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 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel
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 Engl princess Alexandra, marries Julia Rawlinson
1987 Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel
1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka
1986 Kaitlin Cullum, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Libby Kelly-Grace Under Fire
1986 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Canal)
1986 Milt coup in Lesotho under gen-mjr 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
1984 J. P. Steur, actor, Grace Under Fire
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 gen Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees
1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
1981 Milt coup under general Kolingba in Cent Afr Rep, President Dacko flees
1981 Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker
1981 Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails
1980 Upper-Volta milt 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 Gen 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 milt 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
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 Gen 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 maj 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 Gen Idi Amin Dada
1970 Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out President Ongania
1970 Cambodia military coup under Gen 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 gen 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 Czech government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek
1968 "March of Poor" under rev 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 milt coup under Gen Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown
1965 Failed coup under lt col 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 milt 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 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 US 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 Yanks 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 Gen Essame occupies Xanten
1945 U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla
1944 U.S. 7th army under Gen Patch conquers Straatsburg
1944 U.S. forces under Gen 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 gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy
1944 French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
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 Gen 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 brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia
1943 German under officers shot down in Haarlem Neth
1943 Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov
1942 North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under col-gen 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 adm George Murray on Hornet
1942 Russ 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 Col-general Rommel
1941 Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon
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 gen-maj Rommel occupies Cherbourg
1940 General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense
1940 French counter attack at Peronne under Gen De Gaulle
1940 Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship
1939 Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office
1939 Russ offensive under gen Zjoekov against Jap invasion in Mongolia
1938 117 Spanish knights under capt Piet Laros return to Netherlands
1936 Military uprising under Gen 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 Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy
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 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 Vivien Merchant, born in Manchester, England, actress, Under Milk Wood
1928 William R. Boggs, born in Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)
1926 Lithuanian military state under gen Augustine Woldemaras
1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hrs
1926 Coup under Gen 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 Gen 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
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 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 Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski
1917 British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem
1916 German army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest
1916 Mexican troops beat U.S. expeditionary force under Gen Pershing
1916 U.S. troops under Gen Pershing march into Mexico
1916 German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
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 gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins
1914 Panama Canal opens (under cost)
1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas
1914 French troops under Gen 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 Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies
1904 L'Humanite, under Jean Jaures begins publishing
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)
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 Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra
1900 Boer army under gen 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 Gen 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 adm 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 capt 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 secs, Washington D.C.)
1890 Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], Pennsylvania, gossip columnist, From Under My Hat
1890 French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan
1890 French troops under capt 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 Gen Colley
1881 Natal: British troops under gen-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 adm 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 Gen 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 Gen John Pope
1862 Union troops under brig-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 Aust
1847 U.S. Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)
1847 U.S. under Gen Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey
1846 US troops under Gen 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 Gen 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 Gen Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala
1813 Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French
1813 Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed
1812 French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow
1809 Holland Brigade under brig gen Chasse reaches Madrid
1807 British squadron under Adm 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 Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile
1795 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution
1795 French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth
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 maj-gen 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 Gen 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 gen 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 Neth/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 Gen 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 Adm Adeler beats Turkish
1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm 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 Gen 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 capt 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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