Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.

BaghdadSiege of Baghdad (1258)Mongol EmpireAbbasid Caliphate

In front of the high altar of Greyfriar's Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence

DumfriesRobert the BruceJohn III Comyn, Lord of BadenochWars of Scottish Independence

The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.

St Scholastica Day riotOxford

Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.

Henry Stuart, Lord DarnleyMary, Queen of ScotsKirk o' FieldEdinburgh

French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.

French and Indian WarTreaty of Paris (1763)Quebec

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.

Napoleonic WarsBattle of ChampaubertRussian EmpireKingdom of Prussia

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Queen VictoriaPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war

First Anglo-Sikh WarBattle of Sobraon

Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

Jefferson DavisConfederate States of America

American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.

American Civil WarMosquito FleetBattle of Elizabeth CityPasquotank RiverNorth Carolina

The YWCA is founded in New York City.

YWCA

HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.

HMS Dreadnought (1906)DreadnoughtEdward VII

Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.

Józef Haller de HallenburgPoland's Wedding to the Sea

Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas

Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina

Yên Bái mutinyFrench Indochina

In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.

BoxingMadison Square Garden (1925)Primo CarneraErnie Schaaf

Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.

Second Italo-Abyssinian WarKingdom of ItalyBattle of Amba AradamEthiopian Empire

Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.

Spanish Civil WarFrancoist SpainCatalonia Offensive

The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.

Soviet UnionTerritories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union

World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.

World War IIImperial Japanese ArmyBanjarmasinBorneoDutch East Indies

World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.

Siege of LeningradRed ArmyNazi GermanyFrancoist SpainBattle of Krasny Bor

Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.

Venezia GiuliaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see Christian Dior's New Look fashion - longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders.

ParisChristian Dior

United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

Dwight EisenhowerVietnam

Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Lockheed U-2Gary PowersSoviet UnionRudolf Abel

Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.

Roy LichtensteinLook MickeyBen-Day dotsSpeech balloon

Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.

Melbourne-Voyager collisionHMAS Melbourne (R21)HMAS Voyager (D04)New South Wales

The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.

Ras al-KhaimahUnited Arab Emirates

Kenyan soldiers commit the worst ever human rights violation in the country by slaughtering an estimated 5000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in Wagalla in N.E.-Kenya.

Kenya ArmyWagalla massacre