Günther Rall | Timeline

Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was the third most successful fighter ace in history. He achieved a total of 275 victories during World War II: 272 on the Eastern Front, of which 241 were against Soviet fighters. He flew a total of 621 combat missions, was shot down eight times and was wounded three times. He fought 1940 in the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, 1941 in the Balkan Campaign and over Crete. He began the conflict as a young Second Lieutenant, and was a Major and Geschwaderkommodore of JG 300 at the surrender. He claimed all of his victories in the Messerschmitt Bf 109. (Intro from Wikipedia)

March 10, 1918 - Gaggenau, Baden - Günther Rall is born
January(?) 1(?), 1921 - Stuttgart - Rall family moves to Stuttgart
December 4, 1936 - Joins the Luftwaffe and becomes a Fähnrich
January(?) 1(?), 1937 - Dresden - Enters the War College and is influenced to join the Luftwaffe
July 1, 1938 - Neubiburg, near Munich - Begins pilot training at the Neubiburg Luftwaffe School
July 1, 1939 - Stuttgart - Qualifies as a pilot and is posted to Jagdgeschwader 52 =(START)
March 1, 1940 - Straussberg, East of Berlin - 8./JG 52 moves out
April 6, 1940 - Mannheim-Sandhofen - 8./JG 52 moves out
May 15, 1940 - Ippesheim (SE of Würzburg) - 8./JG 52 moves out
May 18, 1940 - Ippesheim (SE Würzburg) - 1 Hawk 75 shot down south of Metz (1 total)
May 19, 1940 - Trier-Euren (NE of Luxembourg) - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 1, 1940 - Hoppstädten (East of Trier) - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 7, 1940 - Guise - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 8, 1940 - Clastres (South of St-Quentin) - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 9, 1940 - La Selve-Sissonne - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 13, 1940 - Hoppstädten (East of Trier) - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 18, 1940 - Neubiberg, Munich - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 25, 1940 - Neumünster (North of Hamburg) - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 26, 1940 - Jever - 8./JG 52 moves out
July 1, 1940 - Weneuchen (Southeast of Berlin) - 8./JG 52 moves out
July 21, 1940 - Leeuwarden, Netherlands - 8./JG 52 moves out
July 22, 1940 - Coquelles - 8./JG 52 moves out
July 25, 1940 - Coquelles - Rall becomes Staffelkapitän of 8./JG 52
August 1, 1940 - Zerbst (Southeast of Magdeburg) - Promoted to Oberleutnant - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 7, 1940 - Neuruppin (Northwest of Berlin) - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 17, 1940 - Berlin-Schönwalde - 8./JG 52 moves out
October 12, 1940 - Liegnitz (West of Breslau/Wroclaw) - 8./JG 52 moves out
October 14, 1940 - Bucharest-Pipera - 8./JG 52 moves out
May 25, 1941 - Molaoi, Greece - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 10, 1941 - Tatoi - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 12, 1941 - Bucharest-Pipera - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 21, 1941 - Mizil, E. of Ploiesti - 8./JG 52 moves out
June 24, 1941 - Mizil - 1 DB-3 shot down east of Constanța (2 total)
June 25, 1941 - Mizil - 1 SB-2 shot down SE of Constanța (3 total)
June 26, 1941 - Mizil - 1 DB-3 shot down NE of Constanța (4 total)
August 1, 1941 - Bila Tserkva, SW of Kiev - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 4, 1941 - Bila Tserkva - 3 I-16s shot down over Kiev (7 total)
August 6, 1941 - Bila Tserkva - 1 I-16 shot down SE of Kiev (8 total)
August 9, 1941 - Bila Tserkva - 1 SB-2 shot down SE of Kiev (9 total)
August 11, 1941 - Bila Tserkva - 1 MiG-3 shot down east of Kaniv (10 total)
August 13, 1941 - Bila Tserkva - 1 I-16 shot down NW of Kaniv (11 total)
August 14, 1941 - Bila Tserkva - 1 I-16 shot down NW of Kaniv (12 total)
August 17, 1941 - Signajewka (Makiivka, SW of Cherkasy) - 1 I-15 shot down east of Kaniv (13 total) - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 27, 1941 - Stschastliwaja (Shchaslyve, SE of Oleksandriya) - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 30, 1941 - Stschastliwaja - 1 DB-3 shot down East of Dnepropetrovsk (14 total)
September 2, 1941 - Mironowka (Between Cherkasy and Bila Tserkva) - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 6, 1941 - Mironowka - 1 R-10 shot down North of Dereivka (15 total)
September 12, 1941 - Berislaw - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 15, 1941 - Kremenchuk - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 17, 1941 - Graditsch (Hradyz'k, NW of Kremenchuk) - 1 MiG-3 shot down SE Kiev (16 total) - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 18, 1941 - Bila Tserkva - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 24, 1941 - Poltava - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 25, 1941 - Poltava - 1 Yak-1 shot down West of Kharkiv (17 total)
October 2, 1941 - Poltava - 1 Il-2 shot down NE of Poltava (18 total)
October 4, 1941 - Poltava - 2 R-10 shot down SE/SW of Valky (20 total)
October 5, 1941 - Poltava - 2 R-10 shot down W of Mertschik and N of Poltava (22 total)
October 14, 1941 - Poltava - 1 Il-2 shot down N of Poltava (23 total)
October 15, 1941 - Poltava - 1 Yak-1 shot down E of Bohodukhiv (24 total)
October 17, 1941 - Poltava - 1 Yak-1 shot down S of Kolomak (25 total)
October 23, 1941 - Chaplynka, SE of Kherson - 1 MiG-3 shot down S of Aleksandrovka (26 total) - 8./JG 52 moves out
October 24, 1941 - Chaplynka - 1 I-15 + 1 I-16 shot down NE/SW of Cape Takyi (28 total)
October 31, 1941 - Chaplynka - 1 I-153 shot down NW of Alma-Tak (29 total)
November 2, 1941 - Taganrog - 8./JG 52 moves out
November 8, 1941 - Taganrog - 1 MiG-3 shot down SE of Azov (30 total)
November 9, 1941 - Taganrog - 1 I-16 shot down SE of Djakowi (31 total)
November 22, 1941 - Taganrog - 1 MiG-3 shot down SE of Agrafenowka (32 total)
November 23, 1941 - Taganrog - 1 Il-2 shot down SE of Rostov (33 total)
November 27, 1941 - Taganrog - 1 Yak-1 shot down NE of Agrafenowka (34 total)
November 28, 1941 - between Taganrog and Rostov - 1 MiG-3 + 1 I-16 shot down N/NW of Rostov (36 total) - Rall is shot down and breaks his back in 3 places
December 1(?), 1941 - Vienna, Austria - Transfered to a Hospital - Doctors said he was finished as a pilot
July 28, 1942 - Taganrog - Rall recovers and rejoins 8./JG 52 at Taganrog
July 29, 1942 - Rostov - 8./JG 52 moves out
July 31, 1942 - Malaja Orlowka (SE of Rostov?) - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 2, 1942 - Jegorlyk (Egorlykskaya, SE of Rostov) - 1 MiG-1 + 1 I-153 shot down S of Salsk and S of Gorkaja Balka (38 total) - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 3, 1942 - Jegorlyk - 1 MiG-1 shot down West of Armavir (39 total)
August 4, 1942 - Belaya Glina (SW of Salsk) - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Armavir (40 total) - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 6, 1942 - Belaya Glina - 2 LaGG-3 + 2 Il-2 shot down SW of Armavir, N of Kurganinsk (44 total)
August 8, 1942 - Belaya Glina - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Kurganinsk (45 total)
August 10, 1942 - Armavir - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Krasnodar (46 total) - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 13, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 Boston shot down SE of Pjatigorsk, S of Mineralnyie Wody (48 total) - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 14, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 1 Boston shot down N of Karagatsch (49 total)

