Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.

Julius CaesarTempleVenus (mythology)Battle of Pharsalus

Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.

RagenfridTheudoaldBattle of Compiègne

William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.

William II of EnglandKing of England

Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.

Golden Bull of SicilyBohemiaPřemyslid dynasty

Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.

Friso-Hollandic WarsFrisiansHollandBattle of Warns

Serbian-Turkish wars: The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şahin Pasha and the Serbian army under the command of Vukašin Mrnjavčević and Jovan Uglješa clash at the Battle of Maritsa.

History of the Serbian-Turkish warsOttoman EmpireMurad ILala Şahin PashaVukašin Mrnjavčević

Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.

Pope Alexander VIPapal bullDudum siquidemCatholic MonarchsInter caetera

Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.

SirFrancis Drake

The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.

ParthenonAthensRepublic of VeniceFrancesco MorosiniOttoman Turks

The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.

AmsterdamWilliam III of EnglandGlorious Revolution

American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.

American RevolutionPhiladelphia campaignPhiladelphia

Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.

Thomas JeffersonUnited States Secretary of StateJohn JayUnited States Supreme Court/Chief JusticeSamuel Osgood

Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.

Marc David Alba LasourceMaximilien RobespierreDictatorship

War of the 2nd Coalition: Second Battle of Zurich Austro-Russian forces under Korsakov are defeated by Franco-Swiss under André Masséna, leading to the collapse of Alexander Suvorov's campaign.

Second Battle of ZurichAlexander KorsakovAndré MassénaAlexander Suvorov

A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.

Swedish Act of SuccessionRiksdag of the EstatesCharles XIV of Sweden

Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.

Albert EinsteinSpecial theory of relativity

New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.

Dominion of NewfoundlandDominionBritish Empire

Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.

Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna PillaiTravancore

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Federal Trade CommissionFederal Trade Commission Act

World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.

World War IBattle of Polygon Wood

World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations.

Gustav Stresemann

As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

Machine Gun KellyFBIG-Man (slang)

Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.

SteamshipRMS Queen Mary

The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher official of the SS concentration camp administration department, issues a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated".

The HolocaustAugust FrankSS-Wirtschafts-VerwaltungshauptamtAugust Frank memorandum

World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio Valley region after 10 days of fighting.

World War IIGothic LineGothic Line

United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.

United NationsSeoulNorth Korea

Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ended

Rationing in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

Train ferryTōya MaruTyphoonTsugaru Strait

Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

Typhoon Vera