Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.

Kardam of BulgariaByzantine EmperorConstantine VIBattle of Marcellae (792)

Rollo lays siege to Chartres.

RolloSiege of Chartres (911)

Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.

Richard I of EnglandDuke of Normandy

Treaty of San Germano is signed at San Germano between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX. A Dominican named Guala is responsible for the negotiations.

Treaty of San GermanoCassino

The Battle of Kellistown was fought on this day between the forces of the English led by Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March against the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles under the command of Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach, the most powerful Chieftain in Leinster.

English peopleRoger Mortimer, 4th Earl of MarchArt Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach

Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.

Battle of AnkaraTimurTimurid EmpireOttoman EmpireBayezid I

During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.

Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-98)Toyotomi HideyoshiPyongyang

Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La VérendryeLake Michigan

Tekle Giyorgis I begins his first of six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia.

Tekle Giyorgis IEmperor of Ethiopia

Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.

Nicéphore NiépceNapoleonPyréolophoreInternal combustion engineSaône

Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.

BogotáViceroyalty of New Granada

The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.

Seneca Falls ConventionSeneca Falls (hamlet), New York

American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.

Battle of Peachtree CreekAtlantaConfederate States of AmericaJohn Bell HoodUnion (American Civil War)

Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.

Austro-Prussian WarBattle of Lissa (1866)Austro-Hungarian NavyWilhelm von TegetthoffRegia Marina

British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.

British Columbia

The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.

The Football AssociationAssociation footballBritish Football Association

The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.

Ford Motor Company

World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.

World War ICorfu DeclarationKingdom of Yugoslavia

The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.

SilivriGreeceParis Peace Conference, 1919

The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.

League of NationsTogolandTanganyika

In the Preußenschlag ("Prussian coup"), German President Paul von Hindenburg dissolves the government of Prussia

PreußenschlagPaul von Hindenburg

In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans, part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, who attempt to march to the White House.

Tear gasBonus Expeditionary ForceWhite House

Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.

MinneapolisTruckerMinneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934

West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.

1934 West Coast waterfront strikeSeattleTear gasStevedoreGovernor of Oregon

Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.

Royal Dutch AirlinesMilanFrankfurt

The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.

Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the StraitsMontreuxTurkeyDardanellesBosphorus

The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.

United States Department of JusticeMotion pictureSherman Antitrust ActStudio system1948

Denmark leaves the League of Nations.

League of Nations

California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

CaliforniaFreewayArroyo Seco Parkway

Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.

Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70)TitusVespasianAntonia FortressTemple Mount