Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing. Ending the Chu Kingdom.

Li Jing (Southern Tang)Southern TangBian HaoChu (Ten Kingdoms)Nanjing

While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.

Ninth CrusadeEdward I of EnglandHenry III of England

An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.

Auto-da-féÁvila, SpainHoly Child of La GuardiaConverso

Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.

Francisco PizarroInca EmpireAtahualpaBattle of Cajamarca

Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorious but King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden dies in the battle.

Thirty Years' WarBattle of Lützen (1632)Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.

American Revolutionary WarHessian (soldier)Battle of Fort WashingtonFort Washington (Manhattan)

American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.

Dutch RepublicUnited States

French Revolution: 90 dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.

French RevolutionDrownings at NantesNantes

The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.

Frederick William III of Prussia

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.

Napoleonic WarsBattle of SchöngrabernPyotr BagrationJoachim Murat

American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.

American Old WestMissouriWilliam BecknellSanta Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe Trail

Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.

Greek War of IndependenceLondon Protocol (1828)MoreaCyclades

A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.

John Russell Hind22 Kalliope

David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.

David LivingstoneVictoria FallsZambiaZimbabwe

Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.

Siege of LucknowVictoria Cross

American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.

American Civil WarBattle of Campbell's StationKnoxville, TennesseeConfederate States of AmericaUnited States

Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

MétisManitobaLouis RielTreason

English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

John Ambrose FlemingVacuum tube

Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Indian TerritoryOklahoma TerritoryOklahoma

Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

Cunard LineRMS Mauretania (1906)RMS LusitaniaLiverpool

The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Federal Reserve Bank

Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

QantasHistory of Qantas

LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.[1]

LSDAlbert Hofmann

World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

World War IICoventry BlitzLuftwaffeRoyal Air ForceHamburg

Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

The HolocaustNazismWarsaw Ghetto

New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

George MeteskyManhattanConsolidated Edison

World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.

Hydro-electric powerHeavy waterVemork

World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.

Operation QueenRur

World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.

DürenAllies of World War II