Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of the Levant away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia.

Battle of YarmoukArabsKhalid ibn al-WalidLevantByzantine Empire

Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.

Battle of Achelous (917)Simeon I of BulgariaByzantine Empire

The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen, celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.

Stephen I of Hungary

Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric.

King of HungaryStephen I of HungarySaint Emeric of Hungary

Richard I of England initiates the Massacre at Ayyadieh, leaving 2,600-3,000 Muslim hostages dead.

Richard I of EnglandMassacre at Ayyadieh

Pope Clement V pardons Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, absolving him of charges of heresy.

Pope Clement VJacques de MolayGrand Masters of the Knights TemplarHeresy

Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.

Konrad von WallenrodeGrand Master of the Teutonic Order

The Second Battle of Olmedo takes places as part of a succession conflict between Henry IV of Castile and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.

Second Battle of OlmedoHenry IV of CastileAlfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453-1468)

Philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao, ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor.

Wang YangmingZhu ChenhaoPrince of Ning rebellionMing dynastyZhengde Emperor

Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats Spaniards

Battle of Lens

Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague.

Grand PensionaryJohan de WittCornelis de WittThe Hague

The first Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.

Siege of Pensacola (1707)Pensacola, Florida

War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.

War of the Spanish SuccessionGuido StarhembergAlexandre Maître, Marquis de BayBattle of Saragossa

The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.

Presidio San Augustin del TucsonTucson, Arizona

Battle of Fallen Timbers: American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.

Battle of Fallen TimbersShawneeMingoLenapeWyandot people

Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.

Atlantic (1848)

Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.

Charles DarwinEvolutionNatural selectionAlfred Russel Wallace

President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.

President of the United StatesAndrew JohnsonAmerican Civil War

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1812 Overture

Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.

Sun Yat-sen

The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the "Big Blowup" or the "Big Burn") occurs in northeast Washington, northern Idaho (the panhandle), and western Montana, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2).

Great Fire of 1910Washington (state)

World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.

World War IBrusselsGerman invasion of Belgium

The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

WWJ (AM)Detroit

The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio

National Football LeagueCanton, Ohio

Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.

Public broadcastingNHK

Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.

Lou GehrigAlex Rodriguez

In Mexico City, Mexico exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.

Leon TrotskyRamón Mercader

World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".

World War IIPrime Minister of the United KingdomWinston ChurchillNever was so much owed by so many to so few

World War II: 168 captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.

KLB ClubPhil LamasonGestapoBuchenwald concentration camp

Agrippa Postumus, adopted son of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards under mysterious circumstances while in exile.

Agrippa PostumusRoman emperorAugustus