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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?).
September 11
Events
009 - Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends, where the Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine being established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.1185 - Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
1390 - Lithuanian Civil War (1389-92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco.
1697 - Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
1758 - Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
1852 - Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
1922 - The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
2011 - The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Births
0600 - Birth of Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler1182 - Birth of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (d. 1204)
1318 - Birth of Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (d. 1372)
1470 - Birth of Martin Waldseemüller, German mapmaker (d. 1520)
1524 - Birth of Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (d. 1585)
1611 - Birth of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (d. 1675)
1771 - Birth of Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (d. 1806)
1859 - Birth of Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (d. 1905)
1927 - Birth of G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (d. 1996)
Deaths
0883 - Death of Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general1063 - Death of Béla I of Hungary (b. 1016)
1185 - Death of Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (b. 1130)
1279 - Death of Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (b. 1215)
1349 - Death of Bonne of Luxembourg, queen of John II of France (b. 1315)
1569 - Death of Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (b. 1530)
1677 - Death of James Harrington, English philosopher and author (b. 1611)
1760 - Death of Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (b. 1704)
1888 - Death of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
1932 - Death of Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)
2007 - Death of Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (b. 1925)
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