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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?).
July 26
Events
0657 - First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.0811 - Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded.
0920 - Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at the Battle of Valdejunquera.
1309 - Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
1469 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Edgecote Moor, pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England, takes place.
1581 - Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
1745 - The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
1847 - Liberia declares its independence.
1953 - Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
2016 - Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Births
1030 - Birth of Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1079)1400 - Birth of Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester, English noble (d. 1439)
1502 - Birth of Christian Egenolff, German printer (d. 1555)
1678 - Birth of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
1739 - Birth of George Clinton, American general and politician, 4th Vice President of the United States (d. 1812)
1890 - Birth of Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)
1961 - Birth of Felix Dexter, Caribbean-English comedian and actor (d. 2013)
Deaths
0342 - Death of Cheng of Jin, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 321)0432 - Death of Celestine I, pope of the Catholic Church
0811 - Death of Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor
0899 - Death of Li Hanzhi, Chinese warlord (b. 842)
0943 - Death of Motoyoshi, Japanese nobleman and poet (b. 890)
0990 - Death of Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (b. 929)
1380 - Death of Kōmyō, emperor of Japan (b. 1322)
1471 - Death of Paul II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1417)
1533 - Death of Atahualpa, Inca emperor abducted and murdered by Francisco Pizarro (b. ca. 1500)
1693 - Death of Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, queen of Sweden (b. 1656)
1723 - Death of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1660)
1863 - Death of Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
1964 - Death of Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
2005 - Death of Alexander Golitzen, Russian-born American production designer and art director (b. 1908)
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