|
|
| Apr.19 |
Cuba |
Raúl Castro hands over power to Miguel Díaz-Canel |
|
| Apr.7 |
Sao Paulo |
Lula surrenders to police |
|
|
| Mar.21 |
Paris |
Sarkozy charged in connection with alleged Libyan funding |
|
| Mar.15 |
Washington |
In joint statement, world leaders agree Russia behind nerve agent attack
|
| Mar.13 |
Washington |
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson fired by Trump
|
|
| Feb.14 |
 South Africa |
Jacob Zuma resigns after pressure from party 
| President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party. In a TV statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect | |
|
|
|
| Nov.21 |
 Zimbabwe |
Mugabe resigns: Zimbabwe celebrates end of an era 
Map of Harare Zimbabwe| He held power for 37 years and once said 'only God' could remove him. Mugabe ruled by fear and brought a once-promising economy to near ruin | |
|
| Nov.4 |
Saudi Arabia |
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned |
|
|
| Oct.23 |
 Beijing |
Communist Party inserts Xi into party constitution Map of Great Hall of the People Beijing China| China's ruling Communist Party amended its constitution to add President Xi Jinping's name and ideology in an extension of his formidable political sway | |
|
|
| Jul.12 |
Brazil |
Ex-Brazilian President Silva convicted of corruption |
|
| Jul.10 |
Washington |
Email 'linked Kremlin to Trump son meeting' |
|
|
| May.17 |
Washington |
Former FBI boss to lead Russia inquiry |
|
| May.9 |
FBI |
FBI chief James Comey fired by Trump
|
|
| Mar.9 |
South Korea |
Park Geun-hye: Court ousts scandal-hit president
|
|
| Feb.14 |
 Malaysia |
Kim Jong Un's half-brother reportedly assassinated in Malaysia Map of Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malaysia| Kim Jong Nam was attacked by two unidentified women who stabbed him with 'poisoned needles' at a Malaysian airport before fleeing | |
|
| Feb.13 |
Washington |
Michael Flynn: Trump's national security adviser quits
|
|
| Jan.21 |
Gambia |
Ex-President Yahya Jammeh leaves Gambia |
|
| Jan.20 |
 Washington |
Donald Trump inagurated | Donald Trump has taken his first steps as president, signing an executive order which targets the signature health care reforms of his predecessor | |
|
|
|
| Dec.11 |
Rome |
Paolo Gentiloni, Italian foreign minister, appointed PM |
|
| Dec.4 |
Rome |
PM Matteo Renzi resigns after clear referendum defeat |
|
| Dec.2 |
USA |
Trump breaks US policy stance with direct Taiwan call |
|
|
| Sep.11 |
Manhattan |
Hillary Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia |
|
|
| Aug.31 |
 Brazil |
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff removed from office by Senate Map of Brasilia Brazil Senate has voted to remove Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget. It puts an end to the 13 years in power of her left-wing Workers' Party
|
|
| May.12 |
Brazil |
Senate voted to back impeachment trial |
|
|
| Apr.3 |
 Panama |
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth
|
|
|
| May.13 |
Burundi |
Burundi coup bid: President Nkurunziza's return 'thwarted' |
|
| May.12 |
North Korea |
North Korea Defence Chief Hyon Yong-chol 'executed'
|
|
| Feb.27 |
Moscow |
Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead
|
|
| Jan.22 |
Yemen |
Yemen: President resigns as rebels tighten hold |
|
|
|
| Oct.31 |
Burkina Faso |
Burkina Faso president relinquishes 27-year rule after protests |
|
|
| Aug.11 |
Baghdad |
Iraqi President nominates new prime minister |
|
|
| Jul.1 |
Paris |
Sarkozy held over influence claims |
|
|
| Jun.2 |
Madrid |
King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicates |
|
|
| Apr.30 |
Northern Ireland |
