Cao Pi dies after an illness; his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.

Cao PiCao RuiCao Wei

Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.

Raymond of PoitiersBattle of InabNur ad-Din Zangi

Sverre is crowned King of Norway.

Sverre of NorwayKing of Norway

Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.

SkanderbegBattle of Torvioll

Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.

Jacques CartierPrince Edward Island

The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground.

Globe Theatre

Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.

Charles I of EnglandRoundheadBattle of Cropredy Bridge

At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.

Battle of KonotopIvan VyhovskyAleksey Trubetskoy

Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.

Alexander Macdonell (bishop)Roman CatholicGlengarry County, Ontario

Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.

Russo-Turkish War (1806-12)Dmitry SenyavinOttoman EmpireBattle of Athos

Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.

AutocephalyEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleChurch of Greece

Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.

St-Hilaire train disasterMont-Saint-Hilaire, QuebecQuebec

Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.

Charilaos TrikoupisAthensGeorge I of GreecePrime Minister of Greece

France annexes Tahiti.

Tahiti

In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.

Muhammad AhmadMahdi

George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.

George Edward GouraudGeorge Frideric HandelIsrael in EgyptPhonograph cylinder

Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.

Hyde Park Township, Cook County, IllinoisIllinois

The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.

North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915Edmonton

British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.

DiplomatIrish nationalismRoger CasementEaster Rising

France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".

Vimy Ridge

The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.

Bird of Paradise (aircraft)U.S. Army Air Corps

Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.

Carpathian RutheniaSoviet Union

U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.

President Harry S. Truman

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.

Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956Interstate Highway System

The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

United States Supreme CourtFurman v. GeorgiaEighth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionFourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina.

Isabel PerónPresident of Argentina

Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.

Mikhail BaryshnikovSoviet UnionKirov Ballet

Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.

Steve WozniakApple I

The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

Seychelles

The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.

1976 Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of EuropeEast Berlin