History Hop Tags - Kingdom

1178

A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War.

217

Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.

663-08-27

Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea; - a significant Tang-Silla victory. Japanese won't attempt another Korean invasion until late 16th century.

835-11-01

All Saints Day made compulsory by Pope Gregory IV throughout Frankish Kingdom

866-07-21

John appointed bishop of the kingdom

979-12-25

Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom

1000-08-20

The foundation of the Hungarian state, Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.

1099-07-22

First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1120-01-16

The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1143-10-05

The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.

1238-10-09

James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.

1328-05-01

Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.

1331-09-27

The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.

1489-03-14

The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.

1508-12-10

League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)

1541-08-21

Ottoman Turks under Suleiman the Magnificent capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. Dominate central Hungary for 150 years

1565-01-25

Battle at Talikota India: the Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar's army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India

1609-04-05

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

1631-05-30

The Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France, establishing a secret alliance between them during the Thirty Years' War.

1665-10-29

Battle of Ambuila, where Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga..

1683-07-16

Manchu/Chinese Qing Dynasty naval forces under commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.

1683-10-03

The Qing Dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.

1707-04-29

English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; form United Kingdom of Great Britain

1707-05-01

England, Wales & Scotland form United Kingdom of Great Britain

1716-11-03

Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Tsar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom

1717-03-31

A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provoked the Bangorian Controversy.

1744-09-30

France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.

1758-01-01

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature establish the "starting point" for standardized species names across the animal kingdom. This naming system is based on the binomial nomenclature laid out in Carolus Linnaeus 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

1761-09-22

Coronation of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte.

1767-04-08

Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders.

1773-10-14

American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.

1778-07-10

American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1782-03-27

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1785-05-01

Kamehameha, the king of Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

1801-01-01

The Irish Parliament votes to join the Kingdom of Great Britain, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

1802-09-11

France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.

1806-06-05

Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland

1808-03-31

French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names

1810-07-09

Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.

1813-01-28

Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is published by Thomas Egerton in the United Kingdom.

1813-10-20

German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished

1813-10-23

The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom).

1815-11-27

Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland

1821-06-14

Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.

1822-07-08

Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

1824-03-04

The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.

1829-04-25

Charles Fremantle arrives in the HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.

1830-11-22

Charles Grey, (2nd Earl Grey), became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1832-05-24

The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.

1839-04-19

Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy

1839-06-17

In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result

1843-11-28

Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day - The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

1846-01-05

The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.

1856-01-29

Victoria Cross established to acknowledge valour in the face of the enemy (United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries)

1857-03-03

Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.

1860-03-05

Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.

1860-05-06

Giuseppe Garibaldi's Mille sets sail from Genoa to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

1861-03-17

Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed

1862-12-16

Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution

1863-08-15

The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).

1866-11-04

Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia

1868-03-12

Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa (later renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho)

1872-03-11

The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.

1881-04-01

Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens

1882-02-22

The Serbian kingdom is refounded.

1884-01-18

Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Iesu Grist (Welsh for Jesus Christ) Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.

1893-01-17

Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic

1897-09-11

After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.

1900-01-16

The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.

1900-02-05

The United States and the United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal

1900-05-18

Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga

1901-09-26

Great Britain annexes the Ashanti Kingdom and places it under the governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana)

1904-02-22

The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.

1908-05-26

At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.

1910-05-06

George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

1911-06-22

King George V crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and all his realms and territories beyond the sea.

1913-10-14

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, an explosion claims 439 lives.

1913-11-26

Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers

1915-05-26

H. H. Asquith forms a coalition government in the United Kingdom

1916-11-05

Emperors Wilhelm II (Germany) and Franz Jozef I (Austria-Hungary) establish the kingdom of Poland

1918-04-01

United Kingdom: the Royal Air Force is created from the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps.

1918-11-07

Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

1918-11-26

The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.

1918-11-28

Bucovina voted for the union with the Kingdom of Romania.

1918-12-01

Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade

1919-05-29

The Republic of Prekmurje founded - a short-lived, unrecognised state, which on June 6, 1919 was incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed "Yugoslavia" in 1929).