Gerry Adams held over 1972 murder |
|
|
|
| Dec.12 |
North Korea |
North Korea: Leader's uncle executed
|
|
| Nov.7 |
Toronto |
'Drunk' Toronto mayor in murder rant |
|
|
| Oct.23 |
Berlin |
Merkel concern at 'US phone spying' |
|
| Oct.9 |
Libya |
Libyan PM Zeidan seized by armed men |
|
|
| Sep.21 |
China |
Bo Xilai found guilty of corruption |
|
|
| Jul.3 |
 Cairo |
Military ousts Egypt's Morsi Egypt's military toppled the country's first democratically elected president and reportedly put him under house arrest
|
|
| Jun.24 |
Milan |
Berlusconi convicted in sex trial |
|
|
| Apr.30 |
Netherlands |
Dutch King Willem-Alexander sworn in |
|
| Apr.19 |
Pakistan |
Pakistani police arrest Pervez Musharraf
|
|
| Mar.24 |
CAR |
CAR President Bozize flees capital |
|
| |
Karachi |
Musharraf returns to Pakistan |
|
|
| Feb.28 |
 Vatican |
Benedict XVI quits Vatican City for last time as pope Amid pomp and ceremony, Benedict XVI left Vatican City for the last time as pope, ahead of his historic resignation as leader of the world's Catholics
|
| Feb.18 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela's Chavez finally returns home |
|
| Feb.11 |
Vatican |
Pope Benedict to resign at end of month |
|
|
| Jan.20 |
Washington |
Obama sworn in as US president |
|
|
|
| Nov.14 |
Beijing |
Xi heads new Chinese leadership
|
| Nov.9 |
CIA |
CIA's Petraeus quits over affair |
|
|
| Oct.26 |
Milan |
Berlusconi handed 4-year prison term for tax fraud |
|
|
| Jul.18 |
Syria |
Top Syrian officials killed |
|
|
| Jan.22 |
Yemen |
Yemen president 'leaves country'
|
|
| Dec.29 |
North Korea |
N Korea hails Kim's son as leader |
|
| Dec.3 |
US Georgia |
Cain suspends US presidency bid |
|
| Nov.23 |
Saudi Arabia |
Yemen leader signs deal to quit |
|
| Nov.12 |
Rome |
Berlusconi resigns as Italian PM
|
| May.14 |
New York |
IMF head questioned over 'attack' The head of the IMF, Dominique Strass-Kahn, 62, is being questioned by New York police over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid
|
| Apr.11 |
Ivory Coast |
Laurent Gbagbo captured
|
| Feb.11 |
Cairo |
Mubarak steps down, vice president says Hosni Mubarak is stepping down from the presidency, VP Omar Suleiman said, prompting Cairo demonstrators to chant 'Egypt is free!'
|
| Jan.14 |
Tunisia |
Tunisian president flees; PM takes reins
|
|
| May.11 |
London |
David Cameron named UK prime minister |
|
|
| Nov.19 |
Belgium |
Belgian PM is first 'president of Europe' |
|
| Nov.2 |
Kabul |
Karzai declared elected president |
|
| Oct.9 |
Norway |
Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize |
|
| Sep.15 |
Japan |
Hatoyama takes over as PM |
|
| Jan.20 |
Washington |
President Obama sworn into history Barack Obama launched his presidency before an estimated 1.5 million people on the National Mall with somber yet confident tones
|
|
| Aug.18 |
Pakistan |
Musharraf resigns |
|
|
| Jun.27 |
London |
Brown: Let work of change begin |
|
|
| Oct.13 |
UN Gen. Assembly |
South Korean named U.N. leader |
|
| Jul.31 |
Cuba |
Castro hands power to brother |
|
| Jan.4 |
Jerusalem |
Sharon fights for life after stroke
|
|
| Nov.20 |
Jerusalem |
Sharon to quit Likud party |
|
| Oct.10 |
Berlin |
Merkel to become German chancellor |
|
| Jun.24 |
Tehran |
Ahmadinejad elected as president |
|
|
| Feb.29 |
Haiti |
Aristide quits, flees Haiti |
|
|
| Oct.5 |
Serbia |
Nationwide uprising overthrows Milosevic |
|
| Jun.10 |
Syria |
Bashar al-Assad succeeds late father |
|
| Oct. 6, 1981 |
Cairo |
Assassination of Anwar Sadat He engaged in negotiations with Israel, culminating in the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty; this won him and Israeli Prime Minister the Nobel Peace...
