Roman consul Gnaeus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.

Roman consulGnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 474 BC)OvationRoman-Etruscan WarsVeii

Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.

Julius CaesarRoman dictatorRoman RepublicAssassination of Julius CaesarMarcus Junius Brutus the Younger

Cao Cao, Chinese warlord and penultimate Chancellor of the Han dynasty passes away.

Cao CaoWarlordHan dynasty

Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan which began the Jin dynasty.

Sun HaoEastern WuSima Yan

Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.

Constantius IIConstantius GallusCaesar (title)Roman Empire

Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.

OdoacerKing of ItalyWestern Roman EmpireTheoderic the GreatOstrogoths

Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora (wife of Theophilos) with support of the Byzantine nobility.

Michael IIIByzantine EmpireTheodora (wife of Theophilos)Nobility

After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.

Henry the FowlerBattle of RiadeUnstrut

Conquest of Santarém: The forces of Afonso I of Portugal capture Santarém.

Conquest of SantarémAfonso I of PortugalSantarém, Portugal

Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.

Battle of HalmyrosCatalan CompanyWalter V, Count of BrienneDuchy of AthensCrusader states

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

Christopher Columbus

Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya" (per capita tax).

AkbarJizya

Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.

Charles II of EnglandRoyal Declaration of Indulgence

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.

American Revolutionary WarBattle of Guilford Court HouseGreensboro, North CarolinaCharles CornwallisPyrrhic victory

In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.

Newburgh, New YorkGeorge WashingtonNewburgh ConspiracyCoup d'état

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel wins a contest at the Académie des Sciences in Paris by proving that light behaves like a wave. The Fresnel integrals, still used to calculate wave patterns, silence skeptics who had backed the particle theory of Isaac Newton.

Augustin-Jean FresnelAcadémie des SciencesFresnel integralsIsaac Newton

Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.

MaineU.S. state

A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.

Hungarian Revolution of 1848Habsburg

American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.

American Civil WarRed River CampaignAlexandria, Louisiana

France and Viet Nam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.

French Third RepublicNguyễn dynastySecond Treaty of SaigonCochinchina

Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.

Archbishop of New YorkJohn McCloskeyCardinal (Catholicism)

First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.

First ever official cricket test match is playedMCG StadiumMelbourne

Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.

Sikkim Expedition

Liverpool F.C. is founded.

Liverpool F.C.

Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.

Rolls-Royce Limited

United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.

Woodrow WilsonU.S.-Mexico borderPancho Villa Expedition

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.

TsarNicholas II of Russia

Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.

Talaat PashaOttoman EmpireArmenian Genocide

After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.

EgyptFuad I of EgyptKing of Egypt

The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.

Theodoros Pangalos (general)