1920-03-01

Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy

1920-12-13

Netherland breaks contact with kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slavia

1922-10-23

Conservative Andrew Bonar Law forms government in United Kingdom

1928-05-07

The United Kingdom lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21

1928-09-01

Albania becomes a kingdom, with Zogu I as king

1929-10-03

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia

1932-01-12

Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom," premieres in NYC

1932-09-23

Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1934-05-01

Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert

1937-05-28

Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1938-01-17

Joseph P. Kennedy becomes the 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom

1941-03-04

The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, during World War II.

1941-04-17

World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.

1944-09-23

Proclamation No. 30 was issued, declaring the existence of a state of war between the Philippines and the United States and the United Kingdom

1944-11-25

World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.

1945-03-04

In the United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, joins the British Auxiliary Transport Service as a driver.

1946-08-17

George Orwell publishes "Animal Farm" in the United Kingdom

1947-07-10

Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor General of Pakistan by then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee.

1950-12-28

The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

1951-12-24

United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via UN

1952-02-08

Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom

1953-08-19

The democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the United Kingdom (under the name 'Operation Boot') and the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project)

1954-12-15

Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands

1954-12-29

Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands & Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being

1957-02-16

The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television closedown between 6.00pm and 7.00pm was abolished in the United Kingdom.

1958-06-09

HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.

1959-11-02

The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway

1960-02-08

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

1960-10-30

Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

1962-10-09

Uganda becomes independent from the United Kingdom

1963-01-06

"Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC

1963-03-27

Beeching axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.

1964-09-21

Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1965-02-18

The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1967-11-05

The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.

1968-08-28

Gerry Fitt, MP, tables a House of Commons motion criticising Royal Ulster Constabulary action in Dungannon on 24 August 1968 and demands that: "citizens of Northern Ireland should be allowed the same rights of peaceful demonstration as those in other parts of the United Kingdom"

1969-03-19

The 385 metre tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build- up.

1969-10-14

The United Kingdom introduces the 50p (fifty-pence) coin, replacing the ten-shilling note, in anticipation of currency decimalisation in 1971.

1971-04-01

United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership

1972-06-13

The Irish Republican Army invites Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Whitelaw to 'Free Derry'; Whitelaw rejects offer and reaffirms his policy to not "let part of the United Kingdom ... default from the rule of law"

1972-06-13

The Irish Republican Army invites Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Whitelaw to 'Free Derry'; Whitelaw rejects offer and reaffirms his policy to not "let part of the United Kingdom ... default from the rule of law"

1972-10-30

The Northern Ireland Office issues a discussion document 'The Future of Northern Ireland'; the paper states Britain's commitment to the union as long as the majority of people wish to remain part of the United Kingdom

1976-06-29

The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

1977-06-11

Main Street Electrical Parade premieres in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World

1979-05-04

Margaret Thatcher 1st woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1983-04-21

1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom

1986-10-12

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China

1986-10-27

The United Kingdom government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.

1988-05-24

Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom (prohibiting promotion of homosexuality). Repealed 2001/2004

1989-03-08

Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)

1989-03-09

Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)

1989-08-16

Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich

1990-04-11

Customs officers in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.

1993-04-30

Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.

1994-03-28

BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom

1995-12-30

The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982.

1997-09-11

After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom.

1998-04-22

Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

1998-08-24

First RFID human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.

1998-11-09

Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.

1998-11-26

Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.

1998-12-16

Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox - the United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq.

1999-06-02

The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time.

1999-12-02

The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.

2000-04-22

The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.

2000-06-21

Section 28 (outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom) is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

2002-06-10

The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.

2002-07-07

A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.

2002-10-30

British Digital terrestrial television (DTT) Service Freeview begins transmitting in parts of the United Kingdom.

2003-09-18

The United Kingdom's Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, receives Royal Assent.

2004-07-21

The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's armed forces.

2005-05-05

The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair's Labour Party is re-elected for a third consecutive term.

2005-12-05

The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.

2006-01-12

The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council.

2006-04-01

The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is created in the United Kingdom.

2006-08-10

Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes.

2006-11-11

The New Zealand war memorial monument was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.

2007-01-18

The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. Other losses include the Container Ship MSC Napoli destroyed by the storm off the coast of Devon, England.

2007-06-01

Smoking is banned from United Kingdom's public places.

2007-06-25

2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flood including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull.

2007-06-27

Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

2007-10-01

Most of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 came into force in the United Kingdom.

