Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.

Battle of Lechfeld (910)HungariansEast FranciaLouis the ChildFeigned retreat

At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.

Louis IX of FranceDisputation of ParisRabbi

Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels arrive at Blackheath.

Peasants' RevoltKingdom of EnglandBlackheath, London

Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac and his suspected sympathizers, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre.

Armagnac-Burgundian Civil WarBernard VII, Count of ArmagnacCollege of Navarre

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau.

Hundred Years' WarJoan of ArcWilliam de la Pole, 1st Duke of SuffolkBattle of Jargeau

The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden.

HelsinkiGustav I of Sweden

First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.

First Anglo-Dutch WarBattle of the GabbardJune 13

England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).

NetherlandsNew Amsterdam

French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.

French and Indian WarSiege of Louisbourg (1758)James WolfeLouisbourg, Nova Scotia

French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand

Marc-Joseph Marion du FresneMāori peopleNew Zealand

American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.

American RevolutionBritish ArmyThomas GageMartial lawMassachusetts Colony

The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.

Irish Rebellion of 1798Battle of Ballynahinch

maiden ride by Karl von Drais of the bicycle.

Karl von DraisBicycle

American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.

American Civil WarOverland CampaignBattle of Cold HarborUlysses S. GrantRobert E. Lee

Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.

Philippine Declaration of IndependenceEmilio AguinaldoPhilippines

New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.

New Richmond tornadoTornado

Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.

Massacre of PhocaeaEthnic cleansingOttoman Empire

A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War

BoliviaParaguayChaco War

Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.

Paramount PicturesDr. CyclopsTechnicolor

The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.

Baseball Hall of FameCooperstown, New York

World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

World War IIMajor GeneralErwin RommelSaint-Valery-en-Caux

Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.

Anne FrankDiary

Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.

Nazi GermanyJewish quarter (diaspora)BerezhanyUkraineJews

American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan.

Paratroopers101st Airborne DivisionBattle of CarentanCarentan

Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017 Jacinta and Francisco Marto, aged 10 and 9 at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.

Pope Pius XIICanonizationDominic SavioSaintMartyr

NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the Civil Rights Movement.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleMedgar EversJackson, MississippiKu Klux KlanByron De La Beckwith

Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.

ApartheidAfrican National CongressNelson MandelaNelson MandelaSabotage

The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.

Supreme Court of the United StatesLoving v. VirginiaU.S. stateInterracial marriageConstitutionality

Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.

Bryan Allen (cyclist)Kremer prizeEnglish ChannelGossamer Albatross