2015 Event A small treasure of 2,300-year-old coins and jewelry is found in a cave in the Galilee region of Israel; the items date from the time of Alexander the Great 2014 Event President Obama pays his respects in a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican; Obama has stated that he is 'a great admirer' of the new pope 2014 Event Academics report that a pelvis bone discovered in Winchester 1999 may belong to King Alfred the Great or his son, Edward the Elder 2013 Event A training exercise emergency causes two U.S. marine harrier jets to drop several hundred unarmed bombs on the Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage site 2013 Event In a poll, only 30 percent of people in Brazil considered President Dilma Rousseff's administration 'great' or 'good' 2013 Event The U.S. Army robot, BigDog from Boston Dynamics, is upgraded to include arm that can manipulate nearby objects with great force; it is able to hurl a cinderblock 15 feet 2013 Event Heavy snowfall in Great Britain and Ireland causes Heathrow airport in London to cancel 100 flights; many passengers spend the night sleeping on the floor in the terminal 2010 Event Shen Neng 1, a Chinese coal ship, is reported to be leaking oil after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia 2010 Event The theory that Egypt's pyramids were built by free workers, not slaves, is reinforced by the discovery of new tombs near the great pyramids 2003 Death Althea Gibson, tennis/golf great, first black woman to win Wimbledon, dies at 76 2001 Death Mortimer Adler, "writer, ""Great Books"" editor", dies at 98 2001 Death "Willie ""Pops"" Stargell", baseball great/humanitarian, dies at 61 1999 Death Walter Payton, football great, dies at 45 1999 Death Wilt Chamberlain, "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63 1997 Death Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain, dies at 67 1997 Event Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16 1997 Death Alexandra Danilova, ballet great 1996 Event 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 - 6 1996 Death Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1996 Death Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18 1995 Death Mickey Mantle, baseball great, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 63 1995 Death Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83 1995 Death Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67 1995 Death Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73 1995 Death James Herriot, Scottish author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78 1995 Death Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75 1994 Death Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62 1994 Death Barry Sullivan, actor (Great Gadsby), dies at 81 1994 Event Great comet-iceball seen above North sea 1994 Event Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36) 1993 Death Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 1992 Event Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien 1992 Event Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York 1992 Event Great British postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill 1992 Event Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood 1991 Death Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90 1990 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1990 Death Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies 1989 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test 1989 Event New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) 1989 Death Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82 1989 Death Lefty Gomez, pitching great (New York Yankees), dies at 80 1988 Event New York Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer 1987 Event Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours 1987 Event France and Great Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1987 Event Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1987 Event Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka 1986 Death [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1957 - 1963, dies at 92 1986 Event Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria 1985 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test 1985 Birthday Sarah Hughes, born in Great Neck, New York, professional ice skater, 2002 Olympic gold medalist, biography 'Sudden Champion: The Sara Hughes Story' 1985 Event 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05 1984 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Death Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82 1984 Event Last sixpence minted in Great Britain (in use since 1551) 1984 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Death William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday 1984 Event 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34 1983 Event 1st U.S. cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain 1983 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1983 Death James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75 1982 Event Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 1982 Event Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain 1982 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 Death Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71 1982 Death Stringfellow Barr, U.S. educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85 1981 Event One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs. WI 1981 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test 1980 Death Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89 1980 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Death Miliza Korjus, actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71 1980 Death Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77 1980 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Event Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 1979 Event Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed 1979 Event Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. The Great Satan 1979 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Event IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market 1979 Event Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain 1978 Event 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1) 1978 Event Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran 1978 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1978 Event Yankees win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year 1978 Event Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 1978 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test 1978 Death Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74 1977 Event Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games 1977 Death Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77 1976 Birthday Lindsay Page, Madison, Wisconsin, figure skater, 1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd 1976 Death Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79 1976 Death Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great, dies at 80 1975 Event Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich 1975 Death Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54 1975 Birthday Brian Buetsch, born in Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes Sr champ 1974 Event Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington 1974 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 Birthday Kevin Donovan, born in Des Plaines, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes-2nd 1973 Death Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67 1973 Death George Breakstone, actor and director (Great Expectations), dies at 53 1972 Event Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain 1972 Birthday Amanda Lynn Granrud, Great Falls Montana, Miss America-Montana 1996 1972 Death Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 Birthday Dan Hollander, Royal Oak, Michigan, figure skater, 1996 Great Lakes champ 1972 Event Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1972 Event NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons 1972 Birthday Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater 1994 Olympics 1971 Event "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 7 performances 1971 Event "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances 1971 Event NHL great Gordie Howe retires 1971 Death Billy Gilbert, U.S. actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76 1971 Death Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 1971 Birthday Chris Young, Penn, actor, Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors 1970 Birthday Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990 1970 Birthday Amy Beth Keller, Great Bend Kansas, Miss America, Kansas-Top 10-1996 1970 Birthday Missy Gold, born in Great Falls, Montana, actress, Katie-Benson 1970 Event 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 1970 Death Blaz Arnic, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century, dies at 69 1969 Event T Agee and Ed Kranepool home run, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0 1969 Event 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win 1969 Death Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 1968 Event M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 1968 Event Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823 1968 Event Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City 1968 Event Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" 1967 Event 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 147-118 1967 Event Great Western Forum opens in LA 1967 Death Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies 1967 Death Clement R Attlee, premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84 1967 Event Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1966 Birthday Allan Donald, cricketer, great South African fast bowler 1965 Event Great Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH 1965 Event Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales) 1965 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address 1964 Event IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion 1964 Birthday Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993- 1964 Event Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of East Germany 1964 Event Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson presents "Great Society" 1964 Event 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" 1964 Event Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars 1964 Event France and Great Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel 1963 Event U.S., U.S.S.R. and Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 1963 Event Great Train Robbery - 2.5 M pounds ($3.25 M) robbed 1963 Birthday Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 1963 Event Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket 1963 Event Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain 1963 Birthday Stephen McGann, Liverpool England, actor, Catherine the Great 1962 Birthday Keiji Muto, born in Fujiyoshida, Japan, professional wrestler, trained by Hiro Matsuda, appeared on World Championship Wrestling television editions, ring name, The Great Mota 1962 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1962 Event Great Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde 1962 Event Uganda declares independence from Great Britain 1962 Death Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 1961 Event Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries 1961 Death Ty Cobb, baseball great, Detroit Tigers, dies of cancer at 74 1961 Birthday Wayne Gretzky, Brantford, Ontario, NHL great scorer, Oiler, King, Rangers 1961 Event Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain 1960 Birthday Jack Russell, rocker, Great White-Twice Shy 1960 Birthday Gus Logie, cricketer, WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder 1960 Death Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 1960 Event 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland 1960 Event Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres 1960 Birthday Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1959 Death William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42 1959 Event Great Britain starts using postal codes 1959 Event St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping 1959 Event 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1959 Birthday Franklyn Stephenson, cricketer, great all-rounder 1959 Birthday Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92 1958 Birthday Kriss Akabusi, Great Britain, 4X400 runner 1984 Olympics silver 1958 Death Warner Fabian, S Adams, U.S. author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87 1958 Event KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, Montana (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Event Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Event Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Event Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Event Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1958 Event Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China 1958 Event Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Event Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 1957 Event Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1957 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) 1957 Death Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Birthday Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981 1956 Event Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 Birthday Great Yatsu, wrestler, NJPW/WCCW/WWF 1956 Event Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1956 Event Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain 1955 Birthday Ian Botham, cricketer, all time great all-rounder Extrovert 1955 Birthday Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut 1955 Event Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike 1955 Event U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain 1955 Birthday Buster Mottram, born in Kingston upon Thames, in south-west London, English tennis player, ranked 15th best tennis player in the world, represented Great Britain in Davis Cup eight times 1954 Event KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 Event Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs 1954 Event Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized 1954 Event U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO 1954 Event KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, Montana (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Death Mary, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dies at 85 1953 Birthday Chaka Khan, born in Great Lakes, Illinois, rocker, Rufus-I am Every Woman 1952 Event Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1952 Event Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion) 1952 Event Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa 1951 Event Great Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract 1951 Birthday Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91 1951 Event Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle 1950 Event Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government 1950 Birthday Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer, great Aussie fast bowler 1972 - 1985 1950 Event Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time 1950 Event "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances 1950 Event "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances 1950 Event U.S. and Great Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime 1948 Birthday Roy Dyson, born in Great Mills, Maryland, Representative-D-Maryland 1981 - 1991 1948 Birthday Great Kabuki, Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera, wrestler, NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS 1948 Event 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain 1948 Event Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates 1948 Birthday Carole Drinkwater, actress, Father, All Creatures Great and Small 1948 Event France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 1947 Event Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series 1947 Birthday Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1946 Death Walter Johnson, great pitcher for the Washington Senators, dies at 59 1946 Event President Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine 1946 Birthday Majid Khan, cricketer, great Pakistani batsman 1964-82 1946 Event Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1946 Death Lionel Atwill, actor (Captain Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61 1946 Birthday Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper, 1967-81 1945 Birthday Pat Conroy, American writer, Great Santini, Prince of Tides 1944 Event 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) 1944 Death C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies 1943 Event Great Britain establishes bases on Azores 1943 Birthday Julia Cumberlege, born in England, Julia Frances Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, politician, businesswoman, British Conservative Party, member of Dames of the Order of St. Gregory the Great 1942 Event Great Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia 1942 Event 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi 1942 Event Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk 1941 Event Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly debuts on NBC 1941 Event 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam 1941 Event Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1941 Event Great British convoy marches into Alexandria 1940 Event Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes) 1940 Birthday Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small 1940 Event Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated 1940 Event Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain 1940 Birthday Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder 1940 Event Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders 1940 Event 1st great dogfight between Spitfires 1939 Event 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II 1939 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland 1939 Birthday Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame 1939 Event Great Britain and Poland sign military pact 1939 Event Great Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 1938 Event Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe vs. England at Trent Bridge 1938 Event Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia 1937 Birthday Paula Wayne, Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist, Everything's Great 1937 Birthday Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby 1937 Event 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1) 1937 Birthday Norman O'Neill, cricketer, great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field 1937 Event Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge 1936 Birthday Wilt Chamberlain, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NBA great center, Los Angeles Laker, 5 time MVP 1936 Birthday Bobby Simpson, cricketer, great Australian batsman, captain, coach,slip 1935 Birthday Lones Wigger, Great Falls Mont, shooter, Olympic-gold/silver-1964, 72 1935 Event Great Britain boxers beat U.S. team in 1st International Golden Gloves 1935 Event Driving tests introduced in Great Britain 1935 Event Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 1934 Event 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1) 1934 Event Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated 1934 Event Great dustbowl storm 1933 Event "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains 1933 Event 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) 1933 Event 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6 -5 at Southport and Ainsdale, England 1933 Event 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans 1932 Birthday Dom Philip Jebb, headmaster, Downside School Great Britain 1932 Event Great Britain and France sign peace treaty 1932 Birthday Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain 1932 Birthday Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66 1932 Birthday John Jakes, born in Chicago, writer, Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters 1931 Birthday Colin Wilson, author, Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries 1931 Birthday Tom Wesselman, U.S. sculptor, Great American Nudes 1931 Birthday Robert Duvall, born in San Diego, California, actor, Great Santini, Taxi Driver 1930 Birthday Richie Benaud, cricket captain, great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator 1930 Event Great Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq 1930 Birthday Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner 1930 Birthday Hugh Seymour, born in Britain, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain 1930 Birthday John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African 1929 Event Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression 1929 Birthday Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler, great WI 1928 Event Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in New York City 1928 Death Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 1927 Event Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) 1927 Birthday Wally Grout, cricketer, great Aussie wicket-keeper 1926 Event Italian Great Fascist Council forms 1926 Birthday Russel Firestone, polo great, Circle F-1959 champs 1926 Birthday Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president 1926 Birthday Paul Bocuse, France, great chef, Legion of Honor 1926 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in