August 15, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 1 I-16 shot down N of Kachun (50 total)
August 16, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 I-16 shot down N of Kachun, N of Kuba (52 total)
August 17, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 1 LaGG-3 shot down N of Kuba (53 total)

August 18, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 2 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Nalchik (55 total)

August 19, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Argudan (56 total)

August 23, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 2 LaGG-3 shot down N of Georgjewsk, E of Gonschtak (58 total)

August 25, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Gonschtak (59 total)
August 27, 1942 - Gonschtakowka, N-NE of Mozdok - 1 MiG-1 shot down SE of Mozdok (60 total) - 8./JG 52 moves out
August 29, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Grozny (61 total)
August 30, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Mozdok (62 total)
September 1, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 2 LaGG-3 shot down S of Kalinowskaja (64 total)

September 2, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Kalinowskaja (65 total)

September 3, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - Rall is awarded the Knights Cross

September 4, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 MiG-1 shot down S of Mozdok (66 total)

September 6, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 2 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mozdok (68 total)

September 7, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 Pe-2 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mozdok (70 total)

September 8, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 Yak-7 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mozdok (72 total)

September 9, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mozdok (73 total)

September 10, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 2 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mozdok, NW of Grozny (75 total)

September 12, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mozdok (76 total)

September 17, 1942 - Gonschtakowka - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Mekenskaja (77 total)

September 19, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 8./JG 52 moves out
September 21, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 1 MiG-3 shot down south of Samakul (78 total)

September 22, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 2 Il-2 shot down S of Samakul, SW of Daiskoje (80 total)

September 25, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mekenskaja (81 total)

September 28, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 2 LaGG-3 shot down S of Wechnij-Kurp, S of Nishny Kurp (83 total)

September 29, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 2 LaGG-3 + 2 Il-2 shot down SE of Nishny Kurp, S of Sagopschin, W/E of Werchnij-Kurp and Niznhy Kurp (87 total)

September 30, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 shot down S of Malgobek, SE of Werchne Atschakuli (90 total)

October 5, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 1 La-5 shot down E of Elchotowo (91 total)

October 10, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 2 LaGG-3 shot down W/NW of Grozny, W of Bolkhov (93 total)

October 15, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mundar-Jut (94 total)

October 18, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 1 La-5 shot down SE of Mozdok (95 total)

October 19, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 2 I-16 shot down W of Elchotowo (97 total)

October 22, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 3 LaGG-3 shot down around Nishny Kurp, W of Werchne Atschakuli (100 total)

October 30, 1942 - Soldatskaya - 1 MiG-1 shot down S of Salugarden (101 total)

November 26, 1942 - Wolfschanze, Lotzen (Hitler's eastern HQ) - Rall receives the oakleaves personally by Hitler
December 30, 1942 - Mineralny Wody - 8./JG 52 moves out - Not sure if Rall is there or in some sort of leave
January 1, 1943 - Armavir - 8./JG 52 moves out
January 15, 1943 - Krasnodar - 8./JG 52 moves out
February 8, 1943 - Nikolayev - 8./JG 52 moves out
March 15, 1943 - Kertsch IV - 8./JG 52 moves out
March 21, 1943 - Kertsch IV - 2 LaGG-3 shot down N of Slavyansk-na-Kuban (103 total)

March 24, 1943 - Kertsch IV - 2 LaGG-3 shot down NW of Anastasiewskaja (105 total)

March 26, 1943 - Kertsch IV - 2 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Krymsk (107 total)

March 27, 1943 - Kertsch IV - 1 P-39 shot down S of Anastasiewskaja (108 total)

April 1, 1943 - Taman - 8./JG 52 moves out
April 9, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down NW of Kholmskaya (109 total)

April 10, 1943 - Taman - 1 P-39 shot down NW of Kholmskaya (110 total)

April 12, 1943 - Taman - 2 LaGG-3 shot down E of Slawjankaya (112 total)

April 18, 1943 - Taman - 3 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Gelendzhik, E of Kabardinka and SW of Kholmskaya (115 total)

April 20, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Gelendzhik (116 total)

April 21, 1943 - Taman - 2 LaGG-3 shot down E of Gelendzhik, Black Sea (118 total)

April 23, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down W of Gelendzhik, Black Sea (119 total)

April 27, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Krymsk (120 total)

April 28, 1943 - Taman - 1 Spitfire + 1 La-5 shot down NW of Krymsk (122 total)

April 29, 1943 - Taman - 1 Spitfire + 1 LaGG-3 shot down N of Abinsk, NE of Mertschanskaja (124 total)

April 30, 1943 - Taman - 2 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Krymsk (126 total)

May 3, 1943 - Taman - 4 LaGG-3 + 1 P-39 shot down around Abinsk (131 total)

May 4, 1943 - Taman - 1 Spitfire + 1 P-39 shot down SE of Krymsk, N of Abinsk (133 total)

May 5, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 P-39 shot down E/SE of Krymsk (135 total)

May 6, 1943 - Taman - 1 B-25 + 2 LaGG-3 shot down around Krymsk (138 total)

May 7, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down W of Krymsk (139 total)

May 8, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Krymsk (140 total)

May 9, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Krymsk (141 total)

May 11, 1943 - Taman - 2 LaGG-3 shot down E/W of Abinsk (143 total)

May 21, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Gelendzhik, Black Sea (144 total)

May 23, 1943 - Taman - 1 LaGG-3 shot down NW of Abinsk (145 total)

July 3, 1943 - Ugrim, W-SW of Belgorod  - 8./JG 52 moves out
July 6, 1943 - Ugrim - Appointed Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 52

July 7, 1943 - Ugrim - 2 LaGG-3 shot down E of Pawlowka, N of Jillinskij (147 total)

July 8, 1943 - Ugrim - 4 LaGG-3 shot down S of Wyshnaja, W/S of Kotschetowka, S of Prokhorovka (151 total)

July 9, 1943 - Ugrim - 3 LaGG-3 shot down NW of Prokhorovka, over Orlowka and Wesselij (154 total)

July 11, 1943 - Ugrim - 2 LaGG-3 shot down over Rshewtschik and Korytnoje (156 total)

July 12, 1943 - Ugrim - 1 La-5 shot down E of Snowilow (157 total)

July 14, 1943 - Orel - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Michailowka (158 total) - III./JG 52 moves out
July 15, 1943 - Orel - 1 LaGG-3 shot down N of Bolkhov (159 total)

July 17, 1943 - Orel - 2 LaGG-3 shot down W/E of Bolkhov (161 total)

July 20, 1943 - Iwanowska - III./JG 52 moves out
July 28, 1943 - Iwanowska - 4 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Bolkhov, W of Mszensk (165 total)

July 31, 1943 - Iwanowska - 2 LaGG-3 shot down S of Peschowa, SW of Bolkhov (167 total)

August 3, 1943 - Varvarovka - 2 LaGG-3 shot down W of Belgorod, SE of Tomarovka (169 total) - III./JG 52 moves out
August 4, 1943 - Varvarovka - 1 Il-2 shot down SE of Tomarovka (170 total)

August 5, 1943 - Varvarovka - 3 LaGG-3 shot down NW of Belgorod, NE of Tomarovka (173 total)

August 6, 1943 - Kharkiv-Rogan - III./JG 52 moves out
August 7, 1943 - Kharkiv-Rogan - 3 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Belgorod, SW of Dolpino (176 total)

August 9, 1943 - Kharkiv-Rogan - 1 La-5 shot down over Ternowaja (177 total)

August 11, 1943 - Kharkiv-Rogan - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Belograd (178 total)

August 12, 1943 - Kharkiv-South - 1 LaGG-3 shot dow NE of Udy (179 total) - III./JG 52 moves out
August 14, 1943 - Peretschepino - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Udy (180 total) - III./JG 52 moves out
August 15, 1943 - Peretschepino - 2 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Senoje, over Bohodukhiv (182 total)

August 17, 1943 - Peretschepino - 2 LaGG-3 shot down over Tichocki and Korowin-Jar (184 total)

