398000 days since | King Rudolph of France died. (January 15th, 936)  |
329000 days since | Pope Callixtus II died. (December 13th, 1124)  |
324000 days since | Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England. (August 22th, 1138)  |
203000 days since | Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416) died. (December 2nd, 1469)  |
200000 days since | George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London. (February 18th, 1478)  |
200000 days since | George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1449) died. (February 18th, 1478)  |
133000 days since | The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic. (August 6th, 1661)  |
104000 days since | Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759) was born. (December 30th, 1740)  |
99999 days since | The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first Military Academy in the world. (December 14th, 1751)  |
95000 days since | William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born. (August 21th, 1765)  |
94000 days since | Caroline of Brunswick, Queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1821) was born. (May 17th, 1768)  |
94000 days since | Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) was born. (May 17th, 1768)  |
88888 days since | Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1736) died. (May 16th, 1782)  |
88000 days since | Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1865) was born. (October 20th, 1784)  |
85000 days since | James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862) was born. (January 6th, 1793)  |
84000 days since | General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government. (October 3rd, 1795)  |
83000 days since | Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837) was born. (June 29th, 1798)  |
68000 days since | Francis Garnier, French explorer (d. 1873) was born. (July 25th, 1839)  |
66000 days since | 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India (d. 1927) was born. (January 14th, 1845)  |
60000 days since | Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British soldier (d. 1928) was born. (June 19th, 1861)  |
60000 days since | José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (d. 1896) was born. (June 19th, 1861)  |
59000 days since | Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (d. 1935) was born. (March 15th, 1864)  |
56000 days since | James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1795) died. (June 1st, 1872)  |
55555 days since | Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (d. 1950) was born. (August 20th, 1873)  |
54000 days since | Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (d. 1919) was born. (November 22th, 1877)  |
54000 days since | Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930) was born. (November 22th, 1877)  |
51000 days since | Charles Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970) was born. (February 8th, 1886)  |
49000 days since | Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968) was born. (August 1st, 1891)  |
48000 days since | George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975) was born. (April 27th, 1894)  |
48000 days since | Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-born musicologist and composer (d. 1995) was born. (April 27th, 1894)  |
47000 days since | René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954) was born. (January 21th, 1897)  |
45000 days since | Jean Rey, Belgian politician and President of the European Commission (d. 1983) was born. (July 15th, 1902)  |
44444 days since | George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983) was born. (January 22th, 1904)  |
44444 days since | Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941) was born. (January 22th, 1904)  |
44444 days since | John Milligan, American baseball player (d. 1972) was born. (January 22th, 1904)  |
43000 days since | George Dolenz, American actor (d. 1963) was born. (January 5th, 1908)  |
42000 days since | Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21. (October 1st, 1910)  |
42000 days since | Fritz Köberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983) was born. (October 1st, 1910)  |
42000 days since | José Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998) was born. (October 1st, 1910)  |
41000 days since | Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (d. 1993) was born. (June 27th, 1913)  |
36000 days since | Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, Nobel Prize laureate was born. (March 6th, 1927)  |
36000 days since | Gordon Cooper, astronaut (d. 2004) was born. (March 6th, 1927)  |
36000 days since | Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (d. 1975) was born. (March 6th, 1927)  |
35000 days since | Dick Clark, American television host was born. (November 30th, 1929)  |
35000 days since | Joan Ganz Cooney, American children's television pioneer was born. (November 30th, 1929)  |
34000 days since | Luis Salvadores, Chilean basketball player. was born. (August 26th, 1932)  |
33333 days since | Jean-Pierre Ferland, Québec singer was born. (June 24th, 1934)  |
32000 days since | John Corigliano, American composer was born. (February 16th, 1938)  |
32000 days since | Barry Primus, American actor was born. (February 16th, 1938)  |
31000 days since | Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician was born. (November 12th, 1940)  |
31000 days since | Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician was born. (November 12th, 1940)  |
30000 days since | Ken Norton, American boxer was born. (August 9th, 1943)  |
27000 days since | Boxer Joe Louis comes out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano. However, Marciano would win the fight in eight rounds. (October 26th, 1951)  |
27000 days since | Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk) was born. (October 26th, 1951)  |
27000 days since | Julian Schnabel, American filmmaker was born. (October 26th, 1951)  |
26000 days since | Pierre Lebeau, Canadian actor was born. (July 22th, 1954)  |
26000 days since | Lonette McKee, American actress was born. (July 22th, 1954)  |
26000 days since | Al Di Meola, American guitarist was born. (July 22th, 1954)  |
25000 days since | Nick Hornby, English author was born. (April 17th, 1957)  |
24000 days since | Oliver Platt, Canadian actor was born. (January 12th, 1960)  |
24000 days since | Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player was born. (January 12th, 1960)  |
24000 days since | Nevil Shute, English writer (b. 1899) died. (January 12th, 1960)  |
23000 days since | Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine was soon accused of treason. (October 8th, 1962)  |
23000 days since | Bruno Thiry, Belgian rally driver was born. (October 8th, 1962)  |
23000 days since | Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer (b. 1909) died. (October 8th, 1962)  |
22222 days since | Garret Dillahunt, American actor was born. (November 24th, 1964)  |
22222 days since | Brad Sherwood, American comedian was born. (November 24th, 1964)  |
22222 days since | Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack) was born. (November 24th, 1964)  |
22000 days since | Horace Grant, American basketball player was born. (July 4th, 1965)  |
22000 days since | Jo Whiley, English radio DJ was born. (July 4th, 1965)  |
21000 days since | Donna D'Errico, American actress and model was born. (March 30th, 1968)  |
21000 days since | Celine Dion, Canadian singer was born. (March 30th, 1968)  |
21000 days since | Bobby Driscoll, American actor (b. 1937) died. (March 30th, 1968)  |
19000 days since | Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas. (September 20th, 1973)  |
19000 days since | Ronald McKinnon, National Football League linebacker was born. (September 20th, 1973)  |
19000 days since | Jim Croce, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943) died. (September 20th, 1973)  |
18000 days since | Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children. (June 16th, 1976)  |
18000 days since | Edwin Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer was born. (June 16th, 1976)  |
17000 days since | The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada. (March 13th, 1979)  |
17000 days since | Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player was born. (March 13th, 1979)  |
17000 days since | Spanky G, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) was born. (March 13th, 1979)  |
17000 days since | Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete was born. (March 13th, 1979)  |
15000 days since | Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer was born. (September 2nd, 1984)  |
15000 days since | Udita Goswami, Indian model and actress was born. (September 2nd, 1984)  |
15000 days since | Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908) died. (September 2nd, 1984)  |
13000 days since | José Napoleón Duarte, President of El Salvador (b. 1925) died. (February 23th, 1990)  |
12000 days since | Bobby Russell, American songwriter (b. 1941) died. (November 19th, 1992)  |
12000 days since | Diane Varsi, American actress (b. 1938) died. (November 19th, 1992)  |
11111 days since | Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921) died. (April 27th, 1995)  |
11000 days since | J.P. McCarthy, American radio personality (b. 1933) died. (August 16th, 1995)  |
8000 days since | Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939) died. (November 2nd, 2003)  |