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3114

According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Mayan calendar

49

Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.

312-09-24

Start of Imperial Indication

313-01-01

Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction

462-09-01

Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.

463-07-16

Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius

532-07-19

Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle

1054-07-16

Three Roman legates fracture relations between Western and Eastern Christian churches by placing invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Often dated as start of the East-West Schism.

1150-03-25

Tichborne family of Hampshire England start tradition of giving gallon of flour to residents to keep deathbed promise

1271-12-18

Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China.

1429-06-11

Hundred Years' War: The start of the Battle of Jargeau.

1548-05-11

Start of great fire in Brielle

1715-04-15

Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.

1753-05-01

Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

1787-10-27

Federalist letters start appearing in New York newspapers

1812-09-14

Napoleon occupies Moscow & fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th)

1815-02-26

Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France

1826-04-10

The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.

1849-07-20

Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield

1860-06-07

Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, SF

1863-08-01

Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas; start of Chattanooga campaign

1867-02-01

Bricklayers start working 8-hour days

1873-09-18

Government bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St, the start of the panic of 1873 and the Long depression

1874-07-12

Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Gloria Scott" (BG)

1879-10-02

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" (BG)

1881-04-27

Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad

1883-04-06

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band" (BG)

1884-05-29

1st steam cable trams start in highgate

1886-10-06

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient" (BG)

1886-10-08

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor" (BG)

1886-10-12

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" (BG)

1887-04-14

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)

1887-09-30

Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG)

1887-10-18

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)

1887-11-19

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" (BG)

1887-12-27

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle" (BG)

1888-01-07

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)

1888-03-20

Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure "A Scandal in Bohemia"

1888-04-07

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face" (BG)

1888-05-12

Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale

1888-09-12

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" (BG)

1888-09-18

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" (BG)

1888-09-25

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Hound of Baskervilles" (BG)

1889-03-12

Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth

1889-04-05

Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of Copper Beeches" (BG)

1889-06-08

Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Boscombe Valley Mystery" (BG)

1889-06-15

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Stockbroker's Clerk" (BG)

1889-06-19

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip"

1889-07-30

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Naval Treaty" (BG)

1889-08-31

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Cardboard Box" (BG)

1889-09-07

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb" (BG)

1889-09-11

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Crooked Man" (BG)

1890-03-24

Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG)

1890-08-25

Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford washed out

1890-09-25

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" (BG)

1890-10-09

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League"

1890-12-19

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet" (BG)

1891-04-24

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"

1894-04-05

Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of Empty House" (BG)

1894-11-14

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)

1895-04-05

Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of 3 Students" (BG)

1895-04-13

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Solitary Cyclist" (BG)

1895-07-03

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" (BG)

1895-08-20

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder" (BG)

1895-11-21

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG)

1896-11-19

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Sussex Vampire" (BG)

1896-12-08

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)

1897-01-23

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG)

1897-03-09

Indians fans start calling the team "Indians" (in 1915 becomes official)

1897-03-16

Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)

1898-07-27

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men" (BG)

1898-07-28

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Retired Colourman"(BG)

1899-01-05

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)

1900-06-08

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 6 Napoleons" (BG)

1900-08-19

Start of the one & only olympic cricket match, in Paris

1900-10-04

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge" (BG)

1901-05-16

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" (BG)

1902-04-28

Using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar preceded by the Julian calendar, the one billionth minute since the start of January 1, Year Zero occurs at 10:40 AM on this date.

1902-05-06

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (BG)

1902-06-26

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Garidebs" (BG)

1902-07-01

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (BG)

1902-09-03

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"

1902-09-24

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle" (BG)

1902-10-13

President Roosevelt threatens to start using army troops to work coal mines struck since 12 may; this brings the owners to agree to abide by a Commission of Arbitration

1903-01-07

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG)

1903-05-26

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Three Gables" (BG)

1903-09-06

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man" (BG)

1908-07-07

The Democratic Party meets in Denver at the start of their convention; William Jennings Bryan is nominated as presidential nominee

1909-08-24

Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal

1910-11-04

Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust). It rained

1914-07-14

NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep

1915-07-18

Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs

1917-08-14

China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I

1918-03-08

The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.

1918-04-27

Giants' 9-0 winning start & Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped

1919-11-12

Ross & Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia

1921-05-02

Start of 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper Silesia

1928-11-06

Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.

