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?).
October 28
Events
0306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.0312 - Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
0969 - The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.
097 - Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
1344 - The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Crusaders in response to Aydınid piracy.
1453 - Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
1516 - Ottoman-Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.
1628 - French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.
1776 - American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
1886 - President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
1982 - The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
2005 - I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is indicted due to his involvement in the Plame affair.
Births
1017 - Birth of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)1479 - Birth of John Gage, English courtier (d. 1556)
1599 - Birth of Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (d. 1672)
1610 - Birth of Jacob Kettler, German noble (d. 1682)
1703 - Birth of Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1768)
1893 - Birth of Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (d. 1970)
1945 - Birth of Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2015)
Deaths
0312 - Death of Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. 278)0457 - Death of Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
0816 - Death of Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
0875 - Death of Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
1138 - Death of King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
1266 - Death of Saint Arsenije I Sremac
1312 - Death of Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (b. 1262)
1412 - Death of Margaret I of Denmark (b. 1353)
1592 - Death of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
1627 - Death of Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1569)
1792 - Death of John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (b. 1724)
1841 - Death of Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
1917 - Death of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
2014 - Death of Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
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