Year 844 Calendar » Battle of Clavijo: The Apostle James, son of Zebedee Saint James the Greater is said to have miraculously appeared to a force of outnumbered Kingdom of Asturias Asturians and aided them against the forces of the Emirate of Córdoba Emir of Cordoba.
Year 1430 Calendar » Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Duchy of Burgundy e.g Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
Year 1498 Calendar » Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
Year 1533 Calendar » The marriage of List of English monarchs House of Tudor known as King Henry VIII of England named Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
Year 1568 Calendar » The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.
Year 1609 Calendar » Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
Year 1701 Calendar » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London, England.
Year 1706 Calendar » Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a France or French army under Marshal of France called Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi.
Year 1788 Calendar » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the 8th United States e.g American state.
Year 1793 Calendar » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
Year 1829 Calendar » Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
Year 1846 Calendar » Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
Year 1873 Calendar » The Canada named Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Year 1900 Calendar » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
Year 1907 Calendar » The Unicameralism named unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
Year 1915 Calendar » World War I: Italy joins the Allies of World War I named Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
Year 1932 Calendar » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which occurred in the city of São Paulo. Their names and surnames were used to form the MMDC, a revolutionary group that would act against t
Year 1934 Calendar » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
Year 1934 » The American Bank robbery named bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
Year 1939 Calendar » The United States Navy called U.S. Navy submarine USS Sailfish (SS-192) called USS 'Squalus' sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian n
Year 1945 Calendar » World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allies of World War II named Allied custody.
Year 1945 » World War II: The Flensburg Government under President of Germany (1919–1945) known as Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are captured and arrested by United Kingdom called British forces at Flensburg in Northern Germany.
Year 1948 Calendar » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
Year 1949 Calendar » The West Germany named Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
Year 1951 Calendar » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with China.
Year 1967 Calendar » Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
Year 1995 Calendar » The first version of the Java (programming language) or Java programming language is released.
Year 1998 Calendar » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
Year 2002 Calendar » The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
Year 2006 Calendar » Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland (Alaska) or Mount Cleveland erupts.
Year 2008 Calendar » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca, Singapore called Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year Pedra Branca dispute named territorial dispute between the two countries.
Year 2009 Calendar » Former President of South Korea e.g South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun commits suicide, jumping from a 45 meter cliff in Bongha, Gimhae, South Korea.
Year 2010 Calendar » Jamaican police begin a manhunt for drug lord Christopher Coke, after the United States requested his extradition, leading to 2010 Kingston unrest known as three days of violence during which at least 73 bystanders are killed.
Year 2012 Calendar » Adam Lambert became the first openly gay artist to debut at 1 on the Billboard 200 known as 'Billboard' 200 Album Charts, with his album 'Trespassing (album) known as Trespassing'.
Year 2013 Calendar » The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse named collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
Year 2014 Calendar » Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 13 injured in 2014 Isla Vista killings known as a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.