August 18, 1943 - Peretschepino - 1 LaGG-3 shot down over Klenowo (185 total)

August 19, 1943 - Kutanikowo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down over Artemowka (186 total) - III./JG 52 moves out
August 20, 1943 - Kutanikowo - 3 LaGG-3 + 2 P-39 shot down around Kuybyshev, over Kalynivka and Marinowka (191 total)

August 21, 1943 - Kutanikowo - 1 Il-2 shot down SW of Kuybyshev (192 total)

August 24, 1943 - Matejewka - 3 LaGG-3 shot down over Amwrosijewka, Nikolajewka, W of Kuybyshev (195 total) - III./JG 52 moves out
August 25, 1943 - Matejewka - 1 LaGG-3 shot down W of Uspenskaja (196 total)

August 27, 1943 - Matejewka - 2 P-39 shot down over Pokorowo and Amwrosijewskaja (198 total)

August 29, 1943 - Matejewka - 2 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Kuybyshev, W of Sinjewka (200 total)

September 2, 1943 - Stalino-Nord - III./JG 52 moves out
September 6, 1943 - Grischino - III./JG 52 moves out
September 7, 1943 - Boguslaw - III./JG 52 moves out
September 8, 1943 - Dnepropetrovsk - III./JG 52 moves out
September 12, 1943 - Dnepropetrovsk - Rall is awarded the swords for his knights cross

September 22, 1943 - Führerhauptquartier, Rastenburg - Rall receives the Swords from Hitler himself
September 24, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - III./JG 52 moves out
October 1, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 2 LaGG-3 shot down NW of Zaporizhia, over Nowo-Gupulowka (202 total)
October 2, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 1 LaGG-3 shot down over Krassnoarmejskoje (203 total)

October 3, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Zaporizhia (204 total)

October 4, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 shot down E of Zaporizhia, over Bolshoj Tokmak (207 total)

October 7, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 2 LaGG-3 shot down W of Schulgowka, NW of Mishorin-Rog (209 total)

October 9, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 4 LaGG-3 shot down S/NE of Kischenki, over Soloschino, Michailowka (213 total)

October 10, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 5 LaGG-3 shot down over Zaporozhia, Nowo-Iwankowka, Krassnoarmenjskoje, Bolschoj Tokmak and Slawgorod (218 total)

October 12, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 2 Il-2 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down N/NE of Zaporizhia (221 total)

October 15, 1943 - Novo-Zaporozhe - 3 LaGG-3 shot down around Zaporizhia (224 total)

October 16, 1943 - Malaja Beresowka / Alexandria - III./JG 52 moves out
October 19, 1943 - Kirovograd - III./JG 52 moves out
October 20, 1943 - Kirovograd - 1 P-39 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down over Werchne Dnjepprowsk, SW of Schletoje (226 total)

October 21, 1943 - Kirovograd - 1 P-39 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Piatykhatky, SW of Werchne Dnjepprowsk (228 total)

October 22, 1943 - Kirovograd - 2 P-39 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Lichowka, SW of Nikolajewka, E of Didenowka (231 total)

October 24, 1943 - Kirovograd - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 shot down NE of Michailowk, over Gladkij, Ukrainowka (234 total)

October 25, 1943 - Kirovograd - 3 LaGG-3 shot down W of Melitopol, N/NW of Nowo-Nikolajewka (237 total)

October 26, 1943 - Kirovograd - 1 P-39 shot down W of Pjatichatki (238 total)

October 29, 1943 - Kirovograd - 2 P-39 shot down W of Selennoje, S of Annowka, Black Sea (240 total)

November 1, 1943 - Apostolovo - Promoted to Major - III./JG 52 moves out
November 5, 1943 - Apostolovo - 1 Yak-1 shot down S of Prokhorovka (241 total)

November 6, 1943 - Apostolovo - 2 LaGG-3 shot down W of Werchne Rogatschik, over Pawlowka (243 total)

November 15, 1943 - Apostolovo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down W of Annowka (244 total)

November 22, 1943 - Apostolovo - 2 LaGG-3 shot down W of Michailowka, SSE of Krinitschkij (246 total)
November 27, 1943 - Apostolovo - 3 LaGG-3 shot down over Nowo-Nikolajewka, Pokrowka, NW of Malaja-Beloserka (249 total)
November 28, 1943 - Apostolovo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Zaporizhia (250 total)
November 29, 1943 - Apostolovo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Zaporizhia (251 total)
November 30, 1943 - Apostolovo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Sofiivka (252 total)
January 7, 1944 - Malaja Wiski - III./JG 52 moves out
January 10, 1944 - Nowo Krasnoje - III./JG 52 moves out
February 23, 1944 - Uman - III./JG 52 moves out
February 26, 1944 - Uman - 1 P-39 + 1 Il-2 shot down WSW Kirovograd, over Alekandrovka (254 total)

March 6, 1944 - Kalinowsky - III./JG 52 moves out
March 8, 1944 - Winniza-Ost - III./JG 52 moves out
March 10, 1944 - Winniza-Ost - 1 La-5 shot down SW of Kazatin (255 total)

March 12, 1944 - Proskurov - 2 La-5 shot down near Balaklcya (257 total) - III./JG 52 moves out
March 13, 1944 - Proskurov - 3 La-5 shot down around Balaklcya (260 total)

March 15, 1944 - Proskurov - 2 La-5 shot down NE of Andrejewka, near Balaklcya (262 total)

March 17, 1944 - Proskurov - 1 La-5 shot down near Andrejewka (263 total)

March 19, 1944 - Proskurov - 4 La-5 shot down NE of Andrejewka, NW of Proskuriv, S of Balaklcya (267 total)

March 21, 1944 - Proskurov - 1 La-5 shot down N of Balaklcya (268 total)

March 23, 1944 - Kamenets-Podolsk - III./JG 52 moves out
March 25, 1944 - Kolomyya, SW Ukraine  - III./JG 52 moves out
March 27, 1944 - Lemberg (L’viv)  - III./JG 52 moves out
March 29, 1944 - Lemberg (L’viv)  - 1 Pe-2 shot down NE of Brody (269 total)
April 6, 1944 - Roman, SW of Iasi, Romania  - III./JG 52 moves out
April 10, 1944 - Sevastopol-Chersones - III./JG 52 moves out
April 15, 1944 - Sevastopol-Chersones - 2 Yak-7 shot down NE of Sevastopol (271 total)
April 16, 1944 - Sevastopol-Chersones - 2 La-5 shot down NE/E of Sevastopol (273 total)
April 19, 1944 - Wunstorf, near Hanover - Transfered to Jagdgeschwader 11, as Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 11 "Reich Defence"
April 29, 1944 - Wunstorf, near Hanover - 1 P-38 shot down N of Hanover (274 total)
April 30, 1944 - Hustedt, N of Celle - II./JG 11 moves out
May 12, 1944 - Near Wetzlar -

Rall with shot off thumb

1 P-47 shot down over Wetzlar (275 total) - Rall is shot down by Col. Hubert Zemke. His cockpit, his engine, his cooler and his left had at the control stick are hit by .50 caliber bullets. Rall bails out and lands in a field

May 13(?), 1944 - Nassau, near Koblenz - Rall is taken to a hospital and his left thumb amputated (due to the onset of infections he would not be able to fly for months

November 1(?), 1944 - Nassau - Leaves the hospital

November(?) 15(?), 1944 - Königsburg-Neumark - Galland gives Rall command of a school for Squadron Leaders 

