All Events

• The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy. · 1870
  
• American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory. · 1863
  
• The future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom begins the first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales. · 1860
  
• The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company. · 1857
  
• Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma. · 1854
  
• The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created. · 1848
  
• The decade-long Ragamuffin War starts when rebels capture Porto Alegre in Brazil. · 1835
  
• French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy. · 1792
  
• The Walking Purchase concludes, which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,900 km2) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony. · 1737
  
• The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War. · 1697
  
• The Spanish-held Dutch town of Grave capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army under the command of Maurice of Orange. · 1602
  
• A number of conspirators in the Babington Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered. · 1586
  
• Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminates in the first circumnavigation of the globe. · 1519
  
• The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in; it has been located outside ever since. · 1498
  
• Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism. · 1378
  
• The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights. · 1260
  
• Following the French defeat in the battle of Lincoln, prince Louis of France ratifies the treaty of Lambeth under which he abandons all claims to the English throne and returns to France in exchange of an indemnity payment. · 1217
  
• Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem. · 1187
  
• At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. · 1066
  
• Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. · 1058