Famous Dates
This year saw the invasion of Manchuria by the Kwantung Army
1931
Adolf Hitler's head of Propaganda
Joseph Goebbels
This assassination triggered WW1
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Mussolini had been a member of this party before his expulsion during WW1
Socialist Party
This Norman King was crowned King of England in 1066 on Christmas Day
William the Conqueror
The year of Mussolini's March to Rome
1922
The leader of the KMT
Chang Kai Shek/Jiang Jieshi
The invasion of this country triggered WW2
Poland
This campaign led to extensive criticism of Mao and the CCP; but was it a trick all along?
Hundred Flowers Campaign
On Christmas Day in 1741, Anders Celsius introduced this measuring system to the world.
Centigrade
The year in which Mao became leader of the PRC
1949
The Italian PM before Mussolini
Luigi Facta
An incident on this bridge triggered the second Sino-Japanese War
Marco Polo Bridge
An arson attack here allowed Hitler to pass the Enabling Act in 1933
Reichstag
On Christmas Day in 1991, this leader of the USSR resigned live on TV
Mikhail Gorbachev
The year in which Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia
1908
The last emperor of China (only 2 years old)
Puyi
The failure of this agreement led to the restart of the Chinese Civil War
Double Tenth Agreement
This organisation was originally supposed to bail out failing Italian companies, but eventually became a state-run monopoly of its own
This "Roman" Emperor, crowned on Xmas Day in 800AD, was called Charles the Great, but went by another name...
Charlemagne
The year of the Spartacist revolt in Berlin
1919
The Japanese PM assassinated in 1932
Tsuyoshi Inukai
This general was hailed as a hero for helping the CCP win the Chinese Civil War, but he was later purged for criticising Mao
Peng Dehuai
Mao's wife, blamed for the horrors of the Cultural Revolution
Jiang Qing
During the American War of Independence, George Washington crossed this river on Christmas Day to attack British troops on the other side.
Delaware