Nika riots in Constantinople.

Nika riotsConstantinople

Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.

Sicut DudumGuanchesCanary IslandsPope Eugene IV

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.

GenoaSovereign default

Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome

Nicolas Jean Hugon de BassvilleRevolutionary France

French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.

French Revolutionary WarsAction of 13 January 1797Ship of the lineBrittany

War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.

War of 1812British EmpireBattle of Fort PeterSt. Marys, Georgia

The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.

Flag of GreeceFirst National Assembly at Epidaurus

The Great Fire of New Orleans begins.

New Orleans

United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.

Andrew JacksonVice President of the United StatesMartin Van BurenSouth CarolinaNullification Crisis

The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.

Lexington (steamship)Long Island

Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

William BrydonEast India CompanyFirst Anglo-Afghan War1842 retreat from KabulCamp follower

The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.

Treaty of CahuengaMexican-American WarCalifornia

Establishment of the Colony of Vancouver Island.

Colony of Vancouver Island

The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.

National Geographic Society

The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.

Independent Labour Party

U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.

United States Marine CorpsHonoluluUSS Boston (1884)1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii

First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.

First Italo-Ethiopian WarBattle of Coatit

Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.

Émile ZolaJ'accuse…!Dreyfus affair

The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.

Rhoads Opera House fireBoyertown, Pennsylvania

The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Birth of public radio broadcastingCavalleria rusticanaPagliacciMetropolitan Opera House (39th St)

The 6.7 Mw Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978-32,610.

1915 Avezzano earthquakeProvince of L'AquilaMercalli intensity scale

A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.

ReferendumSaar (League of Nations)Nazi Germany

The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.

Black Friday (1939)

Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.

Henry Ford

World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.

World War IIEjection seatHeinkel He 280

First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.

First Indochina WarBattle of Vĩnh Yên

An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.

PravdaDoctors' plot

The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.

Moroccan Army of LiberationIfni War

Coup d'état in Togo results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio

1963 Togolese coup d'étatTogoSylvanus Olympio