2007-12-20

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.

2009-04-30

The United Kingdom formally ends combat operations in Iraq.

2011-03-30

The global credit information group Experian highlight in a report that the economic recovery for Wales is slower than the rest of the UK, stating a forecasted growth of 1.6% per year over the next decade as compared to 2.2% for the rest of the United Kingdom

2011-05-07

137th Kentucky Derby: John Velazquez aboard Animal Kingdom wins in 2:02.04

2012-02-15

United Kingdom unemployment rate reaches 17 year high of 8.4%

2012-03-09

Senior members of hacking group Lulz Sec are arrested, including one member of the FBI, in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland

2012-04-25

The United Kingdom dips back into recession after the economy shrank 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012

2013-03-11

Falkland Islands' sovereignty referendum: 99.8% choose to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom

2013-03-29

American horse, Animal Kingdom, wins the 2013 Dubai World Cup

2013-04-25

The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years

2014-09-18

Scotland votes 'NO' in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom

1598-12-07

Giovanni Bernini, Naples, Kingdom of Naples, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy), (d. 1680)

1729-05-02

Catherine the Great [Catherine II], Stettin, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, Empress of Russia (1762-96)

1737-05-02

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)

1738-04-14

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1783, 1807-09) Dies 1809.

1750-12-10

Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)

1762-08-12

King George IV of the United Kingdom (1820-30)

1765-08-21

William IV of the United Kingdom (1830-37)

1768-11-08

Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840)

1770-05-22

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)

1777-11-02

Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)

1779-03-15

Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)

1783-08-07

Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810)

1792-08-13

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)

1806-04-09

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer

1843-04-25

Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1878)

1843-07-07

Camillo Golgi, Corteno, Kingdom of Lombardy—Venetia, Austrian Empire, Italian physician and medical researcher (Nobel Prize in Medicine-1906), (d. 1926)

1846-05-25

Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923)

1852-09-12

Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (L, 1908-16), (d. 1928)

1867-05-26

Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)

1868-07-06

Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)

1871-03-26

Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1922)

1871-12-19

Major General Bogomoletz, Into Her Kingdom

1873-07-09

Wilbert Leroy Cosper, The Kingdom of Human Hearts

1875-07-25

Jim Corbett, India: Kingdom of the Tiger

1876-01-21

Z. Wall Covington, The Kingdom Within

1882-09-19

Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965)

1883-07-29

Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Forli Kingdom of Italy, Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43), (d. 1945)

1885-9-27

Stella Arbenina, The Secret Kingdom

1888-01-19

Cécile Didier, The Night Is My Kingdom

1888-02-13

Heintje Davids, A Kingdom for a Horse

1888-06-03

Alexander Ikonnikov, Into Her Kingdom

1888-11-08

Leokadia Pancewicz-Leszczynska, Love or a Kingdom

1890-07-09

Hy Heath, Moonrise Kingdom

1890-10-02

Boothe Howard, Undersea Kingdom

1890-12-22

Harry Pollitt, Droylsden United Kingdom, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain

1891-06-14

John Rathmell, Undersea Kingdom

1891-12-27

Artur Kwiatkowski, Love or a Kingdom

1893-01-23

Jan Hajduga, Love or a Kingdom

1894-05-19

Edgar Lyons, Undersea Kingdom

1895-12-14

King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952) Reigned 1936-52.

1905-03-28

Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)

1905-03-28

Marlin Perkins, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

1907-08-14

Lois Wilde, Undersea Kingdom

1907-12-08

Frans Van Schaik, A Kingdom for a Horse

1908-05-02

Tiny Lavell, A Kingdom for a Horse

1913-02-13

Helen Oakley Dance, Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing

1913-03-06

Pierre Gérin, The Night Is My Kingdom

1913-07-15

Hammond Innes, Campbell's Kingdom

1913-07-31

Rose Stradner, The Keys of the Kingdom

1913-10-28

Nancy Caswell, The Kingdom of Love

1913-11-22

Benjamin Britten, Moonrise Kingdom

1913-9-13

Roy Engel, Kingdom of the Spiders

1914-08-26

Witold Zacharewicz, Love or a Kingdom

1915-05-20

Ralph Holmes, Undersea Kingdom

1915-10-04

Robert Lavelle, Eyes on the Prize II (Parts VII & VIII): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement

