Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.

AvitusAncient RomeGaul

Combined English and Irish forces, under the command of Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke and Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster seize Norse-Gaelic Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin into exile.

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of PembrokeDiarmait Mac MurchadaDublinAscall mac Ragnaill

Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in Battle of Matthew's Day.

Livonian CrusadeEstoniansLembituLivoniansCaupo of Turaida

The Congress of Arras causes Burgundy to switch sides in the Hundred Years' War.

Congress of ArrasDuchy of BurgundyHundred Years' War

Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Battle of PrestonpansHouse of HanoverJohn Cope (British Army officer)JacobitismPrince

Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.

Great Fire of New York (1776)

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.

American Revolutionary WarBenedict ArnoldKingdom of Great BritainWest Point, New York

French Revolution: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy.

French RevolutionNational ConventionProclamation of the abolition of the monarchy

John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly independent Chilean government.

John Williams WilsonStrait of MagellanChile

Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.

Second Opium WarUnited KingdomBattle of Palikao

Mahdist War: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.

Mahdist WarHoratio Kitchener, 1st Earl KitchenerDongolaSudan

Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.

Empress Dowager CixiHundred Days' Reform

A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.

Storage siloLudwigshafenOppau explosion

Salvador Lutteroth ran the first ever EMLL (now CMLL) show in Mexico, marking the birth of Lucha libre.

Salvador LutterothConsejo Mundial de Lucha LibreConsejo Mundial de Lucha LibreLucha libre

A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.

TyphoonHonshū

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.

J. R. R. TolkienThe Hobbit

The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.

1938 New England hurricaneLong Island

Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by far-right legionnaires of the fascist paramilitary organization Iron Guard.

Kingdom of RomaniaPrime MinisterArmand CălinescuIron Guard

The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.

The Holocaust in UkraineYom KippurNazisPidhaitsiBełżec extermination camp

The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.

The Holocaust in PolandKonstantynów, Lublin VoivodeshipGhettoBiała PodlaskaJanów Podlaski

In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.

DunaivtsiUkraine

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The People's Republic of China is established in Beijing.

People's Republic of ChinaBeijing

Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.

No Kum-sokNorth KoreaOperation Moolah

Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom but remains in the Commonwealth.

Malta

The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.

North American XB-70 ValkyrieMach numberPalmdale, California

The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.

The GambiaMaldivesSingaporeUnited Nations

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.

BahrainBhutanQatarUnited Nations

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signs Proclamation № 1081, placing the entire country under martial law and marking the beginning of his authoritarian rule.

Ferdinand MarcosProclamation № 1081Martial law in the Philippines

Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.

Orlando LetelierSalvador AllendeAugusto Pinochet