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2003 Althea Gibson, tennis/golf great, first black woman to win Wimbledon, dies at 76
2001 Mortimer Adler, "writer, ""Great Books"" editor", dies at 98 2001 "Willie ""Pops"" Stargell", baseball great/humanitarian, dies at 61 1999 Walter Payton, football great, dies at 45 1999 Wilt Chamberlain, "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63 1997 Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain, dies at 67 1997 Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16 1997 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great 1996 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 - 6 1996 Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1996 Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18 1995 Mickey Mantle, baseball great, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 63 1995 Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83 1995 Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67 1995 Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73 1995 James Herriot, Scottish author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78 1995 Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75 1994 Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62 1994 Barry Sullivan, actor (Great Gadsby), dies at 81 1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North sea 1994 Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36) 1993 Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 1992 Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien 1992 Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York 1992 Great British postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill 1992 Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood 1991 Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90 1990 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1990 Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies 1989 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1989 New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) 1989 Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82 1989 Lefty Gomez, pitching great (New York Yankees), dies at 80 1988 New York Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer 1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours 1987 France and Great Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1987 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1987 Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka 1986 [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1957 - 1963, dies at 92 1986 Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria 1985 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1985 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82 1984 Last sixpence minted in Great Britain (in use since 1551) 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday 1984 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34 1983 1st U.S. cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain 1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1983 James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75 1982 Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 1982 Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain 1982 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71 1982 Stringfellow Barr, U.S. educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85 1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs. WI 1981 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1980 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Miliza Korjus, actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71 1980 Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 1979 Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed 1979 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. The Great Satan 1979 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain 1978 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1) 1978 Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran 1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1978 Yankees win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year 1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test 1978 Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74 1977 Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games 1977 Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77 1976 Lindsay Page, Madison, Wisconsin, figure skater, 1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd 1976 Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79 1976 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great, dies at 80 1975 Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich 1975 Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54 1975 Brian Buetsch, born in Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes Sr champ 1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington 1974 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 Kevin Donovan, born in Des Plaines, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes-2nd 1973 Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67 1973 George Breakstone, actor and director (Great Expectations), dies at 53 1972 Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain 1972 Amanda Lynn Granrud, Great Falls Montana, Miss America-Montana 1996 1972 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 Dan Hollander, Royal Oak, Michigan, figure skater, 1996 Great Lakes champ 1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1972 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons 1972 Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater 1994 Olympics 1971 "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 7 performances 1971 "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances 1971 NHL great Gordie Howe retires 1971 Billy Gilbert, U.S. actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76 1971 Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 1971 Chris Young, Penn, actor, Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors 1970 Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990 1970 Amy Beth Keller, Great Bend Kansas, Miss America, Kansas-Top 10-1996 1970 Missy Gold, born in Great Falls, Montana, actress, Katie-Benson 1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 1970 Blaz Arnic, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century, dies at 69 1969 T Agee and Ed Kranepool home run, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0 1969 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win 1969 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 1968 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823 1968 Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City 1968 Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art" 1968 "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 1967 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 147-118 1967 Great Western Forum opens in LA 1967 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies 1967 Clement R Attlee, premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84 1967 Uganda declares independence from Great Britain 1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1966 Allan Donald, cricketer, great South African fast bowler 1965 Great Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH 1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales) 1965 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address 1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion 1964 Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993- 1964 Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of East Germany 1964 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson presents "Great Society" 1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" 1964 Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars 1964 France and Great Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel 1963 U.S., U.S.S.R. and Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 1963 Great Train Robbery - 2.5 M pounds ($3.25 M) robbed 1963 Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12 1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket 1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain 1963 Stephen McGann, Liverpool England, actor, Catherine the Great 1962 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1962 Great Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde 1962 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83 1961 Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries 1961 Ty Cobb, baseball