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Jutland 1916, 21:00 Scheer Escapes
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Jutland 1916, 21:00 Scheer Escapes
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Scheer was faced with possible annihilation if he maintained his course southwest and the British remained within contact distance by the time daylight arrived. His only option was to return to base along the coast but the British fleet blocked his route to the east. Jellicoe was aware that Scheer... More
Jutland 1916, Opening Moves
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Jutland 1916, Opening Moves
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The British were unsure of German naval intentions and were misinformed that Admiral Scheer’s High Seas Fleet was still in port at Wilhemshaven. At 14:20 on 13 May, the British Battle Cruiser Fleet heading east under Admiral Beatty made contact with scouts of the German Scouting Force heading north under... More
Kahun 1990–1800 BCE
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Kahun 1990–1800 BCE
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Kahun (El Lahun) is an ancient town in Upper Egypt, close to the Faiyum oasis and 2,625 ft (800 m) from the Pyramid of Senusret II (1897–1878 BCE). Built by the pharaoh to house the personnel involved in the construction of his pyramid, excavation of Kahun has revealed a wealth... More
Kamose’s Raid on Avaris c. 1540 BCE
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Kamose’s Raid on Avaris c. 1540 BCE
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Tired of the Hyksos occupation, the Theban pharaoh, Kamose, raided Avaris, their trading and administrative hub in the northeastern Nile delta (c. 1540 BCE). These relatively benign oppressors allowed the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt to function as ‘vassal kingdoms’. Kamose believed that the Kingdom of Egypt was rightfully... More
Kansas–Nebraska Act 1854
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Kansas–Nebraska Act 1854
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Democrat Senator Stephen Douglas drafted the Kansas-Nebraska Act with President Franklin Pierce. It borrowed from the Compromise of 1850, whereby the Utah and New Mexico territories were granted popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery, and extended this principle to the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. In so doing, it... More
Karelian Front September – October 1944
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Karelian Front September – October 1944
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Dubbed by Stalin his “tenth shock”, in September 1944 the Soviets’ Karelian Front, under Colonel-General K.A. Meretskov, combined with the Northern Fleet under Admiral Arseniy Golovko and conducted a major offensive to drive the German Wehrmacht out of northern Finland. After taking Kirkenes on the Arctic coast, the Russians drove... More
Karnak: The Precinct of Amun-Re 1980 BCE–320 CE
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Karnak: The Precinct of Amun-Re 1980 BCE–320 CE
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The Precinct of Amun Re consists of the four temple enclosures that comprise the Karnak temple complex near Luxor in Egypt. There is reference to the site as sacred dating back over four millennia, but the first attributable building work was commissioned by Senusret I in the 11th Dynasty (c.... More
Kasserine Pass 14–22 February 1943
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Kasserine Pass 14–22 February 1943
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Following a heavy defeat for the Americans at the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid on 14 February, US troops were ordered to retreat from the east of the Atlas Mountains range to the west, where a defensive position would be more tenable. After receiving amendments to his plan of attack... More
Kennedy’s Victory over Nixon 1960
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Kennedy’s Victory over Nixon 1960
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The 1960 election produced the closest popular vote margin of the 20th century (0.17 per cent in Kennedy’s favour) although Kennedy won the Electoral College comfortably, by 309 to 219. It has been a commonplace that the charismatic John F. Kennedy gained the edge over the less prepossessing Richard Nixon... More
Kennesaw Mountain 27 June 1864
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Kennesaw Mountain 27 June 1864
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On the morning of 27 June General Sherman’s Union artillery subjected the Confederate defences on the ridge at Kennesaw Mountain to a ferocious bombardment: ‘Kennesaw smoked and blazed with fire, a volcano as grand as Etna’. However, the earthwork fortifications absorbed the pummelling, and when the Union troops advanced –... More
Khusraw’s Journeys c. 1040
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Khusraw’s Journeys c. 1040
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Nasir Khusraw was in his forties, working as a tax collector for the Emir of Khorasan, when he experienced a mid-life crisis. He renounced worldly pleasures, and embarked upon a pilgrimage to Mecca, in search of spiritual awakening. The journey expanded into a seven-year Grand Tour of the Islamic world.... More
Kidnappings and Renditions 1824–54
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Kidnappings and Renditions 1824–54
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Under the Fugitive Slaves Acts (1793 and 1850), gangs, known as ‘black-birders’ received generous rewards for extraditing suspected fugitive slaves to their ‘owners’ in the South (‘rendition’). The prominent fugitive slaves Ellen and William Craft emigrated to England to avoid slave-catchers, while escaped Virginian slave and store-worker, Anthony Burns, became... More