Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.

Dong ZhuoLü Bu

Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

Halley's Comet

A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys the undefended Damietta in Egypt.

Sack of Damietta (853)DamiettaEgypt

The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.

AssassinsSaladinAleppo

King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.

John, King of EnglandPhilip II of FranceTreaty of Le Goulet

Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany, in opposition to Conrad IV.

Henry Raspe, Landgrave of ThuringiaAnti-kingKingdom of GermanyConrad IV of Germany

Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.

Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)Stefan Uroš IRepublic of Venice

The Brussels massacre: Several Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels.

Brussels massacreBrussels

Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.

Pope Gregory XIPapal bullDoctrineTheologyJohn Wycliffe

Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.

Wars of the RosesFirst Battle of St AlbansRichard of York, 3rd Duke of YorkHenry VI of England

The first atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, is published with 70 maps.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck to end the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.

Holy Roman EmperorFerdinand II, Holy Roman EmperorList of Danish monarchsChristian IV of DenmarkTreaty of Lübeck

Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.

PrussiaTreaty of Hamburg (1762)

Trevi Fountain in Rome is officially completed and inaugurated by Pope Clement XIII.

Trevi FountainPope Clement XIII

The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began as the Corps of Discovery departed from St. Charles, Missouri.

Lewis and Clark ExpeditionCorps of Discovery

A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.

Grand juryVice President of the United StatesAaron BurrTreason

On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.

Battle of Aspern-EsslingViennaNapoleon

A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, which spreads to Ely the next day.

Littleport, CambridgeshireEly and Littleport riots of 1816Ely, Cambridgeshire

The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

SS SavannahSavannah, GeorgiaSteamship

HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.

HMS Beagle

The transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.

Penal transportationConvictNew South WalesColony

Slavery is abolished in Martinique.

History of MartiniqueMartinique

Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent.

President of the United StatesAbraham LincolnPatentAbraham Lincoln's patent

Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.

United States House of RepresentativesPreston BrooksSouth CarolinaUnited States SenateCharles Sumner

American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.

American Civil WarUnion (American Civil War)Siege of Port Hudson

American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.

Union ArmyRed River Campaign

Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.

Reconstruction EraUlysses S. GrantAmnesty ActCivil and political rights

The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.

Associated PressNew York City

The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".

Wright brothersAirplane

Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano other than Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.

Lassen PeakMount St. Helens