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| | |  1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Plymouth - HistoryThe earliest known settlement in Plymouth dates back to 1000BC with a small iron age trading port located at Mount Batten. It is thought that tin was brought here from Dartmoor via the Plym and traded with the ancient Phoenicians. When part of the Roman Empire this same port continued to trade tin along with cattle and hides. The small port was later overshadowed by the rise of the fishing village of Sutton.
Sutton became a market town in 1254 and later was the first town incorporated by the English Parliament on 12 November, 1439. At the same time the name of the town ...
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - History of Bavaria - Modern Times Republican institutions replaced royal ones in Bavaria during the upheavals of November 1918. Provisional National Council Minister-President Kurt Eisner declared Bavaria to be a free state on November 7, 1918. Munich became a hotbed of extremism: a Bavarian Soviet Republic, the Münchner Räterepublik, had a short-lived existence, but inspired fearful reactions: the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch involving Erich Ludendorff and Adolf Hitler took place in the same city. For most of the Weimar Republic, though, Bavaria was dominated by the relat ...
See also:History of Bavaria, History of Bavaria - Early settlements and Roman Raetia, History of Bavaria - Migrations and early Medieval Period, History of Bavaria - Bavaria and the Agilolfings under Frankish Overlordship, History of Bavaria - Christianity, History of Bavaria - The Duchy during the Carolingian Period, History of Bavaria - The Duchy during the Ottonian and Salian Periods, History of Bavaria - The Welfs, History of Bavaria - Geographic Fluctuations, History of Bavaria - The Wittelsbach Dynasty, History of Bavaria - Partitions, History of Bavaria - The Reunited Duchy, History of Bavaria - The Electorate, History of Bavaria - Revolutionary and Napoleonic, History of Bavaria - The Kingdom, History of Bavaria - German Empire, History of Bavaria - Modern Times, History of Bavaria - Bibliography, History of Bavaria - Notes Read more here: » History of Bavaria: Encyclopedia II - History of Bavaria - Modern Times |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - 1991 - Deaths
1991 - January-February.
January 5 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b. 1922)
January 8 - Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (b.1960)
January 11 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
January 17 - King Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
January 29 - Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian (b. 1907)
January 30 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908
January 30 - John McIntire, American actor (b. 1907) ...
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Gregorian calendar - Accuracy The Gregorian calendar improves the approximation made by the Julian calendar by skipping 3 Julian leap days in every 400 years, giving an average year of 365.2425 mean solar days long, which has an error of about 1 day per 3300 years with respect to the mean tropical year of 365.2422 days but less than half this error with respect to the vernal equinox year of 365.2424 days. Both are substantially more accurate than the 1 day in 128 years error of ...
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - 1945 - Deaths
1945 - January.
January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877)
January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869)
January 31 - Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920)
1945 - February.
February 5 - Denise Bloch, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1915)
February 5 - Lilian Rolfe, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1914)
February 5 - Violette Szabo, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1921)See also: 1945, 1945 - Events, 1945 - January, 1945 - February, 1945 - March, 1945 - April, 1945 - May, 1945 - June, 1945 - July, 1945 - August, 1945 - September, 1945 - October, 1945 - November, 1945 - December, 1945 - Unknown date, 1945 - Ongoing events, 1945 - Science and technology, 1945 - Births, 1945 - January, 1945 - February, 1945 - March, 1945 - April, 1945 - May, 1945 - June, 1945 - July, 1945 - August, 1945 - September-October, 1945 - November-December, 1945 - Unknown dates, 1945 - Deaths, 1945 - January, 1945 - February, 1945 - March, 1945 - April, 1945 - May, 1945 - June-August, 1945 - September, 1945 - October, 1945 - November, 1945 - December, 1945 - Nobel Prizes Read more here: » 1945: Encyclopedia II - 1945 - Deaths |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Sheffield - Industry and economy Sheffield has an international reputation for metallurgy and steel-making.[20] Many innovations in these fields have been made in Sheffield. Benjamin Huntsman discovered the crucible technique in the 1740s. This process was made obsolete in 1856 by Henry Bessemer's invention of the Bessemer converter. Thomas Boulsover invented Sheffield Plate (silver-plated copper) in the early 18th century. Stainless steel was invented by Harry Brearley in 1912, ...
See also:Sheffield, Sheffield - Geography, Sheffield - People, Sheffield - Districts, Sheffield - History, Sheffield - Industry and economy, Sheffield - Government and politics, Sheffield - International Links, Sheffield - Sport, Sheffield - Culture and attractions, Sheffield - Music, Sheffield - Attractions, Sheffield - Media and film, Sheffield - Education, Sheffield - Transport, Sheffield - National and international travel, Sheffield - Local travel, Sheffield - References and notes Read more here: » Sheffield: Encyclopedia II - Sheffield - Industry and economy |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Sheffield - Transport
Sheffield - National and international travel.
Sheffield is linked into the national motorway network via the M1 and M18 motorways. The M1 skirts the north-east of the city, linking Sheffield with London to the south and Leeds to the north; the M18 branches from the M1 close to Sheffield, linking the city with Doncaster, Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport and the Humber ports. The Sheffield Parkway conne ...
