Battle of the Frigidus: Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.

Battle of the FrigidusRoman EmperorTheodosius IEugeniusFranks

Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.

Christopher ColumbusLa GomeraCanary Islands

The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first ship to circumnavigate the world.

Victoria (ship)Sanlúcar de BarramedaFerdinand MagellanCircumnavigate

The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)

Pilgrim FathersPlymouthMayflowerOld StyleSeptember 16

Puritans settle Salem which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

PuritansSalem, MassachusettsMassachusetts Bay Colony

Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.

Thirty Years' WarBattle of Nördlingen (1634)

England's Long Parliament suppresses all stage plays in theatres.

Long Parliament

The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.

Battle of Groton Heights

British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.

John Dalton

Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.

Henry David ThoreauWalden PondRalph Waldo EmersonConcord, Massachusetts

American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.

American Civil WarUnion (American Civil War)Ulysses S. GrantPaducah, KentuckyTennessee River

American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.

Confederate States of AmericaFort WagnerMorris IslandSouth Carolina

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Louisa Ann SwainLaramie, Wyoming1807

Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.

Eastern RumeliaBulgariaBulgarian unification

Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

Leon CzolgoszAnarchismPresident of the United StatesWilliam McKinleyPan-American Exposition

The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.

Piggly WigglyMemphis, TennesseeClarence Saunders (grocer)

Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.

ArgentinaHipólito YrigoyenHistory of Argentina

World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.

World War IIBattle of Barking Creek

World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.

Union of South AfricaNazi Germany

King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.

Carol II of RomaniaMichael I of Romania

The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.

Monterrey Institute of TechnologyMonterrey

Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.

Pennsylvania Railroad1943 Frankford Junction train wreckFrankford JunctionPhiladelphia

World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.

Ypres

World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.

Tartu OffensiveTartuEstonian Soviet Socialist Republic

United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.

United States Secretary of StateJames F. ByrnesRestatement of Policy on GermanyEconomic reconstruction

Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.

Allies of World War IINazi Germany

A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.

1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crashFarnborough AirshowHampshire

Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.

IstanbulArmeniansIstanbul pogrom

The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.

Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus

Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.

Blackfriars ShipsBlackfriars, LondonRiver Thames