New York City 1925 Death Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 1925 Birthday Barbara Bates, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Kathy-It's a Great Life 1925 Event Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard 1925 Event Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald 1925 Event Great Britain goes back to gold standard 1924 Event "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton 1924 Birthday Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl 1923 Birthday Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great New Zealand left-handed bat 1923 Birthday Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor, Great spiral 1923 Event 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain 1923 Event Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5% 1922 Event Great Britain grants Egypt independence 1922 Birthday Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman 1921 Birthday William V. Roth, Jr., born in Great Falls, Montana, Representative-R-Delaware 1967 - 1971, Senator-R-Delaware 1971 - 2001 1921 Birthday Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor, It's Great to Be Young 1921 Birthday Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire 1921 Birthday Mario Lanza, Philadelphia, actor/singer, Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans 1920 Event H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae 1920 Birthday Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948 1919 Birthday Carol Bruce, Shirley Levy, Great Neck, New York, actress, Lillian-WKRP 1919 Event Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain 1918 Birthday Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter, It's Great to be Young 1917 Birthday William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life 1917 Birthday Danielle Darrieux, France, actress, Alexander the Great, Mayerling 1917 Birthday Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress, Great Expectations 1917 Event Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar 1916 Birthday Betty Grable, St. Louis, great legs/actress, Gay Divorcee 1916 Event Great Arab Revolt begin 1916 Birthday James Herriot, born in Scotland, writer, All Creatures Great and Small 1915 Event Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Event 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die 1914 Event Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate 1914 Event Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Great Britain annexes Cyprus 1914 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Event Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 Event French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross 1914 Event Great Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Event Great Britain mobilizes 1913 Event Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes 1913 Birthday Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer, Great American Goot 1913 Birthday Lindsay Hassett, cricketer, great Australian bat and captain after Bradman 1913 Event Great Dayton Flood 1912 Birthday Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor, great iron sculptures 1911 Birthday Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman 1911 Birthday Paulette Goddard, Marion Levy, born in Switzerland, actress, Great Dictator 1911 Event Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey 1910 Birthday Van Heflin, born in Walters, Oklahoma, actor, Great Adventure, Madame Bovary 1910 Death William V Moody, U.S. poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies 1910 Event Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber 1909 Birthday Mona Barrie, Smith, born in London, England, actress, Dawn on Great Divide 1909 Birthday Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress, Great Waltz 1909 Birthday George Headley, cricketer, in Panama All-time great WI batsman 1909 Event Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands 1909 Event Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1908 Event Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay 1908 Event Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington 1908 Event Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco 1908 Birthday Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain 1908 Event U.S. and Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo 1907 Event Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise 1907 Birthday Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress, Cavalcade of Stars 1906 Event William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide," premieres in New York City 1906 Birthday Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ 1906 Event Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia 1906 Birthday Michael O'Shea, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Denny-It's a Great Life 1905 Event Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg 1905 Event Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1904 Birthday Alexandra Danilova, ballet great 1904 Death Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 1904 Birthday Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 1904 Event Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 1903 Event "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released 1903 Birthday Stewie Dempster, cricketer, 1st great New Zealand Test batsman 1903 Birthday Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award 1903 Birthday Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor, Great Dictator 1902 Birthday Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Australia 1902 Event Great Britain and Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria 1902 Birthday Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting 1901 Birthday Genevieve Tobin, actress, Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady 1901 Birthday James Dunn, New York City, actor, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life 1901 Event Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana) 1901 Birthday Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar 1901 Event Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated 1901 Birthday Blaz Arnic, born in Luce, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century 1900 Birthday Bill Ponsford, cricketer, great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic vs. NSW 1900 Birthday Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress, Catherine the Great 1900 Event Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games 1900 Event Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago 1900 Birthday Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., great polo player, Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39 1899 Event South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1897 Event Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) 1897 Event Great Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1896 Death Francis SK Fitzgerald, U.S. writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies 1896 Birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald, St. Paul, Minnesota, author, Great Gatsby 1896 Birthday Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great 1895 Death Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73 