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527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. [1]1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, [2] and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
Established on 2 January 1905, it was originally known as the Malay Residential School of Kuala Kangsar, also then formerly known as Maktab Melayu Kuala Kangsar in Malay. [1] The school was the brainchild of R J Wilkinson, inspector of schools for the Federated Malay States. In a letter to the resident-general dated 24 February 1904 he wrote ...
The Battle of Bab el Oued was principally a battle between the French Gendarmerie Mobile and the OAS Commando Delta.The French government forces used M8 Greyhound armoured cars to control the exits to the town whilst suspicious buildings were surveilled from the air by T-6 and T-28 aircraft departing from Boufarik Air Base.
1 First war (1861–1862) 2 Second war (1865) 3 Third war (1871–1872) 4 Fourth war and the Pangkor Treaty (1873–1874) 5 Aftermath. 6 See also. 7 References. 8 ...
The Báb was born on 20 October 1819 (1 Muharram 1235 AH/27 Mehr 1198 SH), in Shiraz to a middle-class merchant of the city and given the name ʿAlí Muḥammad. [24] He was a Sayyid , descendant of Muhammad , with both parents tracing their lineage through Husayn ibn Ali . [ 28 ]
The Shrine of the Báb is a structure on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh in the Baháʼí Faith, are buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Baháʼís, after the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh in Acre.
Bab al-Azizia (Arabic: باب العزيزية, romanized: Bāb al ‘Azīzīyah, [1] Libyan pronunciation: [bæːb əl ʕæziːˈzijjæ], lit. ' The Splendid Gate ' ) was a military barracks and compound situated in the southern suburbs of Tripoli , the capital of Libya .
[1] 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination. [2] 1110 – An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade. [3]