Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.

Pope Clement V

Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.

Pope John XXIIMeister Eckhart

Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.

Juan Ponce de LeónThe Bahamas

Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.

Charles I of EnglandEnglish claims to the French throne

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of RockinghamPrime Minister of the United Kingdom

The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.

Federal government of the United StatesUnited States NavyOriginal six frigates of the United States Navy

Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.

Country neutrality (international relations)

Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.

Peninsular WarFirst French EmpireDuchy of WarsawBattle of Ciudad Real

War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

War of 1812AlabamaAndrew JacksonCreek (people)Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814)

Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.

Texas RevolutionAntonio López de Santa AnnaGoliad massacreGoliad, Texas

President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.

Andrew JohnsonCivil Rights Act of 1866

The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.

1871 England versus Scotland rugby union matchRugby footballScotland national rugby union teamEngland national rugby union teamEdinburgh

A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.

Cincinnati, OhioManslaughterMurderCincinnati riots of 1884

Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.

GeronimoApacheApache Wars

Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine-American War at the Battle of Marilao River.

Emilio AguinaldoPhilippine Revolutionary ArmyPhilippine-American WarBattle of Marilao River

Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life.

Typhoid MaryAsymptomatic carrierQuarantine

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.

Second Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Taierzhuang

World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.

World War IIYugoslaviaAxis powersYugoslav coup d'état

World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.

Battle of the Komandorski IslandsAleutian IslandsGarrisonKiska

World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.

Operation StarvationArgentina during World War II

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

Nikita KhrushchevChairmanCouncil of Ministers of the Soviet Union

The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.

1964 Alaska earthquakeNorth AmericaMoment magnitude scaleSouthcentral AlaskaAnchorage, Alaska

Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System

Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.

Tenerife airport disasterBoeing 747AirlinerTenerifeCanary Islands

The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.

Alexander L. Kielland (platform)North Sea

Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.

Silver ThursdaySilverNelson Bunker HuntCorner the marketFutures exchange

The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.

Solidarity (Polish trade union)1981 warning strike in Poland

A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.

Car bombRussell Street bombingMelbourneAustralia

The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba.

TV MartíFidel CastroCuba

Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.

Jiang ZeminPresident of the People's Republic of China