February 20, 1945 - Jüterbog-Waldlager - Appointed Commander of the JG300 

April 1(?), 1945 - Salzburg, Austria - JG 300 moves out

May 8(?), 1945 - Salzburg, Austria - Surrenders to the Americans
May 14(?), 1945 - Heidelberg POW camp - Taken to POW camp by the americans
May 25(?), 1945 - Bovingdon, near Hemel Hempstead - Taken to England to be interrogated about the Me-262
June(?) 1(?), 1945 - Near Cherbourg - Taken to another POW camp
June(?) 15(?), 1945 - RAF Tangmere - Two weeks at Tangmere answering questions, with Rudel
June(?) 20(?), 1945 - Near Cherbourg - Back to POW camp. Asks permition to go home to his wife and surprisingly it is granted
July(?) 1(?), 1945 - Recklingen, near Tübingen - Rall reunites with his wife Hertha
January(?) 1(?), 1953 - Stuttgart - Representative of Siemens in Southern Germany
January 1(?), 1956 - Bonn - Joins the Bundesluftwaffe =(changeflag)
August 1(?), 1957 - Luke AFB, Phoenix, Arizona - Gunnery training
January(?) 1(?), 1958 - Assigment to the Inspector for Fighter-Bombers
January(?) 1(?), 1964 - Paris - 6-months course at the NATO Defence College
July(?) 1(?), 1964 - Memmingen - Kommodore of JaboG 34
November 1(?), 1967 - Memmingen - Promoted to Generalmajor
January 1, 1971 - Wahn AB - Appointed Inspekteur der Luftwaffe
April 1, 1974 - Brussels - Appointed military attaché with NATO
October 13, 1975 - Bad Reichenhall - Günther Rall retires

August 1(?), 1994 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Signs autographs at the Oshkosh Air Show
April 24, 1999 - Washington D.C. - Panel discussion at the National Air and Space Museum's Langley Theatre

July 27(?), 2000 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Signs autographs at the Oshkosh Air Show
June 1(?), 2003 - Tikkakoski, Finland - Lecture at the Aviation Museum Society, in Finland
January(?) 1(?), 2004 - Bad Reichenhall - Writes his memoir, Mein Flugbuch (My flightbook)
November 26, 2004 - Rheinmünster-Söllingen - Rall visits the German-Canadian Museum in the Baden-Airpark
May 20, 2006 - Vantaa, Finland - Lecture at the Aviation Museum Society, in Finland
June(?) 1(?), 2006 - Bad Reichenhall - Back in Germany

July 27, 2007 - Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Signs autographs at the Oshkosh Air Show
October 2, 2009 - Bad Reichenhall - Günther Rall suffers a heart attack
October 4, 2009 - Bad Reichenhall - Günther Rall dies, aged 91 =(END)

William Shakespeare | Timeline

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. (Intro from Wikipedia)

April 26, 1564 - Stratford-upon-Avon - William Shakespeare is born

November 27, 1582 - Worcester - Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway

January(?) 1(?), 1585 - London - Shakespeare starts working as a writer, actor and company owner =(START)

September 20, 1592 - London - Robert Greene, a playwright, publishes an article criticizing Shakespeare

April 18, 1593 - Stratford-upon-Avon - Shakespeare writes the poem "Venus and Adonis"

March 15, 1594 - London - Shakespeare presents with "Lord Strange's Men" before the Queen

May 9, 1594 - London(?) - Shakespeare writes the poem "The Rape of Lucrece". Lord Chamberlain's men

January(?) 1(?), 1597 - Stratford-upon-Avon - With 15 published plays, Shakespeare buys the second largest house in Stratford

August(?) 1(?), 1599 - Southwark, London - The "Globe Theatre" is built

September 21, 1599 - Southwark - First production for "the Globe", with a performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"

October 8, 1600 - Publication of "A Midsummer's Night Dream"

December 26, 1604 - Whitehall Palace, London - Shakespeare's company performs "Measure for Measure" at Whitehall for King James I

January(?) 1(?), 1605 - Stratford-upon-Avon - Shakespeare buys lands, then rents them to give him income to write without worrying about money

May 20, 1609 - Publication of the "Sonnets"

June 29, 1613 - While at Stratford-upon-Avon(?) - The "Globe Theatre" goes up in flames during a performance of "Henry VIII"

March 25, 1616 - Stratford-upon-Avon - Shakespeare signs his Last Will and Testament

April 23, 1616 - Stratford-upon-Avon - William Shakespeare dies, aged 52 =(END)

Anne Frank | Timeline

Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born diarist and writer. She is one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, is one of the world's most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays and films. (Wikipedia)

June 12, 1929 - Frankfurt, Germany - Annelies Marie Frank is born

March 13, 1933 - Frankfurt - The Nazi Party wins the elections for the Municipal Council

December(?) 1(?), 1933 - Aachen - Edith (Anne's mother) and daughters arrive in Aachen to stay with her mother, Rosa Holländer

February 1(?), 1934 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Anne, sister Margot and mother Edith arrive in Amsterdam

January 8, 1941 - Amsterdam - Jews are forbidden to have access to movie theaters
June 12, 1942 - Amsterdam - Anne Frank starts writing her diary, aged 13 =(START)
June 20, 1942 - Amsterdam - Anne Frank lists many of the restrictions that had been placed upon the lives of jews
July 6, 1942 - Amsterdam - The Frank family move to their hiding place, a secret annex
July 13, 1942 - Amsterdam - Three other people, the Van Pels family, join the Frank family in their hiding place
October 9, 1943 - Amsterdam - Diary entry: "Our many Jewish friends are being taken away by the dozen. These people are being treated by the Gestapo without a shred of decency, being loaded into cattle trucks and sent to Westerbork"

April 5, 1944 - Amsterdam - Anne Frank writes that she aspires to become a journalist
June 6, 1944 - Amsterdam - Great commotion in the "secret annexe" with news of D-Day on the british radio
July 21, 1944 - Amsterdam - Anne Frank is excited and optimistic while hearing on the radio about the attempt to kill Hitler
August 1, 1944 - Amsterdam - Last entry on the diary
August 4, 1944 - Amsterdam - Following a tip from an informer, the Franks, Van Pels and Pfeffer are taken
August 5, 1944 - Amsterdam - The Franks are transfered to the Huis van Bewaring (House of Detention)
August 7, 1944 - Westerbork Transit Camp, Hooghalen - The Franks are transported to the Westerbork transit camp
September 3, 1944 - Westerbork Transit Camp - The Franks are deported to Auschwitz
September 6, 1944 - Auschwitz - The Franks arrive in Auschwitz. All survive, including Anne, lucky to be 15 already
October 28, 1944 - Auschwitz - Selections begin for women to be relocated to Bergen-Belsen
November(?) 2(?), 1944 - Bergen-Belsen, Lower Saxony - Anne and sister Margot arrive in a group of 8,000 women. Edith stays in Auschwitz and later dies of starvation
February 7, 1945 - Bergen-Belsen - Anne Frank and sister Margot start displaying symptoms of typhus
March(?) 1(?), 1945 - Bergen-Belsen - Margot and Anne die of typhus around this date, in an epidemic that killed 17,000 other women in the camp =(END)

Dr. Josef Mengele | Timeline

Josef Mengele (16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician in Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Mengele was a notorious member of the team of doctors responsible for the selection of victims to be killed in the gas chambers and for performing deadly human experiments on prisoners. Arrivals deemed able to work were admitted into the camp, and those deemed unfit for labor were immediately killed in the gas chambers. Mengele left Auschwitz on 17 January 1945, shortly before the arrival of the liberating Red Army troops. After the war, he fled to South America, where he evaded capture for the rest of his life. (Intro from Wikipedia)

Some details are sketchy - help needed

March 16, 1911 - Günzburg, Bavaria - Josef Mengele is born

January(?) 1(?), 1930 - Munich - Mengele enters the Medicine University of Munich

January(?) 1(?), 1931 - Munich - Joins the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten, a paramilitary organisation that in 1934 would be absorbed into the Nazi Sturmabteilung (Storm Detachment; SA)

January(?) 1(?), 1935 - Munich - Mengele earns a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Munich

