facts_by_date 1.0.0

data/data/1/13.json

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+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"888 ",
+            "text":"Odo, Count of Paris, becomes King of the Franks."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1099 ",
+            "text":"Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1404 ",
+            "text":"The Act of Multipliers is passed by the English Parliament forbidding alchemists to use their knowledge to create precious metals (it was feared that if any alchemist should succeed it would bring ruin upon the state)"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1559 ",
+            "text":"Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1605 ",
+            "text":"The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1607 ",
+            "text":"The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1610 ",
+            "text":"Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1621 ",
+            "text":"Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta)"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1630 ",
+            "text":"Letters Patent issued to Plymouth Colony"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1673 ",
+            "text":"Jean Racine's \"Mithridate\" premieres in Paris"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1695 ",
+            "text":"Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"13",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1733 ",
+            "text":"James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/1/14.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"3102 BC ",
+            "text":"Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1129 ",
+            "text":"Formal approval of the Order of Templars at the Council of Troyes."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1301 ",
+            "text":"Andrew III of Hungary (1290-1301) dies at 50, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1501 ",
+            "text":"Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt, aged 17."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1514 ",
+            "text":"Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1526 ",
+            "text":"Charles V & Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy & Flanders"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1539 ",
+            "text":"Spain annexes Cuba."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1601 ",
+            "text":"Church authorities in Rome burn Hebrew books"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1639 ",
+            "text":"1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford, published by Rodger Ludlow"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1641 ",
+            "text":"United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malacca, 7,000 killed"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1659 ",
+            "text":"Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1690 ",
+            "text":"Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1699 ",
+            "text":"Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting \"witches\""
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"14",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1717 ",
+            "text":"German mob leader \"Sjako\" sentenced to death in Amsterdam"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/1/15.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"588 BC ",
+            "text":"Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"69 ",
+            "text":"Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"708 ",
+            "text":"Sisinnius begins his reign as Pope (dies 20 days later)"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"946 ",
+            "text":"Caliph al-Mustaqfi blinded and ousted"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1346 ",
+            "text":"Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1535 ",
+            "text":"Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1552 ",
+            "text":"France signs secret treaty with German Protestants"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1562 ",
+            "text":"3rd sitting of Council of Trente opens"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1582 ",
+            "text":"Russia cedes Livonia & Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1586 ",
+            "text":"Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1752 ",
+            "text":"Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Henry Fielding of plagiarism"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1754 ",
+            "text":"Riot at burial of Orangist leader Daniel Raap in Amsterdam"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"15",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1759 ",
+            "text":"British Museum opens in Montague House, London"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/1/16.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"27 BC ",
+            "text":"The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"550 ",
+            "text":"Gothic War (535-552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1120 ",
+            "text":"The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1219 ",
+            "text":"Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, thousands killed"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1362 ",
+            "text":"A great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1412 ",
+            "text":"The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1492 ",
+            "text":"The first grammar of a modern language, Spanish, is presented to Queen Isabella."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1493 ",
+            "text":"Columbus leaves the new world and sets sail for Spain on his 1st trip"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1531 ",
+            "text":"English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1547 ",
+            "text":"Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"16",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1556 ",
+            "text":"Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/1/17.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1287 ",
+            "text":"King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1377 ",
+            "text":"Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1501 ",
+            "text":"Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1524 ",
+            "text":"Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1536 ",
+            "text":"Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1562 ",
+            "text":"Edict of St Germain recognizes Huguenots in France"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1584 ",
+            "text":"Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1595 ",
+            "text":"King Henri IV of France declares war on Spain"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1601 ",
+            "text":"France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1656 ",
+            "text":"Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of Königsberg"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1718 ",
+            "text":"Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1746 ",
+            "text":"Battle of Falkirk Muir, the Jacobites under Charles Stuart defeat Hanoverian forces."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1757 ",
+            "text":"German Diet declares war on Prussia"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1773 ",
+            "text":"Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S)"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"17",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1775 ",
+            "text":"9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]

data/data/1/18.json

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+[
+   {
+      "facts":[
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"336 ",
+            "text":"St Mark elected Catholic Pope"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"474 ",
+            "text":"Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"532 ",
+            "text":"Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1126 ",
+            "text":"Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1307 ",
+            "text":"German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1478 ",
+            "text":"Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1520 ",
+            "text":"Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1535 ",
+            "text":"Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Lima, Peru"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1591 ",
+            "text":"King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day."
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1644 ",
+            "text":"Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1650 ",
+            "text":"French Prince Louis II of Condé captured"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1671 ",
+            "text":"Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1691 ",
+            "text":"English king Willem III travels to The Hague"
+         },
+         {
+            "day":"18",
+            "month":"1",
+            "year":"1701 ",
+            "text":"Frederick I and Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+]