The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.

SaturnaliaAncient Rome

Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.

Sack of Rome (546)OstrogothsTotilaByzantine Empire

Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.

Romanos I LekapenosConstantine VII

Assassination of William I of Normandy.

William I of Normandy

Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.

Tughlaq dynastyTimur

Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

Pope Paul IIIHenry VIII of England

Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.

Cologne WarErnest of BavariaGebhard Truchsess von WaldburgSiege of Godesberg

Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.

Emperor Go-YōzeiEmperor of Japan

War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

War of the Quadruple Alliance

American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

American Revolution

Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.

Aztec calendar stone

Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.

Napoleonic WarsMilan DecreeContinental System

War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.

War of 1812LenapeBattle of the Mississinewa

Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).

Simón BolívarGran ColombiaCiudad BolívarVenezuela

The second Great Fire of New York destroys 50 acres (200,000 square meters) of New York City's Financial District.

Great Fire of New YorkFinancial District, Manhattan

A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.

Fire in the Winter PalaceSaint Petersburg

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

American Civil WarUlysses S. GrantGeneral Order No. 11 (1862)JewsTennessee

First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

Symphony No. 8 (Schubert)Franz Schubert

First issue of Vogue is published

Vogue (magazine)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

PittsburghSchenley Park CasinoArena

The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Wright brothersWright FlyerKitty Hawk, North Carolina

Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan

Ugyen WangchuckBhutan

Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Darwin RebellionGovernment House, DarwinNorthern Territory

Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

UruguayBuenos Aires ConventionCopyrightTreaty

Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

Antanas SmetonaLithuania1926 Lithuanian coup d'état

Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

Rajendra Lahiri

Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

Bhagat SinghSukhdev ThaparShivaram RajguruLahorePunjab region

First flight of the Douglas DC-3.

Douglas DC-3

Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Otto HahnNuclear fissionNuclear power

World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

World War IIBattle of the River PlateGerman cruiser Admiral Graf SpeeHans LangsdorffMontevideo