History A-Z: The Return

[Villainesse]

Lincoln assassinated 1865 or thereabouts

 

[barefootgirl69]

Marie Curie, 1867-1934. First woman to win a Nobel Prize. Known for her work on radioactivity.

(Also, the first biography I read at 8 years old.)

 

[Mista_Jay]

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Pioneered AC electrical power supply systems and was a leader in wireless communication and machine control as well as X-Ray imaging.

More recently, his name was attached to an electric car company by a billionaire.

 

[orangecurious]

Tesla is also the subject of a They Might Be Giants song. way better than a silly car being named after you)

Oslo becomes the capital of Norway - 1299

 

[snexxer]

Phillip II of Spain crowned 1556

 

[SimonSex]

Kiel Mutiny - November 1918

Literotica established, 1998

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Quiberon Bay - 20 November 1759

 

[Steadfast421]

Ratification of the United States Constitution - June 21, 1788.

 

[Guffawlin]

Secession of the treasonous South - December 20th, 1860 (South Carolina)

 

[Steadfast421]

Tripartite Pact - September 27, 1940

 

[TheGoodLife3976]

U-boats

German submarines, played a significant part in German strategy during both World Wars.

 

[Steadfast421]

Volkswagen Beetle - 1938-2003. Most produced car in history.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Volkswagen Beetle - 1938-2003. Most produced car in history.

Shouldn't the NSDAP's KdF Wagen be somewhere else in the thread?

William Wallace hanged, drawn and quartered for treason and for atrocities against civilians (Gibson didn't want you to know that bit) - 23 August 1305

 

[Steadfast421]

X15, hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, first flown, June 8, 1959.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Yarmouth Incident - 28 March 1777

 

[Wonderer67]

Zimmerman telegram. German ww 1 communication to Mexican govt to ally against the United States.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Alamo Massacre, 1836

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Battle of the Barents Sea - 31 December 1942

 

[Steadfast421]

Council Of Nicaea - 325 A.D.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Dardanelles Fiasco - Churchill 1915

 

[Coyote100]

Easter Rebellion (1916 - Ireland)

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

First Lord of the Treasury adopted by Walpole in 1715 and remains a subsidiary title of the Prime Minister.

 

[Steadfast421]

Grand Compromise - 1787

 

[Breaking_Dawn_Fantasy]

Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Iraq invades Kuwait