|
| Mar. 5, 1946 |
Missouri |
Winston Churchill 'Iron Curtain' speech Churchill's 'Sinews of Peace' address at Westminster College, used the term "iron curtain" in the context of Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe
|
| May. 10, 1940 |
London |
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister A meeting between Chamberlain, Halifax, Churchill and David Margesson, the government Chief Whip, led to the recommendation of Churchill
|
| May. 28, 1937 |
London |
Neville Chamberlain becomes prime minister
|
| Dec. 10, 1936 |
London |
King Edward VIII of England abdicates to marry Mrs. Simpson He caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her...
|
| Jan. 30, 1933 |
 Berlin |
Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor after parliamentary elections had not resulted in the formation of a majority ...
|
| May. 29, 1917 |
Boston |
John F. Kennedy born An American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963
|
| Nov. 9, 1917 |
Paris |
Georges Clemenceau became Premier of France Unlike his predecessors, he discouraged internal disagreement and called for peace among the senior politicians
|
| Dec. 30, 1911 |
China |
Sun Yat-sen elected president of China |
|
| Jun. 12, 1897 |
Northern England |
Sir Anthony Eden born |
|
| Dec. 26, 1893 |
Southern China |
Mao Tse-Tung born Chairman Mao was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China
|
| Mar. 18, 1890 |
Berlin |
Otto von Bismarck resigns as German Chancellorship |
|
| Nov. 22, 1890 |
France |
Charles De Gaulle born A French general, resistant, writer and statesman. He was the leader of Free France. He founded the Fifth Republic
|
| Apr. 20, 1889 |
 Austria |
Adolf Hitler born The leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellorand Führer of Nazi Germany. Hitler was at the centre of World War II in Europe and the Holocaust
|
| Mar. 12, 1880 |
 Greece |
Kemal Ataturk born Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, an army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic...
|
| May. 25, 1879 |
Canada |
Lord Beaverbrook born |
|
| Nov. 30, 1874 |
England |
Winston Churchill born
|
| Apr. 9, 1870 |
Volga Region |
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin born
|
| Dec. 5, 1867 |
Lithuania |
Marshal Pilsudski born |
|
| Sep. 29, 1862 |
Berlin |
Otto von Bismarck delivers 'Blood and Iron' speech
|
| Dec. 28, 1856 |
Virginia |
Woodrow Wilson born |
|
| Jun. 27, 1846 |
Ireland |
Charles Stewart Parnell born |
|
| Sep. 28, 1841 |
France |
George Clemenceau born |
|
| Feb. 12, 1809 |
Kentucky |
Abraham Lincoln born
|
| Mar. 9, 1796 |
Paris |
Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine marry |
|
| Jul. 28, 1794 |
Paris |
Maximilien Mavie Isidore Robespierre guillotined
|
| Feb. 5, 1788 |
Northern England |
St. Robert Peel born |
|
| Jul. 24, 1783 |
Venezuela |
Simon Bolivar born
|
| Aug. 15, 1769 |
Southern France |
Napoleon Bonaparte born
|
| Apr. 29, 1769 |
Ireland |
Duke of Wellington born
|
| Jan. 11, 1757 |
Saint Kitts & Nevis |
Alexander Hamilton born |
|
| Sep. 17, 1743 |
France |
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat Condorcet born |
|
| Apr. 27, 1737 |
London |
Edward Gibbon born |
|
| Feb. 22, 1732 |
Virginia |
George Washington born
|
| Jan. 12, 1729 |
Ireland |
Edmund Burke born |
|
| Jan. 17, 1706 |
Boston |
Benjamin Franklin born
|
| Dec. 16, 1653 |
London |
Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
|
| Feb. 16, 1620 |
Berlin |
Frederick William the Great Elector, born |
|
| Nov. 25, 1616 |
Paris |
Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu becomes Secretary of State |
|
| Sep. 9, 1585 |
Paris |
Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu born |
|
| Oct. 15, 1522 |
Mexico |
Hernan Cortes named governor of New Spain |
World News 
Politics 
Political Leaders (73)
April (2)
Mayor (86)
Leader Health Problem (143)
Sworning-in (104)
Scandal (163)
Leader Family (77)
Leader Birthday (18)
Nomination (146)
Political Leaders on Wikipedia
Political Leaders on Web
Chart Time by Topic
San Francisco Bay Political Leaders News Timeline
Nomination
Main Event: Raúl Castro hands ove... 
Jacob Zuma resigns after pressure from party 