1916-09-28

Lord Cockfield, Horsham, United Kingdom, British politician (European Commissioner)

1918-08-25

Leonard Bernstein, Moonrise Kingdom

1920-01-20

Federico Fellini, Rimini, Kingdom of Italy, film director and scriptwriter (8 1/2, La Dolce Vita)

1920-10-04

Jane Ball, The Keys of the Kingdom

1921-01-27

Bob Godfrey, Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel)

1922-05-19

David McLean, Kingdom of the Spiders

1922-07-17

Danny Bank, Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing

1924-08-17

Bettie Bolling, Kingdom of the Spiders

1924-10-28

Edward Kean, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1925-08-07

Felice Bryant, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1926-04-21

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, London UK, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, 1952- )

1926-12-10

Harry Fowler, Lambeth, London, actor (Great: Isambard Kingdom Brunel), (d. 2012)

1928-07-01

Bobby Day, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1928-09-14

Sir Angus Ogilvy, London, United Kingdom, husband of English princess Alexandra

1928-12-06

Roberto Pregadio, The Kingdom of Naples

1929-03-30

Shirley Doble, Youth for the Kingdom

1929-08-02

Lord Waddington [David Charles], Burnley, United Kingdom, British politician (Governor of Bermuda)

1929-12-03

Rod Allin, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

1929-12-20

John 'Bud' Cardos, Kingdom of the Spiders

1932-01-01

John Anthony West, The Old Kingdom and the Still Older Kingdom

1932-04-09

Jim Fowler, Albany Ga, naturalist (Wild Kingdom)

1932-06-17

John Murtha, Bring 'Em Home Murtha/The Hermit Kingdom/Felicity

1934-05-26

Richard Gwyn, Better as a United Kingdom?

1937-05-10

Khatam Faiziyev, Women Kingdom

1939-01-09

Susannah York, London, United Kingdom, English actress (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Superman)

1939-08-10

Hezi Saddik, The Kingdom

1939-11-24

Eunice Soo-Hoo, The Keys of the Kingdom

1943-04-28

Jacques Dutronc, Moonrise Kingdom

1943-05-30

Dino Mele, The Kingdom of Naples

1943-08-14

Wolf Wondratschek, The Kingdom of Naples

1945-06-14

Rod Argent, St Albans United Kingdom, rock musician (The Zombies, Argent)

1946-06-15

Noddy Holder, Walsall United Kingdom, rock vocalist/guitarist (Slade- Cum On Feel The Noize)

1946-08-14

Tom Walkinshaw, United Kingdom

1946-11-30

Jacqueline Shearer, The Keys to the Kingdom: 1974-1980

1947-02-06

Tiffany Bolling, Kingdom of the Spiders

1947-06-11

Portia Maultsby, Eyes on the Prize II (Parts VII & VIII): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement

1947-08-16

Martin Howells, The Key to the Kingdom

1948-07-21

Teruzane Utada, Kingdom Hearts II

1949-02-19

Eddie Hardin, London, United Kingdom, English rock pianist and singer (Spencer Davis Group)

1951-04-25

Ian McCartney, Kirkintilloch, United Kingdom, British MP (1987-2010)

1951-05-08

Åsa Melldahl, Riket är ditt: Thine Is the Kingdom

1952-02-29

Flávio R. Tambellini, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1953-9-07

Marc Hunter, Animal Kingdom

1954-07-26

Carlos Linares, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1955-07-02

Andrew Divoff, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1956-02-23

Pedro Fraile, Kingdom of Heaven

1956-11-27

Roko Takizawa, Kingdom Hearts II

1957-06-05

Yusup Razykov, Women Kingdom

1958-03-23

Peter O'Dougherty, Animal Kingdom

1958-08-06

Marco Sacerdoti, Kingdom of Heaven

1960-12-20

Carolyn Seaward, Devonshire England, Miss United Kingdom (1979)

1960-9-14

Oleg Botin, Kingdom of Heaven

1961-08-17

Takashi Aoyagi, Kingdom Hearts II

1961-09-28

Quentin Kawananakoa, pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii

1962-08-26

Roger Kingdom, US 60m hurdler (world record)

1962-10-26

Roger Kingdom, Vienna Ga, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)