January(?) 1(?), 1938 - Munich(?) - "Cum Laude" Doctorate in Medicine. Joins the Schutzstaffel (SS) =(START)
April 1, 1938 - ? - Mengele enters the NSDAP - Nazi Party
June 1, 1938 - Frankfurt-am-Main - At the Institute for Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene, Mengele becomes assistant to Dr. Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, a scientist conducting genetics research, with a particular interest in twins
October 24, 1938 - Saalfelden - Mengele starts a 3-month military training in Mountain Infantry Regiment 137
January 21, 1939 - Saalfelden - Mengele finishes his military training
July 28, 1939 - Leipzig(?) - Mengele marries Irene Schönbein
September 1, 1939 - Frankfurt-am-Main - At the start of WW2, Mengele is in Frankfurt
June 15, 1940 - Kassel - Assigned to Wehrmacht's Sanitation department 9

Mengele, with SS-Untersturmführer insignia

August 1, 1940 - Kassel - Promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
April 1(?), 1941 - Heuberg - Mengele is transfered to SS-Wiking Division, which is ready for action
June 1(?), 1941 - North of Breslau (Wroclaw) - SS-Wiking Division takes positions in preparation of Operation Barbarossa
June 18, 1941 - Southeast of Lublin, Poland - SS-Wiking Division takes positions in preparation of Operation Barbarossa
July 9, 1941 - Lviv - SS-Wiking Division is responsible for a massacre of jews, in revenge for the death of Hilmar Wäckerle, commander of SS-Infanterie-Regiment Westland, shot by a sniper
July 16, 1941 - Zloczów (Zolochiv), Lviv Oblast - SS-Wiking Division is responsible for a massacre of jews
July 29, 1941 - Tarnopol - SS-Wiking Division enters in combat for the first time
August 23, 1941 - West of Kiev - The Battle of Kiev starts
October 17, 1941 - Mius River, (Taganrog), Black Sea Coast - Taganrog is taken
November 21, 1941 - Rostov-on-Don - Rostov-on-Don is taken
November 27, 1941 - Mius River, (Taganrog), Black Sea Coast - SS-Wiking Division moves back to the Mius River to spend the Winter
January 30, 1942 - Mius River, (Taganrog), Black Sea Coast - Promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
June 1(?), 1942 - near Rostov-on-Don - Mengele is seriously wounded in action
August 1(?), 1942 - Freiburg - Leave in Freiburg. Declared unfit for further service
September 1(?), 1942 - Berlin - Transfer to the Race and Resettlement Office in Berlin
February 14, 1943 - Zhytomyr, Ukraine(?) - Transfered to SS-Ersatzbataillon "Ost"
April 20, 1943 - Zhytomyr, Ukraine(?) - Promoted to SS-Haptsturmführer (Captain)
May 24, 1943 - Zhytomyr, Ukraine(?) - Assigned to service in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp
May 30, 1943 - Auschwitz (Oświęcim, Poland), 50km SW of Kraków - Dr.Josef Mengele is assigned to "Auschwitz II-Birkenau" at first in the gypsy family camp
June 27, 1944 - Auschwitz - Mengele kills four pairs of twins by injecting chloroform or phenol in them. The interest was apparently on an anomaly in their eye colour
July 28, 1944 - Auschwitz - Mengele starts medical experiments in twins
September 3, 1944 - Auschwitz - Mengele's notebook: "The Czech section of Auschwitz concentration camp was liquidated this date due to a prevalence of typhus among the prisoners"
October 3, 1944 - Auschwitz - End of the experiments with twins
November 1(?), 1944 - Günzburg, Bavaria - On leave
December 1(?), 1944 - Auschwitz - Back in Auschwitz
January 17, 1945 - Auschwitz - Mengele leaves Auschwitz shortly before the arrival of the Red Army and heads to Gross-Rosen Concentration camp, leaving his notebook behind
February 8, 1945 - Gross-Rosen, Lower Silesia - Mengele flees Gross-Rosen concentration camp and travels in disguise to Saaz (Zatec)
February 13(?), 1945 - Central Czechoslovakia - Fleeing westward, Mengele joins a retreating unit of Wehrmacht soldiers, exchanging his uniform
May 2, 1945 - Saaz (Zatec), Czech Republic - Mengele receives permission to join a Field hospital staff - Kriefslazarett 2/591
May 8, 1945 - Czechoslovakia-Saxony Border - Mengele crosses the border into Saxony on the night of Germany's surrender
June 1(?), 1945 - Schauenstein, Bavaria - Mengele reaches Bavaria, where he goes to a american POW camp
July 15(?), 1945 - Helmbrechts, Bavaria - Mengele is transfered to Helmbrechts POW camp, near Hof
July 30(?), 1945 - Helmbrechts, Bavaria - Still out of the list of war criminals, Mengele is released from Helmbrechts and heads to Donauwörth under the name "Fritz Hollmann"
August(?) 3(?), 1945 - Donauwörth - Mengele reaches Donauwörth on his way home
August(?) 5(?), 1945 - Günzburg, Bavaria - Mengele reaches Günzburg and contacts his family. Initially he hides for some weeks in the forest
October 30, 1945 - Mangolding, SE Regensburg, Upper Bavaria - Mengele moves to a lonely farmstead, the Lechnerhof, where he works as a servant and avoids being seen
August 1, 1948 - Mangolding - After deciding to flee to Argentina, Mengele leaves the Lechnerhof
September 1, 1948 - Günzburg, Bavaria - Mengele returns to Günzburg to pick up an inheritance
April 16, 1949 - Innsbruck, Austria - Mengele arrives in Innsbruck by train
April 17, 1949 - Steinach, Austria - Mengele arrives to an Inn at the foot of the Brenner Pass
April 18, 1949 - Austria-Italy border - Mengele crosses the Brenner Pass to Italy
April 19, 1949 - Vitipeno, Italy - Mengele is contacted by two men who give him a fake identity, passport, money and even a small suitcase filled with scientific specimens from his Auschwitz experiments
May 25, 1949 - Genoa, Italy - Mengele boards the ship "North King" to Argentina
June 20, 1949 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - The "North King" arrives in Buenos Aires

Mengele in Argentina

September 17, 1949 - Buenos Aires - Mengele receives a false identity card
March 25, 1954 - Buenos Aires - Back in Düsseldorf, divorce between Mengele and Irene is signed
April 1(?), 1955 - Buenos Aires - Mengele applies to the argentine federal police for a special passport for non-argentine citizens
September 1, 1955 - Buenos Aires - The argentine police grants Mengele a "good conduct" pass
October(?) 1(?), 1955(?) - Corumbá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil - After the fall of Perón's Government, Mengele buys his Brazilian estate outside Corumbá, installs a swimming pool and a well-equipped laboratory and hires a few former SS men as bodyguards. He also retains his Buenos Aires residence and makes frequent trips to Argentina to purchase scientific equipment which he hauls home to Corumbá on Paraguay River steamers

March 1(?), 1956 - New York City - Two hours of flight stop in New York
March 2(?), 1956 - Geneva, Switzerland - Mengele arrives in Geneva
March 3(?), 1956 - Engelberg, Switzerland - Mengele, as "uncle Fritz", meets his son Rolf on a skiing trip to Engelberg
March 15(?), 1956 - Günzburg, Bavaria - Mengele briefly visits Günzburg before returning to Argentina
April(?) 1(?), 1956 - Buenos Aires - Back in Buenos Aires - speculative date
September 11, 1956 - Buenos Aires - At the german embassy, Mengele asks for identity papers for his real name. Still, he is not detected
October 1(?), 1956 - Buenos Aires - Martha Maria Will arrives in Argentina with her son Karl-Heinz

