Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.

Sack of Rome (1527)RenaissanceSwiss GuardsCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorPope Clement VII

The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.

Siege of CuzcoInca EmpireCuzco

King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.

Henry VIII of EnglandGreat Bible

Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.

Francis XavierOld GoaPortuguese India

English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.

Restoration (England)Wallingford House partyBritish ArmyRichard CromwellLord Protector

Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.

Louis XIV of FrancePalace of Versailles

Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.

Battle of Prague (1757)Prussian armyPragueSeven Years' War

The end of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740-1757).

Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War

English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.

Christopher SmartSt Luke's Hospital for LunaticsChristopher Smart's asylum confinementPsychiatric hospital

Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.

Grand PalaceMonarchy of ThailandBangkokBuddha Yodfa Chulaloke

Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.

Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of DundonaldHMS Speedy (1782)Action of 6 May 1801Spanish frigate El Gamo

James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.

James Gordon Bennett, Sr.New York Herald

The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Penny BlackPostage stamp

The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.

British East India CompanyBengal Native InfantrySepoyMangal PandeyWar of Independence of 1857

American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.

American Civil WarArkansasUnion (American Civil War)

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.

Battle of ChancellorsvilleArmy of the Potomac

Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.

Crazy HorseOglala LakotaNebraska

Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant)Lord Frederick CavendishFenianPhoenix Park Murders

The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.

United States CongressChinese Exclusion Act

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

Eiffel TowerExposition Universelle (1889)

Macario Sakay establishes the Tagalog Republic with himself as President.

Macario SakayTagalog Republic

The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23rd by the Julian calendar).

Russian Constitution of 1906Julian calendar

George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

George VEdward VII

Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.

Babe RuthBoston Red Sox

Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.

Martyrs' Square, BeirutDjemal Pasha

Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while attempting to call upon the people to rise up against the French, and later being deposed and exiled to Réunion island.

VietnamDuy TânRéunion

The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.

Deutsche StudentenschaftMagnus HirschfeldInstitut für Sexualwissenschaft

New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.

New DealWorks Progress Administration

Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

Hindenburg disasterNazi GermanyZeppelinLakehurst, New Jersey

John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

John SteinbeckPulitzer Prize for FictionThe Grapes of Wrath