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2013 Event - The famous painting, 'Liberty Leading the People' by Eugene Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 is vandalized while on loan to the Louvre-Lenz museum in Lens, France 2012 Event - The editor-in-chief of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine and leader of the 1960's sexual revolution, Helen Gurley Brown, dies at age 90 in New York City 2012 Event - Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life in prison, along with his former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, for being complicit in killing of demonstrators in the 2011 revolution 2012 Event - Fifteen months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in Egypt by a revolution, voters go to the polls for a presidential election 2012 Event - In Egypt, protesters commemorate the first anniversary of the revolution 2011 Event - As more people are detained, the online call for a 'Jasmine Revolution' continues 2011 Event - In an effort to disprove claims that he has fled the country, Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi appears on television and claims to remain head of the revolution 2011 Event - For the first time since 1979 Iranian Revolution, two ships from the Iran Navy are sent through the Suez Canal 2011 Event - In the People's Republic of China, the call for a 'Jasmine Revolution' spreads online as authorities hunt down political activists 2011 Event - In Iran, opposition leaders plan a nationwide anti-government rally in an attempt to replicate the success of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution 2011 Event - Inspired by the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, nearly 5,000 of Algerians protest their regime, calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be removed 2010 Event - Thirty Kurds are killed when the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution crosses the border into Iraq 2003 Death - Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72 1984 Event - "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and Revolution peaks at #1 1983 Event - Revolution in Burkina 1978 Event - Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 1974 Event - Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution) 1970 Event - Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution" 1969 Event - Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris 1969 Death - Max F Eastman, U.S. critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at 86 1968 Event - E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution" 1967 Event - Cultural Revolution in Albania 1966 Event - China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution" 1964 Event - Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence 1963 Event - Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria 1962 Event - Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) 1958 Birthday - Steve Case, born in McLean, Virginia, co-founder and chief executive officer of America Online, AOL, founder of Revolution LLC holding, chairman of the Case Foundation 1954 Event - Algerian Revolution against French begins 1950 Birthday - Peggy Noonan, author, What I Saw at the Revolution 1944 Event - Revolution by workers and students in Guatemala 1935 Event - 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution 1934 Death - Catherine Kunstantino Breshkovsky, mother of Russian revolution, dies 1927 Event - General Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai 1925 Event - Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council 1921 Birthday - Pierre Laporte, Canada, journalist/statesman, Revolution Script 1918 Event - Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution 1917 Event - October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power 1917 Event - Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace 1917 Event - Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution 1917 Event - Russian revolution breaks out in Petrograd 1917 Event - Russian revolution breaks out 1917 Event - February revolution begins in Russia 1913 Event - Yuan Shikai captures Nanjing "2nd Chinese revolution" 1911 Event - Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz 1910 Event - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero 1899 Birthday - Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet, La revolution surrealiste 1894 Event - Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops 1893 Birthday - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution 1893 Birthday - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution 1890 Event - Daughters of American Revolution forms 1890 Event - Daughters of American Revolution organizes 1889 Event - 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution 1885 Birthday - Veit Valentin, German/US historian, Deutsche Revolution 1875 Event - Sons of American Revolution organizes 1871 Birthday - Vernon Louis Parrington, author, Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928 1859 Birthday - Karl Bleibtreu, German author, Revolution of Literature 1840 Birthday - Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution 1830 Event - Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution) 1830 Event - Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 1830 Event - Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X 1823 Death - Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53 1795 Birthday - Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian, French Revolution 1795 Event - Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution 1795 Event - Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy 1793 Event - In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins 1791 Event - Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman 1791 Event - King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution 1789 Event - Bastille Day-French Revolution begins with the fall of Bastille 1785 Death - Haym Salomon, dies in Philadelphia at 44, helped finance the revolution 1778 Event - British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution 1777 Event - British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution 1776 Event - British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution 1776 Event - British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution 1775 Event - Green Mountain Boys capture Ft. Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution 1775 Event - Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" 1770 Birthday - Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian, Naples Revolution 1799 1770 Death - Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of U.S. Revolution 1760 Birthday - Camille Desmoulins, born in France, journalist, pamphleteer and revolution leader 1752 Birthday - Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution, The American Village 1741 Birthday - Benedict Arnold, general and traitor, U.S. revolution 1738 Birthday - George III, English King during American Revolution, 1760-1820 1693 Event - Haarlem people's revolution due to food shortages 1689 Event - English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution 1630 Event - Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France |
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