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2009 Under investigation for bribery during his Presidency, former President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, commits suicide
2003 Kellie Waymire, actress, Six Feet Under, dies at 35 1999 Senate acquits President Clinton of lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewinski case 1999 Senate begins to try President Clinton on lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewisnky case 1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice 1997 Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care 1997 Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par 1997 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par) 1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days 1995 Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus 1994 George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 1994 Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election 1994 Richard Bissell, U.S. under director of CIA (Pig's Bay), dies at 84 1993 "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV 1992 Cole Sprouse, born in Arezzo, Italy, actor, Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire 1992 Dylan Sprouse, born in Arezzo, Italy, actor, Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire 1992 Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds 1991 Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67 1991 NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 1991 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement 1991 Archie N Menzies, playwright/composer (Under Your Hat), dies at 87 1991 U.S.S.R. grants republics right to secede under certain conditions 1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City 1991 Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40 1989 Comores coup under Bob Benard 1989 Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest 1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation 1988 Hazel Dawn, U.S. singer and actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 1988 James Ogilvy, under English princess Alexandra, marries Julia Rawlinson 1987 Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel 1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka 1986 John Antill, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, dies at 82 1986 Kaitlin Cullum, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Libby Kelly-Grace Under Fire 1986 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Canal) 1986 Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan 1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab 1984 Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya 1983 Grenada leftist coup under vice-premier Coard 1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program 1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on U.K. pop chart 1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building 1982 In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH 1982 Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees 1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname 1981 Military coup under general Kolingba in Central African Republic, President Dacko flees 1981 Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker 1981 Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails 1980 Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees 1980 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey 1980 Miltary coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname 1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4 minutes 1979 Bolivia military coup under General Busch, President Guevara flees 1979 Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin 1978 Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James 1978 Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin 1978 Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule 1978 Bolivia military coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees 1978 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order 1976 John Naber is 1st to swin 200m backstroke under 2 minutes 1976 Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957, dies at 46 1975 Ethiopian junta under Mengistu Haile 1975 Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed 1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails 1974 Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances 1974 Coup in East-Timor under UDT 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster 1974 Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train 1973 Israeli tanks under General Sharon move through Suez Canal 1973 Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana 1973 Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8" 1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest 1971 Hasj falls from now on under(neath) the Opiumwet 1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out 1971 Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry 1971 Sudan military coup under Major Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 1971 People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) 1971 Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil 1971 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada 1970 Argentine military junta under Lieutenant-general Lanusse drives out President Ongania 1970 Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees 1969 Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi 1969 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia 1968 Peru coup under General Velasco Alvarado, President Belaunde Terry flees 1968 1st record under Apple label, Beatle's Hey Jude 1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 1968 Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's U.S. open under par 1968 Czechoslovakian government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek 1968 "March of Poor" under Reverend Abernathy reach Washington, D.C. 1967 Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution 1967 Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme 1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad 1965 Congo military coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown 1965 Failed coup under Lieutenant Colonel Untung in Indonesia 1965 Christopher Nolan, born in Ireland, handicapped writer, Under Eye of Clock 1965 Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumedienne, President Ben Bella fired 1965 Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic 1965 South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 1963 England's Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under Thames opens 1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58) 1963 Tori Amos, born in North Carolina, pianist/vocalist, Under The Pink, 1963 SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien 1963 Grant Herslov, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof 1963 Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda 1962 Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles 1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen 1962 George P N earl of St. Andrews, under English prince Edward 1961 Beach Boys play their debut gig under that name 1961 Timothy Geithner, born in Brooklyn, New York, United States Secretary of the Treasury, under President Barack Obama, served as President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, charged with directing financial crisis of December 2007 1961 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records 1960 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) 1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo 1960 USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water 1960 Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA 1959 Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa 1958 U.S. nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole 1958 U.S. nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record) 1958 Yankees win 24th pennant, and 9th under Casey Stengel 1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole 1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi 1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 1958 U.S. atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st dives under North Pole 1958 Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84 1958 Brett Butler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, comedienne, Grace-Grace Under Fire 1957 Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat 1957 Brett Butler, comedian, Grace Under Fire 1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1956 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) 1956 Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent 1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules 1955 Guy Gallo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, writer, Under the Volcano 1954 President Eisenhower signs order adding words 'under God' to the Pledge 1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) 1953 French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu 1952 Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5 1952 Gerald D. Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding 1951 Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria 1950 New York Yankees clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel 1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 1949 Mimi Kennedy, born in Rochester, New York, actress, Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof 1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation 1949 Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria 1948 Lucius Ross, U.S. pop guitarist, Funkadelic-One Nation Under a Groove 1948 World Council of Churches forms under W Fisherman It Hooft 1948 Dave Thomas, St. Catherines Ontario, comedian, SCTV, Grace Under Fire 1948 Anthony Andrews, born in London, England, actor, Under the Volcano 1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1947 "Under the Counter" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 27 performances 1947 "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 27 performances 1947 Roelof P Meyer, South Africa under minister of Law and Order etc 1947 Francisca "Cisca" Beaudoux, actress, 2 Under a Cap 1945 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres 1945 British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten 1945 U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla 1944 U.S. 7th army under General Patch conquers Straatsburg 1944 U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines 1944 Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard 1944 France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 1944 Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating 1944 July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin begins 1944 U.S. 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes 1944 Polish troops under General Anders occupy Ancona Italy 1944 French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba 1944 Quentin Davies, born in Oxford, England, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford 1987 - 1997, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defense under Prime Minister, Gordon Brown 1943 Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr. Ribar 1943 Soviet forces under Tolbuchin stick Sivash-bay about 1943 Richard T Ely, U.S. economist (Ground under our feet), dies 1943 Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquer Romny 1943 Red Army under General Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka 1943 Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw 1943 French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 1943 Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz 1943 German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia 1943 German under officers shot down in Haarlem, Netherlands 1943 Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov 1942 North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under Colonel General von Arnim 1942 Allies under Eisenhower land in N-Africa (Casablanca) 1942 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery 1942 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet 1942 Russian anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko 1942 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie 1942 Calvin Simon, U.S. rock vocalist, Funkadelic-1 Nation Under a Groove 1942 German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel General Rommel 1941 Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1941 Curtis Lee, born in Yuma, Arizona, singer, doo-wop and pop recording artist with Phil Spector, partnered with Tommy Boyce, sang 'Under the Moon of Love', 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes' 1941 Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia 1941 Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia 1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy 1941 Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen 1940 North Africa: British counter offensive under general O'Connor 1940 Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt 1940 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) 1940 British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure 1940 Abbas Kiarostami, author/director, Under the Olive Trees, Close Up 1940 German 7th Armour division under General-Major Rommel occupies Cherbourg 1940 General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense 1940 French counter attack at Peronne under General De Gaulle 1940 Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship 1939 Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office 1939 Russian offensive under General Zjoekov against Japanese invasion in Mongolia 1939 Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1938 117 Spanish knights under Captain Piet Laros return to Netherlands 1938 Richard Stoker, born in Britain, composer, writer, guitarist, fellow, Royal Academy of Music, studied under Nadia Boulanger in Paris 1936 Military uprising under General Franco/begins Spanish civil war 1936 Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor, Dresser, Under the Volcano 1935 English prince Henry (under George V) weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott 1935 Coup under General Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy 1935 Norman Ralph Augustine, American businessman and Under Secretary of the Army 1975 - 1977 1935 Wynand Breytenbach, South African under minister of Defense, 1986- 1935 Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 1934 Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power 1934 Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March 1934 Sophia Loren, born in Rome, actress, Desire Under the Elms, Black Orchid 1932 Igor Stuhec, born in Slovenia, composer, studied under Hanns Jelinek at Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, wrote orchestral works applying textural techniques, and two operas 1932 Al Levitt, born in New York City, New York, drummer, American jazz artist, studied under Irv Kuger, played in Europe with Peter Ind, Slide Hampton, Chet Baker, Wayne Marsh, James Moody 1932 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri 1931 Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo 1931 Gene Hackman, born in California, actor, Bonnie and Clyde, Under Fire, Superman 1930 Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios 1930 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult 1930 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC 1930 Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights 1929 Akio Yashiro, born in Tokyo, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957 1929 Vivien Merchant, born in Manchester, England, actress, Under Milk Wood 1928 Evan G. Galbraith, born in Ohio, United States Ambassador to France under President Ronald Regan, investment banker 1928 William R. Boggs, born in Georgia, Brigadier General and chief of engineers under Bragg 1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) 1927 Boris Porena, born in Rome, Italy, Italian composer, didactical expert, studied under Goffredo Petrassi, influenced by neoclassical poetics, wrote texts about music including Musica-Societa which includes social and political analysis 1926 Lithuanian military state under General Augustine Woldemaras 1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hours 1926 Coup under General Sinel de Cordes in Portugal 1926 Lebanese constitution forms under French mandate 1925 Phillip Pine, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Set-Up, Under the Ground 1925 Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece 1925 Albania Republic proclaimed under President Achmed Zogu 1925 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office 1924 Billy Barty, Millsboro, Pennsylvania, 3'9" actor, Under the Rainbow, Foul Play 1924 Wahhabietes under Ibn Saudi take Mecca 1924 Ikuma Dan, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under famous opera composer Kosaku Yamada 1923 With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera 1923 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1923 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini 1922 Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini 1922 Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto 1922 Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute 1921 Chinese Communist Party forms under Henk Sneevliet 1921 Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt 1920 Vaino Linna, born in Urjala, Finland, author, wrote Finnish books, Under the North Star translated into English by Richard Impola 1920 Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection 1920 Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy 1919 Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap 