - defeated |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
SEDGWICK, ADAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1831 |
Via Darwin - English geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SEILBERLING, FRANK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Auto Industry - American inventor |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
SEKIGAHARA, THE BATTLE OF | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1600 |
Via Tokugawa Ieyasu - victory |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SELDEN, GEORGE B. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Auto Industry- American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
SELIM I, EMPEROR | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1517 | Ottoman leader - further expansion | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
SELJUK TURKS, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1071 | Victory at Battle of Manziket | Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
SELKIRK, ALEXANDER | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1704 |
Via Dampier - Robinson Crusoe |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SEMINOLE WAR, THE FIRST | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Louisiana - US gains Florida |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
SEMINOLE WAR, THE SECOND | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Trail of Tears - native resistance |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
SEMINOLE WAR, THE THIRD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Trail of Tears - native resistance |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
SEMMELWEIS, IGNAZ | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 |
Via 1840s - Hungarian physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
SENEFELDER, ALOIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Goya - German engraver |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SEPOY REBELLION, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 | Also known as the Indian Mutiny | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
SEURAT, GEORGES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 | French artist - Pointillism | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SEVASTOPOL, THE SIEGE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 | In the Crimean War 1854-1856 | History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
SEVEN WEEKS' WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 | War between Prussia & Austria | History (HY) | AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW) June/July 1866 |
MENU |
SEVEN YEARS' WAR, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 | Worldwide conflict - ends 1763 | History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
SEVIGNE, MADAME DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1671 |
Via Pepys - French letter writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SEVRES PORCELAIN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1756 |
Via Wedgwood - French factory |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SEWALL, SAMUEL | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 |
Via Salem Witch Trials - trial judge |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SEWARD, WILLIAM H. | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Alaska - Am.Secretary of State |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
SEWELL, ANNA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Blackmore - English author |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SEYMOUR, JANE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1536 | Wives of H8-1536 to her death in1537 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
SFORZA FAMILY | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1506 |
Via Bramante - leading family in Milan |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SFORZA, LUDOVICO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1485 |
Via Brmante - patron of arts |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SHADWELL, THOMAS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
Via Dryden - Eng.playwight/poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SHAFTESBURY, 7th EARL OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1832 |
Via Reform Act - English reformer |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
SHAKA, KING | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 | Founder of Zulu empire | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 |
English dramatist - Julius Caesar |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SHANGANI PATROL, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via First Matabele War - overrun |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
SHANGANI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 |
Via First Matabele War - Brit.victory |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
SHARAKU, TOSHUSAI | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Utamaro - Japanese colour prints |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SHARP, GRANVILLE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Abolition of Slave Trade |
History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Irish playwright/critic - Pygmalion |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SHAYS' REBELLION | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1786 |
Via Convention at Philadelphia |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
SHELEKHOV, GRIGORY | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1784 |
Via Bering - Russian merchant |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SHELLEY, MARY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Shelley - writes Frankenstein |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
English romantic poet - Prometheus |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SHEPPARD, JACK | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1724 |
Via Snippets - English highwayman |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
SHERATON, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1790 | English furniture designer and maker | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1775 |
Anglo-Irish dramatist - The Rivals |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SHERIFF, LAWRENCE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1567 |
Via Arnold - founder of Rugby School |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
SHERIFFMUIR, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1715 |
Via The Fifteen - drawn battle |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
SHERMAN, GENERAL WILLIAM T. | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Gettysburg - march to the sea |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
SHEVENINGEN, THE BATTLE OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1653 |
Via Anglo-Dutch War - Eng.victory |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
SHILOH, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Am.Civil War - Union victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
SHIMABARA REBELLION, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1637 |
Via Tokugawa - persecution of Xns |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SHIMONOSEKI, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SHIROYAMA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Satsuma Rebellion - final battle |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SHIVAJI | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1664 |
Via Aurangzeb -Leader of Marathas |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
SHOGUNATE - THE BEGINNING | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1192 | Government by hereditary lords | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SHOGUNATE - THE END | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 | Reform of Japanese leadership | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SHOLES, CHRISTOPHER | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Twain - invents typewriter |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SHORE, JOHN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1711 |
Via Snippets - invents tuning fork |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SHRAPNEL, LIEUTENANT HENRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Gibraltar - English army officer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SHREWSBURY, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1403 | Defeat of the Percys - Hotspur killed | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
SIAM, THE KINGDOM OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via First Anglo-Burmese war |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
SIBELIUS, JEAN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1893 | Finnish composer - Finlandia | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SIBERIA | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1637 | Russians reach the Pacific coast | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
SICILIAN VESPERS, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1282 | An uprising against French rule | History (HY) | SICILY (SIC) | MENU |
SICILY, NORMAN KINGDOM OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1071 | Robert Guiscard lays foundation | History (HY) | SICILY (SIC) | MENU |
SICKERT, WALTER | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1900 |
Via Degas - German-born Eng.artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SIDDONS, SARAH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1785 |
Via Gainsborough - English actress |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1595 |
Via Spenser - English poet/diplomat |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SIEGE OF KHARTOUM, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Anglo-Sudan War - ten months |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
SIEGE OF PARIS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 | Prussians gain control of city | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
SIEMENS, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Bessemer - British engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
SIENKIEWICZ, HENRYK | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1900 |
Via Teutonic Order - Polish writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SIERRA LEONE, COLONY OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via West Africa - founded by British |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
SIGISMUND I, KING OF GERMANY | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1417 |
Via Council of Constance - leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SIGNAC, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 | French artist - Pointillism | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SIGNORELLI, LUCA | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1504 |
Via Dante-Frescoes by Umbrian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SIKH WAR, THE FIRST | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
SIKH WAR, THE SECOND | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
SIKHISM (THE SIKHS) | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 | Founded by Sikh Nanak, spiritual ldr. | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SILESIAN WAR, THE FIRST | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 |
Via Austrian Succession - Prussia |
History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
SILESIAN WAR, THE SECOND | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1744 |
Via Fontenoy- Prussia attacks Austria |
History (HY) | AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (WAS) 1740-1748 |
MENU |
SILHOUETTE, ETIENNE DE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Snippets - shadow portraits |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SILK ROAD, THE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1271 |
Via Marco Polo - ancient trading route |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SIMA GUANG | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1083 | Chinese scholar re. history of China | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SIMLA MANIFESTO, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
SIMNEL, LAMBERT | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1497 |
Via Warbeck - Pretender - pardoned |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
SIMPLON PASS, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Snippets - opened through Alps |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
SIMPSON, JAMES YOUNG | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 | Scottish physician - chloroform | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
SINDH, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War - annexed |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
SINGAPORE, THE FOUNDING OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 | Founded by Thomas Stamford Raffles | History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
SINGER, ISAAC MERRITT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Snippets - sewing machine fame |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SINO-FRENCH WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via French Indochina - 1884-1885 |
History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
SINO-JAPANESE WAR, THE FIRST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 | Japan gains control of Korea | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
SINOPE, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 |
Via Crimean War - Russian victory |
History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
SINTRA, THE CONVENTION OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Peninsular War - French withdraw |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
SISLEY, ALFRED | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 | French impressionist painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SISTINE CHAPEL, THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1481 | Completed in Vatican Palace, Rome | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SITTING BULL, CHIEF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Battle of The Little Bighorn |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
SIXTUS IV, POPE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1481 |
Via Sistine Chapel - named after |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SKELTON, JOHN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1521 |
Via Wolsey - English poet and critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SKLADANOWSKY, MAX & EMIL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Lumière brothers - film makers |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SLAVE TRADE - OUTLAWED | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 | By Act of British parliament | History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
SLAVE TRADE, THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1502 | Beginning of trans-Atlantic slave trade | History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
SLESSOR, MARY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1875 |
Via Kingsley - African missionary |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SLOANE, SIR HANS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Snippets - art collection |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SLUYS, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1340 |
