The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's KulturfahrplanThe Timetables of History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. |
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Page 252
... Poland d .; end of Jagellon dynasty Turks take Famagusta , Cyprus , and massacre its inhabitants Earl of Lennox , Regent of Scotland , killed ; succeeded by Earl of Mar Reconciliation between Charles IX of France and Huguenots Don John ...
... Poland d .; end of Jagellon dynasty Turks take Famagusta , Cyprus , and massacre its inhabitants Earl of Lennox , Regent of Scotland , killed ; succeeded by Earl of Mar Reconciliation between Charles IX of France and Huguenots Don John ...
Page 356
... Poland Mme . Du Barry becomes mistress to Louis XV Privy council in London decides to retain tea duty in Amer . colonies Arthur Wellesley , future Duke of Wellington , b . ( d . 1852 ) Virginian Assembly dissolved after protesting ...
... Poland Mme . Du Barry becomes mistress to Louis XV Privy council in London decides to retain tea duty in Amer . colonies Arthur Wellesley , future Duke of Wellington , b . ( d . 1852 ) Virginian Assembly dissolved after protesting ...
Page 516
... Poland and reach Brest - Litovsk and Warsaw ; U.S.S.R. invades Poland from the east ; Brit . Expeditionary Force ( 158,000 men ) sent to France ; Britain and France reject Hitler's peace feelers ; H.M.S. " Royal Oak " sunk ; U.S.S.R. ...
... Poland and reach Brest - Litovsk and Warsaw ; U.S.S.R. invades Poland from the east ; Brit . Expeditionary Force ( 158,000 men ) sent to France ; Britain and France reject Hitler's peace feelers ; H.M.S. " Royal Oak " sunk ; U.S.S.R. ...
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