Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

ArminiusGermanic peoplesRoman legionPublius Quinctilius VarusBattle of the Teutoburg Forest

Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.

Constantine II (emperor)Constantius IIConstansConstantine the GreatRoman Empire

A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage.

Byzantine armyBelisariusChebbaTunisiaCarthage

Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.

Battle of SvolderViking Age

William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II, (reigned until 1100).

William II of England

Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.

Yelü DashiLiao dynastyQara KhitaiSeljuk EmpireKara-Khanid Khanate

German warlord Trunda makes a campaign to Karelia to tax karelians but is defeated by Novgorod and the men from Staraya Ladoga.

GermansTrunda (page does not exist)KareliaVeliky NovgorodStaraya Ladoga

Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg dukes Albert III and Leopold III.

Treaty of NeubergHabsburgAlbert III, Duke of AustriaLeopold III, Duke of Austria

Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.

Anne of BrittanyList of rulers of BrittanyUnion of Brittany and France

Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.

Battle of Krbava FieldCroatsCroatia in the union with HungaryOttoman Empire

James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.

James IV of ScotlandBattle of FloddenWar of the League of Cambrai

Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

Mary, Queen of ScotsCoronationQueen of ScotsStirling

The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.

Colloquy of PoissyRoman Catholicism in FranceHuguenot

Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.

Stono RebellionAmerican RevolutionCharleston, South Carolina

The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.

Continental CongressPolitical unionUnited States

Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.

Washington, D.C.George Washington

Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.

Alexander I of RussiaBaltic governorates

John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.

John HerschelPhotograph

California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.

California

The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.

Compromise of 1850TexasColoradoKansasNew Mexico

Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.

Crimean WarSiege of Sevastopol (1854-55)

American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.

American Civil WarUnion ArmyChattanooga, Tennessee

Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.

Amalthea (moon)JupiterEdward Emerson Barnard

World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade

The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.

Greco-Turkish War (1919-22)Smyrna

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.

Mustafa Kemal AtatürkTurkeyRepublican People's Party (Turkey)

Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.

Hanapepe massacreKauai

The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.

Portuguese NavyNRP Afonso de AlbuquerquePortuguese destroyer Dão1936 Naval Revolt (Portugal)António de Oliveira Salazar

World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.

Battle of HelInvasion of Poland

Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.

U OttamaHunger strikeBritish rule in Burma