1895 Birthday Maurice Tate, cricketer, great England pace bowler of 20's 1895 Birthday Edward Brophy, actor, Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys 1894 Birthday Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great opening batsman for Engl 1894 Birthday Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday 1894 Birthday Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1894 Event Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed 1893 Event Great stock crash on New York stock exchange 1893 Event Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange 1893 Event Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain 1893 Event Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast 1891 Birthday Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer, in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner 1891 Birthday Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945 1891 Event Great Blizzard of 1891 begins 1891 Event 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17) 1891 Birthday Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director, Great Netherlands Stage 1891 Birthday Ted McDonald, cricketer, great Australian quick of 20's 1890 Event Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate 1890 Event Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty 1889 Event Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks 1889 Birthday Charles Kellaway, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder of 1920's 1888 Birthday Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1888 Birthday Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose 1888 Event Great Blizzard of 1888 rages 1888 Event 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die) 1888 Event Great blizzard of '88 strikes the North East U.S. 1887 Birthday Eric Blore, born in London, England, actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1887 Event Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great Britain signs military treaty of Balkan 1887 Birthday Albert P. Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor, Charles the Great 1886 Event Great Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa 1886 Birthday Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist, Great Adventure 1886 Birthday James Burke, New York City, actor, Mystery Theater, Great Guy 1886 Event Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand 1886 Event 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA 1886 Birthday Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist and writer, Great Germany 1886 Birthday Arthur Mailey, cricketer, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist 1885 Event Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate 1884 Event Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Death Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Italian/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75 1883 Birthday Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer, great Aussie quick of early century 1883 Event Inland postal service begins in Great Britain 1883 Birthday Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great, Yale 1882 Birthday Warren Bardsley, cricketer, great NSW and Aussie opening bat 1909-26 1881 Birthday Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent 1880 Event NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" 1880 Birthday Percy Sherwell, cricketer, great South African batsman-keeper-captain 1880 Birthday Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment 1879 Birthday Lucile Watson, actress, Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance 1879 Birthday Warwick Armstrong, cricketer, Big Ship Great Aussie skipper 1920-21 1878 Birthday Taylor Holmes, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely 1877 Death Crazy Horse, Tashunka Witko, last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27 1877 Birthday Charlotte Hughes, 1990, oldest person in Great Britain 1877 Birthday Clem Hill, cricketer, all-time great Australian batsman 1877 Event Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony 1877 Birthday Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer, 1 great dog 1875 Birthday Len Braund, cricketer, great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08 1875 Event Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 1875 Birthday Reggie Schwartz, cricketer, 1st of great South African googlists 1873 Death John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 1873 Birthday M. A. Noble, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder at turn of century 1871 Event Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa 1871 Event Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed 1871 Event Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation 1871 Birthday Tom Hayward, cricketer, great England batsman of the Golden Age 1868 Event Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash 1868 Event Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa 1867 Birthday Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic, Great Babylon 1867 Birthday Mary, queen of Great Britain and North Ireland 1867 Birthday Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Australia at turn of century 1867 Event Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) 1866 Event Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses 1865 Event Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps and is lost 1865 Event Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws 1865 Birthday George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain, 1910-36 1865 Birthday George Lohmann, cricketer, England's great bowler late 19th cent 1865 Death Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70 1864 Event Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1862 Event Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar 1861 Birthday Lillian Russell, Helen Leonard, U.S., singer and actress, Great Mogul 1861 Event Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats 1860 Birthday William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman 1859 Event Great auroral display in US 1858 Event Great fire in London harbor 1857 Birthday Bobby Peel, cricketer, great English lefty 1884-96 1854 Birthday Bill Murdoch, cricketer, great pioneer of Australian Test cricket 1854 Event Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein 1852 Birthday Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain, L, 1908-16 1852 Death Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75 1852 Event Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient 1851 Birthday George Ulyett, cricketer, great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93 1851 Event Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London 1850 Event Great fire in San Francisco 1848 Event Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force 1848 Event In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed 1844 Birthday Alexandra, Danish princess, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1843 Birthday Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, Peter the Great 1843 Event Great Britain annexes Natal 1842 Event Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war 1841 Event Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 1839 Event Great fire in NY 1838 Birthday