Year 69 » After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
Year 1080 Calendar » The List of Danish monarchs King of Denmark Harald III of Denmark Harald III dies and is succeeded by Canute IV of Denmark Canute IV, who would later be the first Danes Dane to be canonization canonized.
Year 1349 Calendar » Fall of the Bavand dynasty, and rise of the Afrasiyab dynasty.
Year 1492 Calendar » Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
Year 1521 Calendar » Trial of Martin Luther over his Lutheranism called teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
Year 1524 Calendar » Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York City known as New York harbor.
Year 1555 Calendar » After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florence called Florentine-Holy Roman Empire named Imperial army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Year 1797 Calendar » Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an Veronese Easters e.g eight-day rebellion against the First French Republic or French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.
Year 1797 » Sir Ralph Abercromby Battle of San Juan (1797) named attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.
Year 1864 Calendar » American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth (1864) named Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate States of America or Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
Year 1895 Calendar » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Liaoning named Fengtien Histo
Year 1905 Calendar » The Supreme Court of the United States decides 'Lochner v. New York', which holds that the "Freedom of contract e.g right to free contract" is implicit in the Due process e.g due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution
Year 1907 Calendar » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
Year 1912 Calendar » Russian Empire named Russian troops Lena massacre called open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
Year 1941 Calendar » World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Nazi Germany known as Germany.
Year 1942 Calendar » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
Year 1945 Calendar » World War II: Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from Nazi forces.
Year 1946 Calendar » Syria obtains its independence from the French occupation.
Year 1961 Calendar » Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the Central Intelligence Agency called CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
Year 1964 Calendar » Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
Year 1964 » Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.
Year 1969 Calendar » Czechoslovakian Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
Year 1969 » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
Year 1970 Calendar » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
Year 1973 Calendar » George Lucas begins writing the treatment for Star Wars called The Star Wars.
Year 1975 Calendar » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Khmer National Armed Forces named Cambodian government forces surrender.
Year 1982 Calendar » Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom e.g Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
Year 2006 Calendar » Sami Hammad, a Palestinian people known as Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
Year 2013 Calendar » West Fertilizer Company explosion called An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.