Via Hundred Yrs War - English victory |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
SMEATON, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1759 |
Via Abraham Darby III- Eng.engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
SMETANA, BEDRICH | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Tchaikovsky- Bohemian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SMITH, ADAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 |
Scot.economist - Wealth of Nations |
Economics (EC) | XNA | MENU |
SMITH, JAMES EDWARD | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1783 |
Via Linnaeus - English botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SMITH, JOHN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1607 |
Via Jamestown - President 1608-9 |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SMITH, JOSEPH | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1744 |
Via Canaletto - art collector |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SMITH, JOSEPH | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Mormon Church- prophet/founder |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SMITH, SIR SYDNEY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1799 |
Via Napoleon - British admiral |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
SMITH, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 | English geologist - rock strata | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SMITH, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Snippets - founds Boys' Brigade |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SMOLLETT, TOBIAS | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1771 |
Via Sterne - Scottish novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SMUTS, JAN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War - Boer ldr |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
SMYTHE, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Oscar Wilde - English writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SNELL, WILLEBRORD | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1621 |
Via Kepler - Dutch physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SNORRI STURLUSON | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1222 |
Via Guillaume de Lorris-Icelandic poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SNYDERS, FRANS | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1611 |
Via Rubens - Dutch animal artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SOANE, SIR JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Snippets - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
SOBIESKI, JAN III | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1683 |
Via Kahlenberg - Polish king |
History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
SOBRERO, ASCANIO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1846 |
Via Nobel - Italian chemist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SOCIAL DARWINISM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Herbert Spencer - by evolution |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SOCIETIES OF UNITED IRISHMEN, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 |
Via Wolfe Tone - radical clubs |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, THE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1650 | Puritan movement - Quakers - Fox | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SODDY, FREDERICK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1901 |
Via Curies - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SOLANDER, DANIEL | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1768 |
Via Banks - Swedish botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SOLFERINO, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via War of 1859 - Austrian defeat |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
SOLWAY MOSS, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1542 | The English defeat the Scots | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
SOMERSCALES, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via War of the Pacific - British artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SOMERSET, THE DUKE OF | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1547 |
Via Edward VI - Regent 1547-1549 |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
SONG DYNASTY, THE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1122 | In China - forced to retreat | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
SONGHAI EMPIRE,THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1464 | Sonni Ali extends Songhai Empire | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
SONNI ALI | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1464 | Leader of Songhai Empire | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
SOTATSU, TAWARAYA | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1603 |
Via Rimpa School - Japanese painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
SOUBIROUS, BERNADETTE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Snippets - Lourdes - South France |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via G&S - American march composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SOUTH AFRICA | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1652 | First Eur. settlement at Cape Town | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
SOUTH AMERICA-INDEPENDENCE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 | Overthrow of three Spanish colonies | History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
SOUTH SEA BUBBLE, THE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1720 | Crash of London stock market | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
SOUTHERNE, THOMAS | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1695 |
Via Congreve - Irish dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SOUTHEY, ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Coleridge - English poet/writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SOUTHWELL, ROBERT | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1587 |
Via Ricci - English Jesuit martyr |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SPAIN - THE UNITY OF CROWNS | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1469 | Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella | History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
SPALLANZANI, LAZZARO | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 |
Via Buffon - Italian physiologist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
SPANISH ARMADA, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1588 | Defeat of Spanish invasion force | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
SPANISH FURY, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1576 |
Via Utrecht - the sacking of Antwerp |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
SPANISH INQUISITION, THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1478 | Sanctioned by Pope Sixtus IV | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SPANISH STEPS, ROME | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1725 |
Via Snippets - completed |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
SPANISH SUCCESSION, WAR OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1702 | Grand Alliance v Louis XIV of France | History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 | Ten week conflict won by America | History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
SPEKE, JOHN HANNING | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 | Eng.soldier/explorer-source of the Nile | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SPENCE, THOMAS | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1792 |
Via Cato Street Conspiracy |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
SPENCER, HERBERT | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Darwin - English biologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SPENSER, EDMUND | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1596 |
English poet - The Faerie Queen |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SPEYER, THE DIET OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1529 |
Via Reformation - the voice of protest |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
SPILSBURY, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Snippets - first jigsaw puzzle |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SPINOZA, BARUCH | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 |
Dutch philosopher - Ethics |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
SPITHEAD MUTINY, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 | British naval mutiny - Portsmouth | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
SPOHR, LUDWIG | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via Wagner-Ger.composer/conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SPONTINI, GASPAR | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Cortes - It. composer/conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SPURS, THE BATTLE OF THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1513 |
Via Flodden - English defeat French |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
SPYRI, JOHANNA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via Maupassant - Swiss writer - Heide |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SRI LANKA, THE ISLAND OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Amiens -taken by British (Ceylon) |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
ST. ALBANS, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1455 |
Via Wars of Roses - victory for York |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
ST. ALBANS, THE SECOND BATTLE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1461 |
Via Wars of Roses - Lancaster win |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
ST. BARTHOLOMEW MASSACRE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1572 | Massacre of French Huguenots | History (HY) | FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR) 1562-1598 |
MENU |
ST. BASIL CATHEDRAL | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1547 |
Via Ivan the Terrible - in Moscow |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ST. CLARE OF ASSISI | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1210 |
Via Francis of Assisi - order of nuns |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ST. PETER'S BASILICA, ROME | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1546 |
Via Michelangelo - app chief architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
ST. PETERSBURG, FOUNDING OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1703 | Built by Peter the Great - capital city | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
ST.ANDREWS GOLF CLUB, SCOTLAND | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1754 |
Via Snippets - ancient golf club |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
ST.LEGER, COLONEL BARRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 |
Via Battles of Saratoga- British.cmdr. |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
ST.PAUL'S CATHEDRAL | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1675 |
Via Wren - rebuilding begins |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
STABIAE, NEAR NAPLES, ITALY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1592 |
Via Pompeii - Roman settlement |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
STAEL, MADAME DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 |
Via Austen -influential salon |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STAMFORD BRIDGE, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 |
Via Battle of Hastings - A/S victory |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STAMP ACT, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1765 | Lead up to American Revolution | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
STANDARD, THE BATTLE OF THE | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1138 | King Stephen defeats Queen Matilda | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STANHOPE, LADY HESTER | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 |
Via Snippets - English eccentric |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
STANISLAVSKI, CONSTANTIN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Chekhov - theatre director |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STANLEY, HENRY MORTON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 | American journalist and explorer | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
STAR CHAMBER, THE COURT OF THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1487 |
Via Henry VII - to curb nobles |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STAR SPANGLED BANNER, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via War of 1812 - national anthem |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
STARLEY, JAMES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Snippets - invents Penny Farthing |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
STARS AND STRIPES, THE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 |
Via Saratoga Battles - US flag |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
STASOV, VLADIMIR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1867 |
Via Balakirev - Russian music critic |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
STATES GENERAL, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 | French parliament is recalled | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
STATUE OF LIBERTY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Eiffel - monument in New York |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
STATUTE OF LABOURERS, THE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1351 |
Via Black Death - futile legislation |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STEELE, RICHARD | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1709 |
Eng essayist - Tatler and Spectator |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STEEN, JAN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1671 |
Via Ruisdael - Dutch genre painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
STEIN, JOHANN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1760 |
Via Cristofori - German piano maker |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
STEINWAY, HENRY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 |
Via Snippets - German piano maker |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
STEINWAY, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Daimler- Daimler Motor Company |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
STELLUTI, FRANCESCO | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1625 |
Via Grew, Nehemiah - microscopy |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
STENDHAL (MARIE HENRI BEYLE) | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Balzac - French novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STENO, NICOLAUS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1669 |
Via Smith - Danish geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
STEPHEN, KING OF ENGLAND | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1135 | To 1154 - Civil war over succession | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STEPHENS, JAMES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Fenian Uprising - Irish nationalist |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via Charles Newton - Am. explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