James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur, Great Northern Railroad 1838 Event English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City 1838 Death Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 1838 Event Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City) 1830 Event Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves 1828 Death Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed 1825 Event Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean 1824 Event Great North Holland Canal opens 1823 Event Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens 1820 Death George III, king of Great Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81 1819 Birthday Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837 - 1901 1818 Event 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched 1818 Event Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain 1816 Event Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha 1815 Event Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance 1809 Birthday Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer, Great Scherzos 1808 Birthday Henry Cole, promotor, Great Exhibition of 1851 1808 Birthday Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer 1808 Death Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies 1807 Birthday Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor, Othello 1807 Event Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris 1806 Death William Pitt, the Younger, Prime Minister Great Britain 1783 - 1806, dies at 46 1805 Event Great Stoneface Mount found in New Hampshire 1803 Event Great fire in Bombay, India 1802 Birthday Peter Hofstede, the Great, Dutch reformed theologist 1801 Event Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom 1801 Event United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established 1800 Birthday Gergely Czuczor, Hungarian/Czechoslovakian poet/translator, Great Hung dictionary 1797 Birthday Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer, Great Pull 1797 Event 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack New York (C Broadhead) 1796 Death Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Death Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Death Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Death Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty 1795 Event U.S. and Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty 1794 Event Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain 1788 Birthday Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher, Great Pessimist 1784 Event E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain 1782 Event Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time 1782 Event Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol 1780 Event Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean 1777 Birthday Carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematician 1777 Birthday Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser, U.S. politician 1775 Birthday Peter the Great, Russia 1770 Event Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia 1766 Death James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1763 Event George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1760 Death George II (August), king of Great Britain (1727-60), dies at 76 1760 Event Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1760 Event Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth 1753 Birthday Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain 1752 Event 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed 1745 Event Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons 1742 Event Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians 1738 Birthday George III, king of Great Britain, 1760-1820 1737 Death Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great Britain, dies 1731 Event 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston) 1729 Birthday Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia, 1762-96 1729 Birthday Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia, 1762-96 1729 Birthday Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty 1726 Event Emperor Karel VI and tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty 1725 Death Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52 1725 Death Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 1722 Event Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards 1722 Event Czar Peter the Great begins civil system 1721 Event Czar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator" 1721 Event Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy 1716 Event Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom 1716 Event Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece 1715 Birthday Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederik II "the Great" 1715 Death Louis XIV, the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at 76 1712 Birthday Frederick II, the Great, king of Prussia, 1740-86 1711 Event Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov 1710 Event Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget 1709 Birthday Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great 1709 Birthday Elizabeth, empress of Russia, to Peter the Great and Catherine I 1709 Event Battle at Malplaquet: England/Austria/Dutch Great Alliance beat France 1708 Event Great Alliance captures Bridge 1708 Event Great Alliance occupies Gent 1708 Event Great Alliance occupies Brussels 1708 Birthday William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner' 1708 Event Great Alliance occupies Rijsel 1708 Event Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France 1707 Event Rakoczi II and Czar Peter the Great sign social security agreement 1707 Event England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain 1707 Event English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1703 Event St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great 1703 Event Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant 1702 Death Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies 1702 Death Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41 1701 Event Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom 1699 Event Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 1698 Event Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards 1698 Event Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe 1698 Event Russian czar Peter the Great begins term 1698 Event Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam 1698 Event Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England 1697 Event Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe 1697 Event Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe 1690 Birthday Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great 1689 Event Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia 1688 Death Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 1683 Birthday George II [August], King of Great Britain, 1727-60 1679 Event Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet 1678 Death Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63 1676 Death Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies 1672 Birthday Peter I, the Great, tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1672 