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?).
May 21
Events
1349 - Dušan's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire, is enacted by Dušan the Mighty.1403 - Henry III of Castile sends Ruy González de Clavijo as ambassador to Timur to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against the Ottoman Empire.
1554 - Queen Mary I grants a royal charter to Derby School, as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England.
1674 - The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
1725 - The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
1982 - Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos.
2006 - The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence.
293 - Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
Births
1471 - Birth of Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (d. 1528)1527 - Birth of Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
1653 - Birth of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1697)
1792 - Birth of Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1843)
1884 - Birth of Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher (d. 1920)
1968 - Birth of Matthias Ungemach, German-Australian rower
Deaths
0252 - Death of Sun Quan, Chinese emperor of Eastern Wu (b. 182)0954 - Death of Feng Dao, Chinese prince and chancellor (b. 882)
0987 - Death of Louis V, king of West Francia (b. c. 966)
1086 - Death of Wang Anshi, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 1021)
1254 - Death of Conrad IV, king of Germany (b. 1228)
1471 - Death of Henry VI, king of England (b. 1421)
1563 - Death of Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian writer (b. 1510)
1670 - Death of Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (b. 1586)
1742 - Death of Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
1810 - Death of Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)
1929 - Death of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
2012 - Death of Roman Dumbadze, Georgian commander (b. 1964)
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