1929-10-24

"Black Thursday", start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%

1930-01-05

Mao Zedong writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"

1930-12-12

Start of the 1st Australia v West Indies Test (at Adelaide)

1931-09-30

Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

1936-04-23

Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win

1937-09-06

Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.

1938-07-08

Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout

1939-09-05

FDR declares US neutrality at start of WW II in Europe

1940-09-19

Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.

1941-04-20

Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps

1941-07-13

World War II: Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).

1943-01-05

Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II

1945-05-19

Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services

1946-05-01

Start of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.

1946-12-26

Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)

1948-08-03

Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start & goes 7 innings

1949-05-02

Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0

1949-05-27

Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"

1953-05-06

Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0

1956-09-30

White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses)

1962-04-22

NY Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season

1962-04-22

Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season

1962-05-01

Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start

1964-09-21

Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant

1967-06-05

Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent & 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible

1968-07-11

Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, 1st person to do so

1969-04-03

Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.

1969-09-23

Northern Star and Illinois Univ newspaper start rumors that Paul McCartney is dead

1969-10-24

Hanif, Mushtaq & Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together

1970-12-11

Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA, v England

1970-12-31

Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out

1971-02-27

Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.

1971-10-15

The start of the 2,500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.

1972-11-22

Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak

1972-12-27

LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak

1973-05-29

Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records

1973-10-16

Monks Heng Yo & Heng Ju, start 1000 mile SF to Seattle pilgrimage

1973-12-27

LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8

1974-06-11

Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief

1978-07-02

Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start

1978-07-19

Yanks start 14 game comeback with 2-0 win

1978-10-17

NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)

1978-11-04

Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)

1979-02-17

China invades Vietnam, marking the start of the Sino-Vietnamese War

1979-08-12

Iran press censors start massive book burnings

1979-10-14

Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3

1980-11-04

Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2)

1981-04-09

LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0

1981-04-18

Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game

1981-10-22

Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW v Queensland

1982-01-02

Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins

1982-10-03

Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm

1983-04-22

Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)

1984-05-11

Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)

1984-06-29

Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990

1984-06-29

USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI

1984-09-23

SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games

1985-04-28

Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season

1986-02-22

Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.

1986-09-28

Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)

1987-04-21

Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season

1987-05-27

Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young & Sutton)

1987-12-08

Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel

1988-04-20

Balt Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)

1989-02-03

Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ v Pak, washed out

1989-06-07

1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2

1989-07-06

Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game

1989-08-15

In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines

1989-10-14

Dave Stewart is 1st since 1976 to start consec World Series openers

1990-04-01

Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour

1990-04-21

Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history

1991-08-11

Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his 1st big league start

1992-04-18

Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)

1992-10-18

Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, v India at Harare

1993-12-02

Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start

1994-10-13

Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)

1995-04-02

Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26

1996-07-12

Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur

1996-12-18

Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England

1996-12-26

Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.

1997-03-04

Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia)

1998-05-06

Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.

2003-02-02

Russian pop girl duo Tatu start a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All The Things She Said'

2003-03-14

Start of weekend of protests against war in Iraq that are attended by millions

2003-06-18

Google launches AdSense, a program that enables website publishers to serve ads targeted to the specific content of their individual web pages, many of which like HistoryOrb.com go on to start their own publishing businesses

2004-07-04

The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)

2005-02-23

Vote of the controversial French law on colonialism, repealed start of 2006.

2008-04-16

Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States

2008-09-27

Greg Maddux wins his final start of his career (#355)

2008-11-14

Italy plunges into recession, its first since the start of 2005, after GDP contracts a steeper-than-expected 0.5% in the third quarter

2014-11-15

The parents of 43 Mexican students who disappeared start a nationwide bus tour in protest at the government's handling of the case

2016-03-21

Obama cheered in Havana at start of historic visit to Cuba

2016-06-03

Middle East peace talks to start in Paris

2016-09-23

Syrian army announces start of a new major offensive in Aleppo

2016-10-27

Cubs start fast, beat Indians in Game 2 to even up World Series

2017-03-21

UK to Start 'Brexit' on March 29 by Invoking Article 50

2017-06-06

50 years today since the start of the 1967 Middle East War

2018-01-01

North Korea's Kim says US will never start war against North

1842-10-14

Joe Start, American baseball player (d. 1927)

1889-9-21

Kissa von Sievers, Falscher Start

1896-01-01

Nathaniel Lief, Start Cheering

1907-9-25

Raymond Glendenning, Early Start

1909-05-14

Adolf Gerstung, Start 9.15 Uhr

1911-07-08

Gertrude Niesen, NY, actress (Start Cheering)

