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15,000,000,000 Years Ago = The ‘Big Bang’ (And so it begins…)

1582 = The Gregorian Calendar is created. (Ten Days Stolen…)

12 April 1606 = King James creates the Union Flag. (Evolution of the Union Jack)

1637 = Philippe de Champaigne paints a portrait of Cardinal Richelieu. (http://www.historiainfinitus.com/?p=107)

13 December 1795 = The Wold Newton Meteor strikes. (http://www.historiainfinitus.com/?p=67)

1801 = St. Patrick’s Cross added to the Union Flag. (Evolution of the Union Jack)

1829 = A bizarre series of shipwrecks takes place not far from Australia. (And you thought you had bad luck…)

12 August 1833 = City of Chicago incorporated. (Ten Days Stolen…)

1835 = The so-called Toledo War between Michigan and Ohio. (The Toledo War)

24 August 1853 = The potato chip is invented. (Happy Birthday to the Saratoga Chip)

31 August 1888 = Jack the Ripper murders Mary Ann Nichols. (http://www.historiainfinitus.com/?p=77)

1898 = Jack Brutus dies. (Picture for Today: Jack Brutus)

1899 = Winston Churchill is a reporter during the Boer War. He is captured by the Boer and held as a prisoner for some time before he manages to escape. (Churchill’s unintended holiday in Pretoria)

1904 = Russo-Japanese War begins. (Origins of the Great War)

1905 = Russo-Japanese War ends. (Origins of the Great War)

12 August 1908 = Construction first begins on the Model T. (Ten Days Stolen…)

17 September 1908 = First fatal airplane crash. (A Century Ago Today: 17 September 1908)

July 1911 = Second Moroccan Crisis. (Origins of the Great War)

September 1911 = Italo-Turkish War begins. (Origins of the Great War)

17 October 1912 = First Balkan War begins. (Origins of the Great War)

30 May 1913 = Treaty of London ends the First Balkan War. (Origins of the Great War)

29 June 1913 = Second Balkan War begins. (Origins of the Great War)

28 July 1914 = Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. (Origins of the Great War)

31 July 1914 = Germany declares war on Russia. (Origins of the Great War)

3 August 1914 = Germany declares war on France. (Origins of the Great War)

4 August 1914 = Britain declares war on Germany. (Origins of the Great War)

30 October 1914 = Beginning of the siege against the SMS Königsberg. (Longest Naval Battle in History)

11 July 1915 = End of the siege against the SMS Königsberg. (Longest Naval Battle in History)

1917 = J. Robert Conroy finds Stubby. (http://www.historiainfinitus.com/?p=81)

1918 = Sergeant Stubby on the Western Front. (http://www.historiainfinitus.com/?p=81)

1921 = General “Blackjack” Pershing pins a medal on Stubby. (http://www.historiainfinitus.com/?p=81)

1926 = Sergeant Stubby dies. (http://www.historiainfinitus.com/?p=81)

26 June 1963 = President John F. Kennedy gives his speech in Berlin. (I am a Jelly Doughnut)

2 September 1967 = The micronation of Sealand is founded. (A Brief History of Sealand)

1973 = The US Supreme court makes a decision in Michigan v. Ohio. (The Toledo War)

1978 = Coup on Sealand. (A Brief History of Sealand)

11 September 2001 = Terrorist attacks on the United States. (Remember 9/11)

June 2006 = Electrical fire on Sealand. (A Brief History of Sealand)

14 August 2008 = The Historia Infinitus MySpace page is created. (Now on MySpace)