World History teaching resources for the high school classroom: lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and simulation games for KS3, IGCSE, IB and A-Level teachers.
Overview
In this project, you will learn about some of the most important events in history that took place on YOUR birthday.
You will use the most interesting of these to produce your own display piece by completing this "Timeline of my Birthday" worksheet.
Instructions
Step 1 - Getting the information
Input your birthday here and click "search". It will provide a list of events, births and deaths that took place across a wide range of time on the day you were born. (TIP: a random batch of events are selected. You can click again to get a fresh batch of results!).
Step 2 - Selecting the information and completing the timeline
Select AT LEAST FIVE of these entries to put into your "Timeline of my Birthday" worksheet, following these rules:
- At least one ‘event’, one ‘birth’ and one ‘death’ must be included
- No more than one entry in each row (=century)
- Put a picture relating to this entry in a cell next to it, with a caption.
- Complete the final row with information about yourself..
Step 3 - Sharing your findings and creating a display
Print off your completed work and use it for a classroom discussion and display (who shares their birthday with that of the most important historical character? who shared their birthday with the most significant historical event?).
September 15
Events
0668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.0994 - Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
1440 - Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.
1556 - Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
1762 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
1862 - American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
1959 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
2000 - The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
Births
0767 - Birth of Saichō, Japanese monk (d. 822)1461 - Birth of Jacopo Salviati, Italian politician (d. 1553)
1580 - Birth of Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer and author (d. 1659)
1666 - Birth of Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
1759 - Birth of Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
1852 - Birth of Edward Bouchet, American physicist and educator (d. 1918)
1979 - Birth of Dave Annable, American actor
Deaths
0668 - Death of Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)0921 - Death of Ludmila of Bohemia, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
1146 - Death of Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, English soldier (b. 1100)
1231 - Death of Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
1352 - Death of Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
1408 - Death of Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1384)
1595 - Death of John MacMorran, Baillie of Edinburgh, shot by rioting high school schoolchildren.
1649 - Death of John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
1701 - Death of Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
1803 - Death of Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
1940 - Death of William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
2007 - Death of Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
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