great, Detroit Tigers, dies of cancer at 74 1961 Wayne Gretzky, Brantford, Ontario, NHL great scorer, Oiler, King, Rangers 1961 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain 1960 Jack Russell, rocker, Great White-Twice Shy 1960 Gus Logie, cricketer, WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder 1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland 1960 Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres 1960 Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1959 William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42 1959 Great Britain starts using postal codes 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping 1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1959 Franklyn Stephenson, cricketer, great all-rounder 1959 Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92 1958 Kriss Akabusi, Great Britain, 4X400 runner 1984 Olympics silver 1958 Warner Fabian, S Adams, U.S. author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87 1958 KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, Montana (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Great Britain issues regional stamps for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1958 Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) 1957 Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981 1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 Great Yatsu, wrestler, NJPW/WCCW/WWF 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1956 Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain 1955 Ian Botham, cricketer, all time great all-rounder Extrovert 1955 Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut 1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike 1955 U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain 1955 Buster Mottram, born in Kingston upon Thames, in south-west London, English tennis player, ranked 15th best tennis player in the world, represented Great Britain in Davis Cup eight times 1954 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs 1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized 1954 U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO 1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, Montana (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia 1953 Mary, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dies at 85 1953 Chaka Khan, born in Great Lakes, Illinois, rocker, Rufus-I am Every Woman 1952 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia 1952 Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion) 1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa 1951 Great Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract 1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91 1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle 1950 Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government 1950 Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer, great Aussie fast bowler 1972 - 1985 1950 Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time 1950 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances 1950 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances 1950 U.S. and Great Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime 1948 Roy Dyson, born in Great Mills, Maryland, Representative-D-Maryland 1981 - 1991 1948 Great Kabuki, Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera, wrestler, NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS 1948 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain 1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates 1948 Carole Drinkwater, actress, Father, All Creatures Great and Small 1948 France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series 1947 Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1946 Walter Johnson, great pitcher for the Washington Senators, dies at 59 1946 President Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine 1946 Majid Khan, cricketer, great Pakistani batsman 1964-82 1946 Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1946 Lionel Atwill, actor (Captain Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61 1946 Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper, 1967-81 1945 Pat Conroy, American writer, Great Santini, Prince of Tides 1944 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) 1944 C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies 1943 Great Britain establishes bases on Azores 1943 Julia Cumberlege, born in England, Julia Frances Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege, politician, businesswoman, British Conservative Party, member of Dames of the Order of St. Gregory the Great 1942 Great Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia 1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi 1942 Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk 1941 Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly debuts on NBC 1941 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam 1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria 1940 Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes) 1940 Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small 1940 Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated 1940 Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain 1940 Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder 1940 Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders 1940 1st great dogfight between Spitfires 1939 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland 1939 Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame 1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact 1939 Great Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 1938 Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe vs. England at Trent Bridge 1938 Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia 1937 Paula Wayne, Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist, Everything's Great 1937 Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby 1937 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1) 1937 Norman O'Neill, cricketer, great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field 1937 Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge 1936 Wilt Chamberlain, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NBA great center, Los Angeles Laker, 5 time MVP 1936 Bobby Simpson, cricketer, great Australian batsman, captain, coach,slip 1935 Lones Wigger, Great Falls Mont, shooter, Olympic-gold/silver-1964, 72 1935 Great Britain boxers beat U.S. team in 1st International Golden Gloves 1935 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain 1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 1934 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1) 1934 Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated 1934 Great dustbowl storm 1933 "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains 1933 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) 1933 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6 -5 at Southport and Ainsdale, England 1933 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans 1932 Dom Philip Jebb, headmaster, Downside School Great Britain 1932 Great Britain and France sign peace treaty 1932 Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain 1932 Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66 1932 John Jakes, born in Chicago, writer, Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters 1931 Colin Wilson, author, Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries 1931 Tom Wesselman, U.S. sculptor, Great American Nudes 1931 Robert Duvall, born in San Diego, California, actor, Great Santini, Taxi Driver 1930 Richie Benaud, cricket captain, great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator 1930 Great Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq 1930 Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner 1930 Hugh Seymour, born in Britain, 8th Marquess of Hertford, Peerage of Great Britain 1930 John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African 1929 Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression 1929 Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler, great WI 1928 Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in New York City 1928 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) 1927 Wally Grout, cricketer, great Aussie wicket-keeper 1926 Italian Great Fascist Council forms 1926 Russel Firestone, polo great, Circle F-1959 champs 1926 Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president 1926 Paul Bocuse, France, great chef, Legion of Honor 1926 Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in New York City 1925 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 1925 Barbara Bates, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Kathy-It's a Great Life 1925 Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard 1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald 1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard 1924 "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton 1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl 1923 Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great New Zealand left-handed bat 1923 Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor, Great spiral 1923 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain 1923 Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5% 1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence 1922 Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman 1921 William V. Roth, Jr., born in Great Falls, Montana, Representative-R-Delaware 1967 - 1971, Senator-R-Delaware 1971 - 2001 1921 Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor, It's Great to Be Young 1921 Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire 1921 Mario Lanza, Philadelphia, actor/singer, Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans 1920 H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae 1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948 1919 Carol Bruce, Shirley Levy, Great Neck, New York, actress, Lillian-WKRP 1919 Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain 1918 Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter, It's Great to be Young 1917 William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life 1917 Danielle Darrieux, France, actress, Alexander the Great, Mayerling 1917 Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress, Great Expectations 1917 Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar 1916 Betty Grable, St. Louis, great legs/actress, Gay Divorcee 1916 Great Arab Revolt begin 1916 James Herriot, born in Scotland, writer, All Creatures Great and Small 1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria 1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die 1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Great Britain annexes Cyprus 1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Great Britain mobilizes 1913 Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes 1913 Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer, Great American Goot 1913 Lindsay Hassett, cricketer, great Australian bat and captain after Bradman 1913 Great Dayton Flood 1912 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor, great iron sculptures 1911 Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman 1911 Paulette Goddard, Marion Levy, born in Switzerland, actress, Great Dictator 1911 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey 1910 Van Heflin, born in Walters, Oklahoma, actor, Great Adventure, Madame Bovary 1910 William V Moody, U.S. poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies 1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber 1909 Mona Barrie, Smith, born in London, England, actress, Dawn on Great Divide 1909 Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress, Great Waltz 1909 George Headley, cricketer, in Panama All-time great WI batsman 1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands 1909 Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1908 Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay 1908 Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington 1908 Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco 1908 Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain 1908 U.S. and Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo 1907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise 1907 Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress, Cavalcade of Stars 1906 William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide," premieres in New York City 1906 Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ 1906 Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia 1906 Michael O'Shea, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Denny-It's a Great Life 1905 Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg 1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1904 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great 1904 Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 1904 Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 1904 Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 1903 "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released 1903 Stewie Dempster, cricketer, 1st great New Zealand Test batsman 1903 Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award 1903 Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor, Great Dictator 1902 Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Australia 1902 Great Britain and Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria 1902 Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting 1901 Genevieve Tobin, actress, Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady 1901 James Dunn, New York City, actor, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life 1901 Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana) 1901 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar 1901 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated 1901 Blaz Arnic, born in Luce, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century 1900 Bill Ponsford, cricketer, great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic vs. NSW 1900 Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress, Catherine the Great 1900 Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games 1900 Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago 1900 Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., great polo player, Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39 1899 South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1897 Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) 1897 Great Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1896 Francis SK Fitzgerald, U.S. writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald, St. Paul, Minnesota, author, Great Gatsby 1896 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great 1895 Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73 1895 Maurice Tate, cricketer, great England pace bowler of 20's 1895 Edward Brophy, actor, Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys 1894 Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great opening batsman for Engl 1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday 1894 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/empero of India, 1936 1894 Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed 1893 Great stock crash on New York stock exchange 1893 Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange 1893 Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain 1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast 1891 Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer, in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner 1891 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945 1891 Great Blizzard of 1891 begins 1891 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17) 1891 Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director, Great Netherlands Stage 1891 Ted McDonald, cricketer, great Australian quick of 20's 1890 Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate 1890 Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty 1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks 1889 Charles Kellaway, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder of 1920's 1888 Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose 1888 Great Blizzard of 1888 rages 1888 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die) 1888 Great blizzard of '88 strikes the North East U.S. 1887 Eric Blore, born in London, England, actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1887 Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great Britain signs military treaty of Balkan 1887 Albert P. Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor, Charles the Great 1886 Great Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa 1886 Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist, Great Adventure 1886 James Burke, New York City, actor, Mystery Theater, Great Guy 1886 Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand 1886 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA 1886 Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist and writer, Great Germany 1886 Arthur Mailey, cricketer, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist 1885 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate 1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Italian/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75 1883 Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer, great Aussie quick of early century 1883 Inland postal service begins in Great Britain 1883 Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great, Yale 1882 Warren Bardsley, cricketer, great NSW and Aussie opening bat 1909-26 1881 Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent 1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" 1880 Percy Sherwell, cricketer, great South African batsman-keeper-captain 1880 Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment 1879 Lucile Watson, actress, Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance 1879 Warwick Armstrong, cricketer, Big Ship Great Aussie skipper 1920-21 1878 Taylor Holmes, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely 1877 Crazy Horse, Tashunka Witko, last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27 1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990, oldest person in Great Britain 1877 Clem Hill, cricketer, all-time great Australian batsman 1877 Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony 1877 Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer, 1 great dog 1875 Len Braund, cricketer, great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08 1875 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 1875 Reggie Schwartz, cricketer, 1st of great South African googlists 1873 John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 1873 M. A. Noble, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder at turn of century 1871 Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa 1871 Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed 1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation 1871 Tom Hayward, cricketer, great England batsman of the Golden Age 1868 Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash 1868 Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa 1867 Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic, Great Babylon 1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain and North Ireland 1867 Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Australia at turn of century 1867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) 1866 Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses 1865 Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps and is lost 1865 Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws 1865 George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain, 1910-36 1865 George Lohmann, cricketer, England's great bowler late 19th cent 1865 Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70 1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1862 Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar 1861 Lillian Russell, Helen Leonard, U.S., singer and actress, Great Mogul 1861 Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats 1860 William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman 1859 Great auroral display in US 1858 Great fire in London harbor 1857 Bobby Peel, cricketer, great English lefty 1884-96 1854 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, great pioneer of Australian Test cricket 1854 Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein 1852 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain, L, 1908-16 1852 Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75 1852 Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient 1851 George Ulyett, cricketer, great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93 1851 Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London 1850 Great fire in San Francisco 1848 Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force 1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed 1844 Alexandra, Danish princess, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1843 Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, Peter the Great 1843 Great Britain annexes Natal 1842 Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war 1841 Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 1839 Great fire in NY 1838 James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur, Great Northern Railroad 1838 English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City 1838 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City) 1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves 1828 Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed 1825 Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean 1824 Great North Holland Canal opens 1823 Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens 1820 George III, king of Great Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81 1819 Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837 - 1901 1818 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched 1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain 1816 Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha 1815 Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance 1809 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer, Great Scherzos 1808 Henry Cole, promotor, Great Exhibition of 1851 1808 Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer 1808 Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies 1807 Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor, Othello 1807 Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris 1806 William Pitt, the Younger, Prime Minister Great Britain 1783 - 1806, dies at 46 1805 Great Stoneface Mount found in New Hampshire 1803 Great fire in Bombay, India 1802 Peter Hofstede, the Great, Dutch reformed theologist 1801 Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom 1801 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established 1800 Gergely Czuczor, Hungarian/Czechoslovakian poet/translator, Great Hung dictionary 1797 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer, Great Pull 1797 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack New York (C Broadhead) 1796 Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1796 Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty 1795 U.S. and Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty 1794 Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain 1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher, Great Pessimist 1784 E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain 1782 Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time 1782 Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol 1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean 1777 Carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematician 1777 Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser, U.S. politician 1775 Peter the Great, Russia 1770 Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia 1766 James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1760 George II (August), king of Great Britain (1727-60), dies at 76 1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1760 Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth 1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain 1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed 1745 Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons 1742 Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians 1738 George III, king of Great Britain, 1760-1820 1737 Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great Britain, dies 1731 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston) 1729 Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia, 1762-96 1729 Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia, 1762-96 1729 Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty 1726 Emperor Karel VI and tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty 1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52 1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 1722 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards 1722 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system 1721 Czar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator" 1721 Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy 1716 Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom 1716 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece 1715 Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederik II "the Great" 1715 Louis