STEPHENSON, GEORGE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 | English locomotive engineer | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
STEPHENSON, ROBERT | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1833 |
Via Stephenson - English engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
STERNE, LAURENCE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 | English author - Tristam Shandy | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STEUBEN, BARON FREDERICK VON | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1777 |
Via Valley Forge - Prussian soldier |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
STEVENS, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Fulton - American boatbuilder |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
STEVENSON, ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Rennie - Scottish engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Scottish novelist - Treasure Island |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STILLINGFLEET, BENJAMIN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 |
Via Blue Stockings - circle member |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STIRLING BRIDGE, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1297 |
Via Falkirk - Wallace defeats English |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STOKE FIELD, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1487 |
Via Simnel - Wars of the Roses |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
STONE OF SCONE, THE | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1296 |
Via Maid of Norway - taken to London |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STONE, NICHOLAS | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1631 |
Via Donne - English sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
STONEHENGE - STONE CIRCLE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 |
Via Stukeley - English antiquarian |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
STORM AND STRESS MOVEMENT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1773 |
Via Goethe - German Romanticism |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STOWE, HARRIET ELIZABETH BEECHER | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1852 |
Via ACW - Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STRACHEY, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1727 |
Via Smith - English geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
STRACHEY, LYTTON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1918 |
Via Arnold - English biographer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STRADIVARIUS, ANTONIO | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1666 | Italian maker of violins and violas | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
STRAFFORD, THE EARL OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1625 |
Via Charles I - Lord Deputy of Ireland |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1826 |
Via First Anglo-Burmese war |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
STRALSUND, THE TREATY OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1370 |
Via Hanseatic League - Denmark |
History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
STRAPAROLA, GIANFRANCESCO | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1553 | Italian folktale writer - Pleasant Nights | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STRASSBURG, GOTTFRIED | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1210 | German poet - Tristan and Isolde | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STRAUSS, JOHANN (ELDER) | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1825 |
Via Strauss the Younger - The Waltz |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
STRAUSS, JOHANN, (YOUNGER) | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1874 | Austrian composer-The Blue Danube | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
STRAUSS, RICHARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 | German composer & conductor | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
STRINDBERG, AUGUST | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 |
Via Chekhov - Swedish dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STRONGBOW, EARL OF PEMBROKE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1170 |
Via Ireland - an attempt at conquest |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
STUART, GILBERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Washington - American artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
STUART, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Greek Revival - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
STUART, JOHN McDOUALL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 | Aust.explorer reaches central Australia | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
STUARTS, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1603 | To Queen Anne 1714 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
STUBBS, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 | English painter of horses | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
STUKELEY, WILLIAM | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1740 | English antiquarian - Stonehenge | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
STURGEON, WILLIAM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1825 |
Via Whewell - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
STURLUSON, SNORRI | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1222 |
Via Guillaume de Lorris-Icelandic poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STURM UND DRANG MOVEMENT | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1773 |
Via Goethe - German Romanticism |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
STURT, CHARLES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 | British explorer - S.E. Australia | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SUCKLING, SIR JOHN | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1637 |
Via Herrick - English Cavalier Poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SUCRE, ANTONIO JOSE DE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 |
Via Ecuador- Bolivar's chief of staff |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
SUDAN, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | Northern area taken over by Egypt | History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
SUEZ CANAL - THE OPENING | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 | Grand ceremony at Port Said | History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
SUEZ CANAL - WORK BEGINS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 | Completed ten years later | History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
SUGAULI, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1816 |
Via Second/Third Maratha Wars -Gurkha |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
SULEYMAN I - THE MAGNIFICENT | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1526 | Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1520-1566 | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
SULLIVAN, ANNE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1887 |
Via Bell - teacher of Helen Keller |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SULLIVAN, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | English composer - Savoy operas | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SUMANGURU, KING OF THE SUSU | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1203 |
Via Ghana - replaces Ghana kingdom |
History (HY) | SUSU (EMPIRE) (SUS) | MENU |
SUMNER, WILLIAM GRAHAM | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Herbert Spencer - American academic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SUNDIATA | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1235 |
Via Mali Empire - founder |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
SUNG HUI-TSUNG, SUNG EMPEROR | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1122 |
Via Chin and Sung Dynasties |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
SUPPE, FRANZ VON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1846 |
Via Strauss the Elder - Light opera |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SURRATT, MARY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Lincoln - in murder plot |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
SURTEES, ROBERT SMITH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Dickens - Eng.novelist - Jorrocks |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SURYAVARMAN II, KING | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 |
Via Angkor Wat - royal funeral shrine |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
SUSSMAYR, FRANZ XAVER | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1803 |
Via Mozart - Austrian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SUSU EMPIRE | JOHN (JO) 1199-1216 |
1203 |
Via Ghana - replaces Ghana kingdom |
History (HY) | SUSU (EMPIRE) (SUS) | MENU |
SUTTER, JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Californian Gold Rush - miner |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
SUTTNER, BERTHA VON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Nobel Prizes - peace movement |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SVENDSEN, JOHAN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1881 |
Via Grieg - Norw.composer/conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
SVENGALI (FICTIONAL CHARACTER) | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Georges du Maurier -Trilby |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SWAINSON, ISAAC | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1789 |
Via Sturt - English herbalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SWAMMERDAM, JAN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1669 |
Via Leeuwenhoek - microscopist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
SWAN, JOSEPH WILSON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
Via Edison - English inventor - bulb |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
SWEDEN | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 |
Via Union of Kalmar - with Den. & Nor. |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
SWIFT, JONATHAN | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1726 |
Anglo-Irish writer - Gulliver's Travels |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SWINBURNE, ALGERNON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Blackmore - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SWITZERLAND | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1291 | Beginnings via Everlasting League | History (HY) | SWITZERLAND (SWI) | MENU |
SYDENHAM, THOMAS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1676 |
Via Malpighi - Saint Vitus Dance |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
SYMBOLIST MOVEMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1886 |
Via Mallarme- poetic movement |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
SYME, JAMES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Lister - Scottish surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
SYMINGTON, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Fulton - Scottish boatbuilder |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
SYRIA, INVASION OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 |
Via invasion by Muhammad Ali |
History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
SZATMAR, THE PEACE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1711 |
Via Rakoczi - brings end to rebellion |
History (HY) | HUNGARY (HUN) | MENU |
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TABRIZ, THE BATTLE OF | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1604 | The Safavids defeat Ottoman Turks | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
TAGLIACOZZI, GASPARO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1589 |
Via Fabricius - Italian plastic surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
TAIPING REBELLION, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1850 |
Via Second Opium War - China |
History (HY) | OPIUM WARS (OPW) 1839-1842, 1856-1860 |
MENU |
TAJ MAHAL, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1632 |
Via Jahan - famous mausoleum |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
TAKAUJI, ASHIKAGA | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1336 |
Via War of the Courts - Northern |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
TALAVERA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Peninsular War - British victory |
HY | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
TALBOT, WILLIAM HENRY FOX | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Daguerre - English photo pioneer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
TALLEYRAND, CHARLES MAURICE DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Vienna - French delegate |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
TALLIS, THOMAS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1572 | English composer and organist | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
TAMBORA VOLCANO, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Snippets - greatest ever recorded |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
TAMERLANE (or TIMUR) | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1383 | Mongol leader - 1369-1405 | History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
TAMWORTH ADDRESS, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 |
Via Reform Bill - Conservative party |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
TANGIER, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1844 | Morocco recognises French Algeria | History (HY) | ALGERIA (ALG) | MENU |
TANNENBERG, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1410 | German Teutonic Knights are defeated | History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
TARREGA, FRANCISCO | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1896 |
Via Alhambra - Spanish composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
TARTAGLIA, NICCOLO | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1543 |
Via Cardano - Italian mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
TARTINI, GIUSEPPE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1749 |
Via Scarlatti - brilliant Italian violinist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
TASMAN, ABEL | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1642 | Dutch explorer - Australia/Pacific | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
TASSO, TORQUATO | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1574 |
Via First Crusade - Italian poet |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
TATE GALLERY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Snippets - opens in London |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TAVENDAL, THE PEACE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1700 |
Via Great Northern War- re. Denmark |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
TAY BRIDGE DISASTER, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Snippets - in Scotland - 75 killed |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
TCHAIKOVSKY, PYOTR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1875 | Russian composer - romantic | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
TCHERNAYA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Siege of Sevastopol- Fr.victory |
History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
