Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.

Battle of AndrassosByzantine EmpireLeo Phokas the YoungerHamdanidEmir of Aleppo

Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dynasty, decides to pass the throne to his crown prince Trần Khâm and take up the post of Retired Emperor.

Trần Thánh TôngTrần dynastyTrần Khâmvi:Thái thượng hoàng

Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.

Hernán CortésTenochtitlánAztecMoctezuma II

Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.

Stockholm Bloodbath

Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.

Eighty Years' WarPacification of GhentStates General of the Netherlands

The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.

Bodleian LibraryUniversity of Oxford

Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.

Robert CatesbyGunpowder Plot

Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.

DaimyōDom Justo TakayamaTokugawa Ieyasu

The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.

Battle of White MountainPragueCatholic

The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.

Shunzhi EmperorQing dynastyMing dynasty

Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.

Charles Edward StuartBattle of Culloden

Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.

Mary LyonMount Holyoke College

American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USS San Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

American Civil WarTrent AffairUSS San Jacinto (1850)Confederate States of America

Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

MontanaU.S. state

The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.

1892 New Orleans general strikeAfrican AmericanWhite peopleTrade unionStrike action

While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

Wilhelm RöntgenX-ray

Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Gospel riotsAthensGospelDemotic Greek

The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

Council of People's CommissarsVladimir LeninLeon TrotskyJoseph Stalin

Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Beer Hall PutschMunichAdolf HitlerNazism

Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.

Great DepressionNew DealFranklin D. RooseveltCivil Works Administration

Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.

Spanish Civil WarFrancoist SpainMadridSiege of Madrid

The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

NazismThe Eternal Jew (art exhibition)Munich

Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.

Venlo IncidentSecret Intelligence Service

In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.

MunichAdolf HitlerGeorg ElserBeer Hall Putsch

Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia-Kalamas.

Greco-Italian WarBattle of Elaia-Kalamas

World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.

World War IIFrench ResistanceAlgiersVichy FranceOperation Torch

Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

Korean WarUnited States Air ForceF-80 Shooting StarNorth KoreaMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

Pan Am Flight 7San FranciscoHonolulu

Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

Operation GrappleHydrogen bombKiritimati

The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.

British Indian Ocean TerritoryChagos ArchipelagoAldabraFarquhar GroupDes Roches