After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian.

MinervinaConstantine the GreatFaustaRoman EmperorMaximian

Battle of the Trench: Muhammad undergoes a 14-day siege at Medina (Saudi Arabia) by Meccan forces under Abu Sufyan.

Battle of the TrenchMuhammadSiegeMedinaSaudi Arabia

Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.

Bernard of ClairvauxVézelaySecond CrusadeLouis VII of France

Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.

Isabella I of CastileAlhambra DecreeSpanish and Portuguese JewsMoors

The city of San Cristóbal, Táchira is founded.

San Cristóbal, Táchira

A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.

SermonBenjamin HoadlyBishop of BangorBangorian Controversy

American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.

American Revolutionary WarKingdom of Great BritainBostonMassachusettsBoston Port Act

The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following an attempted rebellion, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.

Chios massacreChiosOttoman EmpireEugène Delacroix

Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.

Commodore (United States)Matthew C. PerryConvention of KanagawaTokugawa shogunateShimoda, Shizuoka

The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBechuanaland Protectorate

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

Eiffel Tower

Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.

MalolosFirst Philippine RepublicCapture of Malolos

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.

National Collegiate Athletic AssociationCollege sports in the United States

Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

SerbiaBosnia and Herzegovina

The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.

ModernismArnold SchoenbergAlban BergAlexander von ZemlinskyAnton von Webern

The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.

United StatesDanish West IndiesUnited States Virgin Islands

Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.

March DaysArmenian Revolutionary FederationBolsheviksAzerbaijanis

Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.

Daylight saving time

The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.

Royal Australian Air Force

The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.

Motion Picture Production Code

An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.

1931 Nicaragua earthquakeManagua

A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.

1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crashBazaar, KansasUniversity of Notre DameKnute Rockne

The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.

Civilian Conservation CorpsUnited States

World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.

World War IIBattle of Christmas Island

World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.

Nazi GermanyMesserschmitt Me 262A-1TurbojetFighter aircraft

The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.

Dominion of NewfoundlandCanadian ConfederationProvince of Canada

Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.

Remington RandUNIVAC IUnited States Census Bureau

Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.

Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, 1957French Upper VoltaUnified Democratic PartyVoltaic Democratic Movement

In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.

Canadian federal election, 1958Progressive Conservative Party of CanadaJohn Diefenbaker

The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.

14th Dalai LamaPolitical asylum