1963-02-10

Philip Glenister, Kingdom of Heaven

1963-03-03

Duncan Thompson, Animal Kingdom

1963-07-11

Gene Warren III, Moonrise Kingdom

1964-03-20

Natacha Atlas, Kingdom of Heaven

1964-11-22

Ilia Volok, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1964-9-12

Angela Laprete, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1965-04-22

Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom

1965-06-12

Kieran Darcy-Smith, Animal Kingdom

1965-10-03

Tom Bresnahan, The Kingdom

1965-10-08

Igor Jijikine, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1965-10-31

Giedrius Nagys, Kingdom of Heaven

1965-11-21

Alexander Siddig, Kingdom of Heaven

1966-01-21

William E. Johnson III, The Kingdom

1966-05-06

Amy Hunter, The Kingdom

1966-05-18

Jeanet Keil, The Kingdom

1966-9-12

Khaled Nabawy, Kingdom of Heaven

1967-02-16

Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1967-10-03

Eriq Ebouaney, Kingdom of Heaven

1968-01-12

Juan Jesús García, Kingdom of Heaven

1968-05-14

Stéphane Weibel, The 10th Kingdom

1968-10-08

Lelia Ciubotaru, The Secret Kingdom

1969-02-05

Michael Sheen, Kingdom of Heaven

1969-06-14

Steven Komito, Kingdom Come

1969-07-17

Neil Howard, Forever Kingdom

1969-10-10

Mona Telega, The Secret Kingdom

1970-01-22

Alex Ross, American comic book painter (Marvels, Kingdom Come)

1970-01-31

Minnie Driver, London, United Kingdom, British actress and singer-songwriter (Good Will Hunting, The Riches)

1970-12-01

Jouko Ahola, Kingdom of Heaven

1971-04-09

Kingdom James, 1PW: No Turning Back Fanslam - Up Close with Bret Hart

1971-08-22

Timothy R. Boyce Jr., Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1971-12-09

Carl Rice, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1972-01-06

Alena Garetovskaya, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1972-08-29

Slava Samuchov, Kingdom of Heaven

1972-12-03

Ronni Ebel, Broken Kingdom

1973-03-07

Alex O'Dogherty, Kingdom of Heaven

1973-9-14

Deniz Salman, Paddle Pop Adventures 2: Journey Into the Kingdom

1973-9-26

Mizuki Sano, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen

1974-01-06

Cherry Brewer, The 10th Kingdom: The Making of an Epic

1974-03-11

Daisuke Watanabe, Kingdom Hearts II

1974-10-24

Michael Nollet, Kingdom of Heaven

1974-11-10

Kanoko, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen

1975-04-17

Marika Hayashi, Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

1975-06-28

Julie Garren, Kingdom Come

1975-07-21

Nana Suzuki, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen

1975-10-12

David U. Lee, The Forbidden Kingdom

1976-05-04

Anza Oyama, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen

1976-10-03

Eric Wong, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1977-01-08

Justin Cowden, Kingdom Hearts II

1977-02-07

Ayako Morino, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen

1977-04-20

Jorge Galocha, Kingdom of Heaven

1977-05-11

Justin Rosniak, Animal Kingdom

1977-05-23

Chris Corrado, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1977-12-15

Afton Grant, Moonrise Kingdom

1977-12-25

Tomas Schönfeldt, Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road

1977-9-21

Anthony Hayes, Animal Kingdom

1978-03-13

Victor Jenkins, The Last Kingdom

1978-07-06

Yagmur Kaplan, The Forbidden Kingdom

1978-07-08

Richelle Devereaux-Murray, Moonrise Kingdom

1978-10-31

Chris Primero, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1978-11-08

Lars Bergman, Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road

1978-9-27

Dane McMaster, Kingdom of Hope: The Making of 'Kingdom of Heaven'

1979-02-04

Luke Doolan, Animal Kingdom

1979-03-09

Natascha Maksimovic, Kingdom of Heaven

1979-10-07

Kavita Parbhakar, The Kingdom

1979-11-05

Romi Dames, Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom

1979-11-09

Christopher Carbone, Wolves from Another Kingdom

1979-11-23

Peter Dudgeon, Moonrise Kingdom

1979-12-12

Joanna St. Clair, The Kingdom

1979-9-15

Søren Helding Madsen, The Kingdom

1980-05-06

Adam Courier, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1980-05-21

Morgan Benoit, The Forbidden Kingdom

1980-06-04

Michael J. Jacyna, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1980-06-05

