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On his death bed in Westminster, Edward the Confessor designates Harold - foremost among England's barons - as his successor
Earl Grey becomes British prime minister at the head of a Whig government committed to reform
Welsh industrialist Robert Owen takes charge of a mill at New Lanark and develops it as an experiment in paternalistic socialism
Thutmose I extends Egyptian control as far up the Nile as Abu Hamad
Cleisthenes, brought to power by popular support, puts into effect a major programme of political reform in Athens
Upper and Lower Egypt are unified into a single kingdom, inaugurating the first Egyptian dynasty
In the Qin dictatorship, all Confucian books are burnt (except those of any practical use) and 460 Confucian scholars are executed
Sumer develops as the first centre of Mesopotamian civilization
The inhabitants of Messenia revolt against Spartan rule and are reduced, in retaliation, to the status of serfs or helots
On his death bed in Westminster, Edward the Confessor designates Harold - foremost among England's barons - as his successor
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