TEA CEREMONY IN JAPAN | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1467 |
Via Yoshimasa - period of arts/crafts |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TEL EL-KEBIR, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Anglo-Egyptian War- Brit.victory |
History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
TELEMANN, GEORG | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1721 |
Via Bach, J.S - German musician |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
TELFORD, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 | Scottish engineer - Caledonian Canal | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
TELLER AMENDMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Sp-American War - undertaking |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
TEMPLAR KNIGHTS | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1113 |
Via Orders of Knights |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
TEMUR, MONGOL RULER | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1294 | Decline of Empire at his death in 1307 | History (HY) | MONGOLS (MON) | MENU |
TEN YEARS' WAR, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Cuban Revolt - 1868-1878 |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
TENNIEL, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Carroll - English illustrator |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TENNYSON, ALFRED | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 | English poet - Arthurian legends | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TENOCHTITLAN, THE CITY OF | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1325 | Capital city of the Aztecs | History (HY) | AZTECS (AZT) | MENU |
TER BORCH, GERARD | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 |
Via Westphalia - Dutch baroque artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TESCHEN, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1779 |
Via War of Bavarian Succession |
History (HY) | AUSTRIA (AUT) | MENU |
TESLA, NIKOLA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Marconi - American scientist |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
TEUTONIC KNIGHTS | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1189 |
Via Third Crusade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
TEWKESBURY, THE BATTLE OF | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1471 | Margaret of Anjou is defeated | History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
TEWODROS II, EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Stanley - Anglo-Abyssinian War |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
TEXAN INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 | Rebellion against Mexico | History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
TEXAS RANGERS, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
THACKERAY, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | English novelist - Vanity Fair | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THAMES, THE BATTLE OF THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via War of 1812 - American victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
THE RESTORATION | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1660 | Return of monachy - Charles II | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
THE RIVER LECH, BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1632 |
Via Thirty Yrs War- Protestant victory |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
THE TIMES OF LONDON | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1788 |
Via Snippets - first publication |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THEATRE, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1599 |
Via Globe - founded by J. Burbage |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THENARD, LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Gay-Lussac - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
THEOBALD, LEWIS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1726 |
Via Pope - English scholar/translator |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THERMIDORIAN (JULY) REACTION,THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Basle Treaties - Royalist uprising |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
THIERS, ADOLPHE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1827 |
Via French Revolution - History |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THIMONNIER, BARTHELEMY | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Snippets - Fr. sewing machine |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
THIRTY YEARS' WAR, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1618 | Protestant v Roman Catholic in Europe | History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
THISTLEWOOD, ARTHUR | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 |
Via Cato Street Conspiracy - leader |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
THOMAS A KEMPIS | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1418 |
German monk - The Imitation of Christ |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1875 |
Via Bessemer - English metallurgist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
THOMPSON, BENJAMIN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Lagrange- scientist- Count Rumford |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
THOMPSON, DAVID | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Lewis & Clark - English explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
THOMPSON, ELIZBETH (LADY BUTLER) | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1879 |
Via First Anglo-Afghan War - artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
THOMPSON, FRANCIS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Meredith - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THOMSEN, CHRISTIAN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Snippets - Danish archeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
THOMSON, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via Burns - Scottish musician |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
THOMSON, JAMES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1730 |
Via Gray- Scottish poet- The Seasons |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THOMSON, JAMES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Alma, Scottish surgeon |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
THOMSON, JOSEPH JOHN | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Roentgen - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
THOMSON, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1846 |
Via Auto Industry - Scottish inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
THOMSON, WILLIAM (LORD KELVIN) | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 | Irish scientist - transatlantic cable | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Emerson - Am.writer - Walden |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THORNHILL, SIR JAMES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1735 |
Via Hogarth - baroque artitst |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
THORVALDSEN, BERTEL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1821 |
Via Battle of Valmy - Danish sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
THRALE, HESTER | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1765 |
Via Boswell - biography of Johnson |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL, THE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1724 |
Via Snippets - Eng. musical festival |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
THREE EMPERORS' LEAGUE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1872 |
Via German Unification - alliance |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
THROGMORTON PLOT, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1583 |
Via Babington Plot - RC conspiracy |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
THUAN AN, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1883 |
Via French Indochina - Fr.victory |
History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
TIENTSIN ACCORD, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via French Indochina - settlement |
History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
TIENTSIN, THE TREATIES OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Second Opium War |
History (HY) | OPIUM WARS (OPW) 1839-1842, 1856-1860 |
MENU |
TIEPOLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1750 |
Via Boucher -Italian rococo artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TIJOU, JEAN | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 |
Via Grinling Gibbons - Fr.ironworker |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TILLY, COUNT GRAF VON | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1631 |
Via Thirty Yrs War- catholic leader. |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
TILSIT, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 | French gains - Franco-Russian pact | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
TIMOFEYEVICH, YERMAK | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1581 |
Via Ivan IV - Cossack leader |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
TIMU, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1449 |
Via Cheng-t'ung - Ming Emperor |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
TINCHEBRAI, BATTLE OF | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1106 | Henry I defeats brother Robert | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
TINTORETTO, JACOPO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1579 | Venetian painter - with Veronese | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TIPPECANOE, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 |
Via War of 1812 - chief Tecumseh |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
TIPPU SAHIB | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 | Killed - end of Anglo-Mysore wars | History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
TIREL, WALTER | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1100 |
Via William II - French knight |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
TISCHBEIN, JOHANN HEINRICH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1786 |
Via Goethe - German artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TITIAN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1523 | Italian painter of the Venitian school | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TITIUS, JOHANN DANIEL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1766 |
Via Bode - German astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
TITUS OATES | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 | Instigator of Popish Plot | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
TOLENTINO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Hundred Days - Murat defeated |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 | Pioneers - trade union movement | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
TOLSTOY, LEO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Russian author - War and Peace |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TOLTEC EMPIRE, THE | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1151 | Empire falls to Chichimec invaders | History (HY) | CENTRAL AMERICA (CAM) | MENU |
TOM THUMB | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via Snippets - American dwarf |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TOMPION, THOMAS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1676 | English clockmaker - balance spring | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
TONDIBI, THE BATTLE OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1591 | Morocco destroys the Songhai Empire | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
TONE, WOLFE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Vinegar Hill - rebel leader |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
TONGE, ISRAEL | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
Via Oates - English anti-Catholic |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
TONKIN AFFAIR, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Sino-French War - Fr.defeat |
History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
TOPA INCA | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1466 |
Via Pachacuti - Inca leader |
History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
TORDESILLAS, THE TREATY OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1494 | Spain/Portugal divide the New World | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
TORQUEMADA, TOMAS DE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1478 |
Via Inquisition - Grand Inquisitor |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
TORRES, LUIS VAEZ DE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1606 | Spanish explorer - New Guinea | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
TORRICELLI, EVANGELISTA | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1643 | Italian scientist - mercury barometer | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
TOSCANELLI, PAOLO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1492 |
Via Columbus - Florentine mapmaker |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
TOSCANINI, ARTURO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Puccini - Italian conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1891 | French artist of Montmartre | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TOURNACHON, FELIX (NADAR) | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Talbot - French photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1694 |
Via Camerarius - French botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 | Leads revolt in Saint Domingue | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
TOWER OF LONDON, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1075 | Built to defend Pool of London | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
TOWER OF PISA | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1163 |
Via Notre Dame de Paris |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
TOWNSHEND, CHARLES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1730 | English politician and farmer | Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
TOWTON, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1461 |
Via Wars of Roses - victory for York |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
TRAFALGAR, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 | British victory at sea - Nelson's death | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
TRAIL OF TEARS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 | Resettlement of American natives | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
TRAIN, GEORGE FRANCIS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Verne - American eccentric |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TRANSATLANTIC CABLE, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 | Laid from Ireland to Newfoundland | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1502 | First African slaves arrive in America | History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
TRANSCENDENTALISM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1836 |
Via Emerson - Am.writer - Nature |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
TRANSCONTINENTAL TREATY, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1819 |
Via Adams- Spanish-American treaty |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1891 |
