History Hop Tags - Completes

535-12-31

Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.

1079-03-06

Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar

1105-11-24

Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary

1542-08-23

Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code

1580-09-26

Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind

1601-08-27

Olivier van Noort completes first Dutch exploration of new world

1609-04-05

Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.

1737-09-20

Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.

1751-08-30

George Frederic Handel completes oratorio "Jephtha"

1772-08-21

King Gustav III completes his coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.

1785-01-14

Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)

1787-08-10

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his chamber piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"

1787-08-22

John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton

1787-08-24

Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526

1808-07-02

Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam

1814-01-02

Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"

1816-01-22

Lord Byron completes "Parisina" & "Siege of Corinth"

1818-01-02

Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)

1845-06-01

Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days

1858-08-05

Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable

1862-06-15

Gen Jeb Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"

1862-06-30

Gustave Flaubert completes "Salammbo"

1862-10-12

JEB Stuart completes his "second ride around Mcclellan"

1869-05-10

Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinental RR

1876-04-18

Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min

1876-04-22

Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet

1876-08-08

Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m

1877-03-16

Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng

1877-03-17

Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 v Eng

1878-08-21

Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match

1881-09-03

Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony

1882-01-13

Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"

1882-08-29

Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match v England (7-46 & 7-44)

1892-12-20

Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne

1893-12-24

Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor

1895-04-11

Anaheim completes its new electric light system

1895-04-24

Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat

1895-05-17

W G Grace completes his 100th 100 v Somerset at Bristol

1895-07-16

Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton

1896-07-18

Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford

1896-08-01

George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (NY to England)

1898-07-03

Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe

1903-12-12

Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo

1903-12-14

Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut

1905-01-16

Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman completes eighth transaction in 8 months

1910-04-01

Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk

1911-12-10

Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days)

1917-07-01

Reds' Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates

1919-05-31

NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic

1921-02-15

Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec

1922-05-16

White Star Liner Majestic completes 5½ day maiden voyage

1923-11-14

Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna.

1930-02-25

George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket v England (114 & 112)

1930-12-29

Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans

1931-08-15

Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)

1931-09-27

Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)

1932-02-19

William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"

1932-08-25

Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight

1932-11-26

Bradman completes 10,000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings

1933-02-20

House of Reps completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition

1934-07-23

Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes

1934-10-20

Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau"

1935-03-15

George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston

1936-04-26

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony

1936-06-01

Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in NY

1937-12-21

O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW v South Aust

1938-07-10

"Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic

1938-07-15

Arthur Fagg completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent

1938-09-17

Don Budge wins US Tennis open & completes Grand Slam

1939-06-29

Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe

1941-12-27

Siberia: Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony

1942-11-11

During WW II Germany completes the occupation of France

1943-01-04

Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph & His Brothers"

1944-02-25

US 1st Army completes invasion plan

1945-04-12

Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"

1945-08-30

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th Symphony

1948-01-03

Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 & 127*) v India MCG

1949-03-02

Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs

1950-07-22

Frank Worrell completes 261 v England at Trent Bridge

1952-01-01

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet

1953-10-25

Dmitri Sjostakovitch completes his 10th Symphony

1957-02-05

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert

1957-04-07

Last of NY's electric trolleys completes its final run

1958-01-23

Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes v West Indies

1958-03-01

Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260

1958-03-19

Gary Sobers completes a century in each innings v Pakistan

1958-08-23

Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours

1959-01-01

Rohan Kanhai completes 256 v India at Calcutta

1959-01-11

Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record

1959-06-22

Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage

1960-05-10

US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe

1960-07-06

Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC

1961-01-31

Kanhai completes twin tons (117 & 115) v Aust at Adelaide

1961-09-22

Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min

1962-02-25

Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon

1962-07-20

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony

1962-08-22

Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga

1963-05-16

Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Proj Mercury

1963-10-27

Bob Simpson completes 359 for NSW v Qld at Gabba

1964-03-21

UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)

