Saturday, December 2, 2006

DATES AND EVENTS OUTSIDE INDIA

B.C.

776 - First Olympiad in Greece.
753 - Rome founded
58 - Ceaser’s invasion of Gaul.
55 - Roman invasion of Birtain by Julius Ceaser.
4 - Birth of Jesus Christ.


A.D.

34 – Crucifaxion of Jesus Christ.
43 – Roman conquest of Britain
570 – Birth of Prophet Mohammed
600 – End of Roman Empire
632 – Beginning of Hijri Era. (calendar)
1066 – The Norman conquest of England; Battle of Hastings.
1215 – (15th June) Signing of Magna Carta.
1348 – Black death plague broke out in England
1492 – Columbus disocovered America.
1588 – Defeat of Spanish Armada.
1605 – Gunpowder Plot in England.
1649 – King Charles I beheaded-Beginning of commonwealth.
1660 – The restoration of British Monarchy.
1688- Bloodless or Glorious Revolution in England.
1689 – Establishment of British Constitutional Monarchy.
1776 – (4th July) Declaration of American Indepedance.
1789 – (27th Aug) French Revolution.
1789 – George Washington Elected as president of America.
1805 – Battle of Trafalgar; British Fleet under Lord Nelson defeated French and Spanish fleets.
1815 – (18th June) Battle of Waterloo.
------- Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte to St. Helena on 16th December.
1821 – Death of Nepolean Bonaparte.
1837 – Queen Victoria succeeds to the throne.
1841 – Publication of communist manifesto.
1854 – The Crimean War.
1863 – Slavery Abolished in the USA by a Proclamation by President Lincoln.
1869 – Suez canal opened for traffic.
1878 – Cypress ceded to Britain.
1901 – (22nd Jan) – Death of Queen Victoria of England.
1904 – Russia-Japanese war.
1909 – Discovery of North Pole by Commander Peary.
1912 – Establishment of Chinese Republic.
1914 – (28th July) World War I.
1917 – Russian Revolution. Bolsheviks come into power. End of Tzar’s Regime
1918 – (11th Nov) End of World War I
1919 – Treaty of Versailles.
1920 – (13th Jan) League of Nations comes formally into existence.
1924 – Death of Lenin.
1933 – Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
1936 - Abdication of throne of England by King Edward VIII.
1939 – On Ist Sept World War II declared.
1941 – Hitler invades Russia. USA enters World war II.
1941 – On 7th Dec. Japan attacks Pearl Harbour.
1942 – Battle of Alamein.
1945 – End of World War to Against Germany on 8-6-1945
-------- On 5th Aug. 1945 –First Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
-------- On 9th Aug. 1945 -2nd Atom Bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
-------- On 26th Jun, 1945 The World Security Charter of the United Nations
Comes into existence which was signed in San Fransico)
-------- United Nations comes into existence.
1948 – Burma achieved Independence on 14th Jan.1948.
-------- Sri Lanka (Ceylone) achieved Independence on 6th Feb.1948
-------- Jewish state of Israel formed in Palestine on 14th May, 1948.
-------- The General Assembly of the United Nations adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
1949 – Indonesia declares Republic on 17th August,1949.
1951 – Accession of Queen Elizabeth II of England.
1953 - Death of Stalin on 6th March, 1953.
-------- First Conquest of Mt.Everest.
1954 – USA signs Military Aid Pact with Pakistan.
1955 – Austria declared Independent on 15th May, 1955.
- Bandung conference.
1956 – Suez Canal nationalized by President Nasser(20th July,1956)
1957 – Russia Launches first artificial satellite on 4th Oct.1957
1958 – Ayub Khan takes over as Military Administrator in Pakistan.
1959 – Charles De Gaulle elected as 17th President of France.
1960 – On 13th Feb. France explodes an atom bomb device.
1960 - On 9th Nov.1960 John F. Kenndy elected President of USA
1961 – On Apr.12th Russia successfully launches her spaceship “VOSTOK-I” carrying for the first time a human being i.e. Major Yuri Gagarin.
1963 - Nuclear Test Ban Treaty came in existence on 5th August,1963.
On 16th Sept.1963 – Malaysia formed.
President John F Kennery shot dead on Nov.22nd 1963.
1964 – China explodes her first atom bomb device (on 16th Oct.1964)
1965 - Death of Sir Winston Churchil On 24th Jan. 1965.
1965 - Singapore became Sovereign independent nation on 9th Aug.1965.
1965 - Ian Smith makes Unilateral declaration of independence in Rhodesia.
1966 - Tashkent Pact between India and Pakistan.
- Luna-9 a Russian Spacecraft soft-landed on moon.
- Henrick F.Verwoerd, Prime Minster of South Africa assassinated.
1967 – Arab Israel War on Jun,5th.
1968 - Martin Luther King, An American Negro Leader assassinated (4-4-68)
- Robert Kennedy assassinated (5-6-68)
- Warsaw Pact Powers invade Czechoslovakia.
1969 – Richard Nixon becomes 37th President of USA.
- Death of D.Eisenhower.
- On 21-07-1969 Armstrong and Aldrin first men land on moon.

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