Via Snippets - work begins |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
TRANSVAAL, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Battle of Blood River |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
TRAPPIST ORDER, THE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1662 | Reformed order of Cistercians | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
TRAVERS, MORRIS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Ramsay - English chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
TREATY OF ZURICH, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via War of 1859 - peace settlement |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
TREGIAN, FRANCIS, THE YOUNGER | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1607 |
Via Monteverdi-Fitzwilliam Virginal Bk |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
TRELAWNY, EDWARD JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Byron - also friend of Shelley |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TRENCIN, THE BATTLE OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1708 |
Via Rakoczi II - defeat of rebels |
History (HY) | HUNGARY (HUN) | MENU |
TRENT AFFAIR, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via American Civil War - incident |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
TRENT, THE COUNCIL OF | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1545 |
Via Counter-Reformation - Paul III |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
TRESAGUET, PIERRE-MARIE-JEROME | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1775 |
Via Telford - French road engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
TREVELYAN, GEORGE OTTO | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1876 |
Via Macaulay - English historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TREVI FOUNTAIN, ROME, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1732 |
Via Snippets - work begins |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
TREVINO, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1875 |
Via Third Carlist War - decisive battle |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
TREVIRANUS, GOTTRIED REINHOLD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1802 |
Via Lamarck - German naturalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
TREVITHICK, RICHARD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 | English engineer - steam carriage | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
TRIAL OF CHARLES I, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1649 | Followed by execution 1649 | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1591 |
Via Snippets-founded by Qn.Elizabeth |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
TRINITY HOUSE, LONDON | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1514 |
Via Snippets - river pilots for Thames |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
TRIPLE ALLIANCE, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy | History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
TRIPLE ALLIANCE, WAR OF THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 | Arg. Brazil, Uruguay v Paraguay | History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
TRIPOLITAN WAR, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Barbary Pirates - U.S. attack |
History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
TRISSINO, COUNT GIAN GIORGIO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1530 |
Via Palladio - Italian poet/humanist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TROLLOPE, ANTHONY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 | Eng.novelist - Barchester Chronicles | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TROMP, ADMIRAL MAARTEN | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1652 |
Via Anglo-Dutch Wars - Dutch cmdr |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
TROPPAU, THE CONGRESS OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | Meeting of the Holy Alliance | History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
TROY, THE ANCIENT CITY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 |
Via Schliemann - in Turkey |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
TROYES, THE TREATY OF | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1420 |
Via Agincourt - heir to French throne |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
MENU |
TROYON, CONSTANT | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1857 |
Via Barbizon School - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TRUMBULL, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1770 |
Via Declaration of Independence |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TS'ANG YING-HSUAN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1682 |
Via Chinese Porcelain - artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TSAR KOLOKOL, MOSCOW | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1733 |
Via Snippets - largest bell in world |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
TSCHIRNHAUS, EHRENFRIED WALTER | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1707 |
Via Meissen - German physicist |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
TUBMAN, HARRIET | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via the confederate surrender |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
TUDORS, THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1485 | To Queen Elizabeth I 1603 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
TUKE, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Bichat - treament of insane |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
TULL, JETHRO | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1701 | Eng. inventor - horse-drawn seed drill | Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
TUNISIA, NORTH AFRICA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1881 | Becomes French protectorate | History (HY) | NORTH AFRICA (NAF) | MENU |
TUPAC AMARU | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1572 | The last of the Inca Lords | History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
TUPAC AMARU II | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1780 | Inca rebellion against Spanish in Peru | History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
TURENNE, VISCOMTE DE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1635 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Fr.commander |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
TURGENEV, IVAN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Russian novelist - Fathers and Sons |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TURGOT, ANNE ROBERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1774 |
Via States General - French minister |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
TURIN, THE BATTLE FOR | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 |
Via Ramillies - Eugene raises siege |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
TURKMENCHAY, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1828 |
Via Gulistan-Rus.gains in Caucasus |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
TURNER, "NAT" | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1831 |
Via Slave Trade - slave rebellion USA |
History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | English artist-first period-watercolour | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
TURPIN, DICK | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 |
Via Snippets - English highwayman |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
TUTTLINGEN, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1643 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - French defeated |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
TWAIN, MARK | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 | American writer - Tom Sawyer | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
TWO BROTHERS, WAR OF THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via First Carlist War - Portugal |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
TYBURN - THE "KING'S GALLOWS" | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1783 |
Via Snippets - last execution |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
TYLER, WAT | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1381 |
Via Peasants' Revolt - rebel leader |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
TYNDALE, WILLIAM | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1525 | Produces New Testament in English | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
TYNDALL, JOHN | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1853 |
Via Faraday - Irish physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
TYUTCHEV, FEDOR IVANOVITCH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Schelling - Russian poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
U | ||||||
UCCELLO, PAOLO | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1460 |
Via Ghiberti - Florentine artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ULM, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 | Napoleon defeats Austrians | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
ULSTER PLANTATION, THE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1610 | Protestants settle in northern Ireland | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
ULUGH BEG | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1437 | Persian astronomer & mathematician | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
ULUNDI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 | Anglo-Zulu War - British victory | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
UMBERTO I, KING OF ITALY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1878 |
Via Italian Unification - until 1900 |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
UMM DIWAIKARAT, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Second Anglo-Sudan War |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
UMZINTANZANI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Kaffir Wars - defeat of Xhosa |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
UNAM SANCTAM | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1302 |
Via Boniface VIII - spiritual authority |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
UNCLE SAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via War of 1812 - national symbol |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
UNIFICATION OF GERMANY, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 |
Via Siege of Paris - Formation of German Empire |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
UNIFICATION OF ITALY, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 | Following the capture of Rome | History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
UNION JACK, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
Via Union with Ireland - new flag |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
UNION OF CANADA ACT, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 | Uniting Lower and Upper Canada | History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 | Amrican transcontinental railroad | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
UNION, ACT OF (IRELAND) | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 | Ireland becomes part of UK | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
UNION, ACT OF (SCOTLAND) | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1707 | Union of England & Scotland - GBR | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
UNITED KINGDOM, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
Via Union Jack - new title |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
UNKIAR-SKELESSI, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1833 |
Via Crimean War - Turkey-Russia |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
UPRISINGS IN EUROPE 1831 | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1831 | Belg, Poland, Germany, Papal States | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
URABI, COLONEL AHMED | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Anglo-Egyptian War- rebel leader |
History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
URBAN II, POPE | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1095 |
Via First Crusade-Council of Clermont |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
URSULA, ORDER OF SAINT | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1538 |
Via Capuchins - founded by Merici |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
URUGUAY, SOUTH AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
USSHER, JAMES - PRIMATE OF IRELAND | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1654 |
Via Darwin - creation of the world |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
UTAMARO, KITAGAWA | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 | Japanese artist - colour prints | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
UTILITARIANISM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Bentham - political doctrine |
Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
UTRECHT, THE TREATY OF | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1713 | Ends War of Spanish Succession | History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
UTRECHT, THE UNION OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1581 | Seven Dutch provinces in rebellion | History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
V | ||||||
VALADON, SUZANNE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1891 |
Via Toulouse-Lautrec - French artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VALDIVIA, PEDRO DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1541 |
Via Chile - Spanish conquistador |
History (HY) | CHILE (CHL) | MENU |
VALIGNANO, ALESSANDRO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1574 |
Via Ricci - Italian missionary in India |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
VALLEY FORGE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via Franco-American Alliance |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
VALMY, BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 | French defeat Austro-Prussians | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
VALPARAISO, THE TRUCE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1884 |
Via War of the Pacific - settlement |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
VALSALVA, ANTONIO MARIA | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1704 |
Via Morgagni - Italian anatomist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
VAN DER HEYDEN, JAN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1672 |
Via Snippets - Dutch inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
VAN DYCK, ANTHONY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1632 | Flemish artist - at court of Charles I | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VAN GOGH, THEO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Van Gogh - artist's brother |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VAN GOGH, VINCENT | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 | French post-impressionist painter | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VAN RASBOURGH, ANTOINE-JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1872 |
Via Rodin - Belgian sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VANBRUGH, JOHN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1705 | English architect - Blenheim Palace | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
