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Ares

In Greek mythology, the god of war, equivalent to the Roman Mars. The son of Zeus and Hera, he was worshipped chiefly in Thrace.

Ares loved Aphrodite, whose husband Hephaestus made the pair the laughing stock of the gods. According to a late tradition, Ares killed Halirrhothius for violence to his daughter Alcippe, and was acquitted at the court of Areopagus by the Olympian gods. In the Trojan War he was wounded by Diomedes. The Aloidae also conquered him and imprisoned him for 13 months.

The worship of Ares was not widespread in Greece. It was probably introduced from Thrace, derived perhaps from ancient war magic.


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11 January 1960

The central African country of Chad declares its independence from France.

21 January 1925

Albania declares itself a republic.

25 January 1942

World War II: Thailand declares war on the Allies.

2 February 1971
Major-General Idi Amin declares himself to be the absolute ruler of Uganda.
4 February 1915
World War I: Germany declares the North Sea a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, are liable to be sunk without warning.
2 March 1970
Rhodesia declares the Universal Declaration of Independence – breaking from Britain to become an independent republic, under the leadership of Ian Smith.
3 March 1945
The Second World War: Finland declares war on its former ally Germany.
4 March 1685
King Charles II of England declares war on The Netherlands, starting the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
25 March 1918
The First World War: Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union.
26 March 1971
Bangladesh declares independence form Pakistan.
29 March 2006
Acting Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, declares victory for his new Kadima Party in the country’s general election.
31 March 1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson announces a halt to American bombing in Vietnam in an attempt to start peace talks with the North Vietnamese. He also declares that he will not seek re-election as President.
6 April 1917
The United States of America declares war on Germany and enters the First World War.
17 April 1946
Syria declares independence.
20 April 1792
France declares war on Austria, beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
22 April 1500
Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
24 April 1877
Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
26 April 1993
Britain records it first growth in its economy for over two years, as the Conservative government declares the recession over.
13 May 1940
The Second World War: New British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses the House of Commons for the first time since his appointment. Churchill declares that, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”
15 May 1756
England declares war on France, beginning the Seven Years War.
17 May 1814
Norway adopts a new constitution and declares its independence from its Scandinavian neighbours, Sweden.
23 May 1915
The First World War: Italy joins the Allies and declares war on Austria-Hungary.
24 May 1993
Eritrea declares its independence from Ethiopia. 
30 May 1972
In Northern Ireland the Official IRA declares a cease-fire. 
3 June 2006
Montenegro declares its independence from Serbia.
5 June 2006
Serbia declares its independence.
9 June 68AD
Roman Emperor Claudius Nero commits suicide aged 31 after the Roman Senate declares him to be a public enemy.
10 June 1940
The Second World War: Italy officially declares war on Britain and France.
11 June 1998
The UN declares a famine in Sudan.
16 June 2000
The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, declares that Israel has fully complied with UN Security Council Resolution 425; the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon.
20 June 2001
General Pervez Musharraf declares himself president of Pakistan.
21 June 1779
Spain declares war on Great Britain, creating a de facto alliance with the Americans.
25 June 1975
Mozambique declares its independence from Portugal.
26 June 1963
Addressing the West German people, U.S. President John F Kennedy famously declares, “Ich bin ein Berliner”.
27 June 1991
Two days after Slovenia declares its independence, Yugoslavian troops move into the country in an attempt to stop the break up of Yugoslavia.
2 July 1917
The First World War: Greece declares war on Germany and her allies.
9 July 1816
The Congress of Tucuman declares Argentina’s independence from Spain.
16 July 1970
In Britain, Prime Minister Edward Heath declares a state of emergency following the start of a national dock strike - the first state of emergency issued in Britain since 1926.
23 July 1914
Austria-Hungary delivers an ultimatum to the Serbian government demanding to know who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Having received no reply, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia beginning the First World War.
25 July 1861
The American Civil War: Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution which declares that the war is being waged for the reunion of the states and not to interfere with the institutions of the South, namely slavery.
28 July 1914
The First World War: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia beginning the initial phase of the Great War.
1 August 1960
The African state of Dahomey, later renamed Benin, declares independence from France.
4 August 1914
The First World War: Britain declares war on Germany for violating the Treaty of London. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaims America to be neutral.
8 August 1945
The Second World War: The Soviet Union officially declares war on Japan, invading Japanese-occupied Manchuria in north eastern China.
10 August 1913
The Treaty of Bucharest is signed ending the Second Balkan War.
14 August 1917
The First World War: China abandons its neutrality and declares war on Germany.
15 August 1964
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev declares that he is ready to begin disarmament talks with the West.
23 August 1990
Armenia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
24 August 1991
The Parliament of Ukraine declares independence from the Soviet Union.
25 August 1991
Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union.
27 August 1991
Moldova declares independence from the Soviet Union.
28 August 1990
The Gulf War: Iraq declares the occupied country of Kuwait to be the 19th province of Iraq.
31 August 1991
Kyrgyzstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1 September 1928
Ahmed Beg Zogu declares Albania a Kingdom himself as King.
2 September 44BC
Cleopatra VII declares her son, Ptolemy XV Caesarion., co-ruler of Egypt.
7 September 1822
Brazil declares independence from Brazil.
9 September 1991
The Republic of Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
24 September 1973
Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
4 October 1830
Belgium declares independence from The Netherlands.
9 October 1970
Cambodian leader Lon Nol declares the country a republic by proclaiming the Khmer Republic. 
10 October 1980
In England, at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously declares that she will not change her economic policies declaring, “You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning!”
19 October 1987
Millions of dollars are wiped off the value of shares on Wall Street and other financial markets around the world, the markets shed 22.5 percent of their total value.
23 October 1739
Britain declares war on Spain, in what becomes known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.
24 October 1929
A week before the Wall Street Crash in America, stock prices plummet and investors on the New York Stock Exchange dump13 million shares, in what is known as “Black Thursday.”
14 November 1914
The First World War: The religious leader Sheikh-ul-Islam declares an Islamic holy war on behalf of the Ottoman Empire, urging his Muslim followers to take up arms against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro
28 November 1975
East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
1 December 1986
Shares in the drinks company Guinness take a hammering as the British government announces an inquiry onto the affairs of the company. 4 men are later convicted of false accounting, conspiracy and theft.
6 December 1917
Finland declares independence from Russia.
9 December 1941
The Second World War: China declares war on the Axis powers Japan, Germany and Italy.
31 December 1944
The Second World War: The provisional government of Hungary officially declares war on Germany.
2 December 1961
Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist.
 

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