1912-02-03

Jack Roberts, Fresh Start

1913-10-15

Irene Shirley, Start the Music

1918-10-07

Harry Jaffa, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

1919-05-01

Eugeniusz Stawowski, First Start

1924-9-22

J. William Middendorf, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

1926-02-22

Bud Yorkin, Start the Revolution Without Me

1926-9-26

Bobby Shantz, Nola Promoted to AAA, Franco's Hot Start, Carlos Tocci, Bobby Shantz

1927-03-01

Robert Bork, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

1930-01-16

Norman Podhoretz, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

1931-05-28

Don Oberdorfer, To Start the World Again

1932-07-04

Bogdan Tuszynski, First Start

1934-07-20

M. Stanton Evans, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

1937-05-26

Colin Laverty, A Rough Start

1937-07-10

Slávo Záhradnik, A Fresh Start

1941-05-18

Dusan Lenci, A Fresh Start

1942-03-14

Klaus Schamberger, Ein guter Start

1942-11-21

Al Regnery, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

1943-12-14

R. Emmett Tyrrell, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

1952-08-27

Stevenson Palfi, Don't Start Me to Talking or I'll Tell Everything I Know: Sayings from the Life and Writings of Junebug Jabbo Jones

1955-07-01

Sandy Burgin, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1957-07-09

Thekla Mayhoff, Ein guter Start

1959-03-18

Jerry Sims, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1960-03-30

Steven Pinder, Fresh Start

1962-11-12

Brix Smith-Start, Episode #2.3

1962-9-28

Debra Beebe, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1970-02-18

Björn Casapietra, Start ins Glück

1971-02-02

Brett Whittingham, Start

1975-05-30

Andy Reaser, Could We Start Again, Please?

1976-01-05

Matt Wachter, Angels & Airwaves: Start the Machine

1978-02-11

Alexis Porter, Start

1978-9-28

Brendan Synnott, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1979-01-24

Stephen Fishbach, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1981-05-23

April Start,

1982-01-04

Matt Wood, Start Options Exit

1982-01-08

Romi Klinger, Fresh Start

1982-06-29

Joe Dowdle, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1982-08-01

Neil Rolland, Take It Back and Start All Over

1982-10-21

Erinn Lobdell, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1982-10-27

Carolina Eastwood, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1983-03-30

Jane F. Cox, Press Start 2 Continue

1984-05-11

Sydney Wheeler, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1984-06-23

James Thomas Jr., Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1984-9-19

Michael Magnus, Start a Band

1985-9-29

Sierra Reed, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1987-01-28

Hannah Greenwood, Start Options Exit

1988-01-23

Jeremy G. Woods, The Place to Start

1988-05-31

Lisa Bund, Big Brother - The Secret: Der Start

1989-02-07

Wendy Tabusalla, David and Anthony Start to Accomplish Their Secret Tasks

1989-12-20

Spencer Duhm, Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start

1990-03-21

Abid Virani, Start with Us

1991-02-25

Rie Amano, Great Way to Start a Relationship

1927-03-27

Joe Start, American baseball player (b. 1842)

1944-12-21

Nathaniel Lief, Start Cheering

1945-10-30

Georg Alexander, Falscher Start

1952-12-27

Adam Mikolajewski, First Start

1960-07-31

Janusz Jaron, First Start

1975-03-27

Gertrude Niesen, actress (Start Cheering), dies at 63

1980-03-13

Jack Roberts, Fresh Start

1985-08-13

Craig E. Earle, Start Cheering

1991-12-05

Slávo Záhradnik, A Fresh Start

1993-02-14

Irene Shirley, Start the Music

2001-01-06

Michal Rusinek, First Start

2005-12-14

Stevenson Palfi, Don't Start Me to Talking or I'll Tell Everything I Know: Sayings from the Life and Writings of Junebug Jabbo Jones

2012-09-30

Dusan Lenci, A Fresh Start

2012-12-19

Robert Bork, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

2013-02-09

Colin Laverty, A Rough Start

2015-01-10

Harry Jaffa, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

2015-03-03

M. Stanton Evans, William F. Buckley: Right from the Start

2015-07-23

Don Oberdorfer, To Start the World Again

2015-08-18

Bud Yorkin, Start the Revolution Without Me