The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.

Neo-Babylonian EmpireSiege of Jerusalem (587 BC)First Temple

The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor.

Praetorian GuardPupienus and BalbinusAncient RomeGordian III

Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.

K'inich Janaab' PakalPalenque

Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.

Sack of Thessalonica (904)Leo of TripoliThessalonikiByzantine Empire

Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).

Battle of FirenzuolaRudolph II of BurgundyAdalbert I of IvreaMarch of IvreaBerengar I of Italy

Byzantine-Bulgarian wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.

Byzantine-Bulgarian warsBattle of KleidionList of Byzantine emperorsBasil IIBulgaria

Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.

Dirk III, Count of HollandHenry II, Holy Roman EmperorBattle of Vlaardingen

Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.

Earls of LadeHereditary Kingdom of NorwayBattle of StiklestadOlaf II of NorwayList of Norwegian monarchs

The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.

Siege of Damascus (1148)Second Crusade

The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Mary, Queen of ScotsHenry Stuart, Lord DarnleyDuke of AlbanyHolyrood Palace

James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.

James VI and IKingdom of ScotlandStirling

Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.

Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)Spanish ArmadaRoyal NavyCharles Howard, 1st Earl of NottinghamFrancis Drake

War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.

Nine Years' WarBattle of LandenPyrrhic victory

Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.

Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States ArmyGeorge WashingtonWilliam TudorContinental Army

Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

Arc de Triomphe

Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.

Great Famine (Ireland)Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848TipperaryIrish nationalism

Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.

Annibale de GasparisAsteroid15 Eunomia

United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.

Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States-Japan)

American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.

American Civil WarConfederate States of AmericaBelle BoydUnion (American Civil War)Old Capitol Prison

The First Hague Convention is signed.

Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907

In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

Umberto I of ItalyAnarchismGaetano Bresci

Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-PowellBrownsea Island Scout campPoole HarbourScouting

The Cape Cod Canal opened.

Cape Cod Canal

Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.

Link River DamKlamath Project

Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

Adolf HitlerNazi Party

Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.

Great DepressionBonus Army

Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.

Tungchow MutinyTongzhou District, BeijingEast Hopei Army

The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.

BBC Light Programme

Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.

Olympic Games1948 Summer OlympicsSummer Olympic Games1936 Summer Olympics

Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.

Korean WarNo Gun Ri Massacre7th Cavalry Regiment