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1998 48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at New York City

1998 World League of American Football becomes NFL East

1997 Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar, dies at 69

1997 Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China

1997 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland

1997 47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena

1996 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio

1996 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston

1995 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix

1994 B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed

1994 Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed

1994 44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis

1994 45th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 9-8 at New York Rangers

1994 East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in New York City

1993 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka

1993 Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79

1993 Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villagers in East Turkey

1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City

1992 Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies

1992 1st time AL East and West champs have same record (96-66)-Tor and Oak

1992 Toronto Blue Jays win AL East title

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title

1992 Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East

1992 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game

1992 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando

1992 NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113

1991 Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain

1991 Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain

1991 Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans

1991 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte

1991 Big East Football conference forms

1990 East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title

1990 East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact

1990 US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge

1990 East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems

1990 East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3

1990 East and West Germany merge their economies

1990 West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st

1990 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss

1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists

1990 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami

1989 East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution

1989 East Berlin opens its borders

1989 East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns

1989 Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany

1989 Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title

1989 East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czech)

1989 Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East

1989 Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East)

1989 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston

1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East

1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium

1988 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago

1988 Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83

1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East

1987 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle

1986 Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed

1986 Mets clinch NL East Championship

1986 Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed

1986 John P East, (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55

1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)

1986 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas

1985 Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die

1985 "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ

1985 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana

1984 Yanks clinch AL East

1984 Cubs clinch NL East title

1984 Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place)

1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m

1984 34th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver

1983 Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales

1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m

1983 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA

1982 Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win AL East championship

1982 Cards clinching NL East title

1982 Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53

1982 32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey

1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon

1981 31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland

1980 Mike Schmidt's 2-run HR clinches NL East title for Phillies

1980 Raegan Tomaster, East Patgchogue, New York, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics

1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record

1980 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington

1979 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1978 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks

1978 Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed

1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding

1978 Phillies clinch NL East title

1978 Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title

1978 Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation

1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6

1978 Michael East, American Athlete

1977 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1977 Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title

1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title

1976 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship

1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title

1976 Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire

1976 Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman

1976 Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor

1976 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia

1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to

1975 Nick Farrell, East York Ontario, boxer 1996 Olympics

1975 Indonesian army occupies East Timor

1975 Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament

1975 Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor

1975 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio

1974 Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open

1974 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago

1974 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia

1974 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle

1973 Ralph Intranuovo, East York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers

1973 Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader

1973 Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m

1973 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah

1973 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at New York Rangers

1973 23rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 104-84 at Chicago

1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany

1972 WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting

1972 East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156

1972 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville

1972 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota

1972 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA

1972 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr

1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan

1971 Donna Faber, born in East Orange, New Jersey, tennis star

1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in New York City

1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader

1971 Bill Graham closes down Fillmore and Fillmore East

1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence

1971 Live at Fillmore East recorded

1971 4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina

1971 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston

1970 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die

1970 Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East

1970 China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red"

1970 Heike Friedrich, born in East Germany swimmer, world record 200m

1970 West German chancellor and East German premier Willy Brandt meet

1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana

1970 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia

1970 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at St. Louis

1970 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13

1970 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3

1969 New York Mets clinch NL East pennant

1969 1st performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Fillmore East, New York)

1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540

1969 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville

1969 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montreal

1969 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25

1969 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7

1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect

1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution

1968 Fillmore East opens

1968 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24

1968 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-20

1968 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 120 at Indiana

1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem

1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem

1967 John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics bronze

1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum

1967 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10

1967 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23

1966 Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East

1966 Samantha Karen Fox, born in East End London, England, singer, Touch Me

1966 Snow storm in north east U.S. kills 165

1966 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7

1965 Hurricane hits north east US/Canada

1965 Charnele Brown, East Hampton, New York, actress, Kim-A Different World

1965 East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt

1965 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14

1965 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14

1965 Carin Garbarra, East Orange, New Jersey, soccer forward 1996 Olympics

1965 Cindy Brooks, East Hampton CT, rower 1996 Olympics

1964 U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany

1964 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24

1964 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston

1964 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17

1963 West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules

1963 Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK

1963 John F. Kennedy's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House

1963 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga

1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston

1963 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14

1963 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20

1962 Hanns Eisler, composer (North Vietnam/East German National Anthem), dies at 64

1962 Joetta Clark, East Orange, New Jersey, 800m runner, Olympic-1992

1962 East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall

1962 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, heptathele won Olympic gold 1988, 1992

1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany

1962 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30

1962 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27

1961 Kathrin Dorre, East German marathoner 1988 Olympics bronze

1961 East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon

1961 East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin

1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13

1961 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin

1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany

1961 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31

1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany

1960 East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin

1960 Misha Mck, East Orange, New Jersey, actress, Gerri-Me and Mrs. C

1960 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia

1960 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21

1959 David East, cricketer

1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65

1959 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21

1958 Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion

1958 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7

1957 Jeff East, rocker

1957 German Dem Rep recalls East Mark and issues new currency

1957 Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77

1957 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)

1957 42.0 cm rain falls on East St. Louis, Illinois, state record

1957 Timothy Busfield, born in East Lansing, Michigan, actor, Elliot-30 Something

1957 Mary Cadorette, born in East Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Vicky-3's a Crowd

1957 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10

1957 Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East

1956 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)

1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves

1956 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30

1955 James Dean, U.S. actor (East of Eden, Giant), dies

1955 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania

1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R.