See also:Sheffield, Sheffield - Geography, Sheffield - People, Sheffield - Districts, Sheffield - History, Sheffield - Industry and economy, Sheffield - Government and politics, Sheffield - International Links, Sheffield - Sport, Sheffield - Culture and attractions, Sheffield - Music, Sheffield - Attractions, Sheffield - Media and film, Sheffield - Education, Sheffield - Transport, Sheffield - National and international travel, Sheffield - Local travel, Sheffield - References and notes Read more here: » Sheffield: Encyclopedia II - Sheffield - Transport |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Household of Japan - Current members of the imperial family The 1947 Imperial Household Law defines the imperial household as: the empress (kōgō 皇后), the empress dowager (kōtaigō 皇太后), the grand empress dowager (tai-kōtaigō 太皇太后), the crown prince (kōtaishi 皇太子) and his consort, the imperial grandson who is heir apparent (kōtaison 皇太孫) and his consort, the shinnō (親王) and their consorts, the naishinnō (内親王), the ō (王) and their consorts, and the nyoō (女王). The legitimate children a ...
See also:Imperial Household of Japan, Imperial Household of Japan - Current members of the imperial family, Imperial Household of Japan - Living former members of the imperial family, Imperial Household of Japan - Succession, Imperial Household of Japan - Current order of succession, Imperial Household of Japan - Possible succession solutions, Imperial Household of Japan - History of titles, Imperial Household of Japan - Related terms, Imperial Household of Japan - Shinnōke, Imperial Household of Japan - Ōke Read more here: » Imperial Household of Japan: Encyclopedia II - Imperial Household of Japan - Current members of the imperial family |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - 1875 - Events
1875 - January - April.
January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resigns, having been elected Senator. Lieutenant Governor of California Romualdo Pacheco becomes acting Governor. He is later replaced by elected governor William Irwin.
March 3 - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris
March 3 - The first organized indoor game of ice hockey was played between two pick-up teams at the Victoria S ...
See also:1875, 1875 - Events, 1875 - January - April, 1875 - May - August, 1875 - September - December, 1875 - Unknown date, 1875 - Births, 1875 - January, 1875 - February, 1875 - March, 1875 - April, 1875 - May, 1875 - June, 1875 - July, 1875 - August, 1875 - September, 1875 - October, 1875 - December, 1875 - Deaths Read more here: » 1875: Encyclopedia II - 1875 - Events |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency McKinley was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, on September 6, 1901, and died September 14, vaulting Roosevelt into the presidency. Roosevelt took the oath of office on September 14 in the Ansley Wilcox House at Buffalo, New York. One of his first notable acts as President was to deliver a 20,000-word address to the House of Representatives on December 3, 1901 [1], asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits." For this, and subsequent actions, he has been called a "trust-buster."
Roosevelt relished the Pre ...
See also:Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt - Childhood and education, Theodore Roosevelt - Life in the Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt - Return to public life, Theodore Roosevelt - Vice Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Growing split inside Republican Party, Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party candidate in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt - Roosevelt and the First World War, Theodore Roosevelt - Post-Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt - Personal life, Theodore Roosevelt - Legacy, Theodore Roosevelt - Quotes, Theodore Roosevelt - In popular culture, Theodore Roosevelt - Presidential firsts, Theodore Roosevelt - Media Read more here: » Theodore Roosevelt: Encyclopedia II - Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - George Armstrong Custer - Custer in popular culture
George Armstrong Custer - Films.
George Custer has been played in motion pictures by Francis Ford (1912 twice), Ned Finley (1916), Dustin Farnum (1926), John Beck (1926), Clay Clement (1933). John Miljan (1936), Frank McGlynn (1936), Paul Kelly (1940), Addison Richards (1940), Ronald Reagan (1940), Errol Flynn (1941), James Millican (1942), Sheb Wooley (1952), Douglas Kennedy (1954), Britt Lomond (1958), Philip Carey (1965), Leslie Nielsen (1966), Robert Shaw (1967), Wayne Maunder (1967 & 1990), Richard Mulli ...
See also:George Armstrong Custer, George Armstrong Custer - Birth, George Armstrong Custer - Early life, George Armstrong Custer - Civil War, George Armstrong Custer - McClellan and Pleasonton, George Armstrong Custer - Brigade command and Gettysburg, George Armstrong Custer - Marriage, George Armstrong Custer - The Valley and Appomattox, George Armstrong Custer - Indian Wars, George Armstrong Custer - Battle of the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer - Controversial legacy, George Armstrong Custer - Monuments and memorials, George Armstrong Custer - Family tree, George Armstrong Custer - First generation, George Armstrong Custer - Second generation, George Armstrong Custer - Third generation, George Armstrong Custer - Fourth generation, George Armstrong Custer - Fifth generation, George Armstrong Custer - Custer in popular culture, George Armstrong Custer - Films, George Armstrong Custer - Custer's Revenge, George Armstrong Custer - Music, George Armstrong Custer - Alternate history, George Armstrong Custer - Timeline Read more here: » George Armstrong Custer: Encyclopedia II - George Armstrong Custer - Custer in popular culture |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - 1990 - Events
1990 - January.