VANCOUVER, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 | English explorer- W.coast of Canada | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
VARENNES, THE FLIGHT TO | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1791 | Louis XVI attempts to escape | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
VARLEY, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Turner - English watercolour artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VASARI, GIORGIO | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1550 | Italian art historian and architect | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VASCO DA GAMA | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1498 | Portuguese explorer reaches India | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
VAUBAN, SEBASTIEN DE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 | French military engineer | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
VAUQUELIN, LOUIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Berzelius - French chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
VELASQUEZ, DIEGO | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1635 | Famous Spanish artist - for Philip IV | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VELDE, WILLEM VAN DE, THE YOUNGER | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1673 |
Via Anglo-Dutch War - Dutch artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VELLETRI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 |
Via 1848 - French defeat in Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
VELLORE MUTINY, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1806 |
Via Indian Mutiny - an earlier revolt |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
VENDOME COLUMN, PARIS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1810 |
Via Austerlitz - victory monument |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
VENEZUELA, SOUTH AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
VENICE, THE PEACE OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1177 |
Via Frederick I - submits to Pope |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
VENUS DE MILO, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1820 | Greek sculpture of 2nd century BC | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
VERDI, GIUSEPPE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1853 |
Italian opera composer - La Traviata |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
VEREENIGING, THE PEACE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1902 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War - settlement |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
VERGARA, THE CONVENTION OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1839 |
Via First Carlist War - settlement |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
VERLAINE, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Hugo - French poet - symbolist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
VERMEER, JAN | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1655 |
Dutch artist - The Lace Maker |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VERNE, JULES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 | French pioneer in science fiction | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
VERNET, CLAUDE JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1750 |
Via Richard Wilson - French Artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VERNET, HORACE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via 1848 Rebellions - French painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VERNIS MARTIN - MARTIN BROTHERS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1730 |
Via Chippendale - new varnish |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
VERNON, ADMIRAL EDWARD | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 |
Via War of Jenkin's Ear - Brit.navy |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
VERONA, THE CONGRESS OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1822 |
Via Troppau - UK leaves Holy Alliance |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
VERONESE, PAOLO | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1579 | Venetian painter - with Tintoretto | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VERROCCHIO, ANDREA DEL | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1480 |
Via Lorenzo the Magnificent - sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VERSAILLES, THE PALACE OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 | Louis XIV - court and government | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
VESALIUS, ANDREAS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1543 | Belgian physician - work on anatomy | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
VESEY, MRS ELIZABETH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 |
Via Blue Stockings - circle member |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
VESPUCCI, AMERIGO | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1501 | Italian explorer - name given to America | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
VIARDOT, PAULINE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Turgenev - opera singer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
VICKSBURG, BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Am.Civil War - Union victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
VICTOR EMMANUEL II, KING | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 |
Via War of 1859 - King of Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Snippets - foundation stone |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
VICTORIA CROSS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Sevastopol - for gallantry |
History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
VICTORIA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1887 | Immense public support for monarchy | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
VICTORIA, QN. UNITED KINGDOM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1837 | To 1901 - Trade, Industry, Empire | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
VICTORIA, TOMAS LUIS DE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1584 |
Via Tallis - Spanish composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
VIEN, JOSEPH-MARIE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1776 |
Via David - Fr. Neo-Classicist artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VIENNA, THE CONGRESS OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 | European peace settlement | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
VIENNA, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1735 |
Via War of Polish Succession |
History (HY) | POLAND (POL) | MENU |
VIENNA, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Second Schleswig War-settlement |
History (HY) | DENMARK (DEN) | MENU |
VIETNAM, INDOCHINA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1620 |
Via French Indochina- French mission |
History (HY) | SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
VIGEE-LEBRUN, ELISABETH | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Staël - French portrait artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VIGNY, ALFRED DE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1835 |
Via Hugo - French poet and novelist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
VILLARD, PAUL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Curies - French physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
VILLARET, VICE-ADMIRAL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1794 |
Via Robespierre - French commander |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
VILLAVICIOSA, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 |
Via Lisbon Treaty- Portuguese victory |
History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
VILLEMIN, JEAN-ANTOINE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Lister - French physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
VILLENEUVE, ADMIRAL PIERRE DE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1805 |
Via Trafalgar - French commander |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
VILLEROI, LE DUC DE | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1706 |
Via Ramillies - French commander |
History (HY) | SPANISH SUCCESSION (WSS) 1701-1714 |
MENU |
VILLIERS, GEORGE, Duke of Buckingham | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1625 |
Via Charles I - court favourite |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
VILLON, FRANCOISE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1456 |
French poet - Le Petit Testament |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
VIMEIRO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1808 |
Via Peninsular War - British victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
VINCENT DE PAUL | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1616 |
Via Francis de Sales - French priest |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
VINEGAR HILL, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 | Rebellion crushed in Ireland | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
VIRCHOW, RUDOLF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 | German pathologist - work on cells | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
VIRGINIA CAPES, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via Yorktown - French naval victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
VIRGINIA, THE LOST COLONY of | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1585 |
Via Raleigh - attempt at Am.colony |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
VITORIA, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Peninsular War - British victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
VIVALDI, ANTONIO | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1725 |
Italian composer - The Four Seasons |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
VLAMINGH, WILLEM de | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1696 |
Via Hartog - Dutch explorer - Australia |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
VOLTA, ALESSANDRO | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1800 | Italian physicist - rudimentary battery | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET)) | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1734 | French philosopher - rights of man | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
VOLTERA, DANIELE DA | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1512 |
Via Michelangelo - Italian artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
VOLTURNO RIVER, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Garibaldi - Italian independence |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
VON BAER, KARL ERNST | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Snippets - Estonian naturalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
VON HARDENBERG, FRIEDRICH | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via Schiller - German romantic poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
W | ||||||
WADE, FREDERICK TOWNSEND | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 |
Via Taiping Rebellion - Am.adventurer |
History (HY) | OPIUM WARS (OPW) 1839-1842, 1856-1860 |
MENU |
WADE, GENERAL GEORGE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1726 |
Via Snippets - road building |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
WAGNER, RICHARD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1845 | German operatic composer | Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
WAITANGI, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1840 | Between British Crown and Maori | History (HY) | NEW ZEALAND (NZ) | MENU |
WAKEFIELD, EDWARD GIBBON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Union of Canada Act - reformer |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
WAKEFIELD, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1460 |
Via Wars of Roses - win for Lancaster |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
WALDSEEMULLER, MARTIN | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1507 |
Via Vespucci - German mapmaker |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WALDSTEIN, COUNT | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1804 |
Via Beethoven - friend/benefactor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
WALDTEUFEL, EMILE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1882 |
Via Chabrier - French composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
WALES, THE PRINCIPALITY OF | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1276 | Conquest by Edward I begins | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
WALKER, JOHN | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 |
Via Snippets - striking match |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Darwin - Welsh naturalist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WALLACE, WILLIAM | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1298 |
Via Battle of Falkirk - Scottish rebel |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
WALLENSTEIN, DUKE OF FRIEDLAND | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1634 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Battle of Lutzen |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
WALLIS, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1856 |
Via Chatterton - English artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WALLIS, JOHN | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1656 | Eng.mathematician-algebra/geometry | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WALPOLE, HORACE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1764 |
English Gothic novelist - Castle Otranto |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WALPOLE, ROBERT | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1727 | First British "Prime Minister" | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1573 |
Via Elizabeth I - secretary |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
WALTER THE PENNILESS | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1095 |
Via First Crusade - People's Crusade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
MENU |
WALTON, IZAAC | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1653 |
English biographer - Compleat Angler |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WANDIWASH, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1760 | British defeat French in India | History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
WANG CHEN | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1449 |
Via Chen-T'ung - court favourite |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
WAR AT SEA, AM.INDEPENDENCE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via American Independence |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
WAR AT SEA, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via Am.Civil War - Union victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
WAR OF 1812, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 | USA declares war on Britain | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
WAR OF 1859, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1859 | Sardinia-Piedmont versus Austria | History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
WAR OF THE CURRENTS, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1889 |
Via Edison - DC versus AC |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WAR OF THE GOLDEN STOOL, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
