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| x Battle of the Nile |
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Aug 1, 1798 | Aug 2, 1798 | Abu Qir Bay |
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay, in French as the Bataille d'Aboukir or in Egyptian Arabic as معركة أبي قير البحرية) was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the...
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| x Irish Rebellion of 1798 |
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May 23, 1798 | Sep 23, 1798 | Ireland |
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Irish: Éirí Amach 1798), also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion (Irish: Éirí Amach na nÉireannach Aontaithe), was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland. The United Irishmen, a...
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| x Battle of Cape St. Vincent |
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Feb 14, 1797 | Cape St. Vincent |
The Battle of Cape St Vincent (14 February 1797) was one of the opening battles of The Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) where a British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated a larger Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba near Cape St....
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| x Treaty of Amiens |
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Mar 25, 1802 |
The Treaty of Amiens temporarily ended hostilities between the French Republic and the United Kingdom during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was signed in the city of Amiens on 25 March 1802 (Germinal 4, year X in the French Revolutionary Calendar...
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| x Napoleonic Wars |
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1803 | 1815 | Europe |
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and...
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| x War of 1812 |
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Jun 18, 1812 | Mar 23, 1815 | Pacific Ocean |
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's...
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| x Battle of Algeciras Bay |
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Jul 8, 1801 | Jul 12, 1801 | Gibraltar |
The Algeciras campaign (sometimes known as the Battle or Battles of Algeciras) was an attempt by a French naval squadron from Toulon under Contre-Admiral Charles Linois to join a French and Spanish fleet at Cadiz during June and July 1801 during the...
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| x Chesapeake-Leopard Affair |
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Jun 22, 1807 | Jun 22, 1807 | Norfolk |
The Chesapeake–Leopard Affair was a naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British warship HMS Leopard and American frigate USS Chesapeake, when the crew of the Leopard pursued, attacked and...
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| x Java vs Constitution | Dec 29, 1812 |
The sinking of HMS Java was a naval action fought in the Atlantic off the coast of Brazil on December 29, 1812 between the USS ''Constitution'' and the British frigate HMS ''Java''. The Java was defeated, suffering damage so severe that she was...
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| x Sinking of HMS Peacock | Feb 24, 1813 | Atlantic Ocean |
The sinking of HMS Peacock was a naval action fought off the mouth of the Demerara River, Guyana on 24 February, 1813, between the sloop of war USS Hornet and the Cruizer class brig sloop Peacock. After an exchange of broadsides, the British vessel...
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| x Battle of Boston Harbor |
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Jun 1, 1813 | Jun 1, 1813 | Atlantic Ocean |
The Capture of USS Chesapeake, or the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake, as part of the War of 1812. Shannon won the battle, and Chesapeake was captured, in a pitched battle in which over...
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| x Storming of the Bastille |
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Jul 14, 1789 | Jul 14, 1789 | Paris |
The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates...
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| x Battle of Bunker Hill |
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Jun 17, 1775 | Jun 17, 1775 | Charlestown |
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the...
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| x Battle of Trafalgar |
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Oct 21, 1805 | Oct 21, 1805 | Cape Trafalgar |
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars ...
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| x Rum Rebellion |
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Jan 26, 1808 | Jan 1, 1810 | Sydney |
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's history. The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working...
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| x Battle of Waterloo |
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Jun 18, 1815 | Jun 18, 1815 | Waterloo |
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the...
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| x Glorious First of June |
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Jun 1, 1794 | Jun 1, 1794 | Atlantic Ocean |
The Glorious First of June (also known as the Third Battle of Ushant, and in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de Prairial) of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain...
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| x French Revolution |
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1789 | 1799 | France |
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française; 1789–1799), was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a major impact on France and indeed all of Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries...
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| x Peninsular War |
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May 2, 1808 | Apr 17, 1814 | Iberian Peninsula |
The Peninsular War was a military conflict between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain...
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| x nlyer | Jan 1, 1900 10:30pm | Jan 1, 1900 12:30pm | Tel Aviv Museum of Art | ||
| x 1938 FIFA World Cup | Jun 4, 1938 | Jun 19, 1938 | France |
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4–2 in the final.
France was chosen as hosts by FIFA in Berlin on August 13, 1936. France...
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| x 1938 European Athletics Championships |
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The 2nd European Athletics Championships was a continental athletics competition for European athletes which was held in two places in 1938. The men's event took place in Paris, France between 3–5 September while the women's events were in Vienna,...
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Jan 1, 1970 | Dec 31, 1979 |
The 1970s, pronounced "the Nineteen Seventies", was the decade that started on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979. This was the eighth decade of the 20th century.
In the Western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s,...
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| x Year of the Three Emperors |
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1888 | Germany |
The Year of the Three Emperors, or the Year of the Three Kaisers, (German: Dreikaiserjahr) refers to the year 1888 during the German Empire in German history. The year is considered to have memorable significance because of the deaths of two German...
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| x New Year's Eve 1963 snowstorm |
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The New Year's Eve 1963 snowstorm was a significant winter storm occurring from December 31, 1963 to January 1, 1964 over most of the Southern United States. The storm began when a surface low-pressure system moved northward through the eastern Gulf...
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (sometimes von Leibniz) (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn ˈlaɪbnɪts] or [ˈlaɪpnɪts]) (July 1, 1646 – November 14, 1716) was a German mathematician and philosopher. He wrote in several languages, but primarily...
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