The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.

Athenian coup of 411 BCOligarchy

Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.

Odo of AquitaineMoorsBattle of Toulouse (721)

Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard.

Abbasid RevolutionAbu Muslim KhorasaniUmayyad CaliphateBlack Standard

Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.

DuccioMaestà (Duccio)Italian RenaissanceSiena CathedralSiena

French Parliament fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorr in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.

Simon de ColinesJacques Lefèvre d'Étaples

Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.

Jacques CartierSaint Lawrence River

Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.

Second Anglo-Dutch WarRaid on the MedwayRoyal Navy

James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.

James OglethorpeRoyal charterGeorgia (U.S. state)

British forces begin the Siege of Havana and capture the city during the Seven Years' War.

Kingdom of Great BritainBattle of Havana (1762)Seven Years' War

The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

Kingdom of Great BritainSchoonerGaspee AffairRhode Island

Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield.

Irish Rebellion of 1798Battle of ArklowBattle of Saintfield

End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set.

Congress of Vienna

Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire.

LuxembourgFirst French Empire

Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa for the Mormon Trail.

Mormon handcart pioneersIowa City, IowaMormon Trail

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.

American Civil WarStonewall JacksonJackson's Valley CampaignBattle of Port Republic

American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.

Battle of Brandy StationVirginia

Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam - most of present-day Vietnam - to France.

Treaty of Tientsin (1885)Sino-French WarQing dynastyTonkinAnnam (Chinese province)

Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies in a British prison of cholera

Birsa MundaCholera

William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.

William Jennings BryanWoodrow WilsonUnited States Secretary of StateRMS Lusitania

Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.

BulgariaBulgarian coup d'état of 1923

Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.

Charles Kingsford SmithFokker F.VIISouthern Cross (aircraft)

A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.

Chicago TribuneJake LingleIllinoisLeo Vincent BrothersAl Capone

Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.

Donald DuckThe Wise Little Hen

World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.

World War IITulle massacreTulleMaquis du Limousin

World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.

Soviet UnionEast KareliaKarelia (historical province of Finland)1941

Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.

International Council on Archives

The Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.

Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequenceMassachusetts

McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

McCarthyismJoseph WelchUnited States SenateJoseph McCarthyCommunism

The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.

Roman emperorNeroClaudia Octavia

Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.

NeroHomerIliadJulio-Claudian dynastyYear of the Four Emperors