WAR OF THE PACIFIC, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 | Peru and Bolivia against Chile | History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
WARBECK, PERKIN | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1497 | Pretender to throne - executed 1499 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
WARD, THOMAS F. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Delius - American organist |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
WARNER, EDWARD J | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1848 |
Via Appert - patents tin-opener |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WARS OF THE ROSES, THE | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1455 | Lancaster versus York - to 1485 | History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
WARSAW, THE BATTLE OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1656 |
Via Charles X - Swedish victory |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
WARWICK, THE EARL OF | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1471 |
Via The Wars of the Roses |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
WASHINGTON MONUMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Snippets - is completed |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WASHINGTON TREATY, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1871 |
Via Treaty of Oregon - final settlement |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
WASHINGTON, GEORGE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 | Am.general in War of Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
WATERHOUSE, BENJAMIN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
Via Jenner - American physicist |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
WATERLOO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 | Final defeat of Napoleon | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
WATSON, THOMAS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1876 |
Via Bell - assistant technician |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WATT, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1782 | Scottish engineer - rotary engine | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
WATTEAU, ANTOINE | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1717 |
French rococo painter - Fête Galante |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WATTS, ISAAC | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1707 |
English hymn writer - Jesus shall reign |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
WATTS-DUNTON, THEODORE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Swinburne - English poet /critic |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WAUGH, ANDREW | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Snippets - naming of Mt. Everest |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
WEBB, ASTON | GEORGE V 1910-1936 (G5) | 1911 |
Via Queen Victoria- English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WEBB, CAPTAIN MATTHEW | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1875 |
Via Snippets - swims Eng.Channel |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
WEBB, JOHN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1622 |
Via Inigo Jones - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WEBB, PHILIP SPEAKMAN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1870 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites- English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WEBB, SIDNEY & BEATRICE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Shaw - social historians |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
WEBER, CARL MARIA VON | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1826 |
Via Mendelssohn - Romantic opera |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
WEBER, WILHELM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1828 |
Via Gauss - German physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WEBSTER, NOAH | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via Snippets - English Dictionary |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Union of Canada Act - border |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
WEDDELL, JAMES | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1823 |
Via Antarctic - British explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WEDGWOOD, JOSIAH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1760 | English pottery manufacturer | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WEDGWOOD, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1802 |
Via Davy - early photography |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WEEMS, MASON LOCKE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1800 |
Via Washington - American writer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WEIHAIWEI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
WELLESLEY, ARTHUR | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Duke of Wellington |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
WELLINGTON, THE DUKE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 | Allied commander - Waterloo | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1852 |
Via Snippets - stagecoach company |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WELLS, H.G. | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | English science fiction writer | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WELLS, HORACE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1844 |
Via Davy - American dentist - gas |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
WELSBACH, CARL VON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 |
Via Snippets - invents gas mantle |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Botany Bay - Australian explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WERNER, ABRAHAM GOTTLOB | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 |
Via Hutton - German geologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WESLEY, CHARLES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 | Leader/hymn writer of Methodism | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
WESLEY, JOHN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 | Preacher/leader of Methodism | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
WEST AFRICA - COLONIALISM | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1821 | Advances of the French and British | History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1802 |
Via Snippets - United States Army |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
WEST, BENJAMIN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1770 |
Via Wolfe - American painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA - GOLD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1892 |
Via Witwatersrand - Coolgardie |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WESTINGHOUSE, GEORGE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via Edison - American inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WESTMINSTER ABBEY | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1245 |
Via Canterbury Cathedral - London |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WESTMINSTER, THE TREATY OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1654 |
Via 1st Anglo-Dutch War - settlement |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
WESTMINSTER, THE TREATY OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1674 |
Via 3rd Anglo-Dutch War - settlement |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
WESTPHALIA, THE PEACE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1648 | Agreement that ends Thirty Yrs War | History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
WEXFORD, THE SIEGE OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1649 | Cromwell's campaign in Ireland | History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
WEYDEN, ROGIER VAN DER | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1435 |
Via Eyck - Flemish artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WEYLER, GENERAL VALERIANO | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Sp-Am. War - Spanish leader |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
WHEATSTONE, CHARLES | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Morse - invents telegraph |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WHEWELL, WILLIAM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1837 |
Via Faraday - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WHISTLER, JAMES | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1871 | American artist - art for art's sake | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WHITAKER'S ALMANAC | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Snippets - first edition |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WHITE HOUSE, THE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1792 |
Via Gibbs - Palladian design |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WHITE MOUNTAIN, THE BATTLE OF | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1620 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Protestant defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
WHITE SHIP DISASTER, THE | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1120 | Death of William, heir to Eng.throne | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
WHITE, GILBERT | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1789 |
Via Gibbon- Eng.naturalist- Selborne |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WHITE, JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1585 |
Via Lost Colony - colonist leader |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WHITE, PEREGRINE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1620 |
Via Pilgrim Fathers - first birth |
History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
WHITEFIELD, GEORGE | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 |
Via Methodism - founder/preacher |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
WHITEHEAD, ROBERT | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Nobel - develops torpedo |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WHITEHOUSE, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1858 |
Via Transatlantic cable - engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
WHITMAN, WALT | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Lincoln - American poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WHITNEY, ELI | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 | American inventor - cotton gin | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
Via Longfellow - American poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WHITTINGTON, DICK | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 |
Via Richard Whittington - the legend |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WHITTINGTON, RICHARD | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 | Elected Lord Mayor of London | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WHITWORTH, JOSEPH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via Great Exhibition - Eng.engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
WHYMPER, EDWARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Snippets-first to climb Matterhorn |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WIECK, FRIEDRICH | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1830 |
Via Schumann - German teacher |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Slave Trade-English philanthropist |
History (HY) | AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (SLT) from c1502 |
MENU |
WILBYE, JOHN | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1598 |
Via Spenser - English composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
WILD WEST SHOW, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1888 |
Via Snippets - by Samuel Cody |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WILD, JONATHAN | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1725 |
Via Defoe -notorious London criminal |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
WILDE, OSCAR | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 | Napoleon defeats Austrians | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
WILDE, OSCAR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | Irish playwright, poet and dandy | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WILHELM II, EMPEROR OF GERMANY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1888 |
Via Bismarck - Emperor 1888-1918 |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
WILKES, CHARLES | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1838 |
Via Ross - Eng.explorer - Antarctic |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WILKES, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1763 | English parliamentary reformer | History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
WILKIE, DAVID | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1841 |
Via Turner - Scottish artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WILKINS, JOHN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1662 |
Via Royal Society - first secretary |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WILKINSON, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1782 |
Via James Watt - Eng engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
WILLIAM I OF ENGLAND | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 | To 1087 - Conqueror of British Isles | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
WILLIAM I OF ORANGE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1579 |
Via Utrecht Union - independence |
History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
WILLIAM II (RUFUS) OF ENGLAND | WILLIAM II (W2) 1087-1100 |
1087 | To 1100 - Beginning of the Crusades | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
WILLIAM III, KING OF ENGLAND | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 | SCOTLAND and IRELAND - to 1702 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
WILLIAM IV, OF UNITED KINGDOM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 | To 1837 - Reform Bill & Poor Law | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
WILLIAM OF RUBRUQUIS | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1253 |
Via Carpini - Fr. envoy to Mongolia |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WILLIAM OF SALICETO | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1275 | Italian surgeon - treatise on surgery | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1382 |
Via John Wycliffe - Chancellor |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
WILLIAM TELL | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1307 | Swiss legend -fight for independence | History (HY) | SWITZERLAND (SWI) | MENU |
WILLIS, THOMAS | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1664 |
Via Malpighi - brain research |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
WILLS, WILLIAM JOHN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1860 | Crosses Australia south to north | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WILMOT, JAMES | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1785 |
Via Bacon - Eng.clergyman/scholar |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WILSING, JOHANNES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Marconi - German astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
WILSON, RICHARD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1768 |