Yasmine Hanani, The Kingdom

1980-9-07

Dennis Nusbaum, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1981-01-19

Somayyeh Rahnemun, The Kingdom of Solomon

1981-01-25

Adam Evanko, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

1981-06-28

Jason Soule, The Kingdom

1981-08-20

Mariam Lee Abounouom, Kingdom of Heaven

1982-07-21

Patrick Rule, Broken Kingdom

1982-08-11

Emily Jade Barr, Animal Kingdom

1983-04-04

Saleem Hassan Erakat, The Kingdom

1983-04-26

Ryan Bradley, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1983-06-08

Jesilyn Figueroa, The Kingdom

1983-11-11

Raz Cunningham, Moonrise Kingdom

1984-06-22

Ryan Bevilacqua, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1984-11-18

Sully Cortez, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1985-03-20

Drew Hoffman, The Kingdom

1985-04-27

Colin Bannon, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1985-08-16

James Saunders, Animal Kingdom

1986-05-02

Thomas McDonell, The Forbidden Kingdom

1986-05-21

Courtney Perkins, Moonrise Kingdom

1986-06-28

Iya Villania, Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom

1986-08-29

Melissa Anne, Cattle Decapitation: Kingdom of Tyrants

1987-01-04

Thomas E. Marsh Jr., The Kingdom

1987-01-30

Edward Bursch, Moonrise Kingdom

1987-05-25

Alan Gomez, The North Kingdom

1987-08-25

Yifei Liu, The Forbidden Kingdom

1988-02-01

Lea Herman, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1988-06-13

Reece Noi, My Kingdom

1988-12-24

Michael Spaziani, Kingdom Coming

1989-02-12

Risa Uchida, Kingdom Hearts II

1989-03-13

James Peniata, Atomic Kingdom: Revolution

1990-08-04

Chet Hanks, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1991-07-20

Scout LaRue Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

1991-12-10

Timothy Mendonça, Moonrise Kingdom

1992-03-10

Sawyer Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1995-05-10

Alex Milne, Moonrise Kingdom

1997-12-07

Tommy Nelson, Moonrise Kingdom

1998-03-03

Jack Hartman, Moonrise Kingdom

1998-11-17

Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom

1998-9-18

Tyler Metivier, Moonrise Kingdom

1998-9-24

Chandler Frantz, Moonrise Kingdom

1999-07-07

Hope Fogle, The Kingdom

1999-10-14

Daniel Roche, Animal Kingdom

1999-11-17

Ida Février, Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

1999-9-19

Tj Burnett, The Kingdom

1761-09-08

Marriage of George III of the United Kingdom to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte).

1914-10-07

44th US Ambassador to the United Kingdom Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (26) weds John F. Fitzgerald's mother, Rose Fitzgerald (24)

1996-09-04

Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft (44) weds musician and musical director Colin Freeman (30) at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, United Kingdom

2006-04-08

Two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish gypsy singer Rosario Flores (42) weds "Kingdom of Heaven" first assistant director Pedro Lazaga on a small village Canos de Meca in Cadiz, Spain

2011-12-30

Scottish actor David Tennant (40) weds actress Georgia Moffett (27) in London, United Kingdom

1620-03-09

Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59

1764-10-02

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1805-05-07

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)

1809-10-30

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)

1812-05-11

Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)

1820-01-29

King George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738). Reigned 1760-1820.

1828-12-04

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)

1834-01-12

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)

1837-06-20

William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)

1845-07-17

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)

1849-12-02

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)

1859-01-28

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)

1859-09-15

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (b. 1806)

1878-05-28

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)

1891-12-17

Msiri, ruler of the Garanganze Kingdom, Congo (Katanga), dies in battle against Belgian funded expedition

1891-12-17

Omer Bodson, Belgian captain, dies in battle against Msiri, ruler of Garanganze Kingdom in the Congo

1898-05-19

William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)

1926-12-10

Nikola Pašić, Kingdom of Serbia and Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes prime minister (b. 1845)

