1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (born 1885)

John Tovey

Admiral of the Fleet John Cronyn Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey,, sometimes known as Jack Tovey, was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he commanded the destroyer HMS Onslow at the Battle of Jutland and then commanded the destroyer Ursa at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight. During the Second World War he initially served as Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in which role he commanded the Mediterranean Fleet's Light Forces. He then served as Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet and was responsible for orchestrating the pursuit and destruction of the Bismarck.

Born

1885

March 7

Died

1971

Era

1880s

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John, in brief

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1885 Born
1971 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

161 Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
681 The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch.
1138 Konrad III von Hohenstaufen is elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin.
1277 The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses.

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The world in 1971

When John departed

april 1 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
april 17 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
april 19 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
april 19 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 7

Antony Armstrong-Jones 1930–2017 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (born 1930) Cecilie Thoresen Krog 1858–1911 Norwegian women's rights pioneer (died 1911) Nicéphore Niépce 1765–1833 French inventor, created the first known photograph (born 1765) Niclas Bergfors 1987– Swedish ice hockey player Taylor Dayne 1962– American singer-songwriter and actress

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1885

Alice Paul 1885–1977 American activist and suffragist (died 1977) Clare Sheridan 1885–1970 English sculptor and author (born 1885) D. H. Lawrence 1885–1930 English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1885) Erich von Stroheim 1885–1957 Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885) Frank Patrick 1885–1960 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960) Giacomo Matteotti 1885–1924 Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885) Grace Hutchins 1885–1969 American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969) Gunnar Asplund 1885–1940 Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (born 1885) John Curtin 1885–1945 Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945)

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