January(?) 1(?), 1957 - Santiago, Chile - Mengele and Stuka ace Hans-Ulrich Rudel together travel to Chile to spend a week with Walter Rauff, the inventor of the mobile gas chamber
July 28, 1958 - Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay - Mengele marries Martha Maria Will
February 25, 1959 - Buenos Aires - Back in Freiburg im Breisgau, the Public Prosecutor issues a warrant of arrest for Mengele
March 1(?), 1959 - Buenos Aires - Mengele decides that he would be safer living in Paraguay
May 1(?), 1959 - Hohenau, South of Paraguay - Within days of his arrest warrant, Mengele moves to South Paraguay, to Alban Krug's farm
November 27, 1959 - Hohenau - Mengele's paraguayan citizenship is approved
May 11, 1960 - Buenos Aires - Mengele is in Buenos Aires while Adolf Eichmann is kidnapped by israeli agents
May 21(?), 1960 - Corumbá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil - Mengele escapes to his brazilian estate outside Corumbá
June 11(?), 1960 - Buenos Aires - As soon as Mengele hears that Eichmann was taken out of the country, he decides to get back to Buenos Aires
June 30, 1960 - Hohenau - Back in Buenos Aires, the argentine police starts looking for him
September 1(?), 1960 - Hohenau - Mengele decides that capture by the israelis is inevitable as long as he stays at the Krug Farm. He resolves to get out of Paraguay and begin a new life elsewhere. The choice is Brazil

Mengele in 1977

October 24, 1960 - Ciudad del Este, Paraguay(?) - Mengele moves to Brazil with a brazilian passport under the name "Peter Hochbichler"
January(?) 1(?), 1961 - Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil - Mengele becomes administrator of a plantation for the Stammers, an hungarian couple
January 30(?), 1975 - Estrada do Alvarenga, South of São Paulo City - Mengele moves to São Paulo City
January(?) 1(?), 1977 - Estrada do Alvarenga, São Paulo City - Mengele receives a visit from his son Rolf
February 5, 1979 - Bertioga, São Paulo - Mengele takes a 2-hour bus ride to Bertioga, to stay at Wolfram and Liselotte Bossert's house
February 7, 1979 - Bertioga, São Paulo - Dr. Josef Mengele has a stroke while swimming and drowns, aged 67 =(END)

John II (João II) of Portugal | Timeline

John II of Portugal (Dom*João II) (Lisbon, May 3, 1455 – Alvor, October 25, 1495) was the 13th king of Portugal, named "the perfect Prince" by the way in which he used his power. Son of King Afonso V of Portugal, he accompanied his father in the African Campaigns and was knighted after the taking of Asilah (Morocco). While Afonso V faced the castillians, the Prince takes on the direction of the Portuguese Maritime Expansion, initiated by his uncle-grandfather Henry, the Navigator.

May 3, 1455 - St.George Castle, Lisbon, Portugal - Prince John, future King John II, is born
May 11, 1455 - Lisbon - Prince John is baptized
September 10, 1468 - Lisbon(?) - Pope Paul II grants the government of the Military Order of Avis to Prince John
January 22, 1471 - Lisbon - Promise of Marriage of Prince John with D.Leonor, his cousin
August 15, 1471 - Lisbon - King Afonso V departs to Asilah, taking with him 16-year old Prince John
August 24, 1471 - Asilah, Morocco - Conquest of Asilah and occupation of Tangiers, which is abandoned by the Moors. On that day, Prince John is knighted at the Asilah Mosque
September 16, 1473 - Lisbon(?) - The contract of the marriage of Prince John with D.Leonor is signed
August 31, 1474 - Lisbon(?) - King Afonso V donates of the monopoly on the Seas of Guinea to Prince John
April 25, 1475 - Sintra(?) - Prince John takes on the Regency of the Kingdom while King Afonso V is in Castille
May 12, 1475 - Arronches - King Afonso V guarantees to Prince John the succession of the throne
May 18, 1475 - (While in Portalegre) - D.Afonso, son of Prince John and D.Leonor, is born in Lisbon
May 19, 1475 - Portalegre - Prince John, in Portalegre, writes inquiring the authorities of the City of Porto, how many men are capable of taking arms and participating in the war. It should be noted that this letter was only read in the town hall of Porto on July 15, 1475
May 25, 1475 - (While in Lisbon) - The Catholic Kings order war against Portugal, on Sea and land
January 1, 1476 - Lisbon(?) - Prince John departs to Castille to help his father, King Afonso V
January 24, 1476 - Guarda, Portugal | Castelo Rodrigo, Spain - Prince John departs from Guarda and enters Castille through Castelo Rodrigo
February 16, 1476 - Toro, North of Castille | Zamora - Prince John arrives at Toro. Continues to Zamora to join King Afonso V
February 28, 1476 - Zamora - King Afonso V and Prince John depart from Zamora
March 2, 1476 - Toro, North of Castille - Battle of Toro - Inconclusive
July(?) 1(?), 1476 - Porto - Afonso V arrives in Porto and stays for a month with Prince John and D.Beatriz
November 10, 1476 - Lisbon - The Royal Council decides about the abdication of the absent King and acclaims Prince John as king
November 15, 1476 - Lisbon - King Afonso V returns to Portugal
February 1(?), 1477 - Alegrete | Arronches - Prince John liberates Alegrete and Arronches, taken in the beginning of 1476
November 10, 1477 - Lisbon(?) - Prince John is acclaimed King

Treaty of Alcáçovas, 1479

September 4, 1479 - Alcáçovas - A peace treaty is signed with Castille at Alcáçovas
August 21, 1481 - Abrantes - Prince Jorge de Lencastre (Lancaster) is born
August 28, 1481 - Sintra - King Afonso V dies. Prince John ascends to the throne
August 31, 1481 - Sintra - John II is crowned
November 12, 1481 - Évora - Courts of Évora
December 12, 1481 - Lisbon - Diogo de Azambuja departs for Guinea with 500 soldiers and 100 skilled workmen. Christopher Columbus is one of the crewmen
December 25, 1481 - Almeirim - John II spends Christmas in Almeirim
January(?) 1(?), 1482 - Lisbon - Diogo Cão sets sail from Lisbon to explore the Southwestern coast of Africa
July 8, 1482 - Évora - Letter: Special chapters of Lisbon, presented to the "Cortes" of Évora
November 5, 1482 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
December 17, 1482 - Santarém - Pedro Jaqués, member of the Royal Council since the battle of Toro (1476) is called in a letter by King John II as "a Knight of his House"
April 8, 1483 - Lisbon - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
April 23, 1483 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
May 29, 1483 - Évora - The conspirator Duke of Braganza is arrested in Évora
June 20, 1483 - Évora - The conspirator Duke of Braganza, the King's brother-in-law, is tried and beheaded in Évora
January 5, 1484 - Montemor - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, ordering steps to clean Lisbon, though to be the reason for outbreaks of plague
March 4, 1484 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
March 22, 1484 - Muge - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
April 21, 1484 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, asking to be sent the peace treaty signed with the Duchy of Brittany
July 12, 1484 - Alconchel - King John II summons the Council of Lisbon to his presence
July 27, 1484 - Setúbal - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 15, 1484 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 18, 1484 - Fronteira - Letter: King John II authorizes the exit of silver from the Kingdom if used to buy cereals to supply Lisbon
September 27, 1484 - Castelo Branco - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
October 15, 1484 - Almeirim - John II gets sick and departs to heal himself in Almeirim
November 12, 1484 - Santa Maria das Virtudes Monastery - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, ordering no reprisals agains the 4 genoese ships anchored at Lisbon
November 20, 1484 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, ordering them to protect the jewish neighbourhood in Lisbon
November 30, 1484 - Almeirim - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
January 13, 1485 - Sintra - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
January 20, 1485 - Montemor-o-Novo - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
February 18, 1485 - Viana do Alentejo - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
March 22, 1485 - Beja - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
May 19, 1485 - Odemira - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
June 4, 1485 - Santiago do Cacém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
July 1, 1485 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon with a reprimand for allowing the capture of three foreign ships near Cascais (a flemish, an english and another from brittany)
July 14, 1485 - Santiago do Cacém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, asking them to send a cargo of wheat flour to Almada
August 17, 1485 - Alcobaça - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 7, 1485 - Sintra - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
January 21, 1486 - São Bento - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, authorizing the aquisition of cereals in North Africa
January 22, 1486 - Samora Correia - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, about the cleaning of Lisbon
March 16, 1486 - Beja - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, demanding that a french privateer in Lisbon harbour follow his orders
March 28, 1486 - Santarém - Letter ordering that the Royal castle is well supplied for a visit of an english delegation
April 3, 1486 - Almeirim - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
April 10, 1486 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
August 4, 1486 - Lisbon - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
August 30, 1486 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 15, 1486 - Lisbon - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
October 9, 1486 - Lisbon - John II authorizes the aquisition of cereals in North Africa to the Lisbon markets
November 19, 1486 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
February 4, 1487 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
May 7, 1487 - Lisbon - Pêro da Covilhã and Afonso de Paiva depart from Lisbon to the East by land, to collect preparatory information for a maritime expedition
August 1(?), 1487 - Lisbon - Bartolomeu Dias departs to the "Cape of Torments" (Cape of Good Hope)
September 16, 1487 - Alenquer - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 28, 1487 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
November 28, 1487 - Almeirim - Letter: King John II forbids people who had the plague in less than 30 days to enter Lisbon
December 3, 1487 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
February 1, 1488 - Avis, Portugal - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, about the shortage of meat in Lisbon

