Ancient Chinese Sports  >>>

Sat July 4th at 9:00pm
This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out noscript tags. Include a link to bypass the detection if you wish.
This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out noscript tags. Include a link to bypass the detection if you wish.

How London Was Built: Utilities and Shopping

Sat July 4th at 11:00pm
This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out noscript tags. Include a link to bypass the detection if you wish.
This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out noscript tags. Include a link to bypass the detection if you wish.

The British Empire In Colour: A Tryst With Destiny

Mon July 6th at 2:00am
This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out noscript tags. Include a link to bypass the detection if you wish.
This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out noscript tags. Include a link to bypass the detection if you wish.

Bon

The pre‐Buddhist faith of many of the Tibetan peoples. Probably originally shamanistic in origin, it underwent a transformation in reaction to the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet in the 8th and 9th centuries. Bon pos are followers of this reformed Bon religion, which claims to have been founded in the distant past by Shenrab Mibo. Most of present‐day Bon religious practice and sacred texts are clearly copied from Buddhism. Before the Chinese invasion of 1959 there were 350 Bon monasteries in Tibet.


From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
58 listings
 

Warning: main(/inc/javascript/ganalytics_code.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/thehistorychannel.co.uk/httpdocs/site/inc/javascript/functions.php on line 20

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/inc/javascript/ganalytics_code.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:') in /var/www/vhosts/thehistorychannel.co.uk/httpdocs/site/inc/javascript/functions.php on line 20
Napoleon
The Plague
The Planet of The Apes
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
Global Warming
THE FIRST 48: At Close Range/Murder in Motor City
FIRST 48: Desert Bones/Party's Over
SECRETS OF ARCHAEOLOGY: Pompeii: A City Rediscovered
Trafalgar 200
The Gunpowder Plot
The Wave
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Pompeii: The Last Day
Churchill's Wizards
Sitemap
NAM - Faces of Battle
Almunia's Favourite Book
Company of Liars
Charlie Wilson's War
Global Warming
11 July 1803

Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims an independent Haiti after defeating Napoleon Bonaparte's colonial forces.

8 January 1746

Bonnie Prince Charlie and Jacobite Highland forces occupy Stirling. Such early successes would prove short-lived for the pretender to the throne.

1 February 1908
King Carlos I of Portugal and his eldest son, Luis Filipe, are assassinated in Lisbon.
26 February 1815

Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from imprisonment on the Italian island of Elba.

9 March 1796

Napoléon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais.

8 April 1945
The Second World War: Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi leader, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is hanged in Flossenburg, Germany.
18 April 1956
British Prime Minister Harold McMillan announces the introduction of the premium bond scheme.
25 April 1953
Scientists in England write about the structure of a chemical called deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.
5 May 1821
Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile in St. Helena.
17 May 1792

In America, 24 brokers meet on Wall Street in New York to sign an agreement to fix uniform rates of commission for the sale of stocks and bonds - effectively establishing the city's first stock exchange.

18 May 1804
Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France.
19 May 1802
Napoleon Bonaparte creates the French Legion d'Honeur - an order of distinction for either civil or military service.
23 May 1934
American armed robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot dead in an ambush by Texas Rangers near Gibland, Louisiana.
25 May 1967
Glasgow Celtic becomes the first British football club to win the European Cup beating Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon.
26 May 1805
Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy.
14 June 1800
Napoleon Bonaparte’s French Army defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy.
8 July 1497
Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon in search of a sea route to India.
15 July 1881
American outlaw 'Billy The Kid' - William Bonney - is shot dead by Sheiff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.
28 July 1932
During the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover orders the U.S. Army under General Douglas MacArthur to evict by force the Bonus Marchers from Washington D.C. The marches consisted of approximately 1000 First World War veterans seeking cash payments for their veterans’ bonus certificates.
16 August 1896
The discovery of gold at Bonanza Creek on the Klondike River starts a gold rush in the Yukon Territory, Canada in 1898.
17 August 1960
Gabon gains independence from France.
27 August 1813
French troops, commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, defeat a coalition of Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
4 September 1870
Emperor Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, is deposed and the Third Republic declared by France.
7 September 1812
After marching towards Moscow, the French Army of Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Russians at the Battle of Borodino.
14 September 1812

Napoleon Bonaparte’s French Army enters the city of Moscow - which has been abandoned and set on fire by the retreating Russians.

21 September 1955
Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Stuart) and his Jacobite army defeat the English at the Battle of Prestonpans.
23 September 1779
The American Revolution: The U.S. ship Bonhomme Richard, defeats the British ships Serapis and Countess of Scarborough off the east coast of England.
15 October 1815
Napoleon Bonaparte begins his exile on the island of St. Helena.
19 October 1812
Napoleon Bonaparte’s French Army begins its retreat from Moscow, Russia.
1 November 1755
A massive earthquake strikes Lisbon, Portugal killing approximately 50,000 people.
9 November 1799
In France, Napoleon Bonaparte leads the 18 Brumaire, a coup which overthrows the Directory government, replacing it with the Consulate.
18 November 1302
Papal bull Unam sanctam is issued by Pope Boniface VIII. The ball decrees that the Pope is the sole leader of the Catholic Church.
7 December 1815
Michel Ney, one of the 18 Marshal’s of France created by Napoleon Bonaparte, is executed having been convicted of treason for his support of Napoleon.
19 December 1986
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev releases dissident Andrei Sakharov and his wife, Elena Bonner, from their internal exile in the Soviet city of Gorky.
23 December 619
Boniface V becomes Pope.
24 December 1294
Benedetto Caetani becomes Pope Boniface VIII.
28 December 418
Boniface I becomes Pope.
2 December 1804
Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII.
 

1776: United States declares independence
After a decade of economic conflict with Great Britain, the 13 colonies answer King George III's... More >
 
BROWSE BY ALPHABET
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
BATTLEFIELD DETECTIVES: Battle of the Bulge

BATTLEFIELD DETECTIVES: Battle of the Bulge

In this programme scientists and historians investigate why... More >

Fri 3 Jul 9.00pm
The World at War: France Falls

The World at War: France Falls

We examine the events surrounding the Fall of France,... More >

Fri 3 Jul 10.00pm