Year 250 » Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
Year 649 » King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
Year 1320 » Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes History of Poland (966–1385) Late Piast dynasty and reunification called king of Poland.
Year 1356 » Edward Balliol abdication known as abdicates as List of Scottish monarchs House of Balliol (1292–1296) or King of Scotland.
Year 1523 » Christian II of Denmark e.g Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
Year 1567 » Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1567) named Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese Empire named Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
Year 1576 » The Mexico e.g Mexican city of León, Guanajuato called León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
Year 1649 » Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
Year 1783 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence).
Year 1785 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong River by the Tay Son in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
Year 1788 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.
Year 1839 » In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
Year 1841 » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the United Kingdom called British.
Year 1877 » Last day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Year 1887 » The United States Senate allows the United States Navy named Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
Year 1920 » The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
Year 1921 » Turkish Constitution of 1921 called The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
Year 1929 » 'In Old Arizona', the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
Year 1936 » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom called Edward VIII becomes Monarchy of the United Kingdom known as King of the United Kingdom.
Year 1942 » World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi Germany named Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".
Year 1945 » World War II: Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies of World War II known as Allies.
Year 1945 » World War II: Nazi Germany named Germany begins the evacuation of East Prussia e.g evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
Year 1949 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
Year 1954 » The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
Year 1959 » The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
Year 1960 » Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
Year 1969 » East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Year 1972 » Pakistan launched its Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction called Nuclear weapons program few weeks after its defeat in Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Year 1981 » Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 Iran hostage crisis e.g American hostages.
Year 1986 » Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day called federal holiday for the first time.
Year 1987 » Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
Year 1990 » On Black January Black Saturday, Red Army the Red Army kills Azerbaijani people Azerbaijani civilians in Baku.
Year 1992 » Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320 known as Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France killing 87 of the 96 people on board. A design flaw in the computer mode selection system resulted in the crew selecting the wrong rate of desc
Year 1999 » The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use, aimed especially at Internet cafés.
Year 2001 » Philippines Philippine President of the Philippines president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a EDSA Revolution of 2001 nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Year 2006 » Witnesses report seeing a bottlenose whale River Thames whale named swimming in the River Thames, the first time the species had been seen in the River Thames or Thames since records began in 1913.
Year 2007 » A three-man team, using only kite skiing skis and kites, completes a convert 1093 mi km adj=on trek to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1958 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
Year 2009 » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the Kitchenware Revolution named 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.