1928-02-15

Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (L, 1908-16) dies at 75

1936-10-04

Boothe Howard, Undersea Kingdom

1936-11-17

Alexander Ikonnikov, Into Her Kingdom

1941-09-25

Z. Wall Covington, The Kingdom Within

1943-02-16

Witold Zacharewicz, Love or a Kingdom

1944-08-25

Jan Hajduga, Love or a Kingdom

1944-10-26

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)

1945-11-15

Ralph Holmes, Undersea Kingdom

1948-04-10

Wilbert Leroy Cosper, The Kingdom of Human Hearts

1950-04-04

Edgar Lyons, Undersea Kingdom

1951-06-06

Major General Bogomoletz, Into Her Kingdom

1952-01-26

Horace Jackson, The Animal Kingdom

1954-02-08

Jan Maklakiewicz, Love or a Kingdom

1954-10-03

Terry Spencer, The Animal Kingdom

1955-03-22

Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)

1955-04-19

Jim Corbett, India: Kingdom of the Tiger

1958-07-04

Gonzalo Curiel, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1958-09-27

Rose Stradner, The Keys of the Kingdom

1961-03-29

Richard Fantl, Undersea Kingdom

1964-05-15

Vladko Maček, Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (b. 1879)

1964-08-13

Peter Anthony Allen is the last person executed (for murder) in England and United Kingdom at Walton Prison, Liverpool

1965-04-03

Hy Heath, Moonrise Kingdom

1965-05-22

Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b. 1882)

1967-02-18

Dragiša Cvetković, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister (b. 1893)

1970-06-03

H G Hjalmar Schacht, pres Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies

1978-12-28

John Rathmell, Undersea Kingdom

1980-06-25

Tiny Lavell, A Kingdom for a Horse

1980-12-29

Roy Engel, Kingdom of the Spiders

1981-09-01

Ann Harding, The Animal Kingdom

1981-09-02

Janko Ravnik, In the Kingdom of the Goldhorn

1982-07-01

Leni Stengel, The Animal Kingdom

1982-12-29

Pierre Gérin, The Night Is My Kingdom

1983-12-27

Seweryn Steinwurzel, Love or a Kingdom

1985-01-06

Bettie Bolling, Kingdom of the Spiders

1985-01-18

Frankie Marvin, Undersea Kingdom

1985-11-13

Juan Arvizu, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1986-02-17

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90

1986-03-14

Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80

1986-06-14

Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81

1986-06-14

Marlin Perkins, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

1987-02-02

Nancy Caswell, The Kingdom of Love

1987-06-25

Boudleaux Bryant, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1988-01-31

Shirley Doble, Youth for the Kingdom

1990-01-04

Frans Van Schaik, A Kingdom for a Horse

1990-07-27

Bobby Day, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1990-10-14

Leonard Bernstein, Moonrise Kingdom

1993-11-26

Jacqueline Shearer, The Keys to the Kingdom: 1974-1980

1994-06-14

Frans Nienhuis, A Kingdom for a Horse

1995-02-16

Lois Wilde, Undersea Kingdom

1995-10-12

David McLean, Kingdom of the Spiders

1996-03-08

Si-Lan Chen, The Keys of the Kingdom

1998-06-10

Hammond Innes, Campbell's Kingdom

1998-07-17

Marc Hunter, Animal Kingdom

1999-04-01

Charles F. Calhoun, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2001-05-27

Helen Oakley Dance, Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing

2002-02-09

Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. 1930)

2002-03-30

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother of the United Kingdom, dies at 101

2002-08-20

Rod Allin, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

2003-04-22

Felice Bryant, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2005-03-26

James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)

2005-07-17

Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)

2005-12-07

Lucy d'Abreu, was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from April 2004 until her death (b. 1892)

2005-12-09

Jane Ball, The Keys of the Kingdom

2010-02-08

John Murtha, Bring 'Em Home Murtha/The Hermit Kingdom/Felicity

2010-03-27

Robert Lavelle, Eyes on the Prize II (Parts VII & VIII): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement

2010-06-05

Danny Bank, Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing

2010-08-13

Edward Kean, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2010-11-15

Roberto Pregadio, The Kingdom of Naples

2010-12-12

Tom Walkinshaw, United Kingdom

2013-02-21

Bob Godfrey, Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel)

2013-05-07

Khatam Faiziyev, Women Kingdom