January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega
surrenders to American forces.
January 4 - over 300 people were killed in a train accident in Ghotki pakistan.
January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.
January 9 - Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello, the man who led the coup against Dr Apolo Milton Obote's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan.
January 10 - Time Warner is formed f ...
See also:1990, 1990 - Events, 1990 - January, 1990 - February, 1990 - March, 1990 - April, 1990 - May, 1990 - June, 1990 - July, 1990 - August, 1990 - September, 1990 - October, 1990 - November, 1990 - December, 1990 - Births, 1990 - Deaths, 1990 - Nobel Prizes, 1990 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1990 - Fields Medalists, 1990 - Templeton Prize, 1990 - Right Livelihood Award, 1990 - Uncertain dates Read more here: » 1990: Encyclopedia II - 1990 - Events |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - Puyi - Biography
Puyi - Emperor of China 1908-1924.
Chosen by Cixi on her deathbed, Puyi ascended to the throne at age 2 years 10 months in December 1908 following his uncle's death on November 14. His father, the 2nd Prince Chun, served as a regent until December 6, 1911 when Empress Dowager Longyu took over in the face of the Xinhai Revolution.
Empress Dowager Longyu signed the "Act of Abdication of the Emperor of the Great Qing" (《清帝退位詔書》) on February 12, 1912, following the Xinhai Revolution, under a de ...
See also:Puyi, Puyi - Name, Puyi - Ancestry, Puyi - Paternal side, Puyi - Maternal side, Puyi - Biography, Puyi - Emperor of China 1908-1924, Puyi - Brief restoration 1917, Puyi - Private citizen 1924-1932, Puyi - Ruler of Manchukuo 1932-1945, Puyi - Later life 1945-1967, Puyi - Marriages, Puyi - Burial, Puyi - Portrayal, Puyi - Notes Read more here: » Puyi: Encyclopedia II - Puyi - Biography |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - E. E. Cummings - Education and early career From 1911 to 1916 Cummings attended Harvard, from which he received a B.A. degree in 1915 and a Master's degree for English and Classical Studies in 1916. While at Harvard, he befriended John Dos Passos. Several of Cummings' poems were published, beginning in 1912, in the Harvard Monthly, a school newspaper on which Cummings worked with fellow Harvard Aesthetes Dos Passos and S. Foster Damon, and in 1915 in the Harvard Advocate.
From an early age, Cummings studied the classical languages of Greek and Latin. His affinity ...
See also:E. E. Cummings, E. E. Cummings - Education and early career, E. E. Cummings - Poetry, E. E. Cummings - Criticisms, E. E. Cummings - Cummings as a painter, E. E. Cummings - List of shows, E. E. Cummings - Cummings as a playwright, E. E. Cummings - The final decade, E. E. Cummings - Awards, E. E. Cummings - Personal life, E. E. Cummings - Marriages, E. E. Cummings - Bibliography, E. E. Cummings - Notes Read more here: » E. E. Cummings: Encyclopedia II - E. E. Cummings - Education and early career |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - 1954 - Events
1954 - January.
January 1 - Soviet Union no longer demands war reparations from East Germany
January 12 - Large-scale avalanches in Austria - over 20 dead
January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation
January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio.
January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya
January 17 - In Yugoslavia, Milovan Djilas, Tito's second-in-command, is relieved of his dut ...
See also:1954, 1954 - Events, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - April, 1954 - May, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - October, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - unknown dates, 1954 - Births, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - April, 1954 - May, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - October, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - Unknown dates, 1954 - Deaths, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - May, 1954 - April, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - Nobel Prizes, 1954 - Fields Medalists Read more here: » 1954: Encyclopedia II - 1954 - Events |
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| | | | 1912 - December: Encyclopedia II - 1980 - Events
1980 - January.
January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom.
January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother.
January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
January 5 - Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer.
January 7 - President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giv ...
See also:1980, 1980 - Events, 1980 - January, 1980 - February, 1980 - March, 1980 - April, 1980 - May, 1980 - June, 1980 - July, 1980 - August, 1980 - September, 1980 - October, 1980 - November, 1980 - December, 1980 - Unknown dates, 1980 - Births, 1980 - January, 1980 - February, 1980 - March, 1980 - April, 1980 - May, 1980 - June, 1980 - July, 1980 - August, 1980 - September, 1980 - October, 1980 - November, 1980 - December, 1980 - Deaths, 1980 - January, 1980 - February, 1980 - March, 1980 - April, 1980 - May, 1980 - June, 1980 - July, 1980 - August, 1980 - September, 1980 - October, 1980 - November, 1980 - December, 1980 - Unknown dates, 1980 - Nobel Prizes, 1980 - Templeton Prize Read more here: » 1980: Encyclopedia II - 1980 - Events |
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