Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.

Posthumous nameEmperor Wu of HanHan dynasty

First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.

LithuaniaAnnals of QuedlinburgQuedlinburg

Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.

BulgariaIvan Asen II of BulgariaDespotate of EpirusBattle of Klokotnitsa

Augsburg becomes a Free imperial city.

AugsburgFree imperial city

The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Pedro Álvares CabralLisbonIndiesBrazilTreaty of Tordesillas

David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.

David RizzioMary, Queen of ScotsPalace of HolyroodhouseEdinburgh

After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.

VoltaireJean Calas1762

Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.

NapoleonJoséphine de Beauharnais

Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.

Manuel BelgranoBattle of Tacuarí

Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.

Francis RonaldsPhilosophical Magazine

The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe to support his war in Algeria.

French Foreign LegionLouis Philippe IFrench Algeria

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.

Supreme Court of the United StatesUnited States v. The AmistadSlavery

Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.

Giuseppe VerdiNabuccoMilan

The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.

GoldCaliforniaRancho San FranciscoCalifornia Gold Rush

Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.

Mexican-American WarAmphibious assaultSiege of Veracruz

American Civil War: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.

American Civil WarUSS MonitorCSS VirginiaBattle of Hampton RoadsIronclad warship

Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adwa.

Francesco CrispiBattle of Adwa

Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club.

Inter Milan

The Westmoreland County coal strike, involving 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins.

Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910-11Coal miningUnited Mine Workers

Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.

Mexican RevolutionPancho VillaBattle of Columbus (1916)Columbus, New Mexico

Pink's War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins.

Pink's WarRoyal Air ForceBritish ArmyRoyal Navy

Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

Great DepressionFranklin D. RooseveltEmergency Banking ActNew Deal

World War II: Dutch East Indies, represented by KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and Japanese completed their Dutchmmjn East Indies campaign.

World War IIDutch East IndiesKnilLieutenant generalHein ter Poorten

World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a five-day battle.

Hill 700Bougainville Island

World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.

Bombing of Tallinn in World War II

World War II: The first nocturnal incendiary attack on Tokyo inflicts damage comparable to that inflicted on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.

Operation MeetinghouseAtomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.

Japanese coup d'état in French IndochinaFrench Indochina

Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.

Bolton Wanderers F.C.Burnden Park disasterBurnden ParkBolton

McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.

McCarthyismCBSSee It NowJoseph McCarthyFred Friendly

Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.

Red Army1956 Georgian demonstrationsGeorgian Soviet Socialist RepublicNikita KhrushchevDe-Stalinization