XIV, the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at 76 1712 Frederick II, the Great, king of Prussia, 1740-86 1711 Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov 1710 Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget 1709 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great 1709 Elizabeth, empress of Russia, to Peter the Great and Catherine I 1709 Battle at Malplaquet: England/Austria/Dutch Great Alliance beat France 1708 Great Alliance captures Bridge 1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent 1708 Great Alliance occupies Brussels 1708 William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner' 1708 Great Alliance occupies Rijsel 1708 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France 1707 Rakoczi II and Czar Peter the Great sign social security agreement 1707 England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1703 St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great 1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant 1702 Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies 1702 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41 1701 Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom 1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 1698 Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards 1698 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe 1698 Russian czar Peter the Great begins term 1698 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam 1698 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England 1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe 1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe 1690 Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great 1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia 1688 Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68 1683 George II [August], King of Great Britain, 1727-60 1679 Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet 1678 Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63 1676 Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies 1672 Peter I, the Great, tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed 1664 Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers 1663 Great earthquake in New England 1661 Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies 1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru 1649 Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason 1632 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect 1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 1629 Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74 1627 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India, dies 1621 Louis II Conde, Great Conde, duke of Bourbon, Rocroy 1621 Hugo the Great arrives in France 1620 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony 1620 Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia 1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison 1606 Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt" 1593 Christopher Marlowe, British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered 1569 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India 1569 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 1566 Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71 1562 Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy 1556 Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia, 1587-1629 1554 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies 1554 Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands 1548 Great fire in Brielle 1547 Great fire in Moscow 1533 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 1528 Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded 1528 Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 1524 Pizarro's begins 1st great expedition, near Colombia 1521 Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52 1520 Great Worm, Worm Gerlefs Donia, Fries boer/rebel leader, dies 1510 Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint 1505 Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies 1504 Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 1494 Sulayman I, the Great, sultan of Turkey, 1520-66 1479 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow 1505-33 amd son of Ivan III 1477 Duchess Maria van Bourgondie ends Great Privilegie 1462 Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia, 1494-1528 1440 Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar, 1462-1505, conquered Lithuania 1384 Geert Great, Gerardus Magnus, theologist (Getijdenboek), dies 1382 Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary/Poland, dies 1380 Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols 1370 Kazimierz III, the Great, king of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61 1359 Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow and Vladimir, dies 1350 Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal 1333 Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies 1326 Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary, 1342-82, Poland, 1370-82 1323 Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74 1309 Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland, 1333-70 1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies 1280 Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87 1277 Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies 1249 Amadeus V de Great, count of Flanders/Savoy 1240 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies 1220 Alexander Nevski, Aleksandr, Russian great ruler, 1252-63 1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France, 1179-1223 1065 Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castilie, dies 1035 Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 1035 Knut II, the Great, Viking king of England/Den/Nor (1014-35), dies at 39 973 Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 965 Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies 962 Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor 956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies 956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights 951 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy 949 Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht 944 Otto I the Great gives away bisdom Utrecht "foreestrecht" 936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned 936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany 912 Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73 910 Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies 900 Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies 899 Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies 871 Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies 867 Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67 867 Nicholas I, the Great, Italian Pope (858-67), dies 813 Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor 811 Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 800 Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor 799 Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome 794 Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 783 Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies 783 Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies 778 Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great 774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy 768 Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French republic 604 Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great 604 Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 600 Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze 526 Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten 526 Theodorik the Great, King of Italy, dies 493 Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy 493 Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker 461 Leo I the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies 440 Pope Leo I the Great, installed 395 Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49 379 Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman, Moralia 379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies 337 Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies 335 Constantinople emperor Constantine the Great rules laws against Jews 323 Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32 312 Emperor Constantine the Great beats rivaal Maxentius 274 Constantine I, Great Roman emperor, 306-337, adopted Christianity 64 Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle) |
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