At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.

Seventeenth Council of ToledoEgicaVisigothsHispaniaSlavery

Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf.

Louis the BavarianFrederick I of Austria (Habsburg)Battle of Gammelsdorf

At the Battle of Posada, Basarab I of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army of Charles I Robert.

Battle of PosadaBasarab I of WallachiaCharles I of Hungary

Ulrich II, Count of Celje, last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in Belgrade.

Ulrich II, Count of CeljeCounty of CilliBelgrade

More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath

Stockholm Bloodbath

Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Pilgrim FathersMayflowerCape CodMassachusetts

Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.

Glorious RevolutionWilliam III of EnglandExeter

Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.

Pope Innocent XIICervia

The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.

Judah HeHasid (Jerusalem)Ashkenazi JewsJerusalem

Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.

Treaty of Seville (1729)

American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.

American Revolutionary WarBattle of Fishdam FordSouth CarolinaThomas Sumter

Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

Society of United Irishmen

Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor (Consulate Government).

NapoleonCoup of 18 BrumaireFrench DirectoryFrench Consulate

Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.

KentuckyCalvin FairbankJeffersonville, Indiana

The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

Canadian footballUniversity College, Toronto

American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.

American Civil WarUnited StatesAmbrose BurnsideArmy of the PotomacGeorge B. McClellan

Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

Tokugawa shogunateEmperor of JapanMeiji Restoration

The Great Boston Fire of 1872.

Great Boston Fire of 1872

The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Pearl Harbor

Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

Theodore RooseveltPanama Canal

The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

Cullinan DiamondEdward VII

The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

Great Lakes Storm of 1913

SMS Emden is sunk by HMAS Sydney in the Battle of Cocos.

SMS EmdenHMAS Sydney (1912)Battle of Cocos

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

KaiserWilhelm II, German EmperorGerman Revolution of 1918-19

In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.

MunichBeer Hall PutschBavariaNazis

The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.

Congress of Industrial OrganizationsAtlantic City, New JerseyTrade unionAmerican Federation of Labor

The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.

Battle of Shanghai

The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.

Ernst vom RathHerschel GrynszpanPogromKristallnacht

Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.

WarsawVirtuti Militari