After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.

AnthemiusOld St. Peter's Basilica

Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).

Michael I RangabeLeo V the ArmenianMonk

Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.

Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-EpteCharles the SimpleRollo

Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.

Baldwin IVKing of JerusalemRaymond III, Count of TripoliWilliam of Tyre

Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.

Battle of the Golden SpursFlanders

Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.

Charles IV, Holy Roman EmperorCount of LuxembourgKing of BohemiaKing of the Romans

Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.

Ming dynastyZheng HeTreasure voyages

Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.

Pope Julius IICoutances

Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.

Martin FrobisherGreenland

Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.

Samuel de ChamplainQuebec

Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.

Dwarf planetPlutoNeptune

Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.

PogromJewsLittle Russia

Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.

Halifax, Nova ScotiaNova Scotia

Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.

Jacques NeckerStorming of the Bastille

The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.

DetroitKingdom of Great BritainJay Treaty

The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.

United States Marine CorpsAmerican Revolutionary War

French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.

Jean-Louis PonsComet

A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

Burr-Hamilton duelVice President of the United StatesAaron BurrUnited States Secretary of the TreasuryAlexander Hamilton

Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.

NoongarIndigenous AustraliansYagan

Waterloo railway station in London opens.

London Waterloo station

American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.

American Civil WarBattle of Fort StevensConfederate States of America

The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.

Mediterranean FleetBombardment of AlexandriaAnglo-Egyptian War

Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.

Tijuana

The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.

PearlMikimoto Kōkichi

A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.

RevolutionJosé Santos ZelayaNicaragua

Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists.

Auguste and Louis LumièreFilm

Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.

Salomon August AndréeSpitsbergenNorth PoleBalloon

Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.

Murder of Grace BrownChester GilletteTheodore DreiserAn American Tragedy

Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.

Babe RuthMajor League Baseball

USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched.

USS Nevada (BB-36)