Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.

Thespis

Saladin enters Damascus, and adds it to his domain.

SaladinDamascus

Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.

SevilleFerdinand III of Castile

Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.

Perkin WarbeckTower of London1497Edward IV of England

First campaign of the Ottoman Empire against the Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack the capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.

Ottoman EmpireKingdom of ImeretiKutaisiGelati Monastery

The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.

Second War of Kappel

John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.

John MiltonAreopagiticaCensorship

The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.

1733 slave insurrection on St. JohnDanish West Indies

French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.

Battle of Tudela

Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House.

Sarah BoothRoyal Opera House

American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

American Civil WarThird Battle of ChattanoogaUnited StatesUlysses S. GrantChattanooga, Tennessee

The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.

Manchester MartyrsManchester

Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

Tammany HallWilliam M. Tweed

The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

JukeboxSan Francisco

King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.

William III of the NetherlandsWilhelmina of the Netherlands

Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Johan Alfred AnderCapital punishment in Sweden

Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

Mexican RevolutionUnited States occupation of VeracruzTampico Affair

Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Heber J. GrantJoseph F. SmithPresident of the Church (LDS Church)The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

Edwin HubbleAndromeda GalaxyGalaxyMilky WayThe New York Times

An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.

OgadenWalwalEthiopiaAbyssinia Crisis

Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

Life (magazine)

World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

World War IIHMS RawalpindiBattleshipGerman battleship ScharnhorstGerman battleship Gneisenau

World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Kingdom of RomaniaTripartite PactAxis powers

World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Deutsche OpernhausCharlottenburg1961Deutsche Oper Berlin

World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.

TarawaMakin AtollAtolls

French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

Hai PhongVietnam

Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.

Felix MonclaLake Superior

The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

Cocos Islands

French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

President of FranceCharles de GaulleStrasbourgEuropean integration

The BBC broadcasts the first episode of An Unearthly Child (starring William Hartnell), the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.

An Unearthly ChildWilliam HartnellDoctor Who