In Rome (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.

AurelianRoman SenateMarcus Claudius TacitusRoman emperor

Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.

Muhammad al-Nafs al-ZakiyyaHasan ibn AliAlidsAlid Revolt (762-63)Abbasid Caliphate

The Battle of Stamford Bridge saw the defeat of Harald Hardrada King of Norway by King Harold II of England.

Battle of Stamford BridgeHarald HardradaHarold Godwinson

England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.

Kingdom of EnglandKingdom of ScotlandTreaty of YorkAnglo-Scottish border

Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.

Ottoman dynastyBayezid IBattle of Nicopolis

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.

Peace of AugsburgAugsburgCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorSchmalkaldic League

Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.

Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and DomestickNewspaper

American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City.

American Revolutionary WarEthan AllenMontrealBattle of Longue-PointeBenedict Arnold

The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.

United States CongressUnited States ConstitutionCongressional Apportionment AmendmentTwenty-seventh Amendment to the United States ConstitutionUnited States Bill of Rights

Peking opera is born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.

Peking operaHuijuQianlong Emperor

The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.

Lakota peopleLewis and Clark Expedition

The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.

Russian frigate Alexander NevskyJutlandGrand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia

The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.

United States CongressSequoia National Park

Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.

Leonardo Torres y QuevedoRemote control

An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.

PropellantFrench battleship LibertéMagazine (artillery)

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.

Columbia University Graduate School of JournalismNew York City

World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.

World War ISecond Battle of Champagne

The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.

1926 Slavery Convention

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.

Second Sino-Japanese WarEighth Route ArmyBattle of Pingxingguan

World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.

World War IIHolocaust

World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.

1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)Operation Berlin (Arnhem)Battle of ArnhemOperation Market Garden

The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.

Royal Jordanian Air Force

TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.

TAT-1Transatlantic telephone cable

Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.

Little Rock Central High SchoolLittle Rock, ArkansasRacial integration

Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.

Solomon BandaranaikePrime Minister of Sri LankaMonkTalduwe Somarama

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.

People's Democratic Republic of AlgeriaFerhat AbbasPresident of Algeria

The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.

North Yemen Civil WarAbdullah al-SallalMuhammad al-BadrYemen Arab Republic

Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo Affair.

Alfred Denning, Baron DenningProfumo Affair

The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.

Mozambican War of Independence