Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.

Byzantine EmpireNikephoros IFirst Bulgarian EmpirePliskaKrum

A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios.

Knights HospitallerBattle of Chios (1319)AydinidChios

Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.

New FranceDieppe

Scanian War: Denmark-Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.

Scanian WarDenmark-NorwayBattle of MarstrandMarstrand

Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.

Kingdom of PrussiaMainz

Roger Sherman, a Connecticut Patriot and member of the Committee of Five selected to draft the Declaration of Independence, dies of typhoid in New Haven, Connecticut, at age 72.

Roger Sherman

While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Minor Asia coasts.

Greek War of IndependenceMonemvasia

In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.

William Austin BurtTypographer (typewriter)Typewriter

The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.

Province of CanadaAct of Union 1840

American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.

American Civil WarHenry HalleckUnion Army

Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.

Aires de Ornelas e VasconcelosArchbishopKingdom of PortugalPortuguese Goa

The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.

Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and ArgentinaBuenos Aires

President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer

Ulysses S. Grant

The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.

Ford Motor Company

The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.

Second Constitutional EraOttoman Empire

Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.

Austria-HungaryJuly CrisisKingdom of SerbiaAssassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of AustriaArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.

Communist Party of China1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China

Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.

Fox FilmMovietone sound system

The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.

Indian Broadcasting CompanyMumbai

The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.

Italian FascismKingdom of Italy

In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.

CataloniaUnified Socialist Party of CataloniaSocialismCommunism

The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Under Secretary of StateSumner WellesWelles DeclarationSoviet UnionBaltic states

The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened.

The HolocaustTreblinka extermination camp

World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.

World War IIOperation EdelweissOperation Braunschweig

Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.

BulgariaNikola Vaptsarov

The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.

Rayleigh bath chair murderRayleigh, Essex

World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.

HMS Eclipse (H08)HMS Laforey (G99)Italian submarine AscianghiHMS Newfoundland (59)

The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.

Philippe Pétain

General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.

Muhammad NaguibFree Officers Movement (Egypt)Gamal Abdel NasserEgyptian revolution of 1952Farouk of Egypt

The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.

Sandinista National Liberation FrontNicaragua