Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.

PompeyPtolemy XIII Theos PhilopatorEgyptEgypt

Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.

Pope PontianHippolytus of RomeAncient RomeMiningSardinia

Battle of Mursa Major: The Roman emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.

Battle of Mursa MajorRoman emperorConstantius IIRoman usurperMagnentius

Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.

Procopius (usurper)Roman legionConstantinopleRoman emperor

Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.

Wenceslaus I, Duke of BohemiaDuchy of BohemiaBoleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia

Members of the Slavník dynasty: Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.

Slavník dynastyBoleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia

William the Conqueror invades England beginning the Norman conquest of England.

William the ConquerorNorman conquest of England

Battle of Tinchebray: Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.

Battle of TinchebrayHenry I of EnglandRobert Curthose

Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror.

ValenciaJames I of Aragon

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.

Louis IV, Holy Roman EmperorFrederick I of Austria (Habsburg)Battle of Mühldorf

Ottoman-Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.

Ottoman-Venetian War (1537-40)Ottoman NavyHoly League (1571)Battle of Preveza

Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, United States.

Juan Rodríguez CabrilloSan Diego

American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

American RevolutionSamuel Huntington (statesman)President of the Continental CongressJohn Jay

American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.

Siege of YorktownVirginiaAmerican Revolutionary War

The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.

Congress of the ConfederationHistory of the United States ConstitutionUnited States ConstitutionState legislature (United States)

France becomes the first country to emancipate its Jewish population.

Jewish emancipation

The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.

Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire

Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

Oscar I of SwedenSweden-Norway

Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.

TorontoOntario

Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.

Battle of Alcolea (1868)Isabella II of Spain

The Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil.

Brazilian ParliamentSlavery in Brazil

The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.

General Conference on Weights and MeasuresPlatinumIridium

The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.

Night gameAmerican football1892 Wyoming Seminary vs. Mansfield State Normal football gameWyoming SeminaryMansfield University of Pennsylvania

Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own, in a surprise attack in Balangiga, Eastern Samar.

Philippine-American WarBalangiga massacreBalangiga, Eastern Samar

The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.

Ulster CovenantThird Irish Home Rule Bill

Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. He and pilot Lt. Lewis C. Rockwell are killed in the crash of an Army Wright Model B at College Park, Maryland.

Frank S. ScottWright Model BCollege Park, Maryland

World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.

World War IFifth Battle of Ypres

Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US.

Omaha race riot of 1919Omaha, Nebraska

First round-the-world flight completed.

First aerial circumnavigation

Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

Alexander FlemingBacteriaMoldPenicillin