The Lateran Council condemned the Council of Hieria and anathematized its iconoclastic rulings.

Lateran Council (769)Council of HieriaAnathemaIconoclasm

Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.

BariByzantine EmpireSiege of BariRobert Guiscard

Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Terek River. The Golden Horde capital city, Sarai, is razed to the ground and Timur installs a puppet ruler on the throne.

TimurTokhtamyshBattle of the Terek RiverSarai (city)

Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.

Battle of FormignyHundred Years' War

Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

Battle of RainSwedenGustavus Adolphus of SwedenHoly Roman EmpireThirty Years' War

Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.

Irish Confederate WarsConfederate IrelandBattle of KilrushRoyalist

The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.

Yamasee WarYamasee WarProvince of Carolina

Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica

Kingdom of Corsica (1736)

Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.

SerseItalian operaGeorge Frideric Handel

Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.

Samuel JohnsonA Dictionary of the English Language

Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.

American Revolutionary War

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.

Thomas Hopkins GallaudetLaurent ClercAmerican School for the DeafHartford, Connecticut

President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.

Abraham LincolnPresident Lincoln's 75,000 VolunteersAmerican Civil War

President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.

Abraham LincolnJohn Wilkes BoothAndrew Johnson

The General Electric Company is formed.

General Electric

Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

1896 Summer OlympicsAthens

Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.

Philippine-American WarFilipino peopleSiege of CatubigCatubig, Northern SamarPhilippines

Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Triangle FraternityUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.

RMS TitanicSinking of the RMS TitanicAtlantic OceanIceberg

Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.

South Braintree, MassachusettsAnarchismSacco and Vanzetti

U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.

John B. KendrickWyomingTeapot Dome scandal

Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.

InsulinDiabetes mellitus

Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.

Rand McNallyRoad atlas

First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.

1936-39 Arab revolt in PalestineMandatory Palestine

In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.

Belfast BlitzLuftwaffeBelfast

The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta: Its people and defenders" by King George VI.

George CrossMaltaGeorge VI

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.

Jackie RobinsonHistory of the Brooklyn DodgersBaseball color line

McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois

McDonald'sRay KrocDes Plaines, Illinois

At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Shaw UniversityRaleigh, North CarolinaElla BakerStudent Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeCivil Rights Movement