Tyre falls to the Crusaders.

Tyre, LebanonCrusaders

A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.

Retrial of Joan of ArcJoan of ArcHeresy in Christianity

Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.

ConquistadorAztec Triple AllianceBattle of Otumba

Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.

Jacques CartierFirst contact (anthropology)Aboriginal peoples in Canada

The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland.

Raid of the RedeswireKingdom of EnglandKingdom of Scotland

The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.

Treaty of NemoursProtestantism

The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.

Battle of LargaRussian EmpireOttoman Empire

American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.

Fort TiconderogaBattle of Hubbardton

As a result of the XYZ Affair, the U.S. Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".

XYZ AffairUnited States CongressTreaty of Alliance (1778)Quasi-War

The Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the War of the Fourth Coalition.

Treaties of TilsitKingdom of PrussiaWar of the Fourth Coalition

In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.

Anti-abolitionist riots (1834)Abolitionism in the United States

American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the conquest of California.

Monterey, CaliforniaSan FranciscoConquest of California

The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

Conscription

Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.

KatipunanCaptaincy General of the PhilippinesPhilippine Revolution

U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

President of the United StatesWilliam McKinleyNewlands Resolution

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.Ziegfeld FolliesBowery Theatre

The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.

North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911Seal hunting

The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.

First Battle of the Isonzo

An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.

International Railway (New York-Ontario)TramQueenston, Ontario

Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.

Colombo Town GuardHenry PedrisBritish CeylonPersecution of Muslims

The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.

New Zealand Labour PartyWellington

Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.

Sliced breadOtto Frederick RohwedderJuly 7Chillicothe, Missouri

Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).

Henry J. KaiserHoover Dam

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, dies.

Arthur Conan DoyleSherlock Holmes

The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Marco Polo Bridge IncidentImperial Japanese ArmySecond Sino-Japanese War

The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine - the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine

Peel Commission

The American occupation of Iceland replaces the British occupation.

Occupation of Iceland

World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.

BeirutFree French Forces

World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.

Banzai chargePacific WarBattle of Saipan