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Heads of state throughout the world and at all periods of history may be ranked according to characteristics such as length of time holding that position; age of accession or death; or physical attributes. World records in these characteristics may be identified, though the historical basis for such claims is frequently uncertain.
A group of knights answering to the Erembald family Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah: Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate: October 7, 1130: Cairo: Fatimid Caliphate: team of 7 rafiqs from the Order of Assassins: Al-Mustarshid: Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate: August 29, 1135: Maragheh or Hamadan: Abbasid Caliphate: team of rafiqs from the Order of Assassins ...
July 17: Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. August 2: The Second Congo War begins. August 7: Kenya and Tanzania bombings. August 15: Omagh bombing. September 4: Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
The Spanish Flu, the second deadliest pandemic in history after the bubonic plague, along with the aftermath of World War I and ensuing political and social chaos, made 1918 a tough time to be alive.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
25 world leaders and dictators when they were young. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. USA TODAY.
Preußenschlag in the Free State of Prussia in the Weimar Republic: Chancellor Franz von Papen successfully took over the Free State of Prussia, the largest constituent state of the Weimar Republic, by using an emergency decree issued by President Paul von Hindenburg. Mäntsälä Rebellion in Finland: An attempted coup by the Lapua Movement failed.
His history in power includes some unsavory highlights, including being ruler when Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a former Saudi royal insider who became a critic of the regime of ...