Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.

Disputation of ParisParis

Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.

Vlad III the ImpalerAssassinationMehmed IIThe Night AttackWallachia

Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.

Cornish Rebellion of 1497Henry VII of EnglandMichael An Gof

Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Matsunaga HisahideAshikaga shogunateAshikaga Yoshiteru

Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.

Francis DrakeNew AlbionCalifornia

The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.

Willem BarentszSvalbard

Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

Mumtaz MahalMughal emperorShah JahanMausoleumTaj Mahal

French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.

French peopleJacques MarquetteLouis JollietMississippi River

Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.

Samuel WallisTahiti

Cúcuta, Colombia, is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.

CúcutaColombiaJuana Rangel de Cuéllar

American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.

American Revolutionary WarBattle of Bunker Hill

In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.

Estates of the realmNational Assembly (French Revolution)

Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom

Anglo-Corsican Kingdom

The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.

SwellendamDutch East India Company

In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.

Kingdom of HawaiiKamehameha IIIEdict of tolerationRoman Catholic ChurchHawaiian Islands

The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.

Wairau AffrayMāori peopleNew Zealand Wars

American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.

American Civil WarBattle of Vienna, Virginia

American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.

Battle of AldieGettysburg Campaign

American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.

American Indian WarsBattle of the RosebudSiouxCheyenneCrazy Horse

American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.

Battle of White Bird CanyonNez Perce peopleUnited States CavalryIdaho Territory

The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.

Statue of LibertyNew York Harbor

The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.

Hospital Corpsman

Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.

Boxer RebellionEight-Nation AllianceBattle of Taku Forts (1900)Taku FortsTianjin

The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.

College BoardSAT

Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.

Aurel VlaicuA. Vlaicu nr. 1

Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.

Portuguese Naval AviationGago CoutinhoSacadura CabralFirst aerial crossing of the South Atlantic

The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.

Murchison, New Zealand1929 Murchison earthquake

U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.

Herbert HooverSmoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

Bonus ArmyUnited States CapitolUnited States Senate

Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.

Kansas City massacreKansas City, MissouriFederal Bureau of InvestigationFrank Nash