Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.

AntiochRashidun CaliphateBattle of the Iron Bridge

Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.

GuangzhouArabPersian peoplePiracy

Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily.

Battle of RignanoRanulf of ApuliaRoger II of Sicily

The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.

Eighth CrusadeTunisCharles I of SicilyLouis IX of FranceSultan

Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Marinid invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.

Kingdom of PortugalKingdom of CastileMarinid dynastyBattle of Río Salado

King Henry VII of England is crowned.

Henry VII of England

Ballet of Chestnuts: A banquet held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace where fifty prostitutes or courtesans are in attendance for the entertainment of the guests.

Banquet of ChestnutsCesare Borgia

Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios during the Anglo-Spanish War.

Spanish EmpireJamaicaBattle of Ocho RiosAnglo-Spanish War (1654-60)

Believing he is facing a much larger force, Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrendered the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers commanded by General Lassalle.

Capitulation of StettinAntoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

The independent government of Venezuela is established by Simón Bolívar.

VenezuelaSimón Bolívar

In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.

Southampton County, VirginiaNat TurnerNat Turner's slave rebellion

Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

AthensGeorge I of GreeceKing of the Hellenes

Second Schleswig War ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration.

Second Schleswig WarSchleswigHolsteinLauenburg (Elbe)Prussia

Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch".

Helena, MontanaProspectingGold

Rudd Concession granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes led by Charles Rudd.

Rudd ConcessionLobengulaMatabelelandCecil RhodesCharles Rudd

Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.

Pandoro

Czar Nicholas II of Russia issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. This was October 17 in the Julian calendar.

CzarNicholas II of RussiaOctober ManifestoState Duma (Russian Empire)Julian calendar

The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.

Ottoman EmpireArmistice of MudrosAllies of World War I

The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.

Communist Party of Australia

John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

John Logie BairdTelevision transmitter

The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.

Standseilbahn StuttgartStuttgart

Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

Orson WellesH. G. WellsThe War of the Worlds (radio drama)

World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.

Franklin D. RooseveltLend-LeaseAllies of World War II

One thousand and five hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.

PidhaytsiUkraineNazisBełżec extermination camp

Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and canteen assistant Tommy Brown from HMS Petard board U-559, retrieving material which would lead to the decryption of the German Enigma code.

Tony FassonColin GrazierTommy Brown (NAAFI assistant)HMS Petard (G56)German submarine U-559

Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.

Anne FrankMargot FrankAuschwitz concentration campBergen-Belsen concentration camp

Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color line.

Jackie RobinsonKansas City MonarchsBrooklyn DodgersBaseball color line

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.

General Agreement on Tariffs and TradeWorld Trade Organisation

Pope Pius XII witnesses the "Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.

Pope Pius XIIMiracle of the SunVatican City

Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.

Cold WarDwight D. EisenhowerClassified informationUnited States National Security CouncilNuclear weapon