1955 [Kater]Nina Hagen, born in East Berlin German DR, actress, Blue Angel

1955 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect

1955 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19

1954 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)

1954 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9

1953 Riots in East Germany for reunification

1952 East German SED decides to form German DR army

1952 Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8

1951 Timothy Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Paper Chase, East of Eden

1951 Judi Brown, born in East Lansing, Michigan, 400m hurdler 1984 Olympics silver

1951 Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist, singer and songwriter, East Street Band

1951 1st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston

1950 East German premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification

1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites

1950 Wayne Powers, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Laverne and Shirley, 13 East

1949 Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700

1949 East Germans constitution approved

1948 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin

1948 Don Boyd, director, Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock

1948 Manfred Kokot, East German runner, world record 50 m indoor

1947 John D Rockefeller, Jr. donates New York City East River site to the U.N.

1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany

1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR

1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali

1945 "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)

1945 Niaz Ahmed, cricketer, 1st and last East Pakistani to play Test cricket

1945 German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed

1945 Walter Charles, born in East Strousberg, Pennsylvania, actor, Fletch Lives, Weeds

1945 1st U.S. units reach east coast of Okinawa

1945 Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine

1944 U.S. 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris

1944 Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East

1944 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs

1943 British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy

1942 Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried

1942 Nightly "dim-out" begins along East Coast

1942 Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of U.S. east coast

1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies

1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast

1941 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines

1941 Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor

1941 GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies

1941 Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer, University of East Anglia

1940 Dionne Warwick, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer, Solid Gold, Way to San Jose

1939 Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey

1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: East Europe divided between Hitler and Stalin

1939 All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends

1938 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska

1937 Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference, 1979

1937 Joseph Wambaugh, born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police writer, Onion Fields

1936 Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist

1935 William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies

1934 FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, Illinois

1933 1st Negro League All-Star Game, West beats East 11-7 (Comiskey Park)

1932 Steamboat SS Observation explodes in New York City East River (71 killed)

1932 Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic

1932 Ann Harding, U.S., actress, East is West, Janie

1932 British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru

1931 Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orch

1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies

1928 Warren Oates, born in Depoy, Kentucky, actor, East of Eden, Stoney Burke

1928 Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar

1925 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans

1925 Julie Harris, Grosse Pt, Michigan, actress, Bell Jar, East of Eden

1925 Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side

1924 KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies

1923 Alan B Shepard, Jr., East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro, Merc 3, Ap 14

1923 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies

1922 Joan Caulfield, East Orange, New Jersey, actress, Liz-My Favorite Husband

1921 Marilyn Maxwell, actress, East of Sumatra

1921 Gordon MacRae, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer and actor, Oklahoma, Carousel

1921 Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo, Texas, dancer/actress, East Side

1920 Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tilsit East Prussia, actor, Kafka, Music Box

1920 Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins

1920 W Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez," premieres in London

1920 British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony

1919 Jo Van Fleet, Oakland, actress, Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden

1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa

1918 Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea

1917 Riots in East St. Louis Mo

1917 Race riots in East St. Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)

1917 Race riot in East St. Louis Illinois, 1 black killed

1916 Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in New York City

1916 Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, actor, The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo

1916 Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa

1916 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage

1916 Owen Chadwick, chancellor, University of East Anglia

1915 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok)

1915 Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor, University of East Anglia

1914 General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia

1912 Erich Honecker, Germany, President, East Germany

1911 Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east

1911 Jan Boon, [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong

1908 Alan Baxter, East born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches

1906 Esmond Knight, East Sheen, England, actor, Hamlet, Sleeping Murder

1905 Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa

1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima

1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya

1904 Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in New York's East River (1,031 die)

1901 East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened

1899 Lucie Mannheim, born in Berlin, actress, East Meets West, 39 Steps

1897 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City

1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast

1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M

1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company

1889 1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for east

1888 East Africa Company political and commercial rights

1888 Great blizzard of '88 strikes the North East U.S.

1887 Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors

1882 Hatfields of south WV and McCoys of east Kentucky feud, 100 wounded or die

1882 Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East

1875 Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa

1875 Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast

1875 Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor, Dutch East Indies

1873 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70

1873 Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher

1870 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, East Africa

1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East

1862 Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston

1862 David Hilbert, Konigsberg East Prussia, mathematician

1861 1st telegraph line linking West and East coasts completed

1858 Government of India transferred from East India Company to Crown

1851 John F. Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton

1851 Johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies

1849 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from east coast

1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia, OS

1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company

1822 Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory

1814 Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey

1812 Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet, Lettere a Maria

1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49

1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana

1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, 1856-61

1800 Dutch East Indies Company dissolves

1795 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54

1780 Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General, Netherlands East Indies

1762 Sebastiaan C. Nederburgh, director-general, East Indies Company

1761 Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56

1758 Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia

1752 East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed

1741 Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of Koningsberg

1732 VOC fires Neth-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare

1714 A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street

1704 Jacob Mossel, governor-general, Dutch East Indies

1685 Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company

1668 English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company

1653 Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, dies at 48

1653 Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at 48

1645 Anton van Diemen, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51

1641 United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed

1635 Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general, Dutch East Indies

1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies

1619 Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general, Netherlands East Indies

1615 Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns

1609 Pieter Both sworn in as 1st Governor-General of East Indies

1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co.

1602 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms

1601 John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London

1600 British East India Company chartered

1597 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East

1547 Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet

1539 Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65

1534 Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea

976 Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria

921 Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other

918 Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies

876 Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72

876 Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies

856 Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies

423 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies

384 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic, 395-423

379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire



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