Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.

Magister militumRicimerAvitusPiacenzaWestern Roman Empire

Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.

Wu ZetianTang dynastyChinese Empire

Battle on the Raxa: King Otto I defeats the Obotrite federation led by Nako and his brother Stoigniew near Mecklenburg.

Battle on the RaxaOtto I, Holy Roman EmperorObotritesNako (Obotrite prince)Stoigniew

Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.

Jadwiga of PolandList of Polish kings

Carlo Gesualdo, composer, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, murders his wife, Donna Maria d'Avalos, and her lover Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria at the Palazzo San Severo in Naples.

Carlo GesualdoVenosaCount of ConzaFabrizio CarafaAndria

Royalton, Vermont and Tunbridge, Vermont are the last major raids of the American Revolutionary War.

Royalton, VermontTunbridge, VermontRoyalton raidAmerican Revolutionary War

Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.

Marie AntoinetteLouis XVI of FranceGuillotineFrench Revolution

The Battle of Wattignies ends in a French victory.

Battle of WattigniesFrench First Republic

The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig.

Sixth CoalitionNapoleonBattle of Leipzig

Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.

Palace of WestminsterBurning of Parliament

Battle of Vegkop between Afrikaner voortrekkers and Matabele warriors in South Africa.

Battle of VegkopAfrikanerVoortrekkerNorthern Ndebele peopleSouth Africa

Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Queen's UniversityKingston, Ontario

Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers.

William Rowan HamiltonQuaternionCommutative propertyComplex number

William T. G. Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.

William T. G. MortonAnesthesiaMassachusetts General HospitalEther Dome

The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is published in London.

Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë

John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

John Brown (abolitionist)John Brown's raid on Harpers FerryHarpers Ferry, West Virginia

The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

Cardiff Giant

Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.

Girton College, Cambridge

Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah

The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

Partition of Bengal (1905)

The Captain of Köpenick fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.

Wilhelm VoigtCity hall (administration)KöpenickPrussia

William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold a summit, a first between a U.S. and a Mexican president, and they only narrowly escape assassination.

William Howard TaftPorfirio Díaz

In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.

Margaret SangerFamily planning

The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.

The Walt Disney CompanyWalt DisneyRoy O. Disney

Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman.

CommunismLong MarchMao Zedong

World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.

World War IINo. 603 Squadron RAFLuftwaffe

The Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.

The Holocaust in PolandWarsaw Ghetto

Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome

History of the Jews in ItalyRaid of the Ghetto of Rome

Nuremberg trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.

Nuremberg trialsNazi