The Movie Timeline - it's like a timeline, but of movies
Movie history events from 1701
23rd May: British privateer William Kidd, popularly known as Captain Kidd, is hanged for piracy and murder . (London, England) (Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl)
1st June: Asano Naganori of Ako, enraged by continued derogatory comments, attacks and injures Kiro Yoshinaka, the corrupt Kozuke-no-suke of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's shogunate; since violence of any kind is forbidden within the walls of Edo Castle, Asano is sentenced to commit seppuku that same day. (Edo Castle, Japan) (The 47 Ronin)