Via Gainsborough - Welsh artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Snippets - first to be held |
Sport (SP) | XNA | MENU |
WINCHESTER, THE BATTLE OF | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1141 | Qn.Matilda defeated by King Stephen | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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WINCKELMANN, JOHANN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1755 |
Via Pompeii - German art historian |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WINDSOR CASTLE | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1348 |
Via Order of Garter - serves as centre |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WINDSOR, THE TREATY OF | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1175 |
Via Ireland - H2 recognised as king |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
WINDSOR, THE TREATY OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1386 | Between Portugal and England | History (HY) | PORTUGAL (POR) | MENU |
WINGATE, GENERAL SIR REGINALD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via Fashoda Incident - The Sudan |
History (HY) | SUDAN (SUD) | MENU |
WINSOR, FREDERICK | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1804 |
Via Cugnot - German inventor |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WINSTANLEY, HENRY | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1698 |
Via Smeaton - English civil engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
WINTON, ALEXANDER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Auto Industry- American engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
WISHART, GEORGE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1543 |
Via Calvin - Scot.Protestant reformer |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
WITCHCRAFT | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1644 | Witch Hunt hysteria- Europe/America | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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WITHERING, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 |
Via Snippets - digitalis - medical uses |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
WITWATERSRAND GOLD RUSH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 | and Australia, Canada and Alaska | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
WITZ, KONRAD | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1444 |
Via Eyck - German-Swiss artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WIVES OF HENRY VIII, THE | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1533 | Six wives of Engish King Henry VIII | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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WOHLER, FRIEDRICH | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1827 |
Via Faraday - German chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WOLFE, CHARLES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1809 |
Via Corunna - Irish poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WOLFE, JAMES | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1759 |
Via Battle of Quebec- English General |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
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WOLFERT, FRIEDRICH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Daimler - German airship pilot |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WOLLASTON MEDAL, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1831 |
Via Berzelius - geological award |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1818 |
Via Berzelius - English chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 | English writer - Rights of Women | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WOLSELEY, GENERAL SIR GARNET | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1873 |
Via Third Anglo-Ashanti War |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
WOLSEY, THOMAS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1515 | English Cardinal and first minister | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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WOOD, HENRY | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Elgar - Engish conductor |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
WOOD, JOHN, THE ELDER | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1754 |
Via Beau Nash - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WOOD, JOHN, THE YOUNGER | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1767 |
Via Beau Nash - English architect |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WOOD, LEONARD | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Sp.-Am.War - Cuban governor |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
WOOD, MRS HENRY | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Poe - Eng. melodramatic novelist. |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WOOD, RALPH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Snippets - the first Toby Jug |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
WOODVILLE, ELIZABETH | RICHARD III (R3) 1483-1485 |
1483 |
Via Richard III - wife of Edward IV |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
WORCESTER, THE BATTLE OF | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1651 | Cromwell defeats Charles Stuart | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
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WORDSWORTH, DOROTHY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
Via Wordsworth - talented sister |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1807 |
English romantic poet - Daffodils |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WORK, HENRY CLAY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via Gettysburg - march to the sea |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
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WORMS, THE COUNCIL OF | HENRY I (H1) 1100-1135 |
1122 | Settles the Investiture Controversy | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
WOUNDED KNEE, BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1890 | Marks end of Sioux resistance | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
WREN, CHRISTOPHER | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1675 | English architect-St.Paul's Cathedral | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
WRIGHT OF DERBY, JOSEPH | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1768 |
Via Reynolds-Eng.artist-The Air Pump |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WRIGHT, THOMAS | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1750 |
Via Lacaille - English astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
WROE, JAMES | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1819 |
Via Peterloo - radical journalist |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
MENU |
WU CIXI, EMPEROR DOWAGER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Boxer Rebellion - 1862-1908 |
History (HY) | BOXER REBELLION (TBR) 1899-1901 |
MENU |
WU LI, PINYIN | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1703 |
Chinese artist - The Old Snow Man |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
WUCHALE, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1889 |
Via First Italo-Ethiopian War |
History (HY) | ETHIOPIA (ETH) | MENU |
WYATT REBELLION, THE | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1554 | Revolt against Spanish royal marriage | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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WYATT, SIR THOMAS, ELDER | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1557 |
Via Wyatt Rebellion - English poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WYATT, SIR THOMAS, YOUNGER | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1554 |
Via Wyatt Rebellion - rebel leader |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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WYCHERLEY, WILLIAM | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1671 |
Via Dryden - English dramatist |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WYCLIFFE, JOHN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1376 | Eng. theologian & Church reformer | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
WYSS, JOHANN DAVID | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Wyss - Swiss Family Robinson |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
WYSS, JOHANN RUDOLF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | Publication of Swiss Family Robinson | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
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XAVIER, FRANCIS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 |
Via Jesuits - Spanish missionary |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
Y | ||||||
YAA ASANTEWAA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via War of the Golden Stool - Queen |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
YALE UNIVERSITY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1718 |
Via Harvard University - Connecticut |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
YALE, ELIHU | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1718 |
Via Yale - Welsh benefactor |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
YALU RIVER, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YANDABO, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1826 |
Via First Anglo-Burmese War |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
YANK OR YANKEE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via American Civil War - term used |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
YARA, THE CRY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Cuban Revolt - for independence |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
YEAR OF REVOLUTIONS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | Series of European rebellions | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
YELLOW FORD, THE BATTLE OF THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1598 |
Via Ireland - Irish defeat English |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
YEOMEN OF THE GUARD | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1485 |
Via Snippets - Tower of London |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
YERSIN, ALEXANDRE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Pasteur - French-Swiss physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
YORITOMO, MINAMOTO | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1192 |
Via Shugunate - founder of system |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YORKISTS, THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1461 | To King Richard III 1485 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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YORKTOWN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 | Americans gain their independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
YOSHIMASA, SHOGUN | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1467 |
Via Onin War - period of arts/crafts |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YOSHIMITSU, SHOGUN | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1392 | Shogun 1368-1394 - reunites Japan | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YOSHINO, COURT OF, JAPAN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1336 | Civil War - with rival court Kyoto | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YOSHINOBU, SHOGUN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Boshin War - leader of revolt |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YOUNG IRELAND MOVEMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Great Potato Famine - uprising |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
YOUNG, ARTHUR | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Industrial Revolution - agriculture |
Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
YOUNG, BRIGHAM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Mormon Church - leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
YOUNG, EDWARD | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 |
Via Gray - Eng.poet - Night Thoughts |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
YOUNG, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Dalton - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
YUAN EMPIRE, THE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1279 |
Via Kublai Khan - dynasty established |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
YUNG LO TA TIEN | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1407 | Vast Chinese encylopedia | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
YUNG-LO, EMPEROR | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1414 | to 1424 - builder of Forbidden City | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
YUSUF I OF GRANADA | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1340 |
Via Battle of Rio Salado - survives |
History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
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ZALAKA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1086 | Alfonso VI is defeated by Almoravids | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ZEAMI, MOTOKIYO | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1385 |
Via Noh Drama - principal producer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ZEDE, GUSTAVE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1888 |
Via Fulton - modern submarine |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ZENTA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 | Ottomans defeated - Karlowitz Treaty | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
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ZEPPELIN, FERDINAND VON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Daimler- German airship designer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ZHU XI | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1180 |
Via Maimonides - Confucian scholar |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ZIMBABWE, GREAT EMPIRE OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1400 | Reaches the height of its power | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ZIONIST MOVEMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Dreyfus Affair - Jewish state |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
ZOFFANY, JOHANN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 |
Via Reynolds - German artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ZOLA, EMILE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
French naturalist novelist - Nana |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ZOLLVEREIN, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 |
Via German Confed- a customs union |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
ZORNDORF, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1758 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian victory |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
MENU |
ZUCCHI, ANTONIO | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via Kaufmann - Venetian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ZULU EMPIRE, RISE OF THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 | Founded by King Shaka | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ZWINGLI, ULRICH | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1523 |
Via Luther - Swiss protestant reformer |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
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