Cyrus the Great (founder of Persian Empire) entered the capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land.

Cyrus the GreatAchaemenid EmpireBabylon

Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded.

Constantine the GreatBattle of the Milvian BridgeAdventus (ceremony)MaxentiusTiber

Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius.

Valentinian IIIWestern Roman EmperorLicinia EudoxiaTheodosius IIEastern Roman Emperor

Byzantine troops occupy Antioch, Syria.

Byzantine EmpireAntiochSyria

Conradin is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily.

ConradinFrederick I, Margrave of BadenCharles I of Sicily

First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.

Witchcraft

Battle of Brustem:Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège.

Charles the BoldPrince-Bishopric of Liège

Pope Innocent IX is elected.

Pope Innocent IX

Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.

Sigismund III Vasa

English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

CourtierWalter RaleighJames I of England

Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.

Second Northern WarDutch RepublicBattle of the Sound

Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga.

Battle of AmbuilaKingdom of KongoAntónio I of Kongo

Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.

Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizLong sIntegralCalculus

Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartDon GiovanniPrague

Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

Mount HoodOregonSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount HoodWillamette River

Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.

GenevaInternational Red Cross

American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.

American Civil WarBattle of WauhatchieUnited StatesUlysses S. GrantConfederate States of America

The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

Convention of ConstantinopleSuez Canal

In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.

Amherst, MassachusettsJane ToppanBostonMorphine

Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

Leon CzolgoszWilliam McKinley

Ottoman entry into World War I.

Ottoman entry into World War I

The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918-19.

German EmpireHigh Seas FleetWilhelmshaven mutinyGerman Revolution of 1918-19

The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

Link River DamKlamath Reclamation Project

United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

United StatesSacco and VanzettiBoston, Massachusetts

The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.

Harvard UniversityCentre College

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.

Victor Emmanuel III of ItalyBenito Mussolini

Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

TurkeyOttoman Empire

The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.

New York Stock ExchangeWall Street Crash of 1929Great Depression

The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".

The HolocaustKaunas GhettoNazi GermanyNinth Fort

The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.

Nazi Germany