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 13
Events
1373 - Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book Revelations of Divine Love.1515 - Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, are officially married at Greenwich.
1619 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
1779 - War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
1880 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
1992 - Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
2005 - Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan; Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates.
Births
1024 - Birth of Hugh of Cluny, French abbot and saint (d. 1109)1179 - Birth of Theobald III, Count of Champagne (d. 1201)
1221 - Birth of Alexander Nevsky, Russian prince and saint (d. 1263)
1453 - Birth of Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, Scottish princess (d. 1488)
1588 - Birth of Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (d. 1654)
1699 - Birth of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
1735 - Birth of Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer (d. 1821)
1881 - Birth of Joe Forshaw, American runner (d. 1964)
1967 - Birth of Chuck Schuldiner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
Deaths
1112 - Death of Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola1285 - Death of Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros
1312 - Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)
1573 - Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (b. 1521)
1619 - Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (b. 1547)
1782 - Death of Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)
1835 - Death of John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
1985 - Death of Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893)
2015 - Death of Gainan Saidkhuzhin, Russian cyclist (b. 1937)
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