Some historical events

5 October 2011
Steve Jobs died at age 56 in Palo Alto, California. quotes: "Stay hungry, stay foolish." "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
9 jan 2007
The iphone was unveiled.
2000
Nokia 3310 (cabezon) button phone was introduced
1999
Google gets 1 million page views per day.
4 September 1998
google founded
9 November 1989
The fall of the Berlin Wall.
30 Oct 1974
The 'Rumble in the Jungle' [ boxing match ] between **Muhammad Ali** and George Foreman took place on October 30, 1974.
1970
Forth programming language invented by Charles Moore at NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
1969
First unix operating system invented.
20 july 1969
First Human Moon Landing (Apollo 11 mission marks a pivotal moment in space exploration and technological achievement).
may 1968
Start of french protests. police were called to the Sorbonne University in Paris to clear out a student occupation, leading to the arrest of student leaders. This confrontation quickly escalated into street battles between students and riot police.
27 may 1967
The historic referendum in Australia that is often associated with Aboriginal voting rights was held on May 27, 1967.
10 February 1964
Album "The Times They Are a-Changin'" released
1960
to 1967 Leonard Cohen on Hydra, Greece. song: "Oh so long, Marianne "It's time that we began "To laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again"
6 February 1952
Start of Elizabeth II of England's reign
30 Jan 1948
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated. One of Mahatma Gandhi's most famous and powerful phrases in Hindi is: phrase: "करो या मरो।" transcript: Karo ya Maro translation: do or die
15 August 1947
Independance of India.
17 july 1936
The Spanish Civil War began on July 17, 1936. On that date, a group of conservative generals, led by figures such as Emilio Mola and Francisco Franco, launched a military uprising in Spanish Morocco and other parts of Spain.
march 1935
Durrells arrive on corfu. Κέρκυρα
29 October 1929
'Black Tuesday' The sell off of the usa stock-market.
16 nov 1920
Qantas was founded on November 16, 1920, in Winton, Queensland, Australia
aug 1910
Summer of 1910: Picasso spent a significant amount of time in Cadaqués with his partner, Fernande Olivier. During this visit, he was deeply immersed in his Cubist work, and the landscape of the area became a subject in his art
16 june 1903
The Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford on June 16, 1903, in Detroit, Michigan
2 Nov 1899
(until 7 Sept 1901) The Boxer Rebellion in China started, Foreign legations beseiged in Beijing.
12 Nov 1894
Lawrence Hargrave made a box kite flight at Stanwell Park, Sydney
26 August 1883
Explosion of Krakatoa
11 November 1880
Ned Kelly hung at Old Melbourne Gaol at age of 25.
10 February 1879
Ned Kelly's Jerilderie letter was delivered (Jerilderie,NSW)
7 September 1876
Attempted robbery of Northfield, Minnesota Bank by Jesse James gang.
14 april 1865
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
12 April 1861
Start of American civil war.
27 aug 1859
The date of the first modern, commercial drilling for petroleum is August 27, 1859. On that date, Edwin Drake successfully drilled an oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania, at a depth of 69.5 feet (21.2 meters). This event is widely considered to be the birth of the modern petroleum industry, as it was the first time a well was specifically drilled to extract oil for commercial use.
10 May 1857
until 1858 Start of the Seepoy Mutiny in Meerut, India. Indian Soldiers of the British East India Company mutinied.
3 dec 1854
The Eureka Stockade took place in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, on December 3, 1854. It was a rebellion by gold miners, known as "diggers," who were protesting against the colonial government's oppressive mining license fees and heavy-handed enforcement by the police.
1845
Start of the Irish famine (until 1852)
10 jun 1838
The Myall Creek massacre occurred on June 10, 1838. On that day, a group of armed stockmen murdered at least 28 unarmed Aboriginal people, mostly women, children, and elderly men, on a station near Myall Creek in northern New South Wales, Australia
25 Feb 1836
Samuel Colt receives U.S patent for revolver design
1838
Chopin's 24 piano impromptus composed on the Island of Mallorca.
31 may 1832
Death of Évariste Galois in a duel, the night after writing a letter with the ideas of group theory.
1831
The Choctaw Nation forcibly removed, "the trail of tears"
4 June 1830
Antonio José de Sucre assassinated. He was ambushed and shot while traveling through a foggy forest in the Berruecos mountains of Gran Colombia (in what is now modern-day Colombia).
1827
Franz Schubert's eight piano impromptus composed.
7 aug 1819
Battle of Boyaca, Colombia with Simon Bolivar.
18 June 1815
The Battle of Waterloo
16 October 1793
Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
21 January 1793
King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine Publicly executed at the Place de la Révolution (now the Place de la Concorde) in Paris.
14 July 1789
Storming of the Bastille, start of the French Revolution.