1918 Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown 1917 Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack 1917 Russian secret police in Czechoslovakia forms under Felix Dzerzjinski 1917 British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem 1916 German army under General Mackensen occupies Bucharest 1916 Mexican troops beat U.S. expeditionary force under General Pershing 1916 U.S. troops under General Pershing march into Mexico 1916 German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux 1916 Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch 1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control 1914 Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac 1914 French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg 1914 French troops under General de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins 1914 Panama Canal opens (under cost) 1914 French troops under General Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas 1914 French troops under General Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas 1914 German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast 1914 1st edition of Hague's Post under San Francisco van Oss, published 1913 Albania becomes sovereignty under prince Wilhelm von Wied 1912 Woolwich Tunnel under Thames opens 1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power 1909 Malcolm Lowry, English novelist, Under the Volcano 1909 1st pro baseball game, minor league, played under lights 1908 Sophie Stewart, born in Scotland, actress, As You Like It, Under the Red Robe 1908 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens 1906 Venezuela (under vice-president Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet 1906 Papua placed under Australian administration 1905 Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist, Death Under Sail 1904 Paul Arma, born in Budapest, born Weisshaus Imre, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, studied under Bela Bartok, piano soloist with Radio Paris 1904 Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies 1904 L'Humanite, under Jean Jaures begins publishing 1904 John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree 1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison 1903 J Edward Bromberg, Hungary, actor, Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags 1903 British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet 1903 1st trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1) 1903 Andre Fleury, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, composer, organist, studied organ at the Paris Conservatory under Eugene Gigout, appointed professor of organ at Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris 1902 New York Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw 1901 U.S. Steel Corp organized under J. P. Morgan 1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra 1900 Boer army under General Kritzinger take Cape colony 1900 British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg 1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa 1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed 1900 British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal 1900 Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed 1899 Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin 1898 U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war 1898 U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1898 U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines 1898 Hazel Dawn, LaTout, Utah, actress, Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl 1896 Eslanda Goode, U.S. anthropology/author under Paul Robeson 1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki 1894 Jeanne Eagels, actress, Rain, Under False Colors 1894 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike 1893 Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act 1893 British fleet under Vice-Admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut 1893 Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi 1892 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby 1891 French troops under captain Archinard occupy Diena West Sudan 1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds 1890 1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 seconds, Washington D.C.) 1890 Hedda Hopper, Elda Furry, Pennsylvania, gossip columnist, From Under My Hat 1890 French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan 1890 French troops under captain Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan 1888 Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes 1888 Eugene O'Neill, New York City, dramatist, Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936 1883 1st night baseball under lights, Ft. Wayne Indiana 1883 French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar 1883 French troops under Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal 1882 British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria 1881 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1881 Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty 1881 Battle at Amajuba, South Africa: Boers vs. British army under General Colley 1881 Natal: British troops under General-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill 1879 Victor Seastrom, Silbodal Sweden, director, Wind, Under the Red Robe 1879 British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana 1877 Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter, Under the Snow 1876 7th U.S. Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft. Lincoln 1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft. Sill 1870 Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French 1866 Italian fleet under Admiral Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa 1865 Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 1863 Orders barring Jews from serving under U.S. Grant are revoked 1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr 1862 Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under General Braxton Bragg 1862 U.S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him 1862 Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky 1862 U.S. Army of Virginia established under General John Pope 1862 Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina Florida 1862 Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza 1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ 1861 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry 1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the U.S. Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states 1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter 1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) 1857 Henry B Fuller, American writer, Under the Skylights 1855 Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon 1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day 1850 Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria, poet and novelist /playwright, Under the Yoke 1849 Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence 1848 1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian 1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria 1847 U.S. Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma) 1847 U.S. under General Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey 1846 U.S. troops under General Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico 1846 Kate Greenaway, born in England, artist/book illustrator, Under the Window 1843 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English under minister of Foreign affairs 1841 New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley 1839 British troops under General Charles Napier occupy Beirut 1838 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions 1837 Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada 1831 Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India 1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah 1824 Interstate commerce comes under federal control 1817 Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia 1815 Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia 1815 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation 1813 U.S. troops under General Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala 1813 Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French 1813 Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed 1812 French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow 1809 Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chasse reaches Madrid 1807 British squadron under Admiral Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle 1806 English under commodore Popham/col Beresford reach Buenos Aires 1801 Washington D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction 1799 English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname 1799 French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir 1798 British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile 1795 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution 1795 French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht, Netherlands 1794 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army 1794 English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French 1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France 1793 British troops under major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti 1791 Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman 1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" 1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname 1789 French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1789 Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department 1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor 1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1781 English army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia 1779 U.S. troops under General A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York 1776 Gottlieb Schick, German painter, Apollo under the Hirten 1768 English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston 1758 British battle fleet under General James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 1756 British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India 1751 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India 1747 Organgist in Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap 1745 Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders 1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena 1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples 1732 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" 1730 Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees 1721 John Hanson, Maryland, 1st U.S. President under Articles of Confederation 1714 French and Spanish troops under duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona 1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao 1712 Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army 1707 Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc Rakoczi II 1705 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona 1704 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 1703 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal 1702 English/Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond 1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow 1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw 1695 Dutch/English army under king Willem III occupies Names 1695 French troops under Villeroi shoot in Brussels 1694 English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest 1690 English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade 1690 Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet 1684 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted 1683 Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna 1681 French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg 1676 Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Virginia on fire 1676 Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden 1676 Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass 1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom 1673 Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn 1672 French troops under king Louis XIV occupy Utrecht 1672 French army under General Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith 1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter 1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1654 Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control 1654 Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish 1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Admiral Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth 1652 Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English 1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp 1652 Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels 1645 Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beats royalists 1643 Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under General Mercy beats France 1639 Dunes (Marten Tromp defeats Spanish armada under De Oquendo) 1639 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders 1634 Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao 1632 Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein 1631 German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg 1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde 1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde 1627 English fleet under George Villiers leaves Rhe 1627 English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle 1627 English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle 1625 Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda 1621 WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded 1614 Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt 1606 Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch 1605 Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk 1605 Spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen 1604 Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende 1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 1598 Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem 1596 English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz 1591 Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai 1591 Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 1588 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors 1588 Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England 1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris 1586 Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army 1585 Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops 1577 Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enter Amsterdam 1576 Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea 1574 Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish 1572 Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey 1572 Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen 1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda 1572 Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater 1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein 1569 Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland 1562 Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency and huguenots under Conde captured 1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa 1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary 1558 French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais 1551 Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli 1544 Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss 1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders 1538 Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish 1535 Karel V's fleet sails under Andrea Doria to Tunis 1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan 1520 Spanish conquerors under Cortes take gold from Aztecs 1512 Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army 1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia 1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna 1511 Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka 1509 French army under Louis XII enters Alps 1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control 1503 Battle at Garigliano, Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France 1503 Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France 1492 Pinta under Martin A Pinzon separates from Columbus' fleet 1456 Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II 1429 French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans 1397 Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha 1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis 1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reach Vienna 1355 English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais 1267 Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV 1240 Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev 1212 Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa 1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians 1081 Battle at Durazzo/Durres: Normans under Robert Guiscard beat Byzantine 1065 Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem 1055 Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad 811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine 732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors 711 Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain 626 Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople 439 Vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago 402 Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten 70 Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem |
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