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Ney, Michel (1769–1815)

Marshal of France under Napoleon I, who commanded the rearguard of the French army during the retreat from Moscow, and for his personal courage was called ‘the bravest of the brave’. When Napoleon returned from Elba, Ney was sent to arrest him, but instead deserted to him and fought at Waterloo. He was subsequently shot for treason.

The son of a cooper, he joined the army in 1788, and rose from the ranks. He served throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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3 January 1911

Police storm anarchists in a house in London's East End. The army are called in to resolve the situation. Newspapers dub the incident The Siege of Sidney Street.

31 January 2005

Robert McCartney dies from stab wounds in Belfast. McCartney’s family, who blame the IRA for the killing, subsequently launch a high profile campaign to obtain justice for Robert.

4 February 2005
In the US, Alberto Gonzales' appointment is ratified by Congress as he becomes the first Hispanic Attorney General.

11 February 2006
US Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shoots Harry Whittington whilst hunting for quail in Texas.

26 February 1995

Barings Bank, Britain’s oldest investment bank, collapse after "rouge trader" Nick Leeson loses over a billion pounds of the bank's money.

3 March 1991
In America, an amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. When the officers later stand trial, they are acquitted, sparking riots amongst the African-American community.

8 March 2005
In Northern Ireland, the IRA offer to shoot the killers of Robert McCartney. McCartney was allegedly killed by the IRA in January 2006. His family subsequently launched a high profile campaign to find his killers and rejected the offer by the IRA.

11 March 1993

Janet Reno is confirmed by the US Senate as Attorney General. She is the first female to attain this position.

19 March 1932
In Australia, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is formally opened.

25 March 1969
John Lennon and Yoko Ono celebrate their honeymoon by beginning their bed-in for peace, inviting the worlds press to spend a week observing them talk and sing about peace.

9 April 1976
In England, future government minister and at the time, President of the Young Liberals, Peter Hain is acquitted of steeling money from a bank.

10 April 1970
Paul McCartney formally announces that the Beatles have broken up.

11 April 1996
Beatle Paul McCartney is fined for importing cannabis into Sweden.

13 April 1964
In America, actor Sydney Poitier becomes the first black man to win an Oscar. Poitier won the award for Best Actor for the film, “The Lillies Of The Field.”

28 April 2005
In Britain, the Labour government publishes the legal advice it received from the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith about the legality of invading Iraq.

29 April 2004
In America, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney testify before a closed session of the 9/11 Commission.

29 May 1886
Putney Bridge opens in west London.

5 June 1916
World War I: British General Lord Kitchener drowns when HMS Hampshire hits a mine off the Orkney Islands during a storm and sinks en route to Russia. There are no survivors.

8 June 1942
World War II: Japanese submarines fire at the Australian city of Sydney.

9 June 1934
First appearance of the Walt Disney character, Donald Duck, in the cartoon The Little Wise Hen.

21 June 1964
Murder of American civil rights activists Andrew Goodman, 20; James Chaney, 21 and Michael Schwerner, 21.

4 July 1881
American outlaw William H Bonney, known as Billy the Kid, is shot dead by lawman Pat Garrett.

15 July 1881
American outlaw 'Billy The Kid' - William Bonney - is shot dead by Sheiff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.

16 July 1999
In America, John F Kennedy Jr - son of assassinated President John Kennedy - his wife and her sister, are killed in a plane crash off the Massachusetts resort island of Martha's Vineyard.

17 July 1955
Opening of Disneyland in California, USA.

18 July 1969
American Senator Edward Kennedy crashes his car into Chappaquiddick River near Martha's Vineyard on the USA's east coast. Kennedy escapes, but his companion, Mary Jo Kopechne drowns.

22 July 1933
Wiley Post, a one-eyed pioneer aviator, becomes the first man to fly solo around the world - the journey taking 7 days, 18 hours and 50 minutes.

28 July 1907
Fire destroys hundreds of buildings in the seaside resort of Coney Island New York .

7 August 1840
The British Parliament passes an Act prohibiting the use of 'climbing boys' as chimney sweeps.

18 August 1930
The official joining of the two halves of Sydney Bridge in the centre of Sydney Harbour, Australia - seven years after building work began.

2 September 1984
In Australia, six people are killed in a gun battle between rival biker gangs in Sydney.

3 September 1976
The U.S. spacecraft Viking II lands on Mars after a journey through space lasting 359 days and begins sending pictures of the planet back to earth.

15 September 2000
The opening ceremony is held for the Sydney Olympics.

19 September 1959
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, on his first visit to the United States, is informed by his American hosts that he won’t be able to visit Disneyland due to concerns with regard to crowd control!

22 September 1927
In America, Boxer Gene Tuney beats Jack Dempsey to become world heavyweight champion.

23 September 2000
British rower Steve Redgrave wins his fifth consecutive Olympic medal by helping Britain to win the coxless fours at the Sydney Olympics. Redgrave previously won gold in Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996.

1 October 1971
Walt Disney World Resort opens in Florida, U.S.A.

5 October 1974
Taking four years American David Kunst completes the first round-the-world journey on foot.

20 October 1973
In Australia, Queen Elizabeth II opens the new Sydney Opera House.

24 October 1901
To help raise money to pay her mortgage, Mrs Ann Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a padded barrel, and survives.

13 November 1940
The classic Disney film Fantasia opens in cinemas around America.

18 November 1928
Premiere of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse cartoon, Steamboat Willie.

19 November 1941
The Second World War: During a battle in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Western Australia, the Australian HMAS Sydney and the German HSK Kormoran sink each other, killing hundreds of Australians and under a hundred Germans.

22 November 2003
England defeat Australia in the Rugby World Cup final 20-17 in Sydney with a last minute drop-goal by fly-half Jonny Wilkinson.

25 November 1982
The American Attorney General, Edwin Meese, reveals that proceeds from arms sales to Iran were illegally being diverted to the anti-communist Contra forces in Nicaragua.

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.

21 December 1937
Walt Disney’s first full-length colour animated cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres in Los Angeles, U.S.A.

29 December 1998
Six people are killed in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race as a storm causes havoc with the competition.

3 January 1990

Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. forces. He is subsequently tried and convicted in America for drug and money laundering offences.