Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).

Thutmose IIIAncient EgyptHatshepsut

Traditional date of the fall of Troy.

Trojan War

Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.

Battle of MühlbergFernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of AlbaCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorSchmalkaldic League

Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.

Mary, Queen of ScotsDauphin of FranceFrancis II of FranceNotre Dame de Paris

The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.

Thirteen ColoniesThe Boston News-Letter

The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".

Library of CongressJohn AdamsUnited States Congress

Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.

Russo-Turkish War (1877-78)Russian EmpireOttoman Empire

American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

SharpshooterAnnie OakleyBuffalo Bill's Wild West

Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".

Joshua Slocum

The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.

Woolworth BuildingSkyscraper

The Franck-Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.

Franck-Hertz experimentIntroduction to quantum mechanicsDeutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.

Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915IstanbulArmenian Genocide

Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.

Easter RisingPatrick PearseJames ConnollyProclamation of the Irish Republic

Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.

Ernest ShackletonImperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionElephant IslandSouthern OceanEndurance (1912 ship)

First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.

Villers-BretonneuxMark IV tankA7V

The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.

Imperial Wireless ChainWireless telegraphyLeafieldOxfordshireCairo

In Vienna, the paper Das Ich und das Es (The Ego and the Id) by Sigmund Freud is published, which outlines Freud's theories of the id, ego, and super-ego.

The Ego and the IdSigmund FreudId, ego and super-ego

The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.

Treaty of Berlin (1926)Soviet Union

Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.

Benny RothmanMass trespass of Kinder Scout

Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

Nazi GermanyPersecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi GermanyCorporations of Jehovah's WitnessesMagdeburg

World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.

Special Boat ServiceRaid on Santorini

Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Winston ChurchillElizabeth II

The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.

Bandung ConferenceColonialismRacismCold War

Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.

Suez CrisisSuez CanalUnited Nations Emergency Force

Marriage of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent to the Hon Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady OgilvyAngus OgilvyWestminster Abbey

Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño, overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.

Dominican RepublicFrancisco CaamañoTriumvirateCoup d'étatJuan Bosch

Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.

AstronautVladimir KomarovSoyuz 1Parachute

Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily."

Vietnam WarWilliam Westmoreland

The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.

The GambiaRepublicCommonwealth of NationsDawda JawaraPresident of the Gambia

Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.

Operation Eagle ClawIran hostage crisis