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'Act of Satisfaction' for distribution of forfeited lands in Ireland
1653
'Animal electricity' discovered
1786
'Big Brother' movement
1925
'Big Sword' society broken by Chinese authorities
1896
'Black List' of firms in neutral countries issued
1916
'Bloody Sunday' at Socialist meeting in Trafalgar Square
1887
'Bloody Week' in Paris ends with defeat of the Commune
1871
'Book of Sports' allowed on Sundays
1633
'British' Bechuanaland is annexed to Cape Colony
1895
'Chambers of Reunion' meet at Metz, Breisach, Besançon and Tournai
1679
'Chicago 7' found not guilty
1970
'Darnel's case' sees five imprisoned Englishmen plead for release
1627
'Defenestration of Prague' starts the Thirty Years War
1618
'Dirty Wars' commence in Argentina
1976
'English Armada:' Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norris undertake an expedition to Portugal
1589
'Four Bills' are presented to King by Parliament but rejected
1647
'Gang of Four' denounced and arrested
1976
'Iran-Contra' arms revelations
1986
'Jenkins' Ear' debate in Parliament urging war on Spain
1738
'June Days' in France, where thousands of Paris workmen are killed
1848
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