March 20, 1488 - Avis - Letter to Christopher Columbus
June 22, 1488 - Santiago do Cacém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, cancelling the privileges of the flemish merchants in Lisbon, as a retaliation by the way portuguese merchants were being treated in Flanders
December 1(?), 1488 - Lisbon - Bartolomeu Dias returns to Lisbon after passing the "Cape of Torments", now rebaptized as "Cape of Good Hope"
August 27, 1489 - (While in Lisbon)(?) - The portuguese withdraw from Larache after an agreement with the King of Fez
September 14, 1489 - Tavira - Letter from Tavira about imports of bread being no longer taxed
October 15, 1489 - Sintra - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
December 25, 1489 - Montemor-o-Novo - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
February 7, 1490 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
February 16, 1490 - Évora - John II attributes a pension of 9,600 "reais" to Rui de Pina to "write and settle the famous feats of our own as of our Kingdoms"
August 20, 1490 - Fernão da Silveira's farm - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
August 30, 1490 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 12, 1490 - Alvito - Letter: Geral chapters of the "Cortes" of Évora
October 13, 1490 - Viana do Alentejo - Letter authorizing the aquisition of cereals from North Africa, because of the shortage in Lisbon
November 3, 1490 - Estremoz - Prince Dom Afonso marries Dona Isabel, daughter of the Catholic Kings of Spain
November 19, 1490 - Lavradio - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
November 22, 1490 - Elvas - Infanta Isabella and Prince Afonso reunite in Elvas
November 23, 1490 - Évora - Infanta Isabella arrives in Évora, where the Court had gathered, to meet Queen Leonor and so that the marriage could be ratified
January 3, 1491 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
January 14, 1491 - Viana do Alentejo - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
February 14, 1491 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
April 8, 1491 - Viana do Alentejo - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
May 6, 1491 - Almeirim - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
June 11, 1491 - Almeirim - The King and Prince Afonso ride to Almeirim, returning to Santarém at the end of the day
June 14, 1491 - Santarém - The Princes attend a Mass in the Royal Chapel and dine at Lopo da Palha's rural property
June 24, 1491 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
July 13, 1491 - Almeirim - Prince Dom(*)Afonso falls from his horse and dies
July 28, 1491 - Santarém - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, thanking them for the confort and console they gave the king after the Prince's death
September 5, 1491 - Colares - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, about the use of black clothes to mourn the Prince's death
October 23, 1491 - ? - John II writes a letter to the italian scholar Poliziano, agreeing with the writing of an epic account of the king's accomplishments, although the commission is delayed
November 3, 1491 - Lisbon - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
March 16, 1492 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
March 25, 1492 - Lisbon - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
May 1(?), 1492 - Lisbon - Being the king in Lisbon, several "accidents and faints" happened to him, after which he no longer ceased to suffer
July 22, 1492 - Sintra - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 25, 1492 - Alcochete - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, warning them to take precautions about jews coming from Castille (some cases of plague were detected)
October 6, 1492 - Lavradio - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
October 16, 1492 - Alcochete - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
October 24, 1492 - Lavradio - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
December 14, 1492 - Almeirim - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
February 7, 1493 - Benavente - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, cumplimenting them for the steps taken to fight the plague in Lisbon
March 4, 1493 - Rio Maior - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
March 6(?), 1493 - Almeirim - Columbus meets King John II at Almeirim and tells him about the discovery of the new lands
May 10, 1493 - Torres Vedras - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
June 4, 1493 - Varatojo Monastery - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
July 12, 1493 - Torres Vedras - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, forbidding people with the plague to enter in Lisbon
July 15, 1493 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
July 19, 1493 - Torres Vedras - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
August 24, 1493 - Torres Vedras - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, ordering preventive measures against the plague
September 28, 1493 - Sintra - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
October 12, 1493 - Alcochete - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, ordering new measures to fight the plague
October 15, 1493 - Sintra - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
December 30, 1493 - Almeirim - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, about the jews who were sent there and that were about to leave the Realm
January 9, 1494 - Lisbon - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
January 20, 1494 - Viseu - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
February 4, 1494 - Lisbon - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, imposing limits to the activities of prostitutes
March 20, 1494 - São João - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
April 4, 1494 - São Bento - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
April 15, 1494 - Salvaterra - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
April 18, 1494 - Benavente - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
April 25, 1494 - Almeirim - Letter to the Chamber of Porto
May 2, 1494 - Almeirim - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
May 20, 1494 - Setúbal - After coming to visit the Queen, who was seriously ill in Setúbal, he feels an increase in his condition which ends "in a rare and mortal dropsy, that his swelling and other passions bore true witness". Letter to the Council of Lisbon, asking for information about an outbreak of plague in Lisbon
May 28, 1494 - Lisbon - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
May 29, 1494 - Setúbal - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, ordering them to take measures to avoid that ships coming from Andalusia and in particular from Seville, anchor at Lisbon

Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494

June 7, 1494 - (While in Setúbal) - Signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas that divided the world into two hemispheres, one to be explored by the kings of Portugal and another by the Catholic Kings of Spain.
July 24, 1494 - Setúbal - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
July 30, 1494 - Palmela - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
August 11, 1494 - Setúbal - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 5, 1494 - (While in Setúbal) - The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by the portuguese
September 22, 1494 - Setúbal - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 28, 1494 - Setúbal - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, ordering that the petition of the blacks of the city about a dispute concerning the offices they practiced and the brotherhood to which they belonged.
November 30, 1494 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
January 31, 1495 - Montemor-o-Novo - King John II legitimizes the Jaqués brothers, Henrique and Cristóvão (the latter would be a highly successful privateer on the coast of Brazil)
April 29, 1495 - Évora - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, ordering the expulsion of some french ships a board which some cases of plague were registered
July 1(?), 1495 - Alcáçovas - Takes refuge from the plague with the Queen at Alcáçovas
July 22, 1495 - Alcáçovas - Letter to the Council of Lisbon
September 15, 1495 - Alcáçovas - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, asking for information about an outbreak of plague in Lisbon
September 29, 1495 - Alcáçovas - King John II writes his will and testament and names Dom Manuel as his successor
September 30, 1495 - Alcáçovas - Departs to Algarve, for the baths of Monchique
October 23, 1495 - Alvor - Letter to the Council of Lisbon, informing them of his improving health and thanking them for their prayers
October 25, 1495 - Alvor - John II of Portugal dies, aged 40 (suspicions of poisoning) =(END)

*Dom - A portuguese noble title given to Royalty, nobles and bishops, similar in effect to the British "Sir"

Bibliography 

FONSECA, Luís Adão da, "D. João II", Lisbon, Círculo de Leitores, 2005 (ISBN: 972-42-3442- 8)
PERES, Damião - História de Portugal, vol.IIII, 1921

George Armstrong Custer | Timeline

George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. (Wikipedia)

