Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

GundobadRicimerGlyceriusWestern Roman Empire

Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.

Empress GenshōEmperor ShōmuJapan

The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.

Statute of RhuddlanPrincipality of Wales

Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.

Mughal EmpireAkbarBengalisBattle of Tukaroi

The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.

Teatro OlimpicoAndrea PalladioVicenza

American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.

American Revolutionary WarAmphibious landingUnited States Marine CorpsBattle of Nassau

American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.

Continental ArmyBattle of Brier CreekSavannah, Georgia

The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.

Siege of Corfu (1798-99)

The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.

United States CongressMissouri Compromise

Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.

Florida

The Territory of Minnesota was created.

Territory of Minnesota

Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.

Second Opium War

The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.

The Great Slave AuctionUnited States

Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.

Alexander II of RussiaEmancipation reform of 1861Serfdom

Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationHSBC

Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.

Censorship in the United StatesComstock Law

Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

Georges BizetCarmenOpéra-Comique

The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.

First indoor hockey gameIce hockeyMontrealQuebecMontreal Gazette

The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; a few months afterwards the Congress of Berlin stripped its status to a vassal principality of the Ottoman Empire.

Russo-Turkish War (1877-78)BulgariaLiberation of BulgariaOttoman EmpireTreaty of San Stefano

The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.

American Telephone & Telegraph CompanyNew York (state)

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.

Wilhelm II of GermanySound recordingThomas EdisonPhonograph cylinder

Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.

Rockefeller FoundationJohn D. Rockefeller Jr.Philanthropy

Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.

Woman suffrage parade of 1913

Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicTreaty of Brest-LitovskWorld War IBaltic StatesBelarus

TIME magazine is published for the first time.

Time (magazine)

The fourteenth-century Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.

CaliphateAbdülmecid IIOttoman EmpireAbolition of the Ottoman sultanateTurkey

The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.

Free State of FiumeKingdom of Italy

The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.

The Star-Spangled BannerNational anthem

Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

PetroleumHistory of the oil industry in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia

In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.

BombayMohandas Karamchand GandhiBritish Raj