Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.

Ashina JiesheshuaiEmperor Taizong of Tang

Pope Gregory II is elected.

Pope Gregory II

Henry I of France is married to Anne of Kiev.

Henry I of FranceAnne of Kiev

John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.

John II of CastileInfantes of AragonFirst Battle of Olmedo

Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.

Catherine of AragonProxy marriageArthur, Prince of Wales

French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).

Jacques CartierChief Donnacona

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.

Anne BoleynHenry VIII of England

The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Burma.

Prome KingdomTaungoo DynastyBurma

Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Elizabeth I of EnglandMary, Queen of Scots

Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.

Thirty Years' WarLouis, Grand CondéBattle of Rocroi

An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.

Act of ParliamentCommonwealth of EnglandLong ParliamentRepublic

The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.

Invasion of JamaicaAnglo-Spanish War (1654-60)

Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.

Jean-Pierre ChristinCentigrade temperature scale

King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.

George II of Great BritainOhio CompanyOhio River

American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.

American Revolutionary WarContinental ArmyBattle of The Cedars

New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.

New England's Dark DayNew EnglandCanada

Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.

NapoleonLegion of Honour

U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.

John Quincy AdamsTariff of 1828Wool

Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.

John FranklinFranklin's lost expeditionGreenhithe

Mexican-American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.

Mexican-American WarTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoCaliforniaNevadaUtah

Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.

Parks CanadaNational park

The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.

Rosenborg BK

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.

Mustafa Kemal AtatürkSamsunAnatoliaBlack SeaTurkish War of Independence

The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.

United States CongressEmergency Quota Act

The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.

Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union

Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

ZvenoBulgarian ArmyBulgarian coup d'état of 1934Kimon GeorgievList of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria

World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.

World War IIBattle of the Coral SeaTask Force 16Pearl Harbor

A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.

PakistanSouth Amboy, New Jersey

Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.

EgyptSuez CanalIsrael

The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.

People's Army of VietnamGroup 559Supply lineSouth VietnamHo Chi Minh trail