Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.

Arbogast (general)EugeniusRoman emperor

Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.

Battle of JenglandErispoeCharles the Bald

Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.

Battle of the Standard

The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.

Battle of Bosworth FieldRichard III of EnglandHouse of Plantagenet

Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.

Bartolomé CarranzaArchbishopHeresy in Christianity

Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

ChennaiEast India Company

Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.

Charles I of EnglandNottinghamEnglish Civil War

Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.

Jacob BarsimsonNew Amsterdam

Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.

Quebec ExpeditionPointe-aux-Anglais

Spanish troops land on Sardinia.

Sardinia

James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

James CookPossession Island (Queensland)New South Wales

British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

Siege of Fort StanwixContinental Army

James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).

HMS Resolution (1771)

Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.

HaitiHaitian RevolutionSaint-Domingue

French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.

KilcumminIrish Rebellion of 1798

José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.

José de la MarList of Presidents of Peru

Nat Turner's slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of about 60 whites and approximately 250 blacks.

Nat Turner's slave rebellionSouthampton County, VirginiaAfrican American

The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.

Second Federal Republic of Mexico

The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.

AirstrikeVenice

The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.

America's CupYachtAmerica (yacht)

Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention.

Geneva Conventions

The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)SakhalinKuril Islands

Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.

Mahatma GandhiNatal Indian Congress

Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

Cadillac

Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

Theodore Roosevelt

Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.

Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910

German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines, Belgium.

Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.

Michael Collins (Irish leader)Commander-in-chiefIrish Free StateIrish Civil War

Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.

Bill WoodfullAustralia national cricket teamCricketThe Ashes

World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.

World War IISiege of Leningrad