The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.

Zhu QuanzhongEmperor Zhaozong of TangTang dynasty

The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.

LithuaniansSemigalliansLivonian Brothers of the SwordBattle of Saule

Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.

Treaty of Basel (1499)Swabian War

Battle of Zutphen: Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.

Battle of ZutphenSpanish EmpireDutch Republic

English playwright Ben Jonson kills actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel and is indicted for manslaughter.

Ben JonsonGabriel SpenserManslaughter

The last of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials are hanged; the remainder of those convicted are all eventually released.

Salem witch trials

The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.

Tuscarora WarNorth Carolina

George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

George III of the United KingdomCharlotte of Mecklenburg-StrelitzKingdom of Great Britain

Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.

Nathan HaleAmerican Revolution

The office of United States Postmaster General is established.

United States Postmaster General

Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces.

Battle of RymnikAlexander SuvorovOttoman Empire

Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.

VendémiaireFrench Republican CalendarFrench First Republic

Joseph Smith states he found the golden plates on this date after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.

Joseph SmithGolden platesAngel Moroni

The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.

Russian ship of the line LefortGulf of Finland

Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.

Slavery in the United StatesEmancipation Proclamation

Battle of Curupayty in the Paraguayan War.

Battle of CurupaytyParaguayan War

Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule.

Lord Randolph ChurchillUlsterIrish Home Rule movement

The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

National Geographic Magazine

Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.

Lindal Railway Incident

Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

Queen VictoriaGeorge III of the United Kingdom

The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.

Duke of York's Picture HouseBrightonMovie theater

German submarine SM U-9 torpedoes and sinks the British cruisers HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy on the Broad Fourteens off the Dutch coast with the loss of over 1,400 men.

German EmpireSM U-9HMS AboukirHMS HogueHMS Cressy

The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.

Steel strike of 1919Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel WorkersPennsylvania

Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.

Jack DempseyThe Long Count FightBoxingGene Tunney

An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.

Gresford disasterGresford Colliery

Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.

Spanish Civil WarBattle of El Mazuco

World War II: Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland.

World War IIGerman-Soviet military parade in Brest-LitovskWehrmachtRed ArmyBrest, Belarus

The Holocaust in Ukraine: On Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murder 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.

The Holocaust in UkraineRosh HashanahNazi GermanySchutzstaffelVinnytsia

Gail Halvorsen officially started parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Air lift.

Operation Little VittlesBerlin Blockade

In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.

HaitiFrançois Duvalier