Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.

VandalsAlansSuebiCrossing of the RhineGaul

Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year.

Byzantine EmpireBelisariusSicilyOstrogothsPalermo

Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading (East Anglia), many Danes are killed.

Battle of EnglefieldVikingsÆthelwulf of BerkshireReading, BerkshireKingdom of East Anglia

The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Trần Thái Tông, husband of the last Lý monarch, Lý Chiêu Hoàng, starting the Trần dynasty.

Lý dynastyTrần Thái TôngLý Chiêu HoàngTrần dynasty

James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.

James I of AragonPalma, MajorcaChristianMajorca

The First Battle of Cannanore commences.

First Battle of Cannanore

The British East India Company is chartered.

East India Company

James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.

James II of EnglandDuke of NormandyLouis XIV of France

The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.

HuguenotCape of Good Hope

Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.

Elizabeth I of RussiaUkaseRussian Prussia

Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Arthur GuinnessPound sterlingGuinness

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

American Revolutionary WarBattle of Quebec (1775)Continental ArmyRichard Montgomery

Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

Efimeris

The incorporation of Baltimore as a city.

Baltimore

Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.

Gramercy Park

A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.

IguanodonBenjamin Waterhouse HawkinsRichard Owen

Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.

Queen VictoriaOttawaLogging

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

American Civil WarAbraham LincolnWest VirginiaUnion (American Civil War)Virginia

American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Battle of Stones RiverMurfreesboro, Tennessee

Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Karl BenzMannheimPatentTwo-stroke engine

Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

Thomas EdisonIncandescent light bulbMenlo Park, New Jersey

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah QajarPersian Constitution of 1906

The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

New Year's EveTimes Square

World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

World War IINazi Germany

World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins.

Operation NordwindWestern Front (World War II)

President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

Harry S. Truman

The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.

Marshall Plan

General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

General Motors

RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.

Federation of Rhodesia and NyasalandZambiaMalawiRhodesia