Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus. She declares her 14-year-old grandson Elagabalus to be emperor of Rome. Macrinus is later deposed.

Julia MaesaCaracallaSyriaMacrinusElagabalus

Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.

Emperor SuzakuEmperor MurakamiJapan

Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.

Baldwin I of ConstantinopleEmperorLatin Empire

The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.

MediciFlorenceRepublic

Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.

Thomas MoreLord ChancellorKingdom of England

Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.

Mary, Queen of Scots

Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.

Santiago de VeraPhilippines

A 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.

Marie AntoinetteLouis XVI of FranceEarly modern France

The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.

Battle of AlamanceAmerican RevolutionMilitiaWar of the RegulationAlamance County, North Carolina

Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.

Peninsular WarBattle of Albuera

Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. Bessarabia is annexed by Imperial Russia.

Mikhail KutuzovTreaty of Bucharest (1812)Russo-Turkish War (1806-12)BessarabiaImperial Russia

Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.

Greek War of IndependenceTurkeySouli

The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.

Battle of AsseiceiraLiberal Wars

The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.

Wagon trainPacific NorthwestOregon TrailElm Grove, Missouri

The United States Congress establishes the nickel.

United States CongressNickel (United States coin)

United States President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.

Andrew JohnsonImpeachment of Andrew JohnsonUnited States Senate

A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.

Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)Massachusetts

Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.

Nikola TeslaAlternating currentElectric power transmission

The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).

International Electrotechnical ExhibitionFrankfurtThree-phase electric power

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandFrench Third RepublicSykes-Picot AgreementPartitioning of the Ottoman EmpireIraq

The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.

Sedition Act of 1918

A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.

Curtiss NC-4Albert Cushing ReadTrepasseyNewfoundland and LabradorLisbon

In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.

Pope Benedict XVCanonization of Joan of Arc

In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.

HollywoodAcademy Awards

The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.

The HolocaustWarsaw Ghetto Uprising

The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.

Transatlantic flightJohn F Kennedy International AirportHeathrow AirportEl Al Israel Airlines

The Triton Fountain is inaugurated in Valletta, Malta.

Triton Fountain (Malta)Valletta

Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

Theodore MaimanOptical laserRuby laserHughes Research LaboratoriesMalibu, California

Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.

Park Chung-heeMay Coup (South Korea)Second Republic of South Korea

The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

Communist Party of ChinaMay 16 NoticeCultural Revolution