December 5, 1839 - New Rumley, Ohio - George Armstrong Custer is born
January(?) 1(?), 1856 - Hopedale, Ohio - Custer graduates from McNeely School
July 1, 1857 - West Point, New York - Custer enters West Point Academy as a cadet
June 24, 1861 - West Point, New York - Custer's 5-year course is shortened to 4 years with the outbreak of the American Civil War and he graduates from the Academy. =(START)
July 16, 1861 - Washington D.C. - Custer departs from Washington in McDowell's Union Army
July 21, 1861 - Fairfax /Prince William counties, Virginia - First battle of  BULL RUN - Confederate victory
September 17, 1862 - Sharpsburg, Maryland - Battle of Antietam - tactically inconclusive - Strategic victory of the Union

Custer and Staff, 1862

June 30, 1863 - Hanover, Pennsylvania - Inconclusive battle of Hanover
July 1, 1863 - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - First day of the Battle of GETTYSBURG
July 2, 1863 - Beaverdam Creek, Hunterstown, Pennsylvania - Skirmishes between Custer's Cavalry and the Confederate Cavalry
July 3, 1863 - East Cavalry Field, Pennsylvannia - Cavalry counterattacks on the last day of the battle - Union Victory
February 9, 1864 - Monroe, Michigan(?) - Custer marries Elizabeth Clift Bacon
May 5, 1864 - between Fredericksburg and Culpeper - Start of the battle of Wilderness
May 7, 1864 - between Fredericksburg and Culpeper - End of the battle of Wilderness - inconclusive
May 9, 1864 - West of Fredericksburg - Sheridan and Custer start raiding Richmond, the confederate Capital.
May 10, 1864 - Hanover Junction - Sheridan and Custer pass behind Robert E. Lee's army
May 11, 1864 - Yellow Tavern, North of Richmond - Battle of Yellow Tavern - Union victory
May 12, 1864 - Meadow Bridge, Northeast of Richmond - Battle of Meadow Bridge - Union victory
May 24, 1864 - Chesterfield, South of Richmond - Custer joins Grant in Chesterfield
June 5, 1864 - Northeast of Richmond - Sheridan and Custer receive orders to raid towards northeast and Charlottesville
June 11, 1864 - Southeast Gordonsville - Battle of Trevilian Station - Confederate victory
June 15, 1864 - Southwest of Fredericksburg - Sheridan and Custer return from the Battle of Trevilian - route to Grant
June 16, 1864 - Bowling Green, North of Hanover - Riding to South-southeast
June 18, 1864 - King and Queen Court House - Riding to southeast. Change in direction to southwest
June 24, 1864 - Charles City - Approaching James River
June 25, 1864 - James River - Custer crosses James River
June 28, 1864 - Petersburg - Arrival in Petersburg to join Grant
September 19, 1864 - Winchester, Virginia - Third Battle of Winchester - Union victory
November 1(?), 1864 - (around) Petersburg - Grant and Custer join the main army sieging Petersburg to spend the winter
March 2, 1865 - Waynesboro, Virginia - Battle of Waynesboro - Union victory
March 31, 1865 - Dinwiddie Court House (Southwest of Petersburg) - Battle of Dinwiddie Court House - Confederate victory
April 1, 1865 - Five Forks, Southwest of Petersburg - Battle of Five Forks - Union victory
April 9, 1865 - Appomattox, Virginia - Custer is present at the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox Court House
June 27, 1865 - Alexandria, Louisiana - Custer arrives in Alexandria with an occupation force
August 15(?), 1865 - Hempstead, Texas - Custer arrives in Hempstead with an occupation force
October 1(?), 1865 - Austin, Texas - Custer relocates his division to Austin
February 1(?), 1866 - Austin, Texas - Custer musters out of U.S. volunteer service and takes an extended leave of absence
March(?) 1(?), 1866 - New York City - Extended leave of absence in New York. Custer considers options in mining and railroads.
April(?) 1(?), 1866 - New York City - Custer is forced by the Secretary of State to refuse to fight for Benito Juárez in México.
May 1(?), 1866 - Monroe, Michigan - Custer returns to Monroe after the death of his father-in-law
July 28, 1866 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Constitution of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, under Custer's command
August 27, 1866 - Washington D.C. - Custer accompanies President Andrew Johnson on a journey by train known as the "Swing Around the Circle" to build up public support for Johnson's policies towards the South
September 3, 1866 - Cleveland - Andrew Johnson's train stops in Cleveland
September 14, 1866 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania - Andrew Johnson's train stops in Johnstown
September 15, 1866 - Washington D.C. - The "Swing around the circle" train returns to Washington
March 26, 1867 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Custer and Hancock depart heading West
April 9, 1867 - Fort Larned - Arrival to Fort Larned. Violent snowstorm.
June 22, 1867 - Benkelman, Nebraska - The 7th Cavalry camps in Benkelman
June 24, 1867 - Benkelman - The camp is attacked by Pawnee indians. One soldier dead.
June 30, 1867 - Benkelman - The 7th Cavalry departs from Benkelman
July 12, 1867 - near Goodland, Kansas - Custer finds the bodies of the Kidder Massacre
November 18, 1868 - East of Fort Supply, Oklahoma - Custer helps establish Camp Supply
November 27, 1868 - Cheyenne, Oklahoma - Battle of the Washita River (Washita Massacre)
December 1(?), 1868 - Fort Cobb - Custer starts exchanging letters with Sheridan and Elizabeth, during 1869.
September 3, 1871 - Elizabethtown, Kentucky - Custer arrives in Elizabethtown
January 13, 1872 - South of North Platte, Nebraska - Hunting in Nebraska with Buffalo Bill and Duke Alexis of Russia
January 17, 1872 - Denver - Custer arrives in Denver by train, accompanying Duke Alexei
January 22, 1872 - Topeka - Custer arrives in Topeka by train, accompanying Duke Alexei
August 4, 1873 - Tongue River, Montana - First skirmishes against Lakota indians
July 2, 1874 - Bismarck, South Dakota - Custer departs in an expedition to the Black Hills, with intention of building a fort
July 22, 1874 - Custer, Black Hills - Custer establishes a camp that in the future would become the city of Custer
July 31, 1874 - Harney Peak - Arrival at Harney Peak
August 2, 1874 - Agnes Park - Arrival in Agnes Park
August 7, 1874 - Agnes Park - Custer shoots and kills a grizzly bear, forever claiming this to be his greatest achievement as a Hunter
August 15, 1874 - Agnes Park - The Expedition begins the return to Fort Lincoln
August 30, 1874 - South of Mandan, North Dakota (northwest of Bismarck) - Arrival in Fort Lincoln
March 15, 1876 - South of Mandan, North Dakota - Custer is summoned to Washington to testify at Congressional hearings. These concerned the corruption scandal involving U.S. Secretary of War William W. Belknap, President Grant's brother Orville, and traders at Army posts in Indian Country, who were charging troops double what they would have paid for the same goods in Bismarck, North Dakota
March 29, 1876 - Washington D.C. - Custer testifies in the War Department about the Trader Post Scandal
April 4, 1876 - Washington D.C. - Custer departs from Washington to his post in North Dakota, via Philadelphia
May 2, 1876 - Philadelphia - Custer departs to Chicago by train
May 3, 1876 - Chicago - Arrival in Chicago. President Grant orders Custer's arrest for leaving Washington without permission
May 5, 1876 - St.Paul, Minnesota - Custer arrives in St.Paul to meet Brigadier-General Terry
May 8, 1876 - Fort Snelling, Minnesota - Custer is informed at Fort Snelling that he was to lead the 7th Cavalry, but under Terry's direct supervision (although later he started operating independently from him)
May 17, 1876 - South of Mandan, North Dakota - Custer departs from Fort Lincoln
June 24, 1876 - Crow's nest - 23km east of Bighorn River - Custer approaches the site where indian tribes were gathering. He is detected on the following day
June 25, 1876 - Little Bighorn, Montana - George Armstrong Custer is killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn, against the Lakotas, northern Cheyenne and Arapaho indians =(END)