Birthday Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1666 Event Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Event Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Event Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed 1664 Event Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers 1663 Event Great earthquake in New England 1661 Death Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies 1651 Event Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru 1649 Death Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason 1632 Birthday Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect 1630 Death Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 1629 Death Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74 1627 Death Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India, dies 1621 Birthday Louis II Conde, Great Conde, duke of Bourbon, Rocroy 1621 Event Hugo the Great arrives in France 1620 Event Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony 1620 Birthday Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia 1619 Event Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison 1606 Event Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt" 1593 Death Christopher Marlowe, British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered 1569 Birthday Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India 1569 Death Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 1566 Death Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71 1562 Birthday Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy 1556 Birthday Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia, 1587-1629 1554 Death Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies 1554 Event Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands 1548 Event Great fire in Brielle 1547 Event Great fire in Moscow 1533 Death Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 1528 Death Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded 1528 Death Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 1524 Event Pizarro's begins 1st great expedition, near Colombia 1521 Death Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52 1520 Death Great Worm, Worm Gerlefs Donia, Fries boer/rebel leader, dies 1510 Birthday Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint 1505 Death Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies 1504 Death Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 1494 Birthday Sulayman I, the Great, sultan of Turkey, 1520-66 1479 Birthday Vasili III, great prince of Moscow 1505-33 amd son of Ivan III 1477 Event Duchess Maria van Bourgondie ends Great Privilegie 1462 Birthday Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia, 1494-1528 1440 Birthday Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar, 1462-1505, conquered Lithuania 1384 Death Geert Great, Gerardus Magnus, theologist (Getijdenboek), dies 1382 Death Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary/Poland, dies 1380 Event Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols 1370 Death Kazimierz III, the Great, king of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61 1359 Death Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow and Vladimir, dies 1350 Birthday Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal 1333 Death Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies 1326 Birthday Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary, 1342-82, Poland, 1370-82 1323 Death Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 1309 Birthday Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland, 1333-70 1292 Death Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies 1280 Death Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87 1277 Death Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies 1249 Birthday Amadeus V de Great, count of Flanders/Savoy 1240 Death Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies 1220 Birthday Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian great ruler, 1252-63 1165 Birthday Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France, 1179-1223 1065 Death Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castilie, dies 1035 Death Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 1035 Death Knut II, the Great, Viking king of England/Den/Nor (1014-35), dies at 39 973 Death Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 965 Death Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies 962 Event Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor 956 Death Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies 956 Death Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 953 Event Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights 951 Event Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy 949 Event Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht 944 Event Otto I the Great gives away bisdom Utrecht "foreestrecht" 936 Event German king Otto I the Great, crowned 936 Event Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany 912 Birthday Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73 910 Death Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies 900 Death Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies 899 Death Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies 871 Death Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies 867 Death Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67 867 Death Nicholas I, the Great, Italian Pope (858-67), dies 813 Event Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor 811 Death Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 800 Event Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor 799 Event Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome 794 Death Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 783 Death Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies 783 Death Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies 778 Event Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great 774 Event Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy 768 Event Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French republic 604 Event Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great 604 Death Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 600 Event Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze 526 Death Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten 526 Death Theodorik the Great, King of Italy, dies 493 Event Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy 493 Event Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker 461 Death Leo I the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies 440 Event Pope Leo I the Great, installed 395 Death Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49 379 Birthday Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman, Moralia 379 Death Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies 337 Death Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies 335 Event Constantinople emperor Constantine the Great rules laws against Jews 323 Death Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32 312 Event Emperor Constantine the Great beats rivaal Maxentius 274 Birthday Constantine I, Great Roman emperor, 306-337, adopted Christianity 64 Event Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
