World History teaching resources for the high school classroom: lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and simulation games for KS3, IGCSE, IB and A-Level teachers.
Overview
In this project, you will learn about some of the most important events in history that took place on YOUR birthday.
You will use the most interesting of these to produce your own display piece by completing this "Timeline of my Birthday" worksheet.
Instructions
Step 1 - Getting the information
Input your birthday here and click "search". It will provide a list of events, births and deaths that took place across a wide range of time on the day you were born. (TIP: a random batch of events are selected. You can click again to get a fresh batch of results!).
Step 2 - Selecting the information and completing the timeline
Select AT LEAST FIVE of these entries to put into your "Timeline of my Birthday" worksheet, following these rules:
- At least one ‘event’, one ‘birth’ and one ‘death’ must be included
- No more than one entry in each row (=century)
- Put a picture relating to this entry in a cell next to it, with a caption.
- Complete the final row with information about yourself..
Step 3 - Sharing your findings and creating a display
Print off your completed work and use it for a classroom discussion and display (who shares their birthday with that of the most important historical character? who shared their birthday with the most significant historical event?).
December 23
Events
0484 - The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.0558 - Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
0583 - Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
0962 - Arab-Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
1572 - Theologian Johann Sylvan is executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.
1688 - As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
1783 - George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
1815 - The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.
1986 - Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
2007 - An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
Births
0968 - Birth of Zhen Zong, emperor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1022)1173 - Birth of Louis I, duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)
1513 - Birth of Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (d. 1577)
1689 - Birth of Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)
1766 - Birth of Wilhelm Hisinger, Swedish physicist and chemist (d. 1852)
1896 - Birth of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (d. 1957)
1961 - Birth of Ketan J. Patel, Kenyan-English biologist and academic
2002 - Birth of Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician
Deaths
0423 - Death of Ming Yuan Di, ruler of Northern Wei (b. 392)0484 - Death of Huneric, Vandal king
0668 - Death of Mor Gabriel, Turkish bishop and saint (b. 594)
0679 - Death of Dagobert II, Frankish king (probable;
0761 - Death of Gaubald, Frankish bishop (b. 700)
0889 - Death of Solomon II, bishop of Constance
0910 - Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian missionary and scholar
0940 - Death of Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (b. 909)
1193 - Death of Thorlak, patron saint of Iceland (b. 1133)
1230 - Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of England (b. 1165)
1304 - Death of Matilda of Habsburg, duchess regent of Bavaria (b. 1253)
1568 - Death of Roger Ascham, English scholar and academic (b. 1515)
1675 - Death of Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
1722 - Death of Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
1834 - Death of Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
1984 - Death of Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (b. 1896)
2012 - Death of Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1979)
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