1964-05-28

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet

1964-06-19

Bob Dylan completes UK tour

1964-07-20

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 10th String quartet

1964-10-29

Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan

1965-06-07

Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits

1965-07-09

John Edrich completes 310* v NZ in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes

1966-01-30

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 11th string quartet

1966-04-27

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd cello concert

1966-06-06

Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator"

1966-06-20

Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman

1967-05-28

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert

1968-03-11

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet

1968-09-17

Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of Moon

1968-09-22

Zond 5 completes flight

1968-09-28

Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes

1969-03-02

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 14th Symphony

1970-02-06

Graeme Pollock completes 274 v Australia at Durban

1971-06-07

Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut

1974-03-10

Lawrence Rowe completes 302 v Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six

1974-05-17

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet

1974-07-20

Heng Yo & Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage

1974-11-05

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes Michelangelo songs

1975-07-06

Dmitri Shostakovitch completes Sonate for alto opus 147

1975-12-09

Iraq completes nationalization by taking over the BP, CFP, and Shell shares of the Basrah Petroleum Company

1976-07-20

Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand.

1976-10-06

John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent

1977-04-23

Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops

1977-08-09

Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks v Warwicks

1978-01-26

Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void"

1978-07-13

Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida

1978-07-14

Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode" - blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado

1978-08-12

Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours

1979-05-10

Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]

1979-05-25

Raul Gonzales of Mexico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4

1979-09-14

Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC & back to Yates Center, Ks

1979-10-17

D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8

1980-03-23

Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket v Pakistan

1980-04-06

Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season

1980-07-07

Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours

1980-09-21

Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)

1981-01-11

Brit team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest & fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)

1981-07-07

The solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, successfully completes a 163 mile flight across the English Channel

1982-04-25

In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal

1982-09-22

Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India

1982-11-16

Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight

1983-01-02

Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes

1983-06-16

Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal

1983-09-18

George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere

1983-10-31

Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia

1983-12-29

Graeme Yallop completes 268 v Pakistan at cricket MCG

1984-09-18

Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic

1984-11-29

Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad

1985-03-14

Michael Secrest (US) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards

1985-05-29

Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.

1985-10-04

Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia

1986-03-04

Border completes twin Test tons (140 & 114*) v NZ

1987-11-29

Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes

1988-09-16

Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, v Australia

1988-10-30

Jim Elliott (US) completes 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi

1989-01-28

Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG

1989-12-16

Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia

1991-01-28

Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 v England at Adelaide

1991-03-03

Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* v WI at Kingston

1992-01-03

Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* v India at Sydney

1992-01-06

Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG

1992-01-28

Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide

1993-01-05

Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG

1993-06-19

Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's

1993-07-03

Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge

1993-07-23

Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley

1993-11-27

Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 v NZ, Hobart)

1994-10-01

Boon completes his 19th Test century (114 v Pak, Karachi)

1994-11-05

Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun

1994-12-28

Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England, MCG)

1995-02-04

Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia

1995-02-22

Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km)

1995-07-21

Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent

1995-07-30

Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford

1995-08-12

Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge

1995-08-26

Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval

1995-09-29

US space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun

1995-12-27

Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG)

1997-05-28

Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight

1997-10-22

Yahoo completes purchase of Four11

1998-02-26

Steven M Gluckstern completes sale of NY Islanders

1999-05-29

Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.

2005-04-29

Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.

2005-09-11

The State of Israel completes its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip.

2005-09-12

Israel completes its withdrawal of all troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip.

2007-10-06

Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.

2008-04-08

The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines completes, in Bahrain.

2011-07-11

Neptune completes its first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846.

2012-06-06

The Solar Impulse completes the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the sun

2012-08-12

The 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games

2012-12-17

NASA completes a successful mission to map the Moon's gravity field

2013-01-28

Iran's Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip of sending a monkey into space

2016-05-03

Leicester City Completes Rise by Clinching Premier League Title

2016-07-25

Tour de France 2016: Chris Froome completes third race victory