Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.

Constantine III (Byzantine emperor)Caesar (title)HeracliusConstantinople

Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by king Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.

Battle of BasingWessexÆthelred of WessexDanelawVikings

The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.

Swiss GuardVatican City

The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya.

Ottoman EmpireSelim IMamluk Sultanate (Cairo)Battle of Ridaniya

The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Burma.

Ava KingdomTaungoo DynastyBurma

The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.

Convention Parliament (1689)James II of EnglandRoman Catholic Church1688

The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.

House of BraganzaTransfer of the Portuguese Court to BrazilInvasion of Portugal (1807)

The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.

AshantisGold Coast (British colony)

Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.

Second Anglo-Sikh WarSiege of MultanSikhismMultanPunjab region

The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.

January UprisingLithuaniaBelarusPolish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth

The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.

Battle of IsandlwanaAnglo-Zulu War

The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 71km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.

Battle of Rorke's Drift

Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.

Columbia Phonograph

The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.

United Mine Workers of AmericaColumbus, Ohio

Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.

Edward VIIQueen Victoria

Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.

Bloody Sunday (1905)Saint Petersburg

SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.

SS ValenciaVancouver IslandBritish Columbia

Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.

GuadalajaraGuadalajara train disaster

World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.

World War IPresident of the United StatesWoodrow Wilson

Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.

Act ZlukyUkrainian People's RepublicWest Ukrainian National Republic

Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ramsay MacDonaldLabour Party (UK)Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.

Teddy WakelamAssociation footballArsenal F.C.Sheffield United F.C.Arsenal Stadium

World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.

World War IIBritish EmpireCommonwealth of NationsTobrukRegio Esercito

World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.

Allies of World War IIOperation ShingleAnzioNettuno

In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.

IranQazi MuhammadRepublic of MahabadChahar Cheragh SquareMahabad

Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Central Intelligence Agency

KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.

KTLATelevision stationMississippi RiverHollywood

Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.

IsraelSinai Peninsula

The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.

George P. MeteskyWaterbury, Connecticut

The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.

Élysée TreatyCharles de GaulleKonrad Adenauer