2 july 1778
Death of Jean-Jacques Rousseau "L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers"
4 july 1776
Declaration of American Independance.
1712
The steam engine of Thomas Newcomen
1599
Approximate 1st performance of the play Hamlet
8 Aug 1588
Battle of Gravelines against the Spanish Armada.
1586
The British Isles: The potato was also introduced to the British Isles, with Sir Walter Raleigh credited with planting the crop in Ireland in 1586.
23 April 1564
Traditional birthdate of Shakespeare in Avon, England.
17 Nov 1558
Start of Queen Elizabeth I of England's reign
1535
Sir Thomas More was executed on July 6, 1535. He was a prominent English lawyer, statesman, and philosopher who served as Lord High Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII. He was a devout Catholic and a man of great integrity, which ultimately led to his downfall. He was executed for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, which would have acknowledged King Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England, and for refusing to accept the king's annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. More's refusal was considered an act of treason, and he was beheaded on Tower Hill in London. He was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
13 aug 1521
The conquest of the Aztec Empire by Hernán Cortés culminated on August 13, 1521, with the fall of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
31 Oct 1517
Luther published his 95 Theses on the door of Castle Church, Wittenburg Germany. "Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders"
3 aug 1492
start of 1st voyage of Christopher Colombus from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
31 July 1492
Expulsion of the Jews from Spain.
2 Jan 1492
Fall of Granada, Spain.
22 August 1485
King Richard III died at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last English monarch to die in battle. The battle was the culmination of the Wars of the Roses and pitted Richard's army against the forces of Henry Tudor, who would go on to become King Henry VII "A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!" King Richard III, William Shakespeare's Act V, Scene 4. This line appears in Act V, Scene 4, during the Battle of Bosworth Field. Richard has lost his horse and is fighting on foot, a disastrous situation for a medieval king in battle.
30 may 1431
Joan of Arc burnt at stake, at age of 19. phrase: "Je n'ai pas peur; je suis née pour faire ça."
8 may 1429
British abandon seige of Orleans, after defence by Joan of Arc.
25 october 1415
The Battle of Agincourt was fought on October 25, 1415. This decisive English victory over a much larger French army took place in northern France and was a major battle of the Hundred Years' War. It is one of the most famous battles in English history, immortalized in William Shakespeare's play Henry V.
1347
Start of the Black Plague (bacterium Yersinia pestis) in Europe between 30% and 60% mortality in Europe.
1271
Start of Marco Polo's travels
1250
approx. maori arrive in the north island of new zealand
aug 1227
Genghis Khan died in August 1227.
6 april 1199
Death of Richard the Lionheart, King of England, in Aquitaine France.
1096
Start of the First Crusade
28 sept 1066
William the Conqueror's invasion of England began on September 28, 1066, when his fleet landed unopposed at Pevensey on the south coast of England. The invasion culminated with the pivotal Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, where William's forces defeated the English army led by King Harold Godwinson, who was killed in the battle.
28 jan 0814 CE
Charlemagne died on January 28, 814, at the age of 72. He passed away in Aachen, a city that served as a major center of his Frankish empire and is where he was buried.
0711 CE
The Arabic conquest of Spain, more accurately referred to as the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, began in 711 CE. An army led by the Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from North Africa. They quickly defeated the Visigothic army under King Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete. [ 610 CE ] The Founding of Islam by divine revelation
2 Sept 0031 BC
Defeat of Mark Antony by Octavian/Augustus at the naval battle of Actium
15 Mar 0044 BC
Assassination of Julius Caesar.
0146 BCE
The city of Carthage was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BCE at the conclusion of the Third Punic War.
0212 BCE
Archimedes, the Greek mathematician and inventor, was killed in 212 BCE during the Siege of Syracuse by a Roman soldier. "Eureka!" is εὕρηκα
10 june 0323 BC
Death of Alexander the Great in Babylon at the age of 32.
0399 BCE
Socrates died by drinking hemlock (conium maculatum). Greek: "ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ." "The unexamined life is not worth living." Greek: "ἓν μόνον ἀληθινὸν σοφόν ἐστιν, τὸ εἰδέναι ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδας." "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." Greek: "ἓν μόνον ἀγαθόν, ἡ ἐπιστήμη, καὶ ἓν μόνον κακόν, ἡ ἄγνοια." "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."
August 0480 BC
Battle of Thermopylae, the 300 Spartan Warriors defend the pass (The arrows of the persians are so numerous they will blot out the sun) Modern Greek: "Τότε θα πολεμήσουμε στη σκιά." "Then we will fight in the shade"
0480 BCE
Approximate birth of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama.
1200 BCE
very approx. greek siege of troy. achilles: Δεν υπάρχει πλούτος που να αξίζει τη ζωή μου!" "no wealth is worth my life"
1975 BC
extinction of woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island.
2580 BCE
approx. The Great Pyramid of Khufu built (Giza)