Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

Lothair IKing of ItalyPope Paschal I

Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.

Alexios I KomnenosByzantine emperorConstantinopleKomnenian dynasty

During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

Battle on the IceLake PeipusRepublic of NovgorodAlexander NevskyTeutonic Knights

Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.

Royal EntryCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorRoman triumph

Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.

Habsburg NetherlandsHendrick van BrederodeMargaret of ParmaCompromise of NoblesSpanish Inquisition

Daimyo (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.

Shimazu TadatsuneSatsuma DomainKyūshūTokugawa shogunateInvasion of Ryukyu

In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.

VirginiaNative Americans in the United StatesPocahontasJohn Rolfe

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.

MayflowerPlymouth, Massachusetts

The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.

Statute of AnneRoyal assentCopyright law of the United Kingdom

The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.

Jacob RoggeveenEaster Island

United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

George WashingtonVeto

Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.

Peace of BaselPrussia

In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.

Battle of MaipúChileBernardo O'HigginsJosé de San Martín

American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.

American Civil WarBattle of Yorktown (1862)

Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

ChileBoliviaPeruWar of the Pacific

Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.

ArchaeologyKnossosCreteClay tabletHieroglyph

The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.

Rugby leagueEngland national rugby league teamCentral Park (Wigan)

Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Jess WillardJack Johnson (boxer)

The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.

American Birth Control LeaguePlanned Parenthood

Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.

Dominion of NewfoundlandColonial Building

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.

Franklin D. RooseveltExecutive orderCivilian Conservation CorpsExecutive Order 6102

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.

1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreakFujita scaleTupelo, Mississippi

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.

World War IIImperial Japanese NavyEaster Sunday RaidCeylonIndian Ocean raid

World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.

Mortsel

World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.

Kleisoura, KastoriaNazi Germany

Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".

Cold WarSocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaJosip Broz TitoSoviet Union

A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.

St. Anthony's Hospital fireEffingham, Illinois

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.

Ethel and Julius RosenbergEspionageSoviet Union

Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.

Fidel CastroPresident of CubaFulgencio Batista

In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.

Sri LankaMahajana Eksath PeramunaGeneral electionsS. W. R. D. BandaranaikePrime Minister of Ceylon