The Roman Empire lays siege to Betar, effectively ending the Bar Kokhba revolt.

Betar (fortress)Bar Kokhba revolt

The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.

Republic of PisaBattle of Meloria (1284)Republic of Genoa

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk

Grand Duchy of LithuaniaCrimean KhanateBattle of Kletsk

Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

BogotáColombiaGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.

Treaty of The Hague (1661)Dutch Republic

American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.

American Revolutionary WarBattle of OriskanySiege of Fort Stanwix

Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

United States ConstitutionConstitutional Convention (United States)Philadelphia

Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, ending the Holy Roman Empire.

Francis II, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman EmperorHoly Roman Empire

Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.

Norwich UniversityVermont

Battle of Junín Peru.

Battle of JunínPeru

Bolivia gains independence from Spain.

Bolivia

The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.

LagosNigeria

American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

American Civil WarConfederate States of AmericaIronclad warshipCSS ArkansasMississippi River

Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.

Franco-Prussian WarBattle of SpicherenKingdom of Prussia

Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.

Battle of WörthKingdom of Prussia

At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

Auburn Correctional FacilityWilliam KemmlerCapital punishmentElectric chair

Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.

KiowaOklahomaIndian reservation

The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.

Progressive Party (United States, 1912)Chicago Coliseum

World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.

World War IFirst Battle of the AtlanticU-boatHeligolandRoyal Navy

World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.

Serbia

World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.

Battle of Sari BairAllies of World War ISuvla

World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.

Battle of MărășeștiRomania

Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

Gertrude EderleEnglish Channel

In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.

Warner Bros.VitaphoneDon Juan (1926 film)John Barrymore

Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.

Joseph Force Crater

Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.

EstoniaSoviet Union

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

Wilhelmina of the NetherlandsUnited States Congress

The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.

Warsaw UprisingAugust 1Kraków Uprising (1944)

World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

World War IIHiroshimaAtomic bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiNuclear weaponLittle Boy

After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

1955DuMont Television NetworkSt. Nicholas RinkBoxing from St. Nicholas Arena