A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.

BelisariusConstantinopleVandalsAfrica (Roman province)Sicily

Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.

Külüg KhanKhaganMongolsYuan dynasty

French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.

Kingdom of FranceHabsburg SpainBattle of LandrianoWar of the League of Cognac

Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, was forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.

Sengoku periodOda NobunagaDaimyōHonnō-ji IncidentAkechi Mitsuhide

Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

Old Town Square executionPragueBattle of White Mountain

In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

MontrealNew FranceMarie-Joseph AngéliqueArson

Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.

James Otis, Jr.George III of the United KingdomParliament of Great BritainMassachusetts General Court

New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state in the United States.

New HampshireConstitution of the United States

King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.

Louis XVI of FranceFlight to VarennesFrench Revolution

Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill.

Irish Rebellion of 1798Battle of Vinegar Hill

Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.

Peninsular WarBattle of Vitoria

Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.

Greek War of IndependenceEgyptPsaraAegean Sea

Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.

ManiotsIbrahim Pasha of EgyptBattle of Vergas

In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government.

Wallachian Revolution of 1848Ion Heliade RădulescuChristian TellProclamation of Islaz

The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.

Victoria CrossBattle of BomarsundÅland Islands

American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.

American Civil WarBattle of Jerusalem Plank Road

The United States captures Guam from Spain.

Capture of Guam

Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Boxer RebellionEmpress Dowager Cixi

The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.

Supreme Court of the United StatesGuinn v. United StatesOklahomaGrandfather clause

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.

Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceWinnipeg general strike

Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.

Ludwig von ReuterScuttling of the German fleet in Scapa FlowScapa FlowOrkneyWorld War I

An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico.

Dwight Whitney MorrowCristero War

One-year conscription comes into force in France.

Conscription

The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Northwest PassageBritish Columbia

World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.

World War IITobruk

World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at nearby Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.

SubmarineColumbia RiverOregonFort Stevens (Oregon)American Theater (World War II)

World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.

Battle of OkinawaImperial Japanese Army

The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.

Ellen FaircloughCabinet of Canada