1. In 1590, the Siege of Paris during the French Wars of Religion continued. Catholic forces held the city against the Protestant forces of Henry IV.
2. In 1711, the War of the Spanish Succession continued. Various battles and diplomatic manoeuvres were taking place in Europe.
3. In 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender, began his attempt to regain the British throne for the House of Stuart.
4. In 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte's forces were in control of much of Germany after a series of military victories, and the Holy Roman Empire was on the verge of dissolution.
5. In 1815, after the Battle of Waterloo was still months away, Napoleon was in the process of building up his forces and preparing for the final showdown with the Seventh Coalition.
6. In 1832, the cholera epidemic continued to spread in Europe, causing widespread panic and death.
7. In 1846, the Mexican-American War began as U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor crossed the Rio Grande River.
8. In 1857, the Indian Rebellion of 1857 was brewing, with discontent among Indian soldiers and civilians against British rule growing.
9. In 1862, about 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered to Union forces in the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
10. In 1865, the American Civil War was in its final stages. Confederate forces were facing increasing pressure from the Union army.
11. In 1870, France was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War.
12. In 1879, the Second Anglo-Afghan War continued. British troops were engaged in various skirmishes and battles in Afghanistan.
13. In 1885, the Sino-French War was coming to an end. Negotiations were taking place to end the hostilities between China and France.
14. In 1899, the Boer War in South Africa was in full swing. British and Boer forces were locked in a fierce struggle for control of the region.
15. In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War began as Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.
16. In 1909, the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company rose again.
17. In 1910, the Tongmenghui split and Sun Yat-sen and Zhang Taiyan parted ways.
18. In 1911, the Qing Dynasty in China was facing increasing unrest, which would soon lead to the Xinhai Revolution.
19. In 1912, the Qing Dynasty in China officially came to an end with the abdication of the last emperor, Puyi.
20. In 1913, the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which allowed the federal government to levy an income tax, was ratified.
21. In 1918, after World War I, Lithuania declared independence and established the Republic of Lithuania.
22. In 1919, the Paris Peace Conference was in progress, where the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, were being negotiated.
23. In 1920, the League of Nations was officially established, with the aim of maintaining world peace and security.
24. In 1922, the Irish Free State was established under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, ending the Irish War of Independence.
25. In 1925, the Locarno Treaties were signed in Switzerland, which aimed to improve relations between Germany and its western neighbours in Europe.
26. In 1930, the Chinese Red Army had its first aircraft, the Lenin.
27. In 1931, the situation in Manchuria was deteriorating as Japan was making more aggressive moves, which would eventually lead to the establishment of the Puppet Manchukuo.
28. In 1932, Japan planned to form the Provisional Supreme Administrative Council of Northeast China in Northeast China and decided to establish the Puppet Manchukuo.
29. In 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, marking the beginning of Nazi rule in Germany.
30. In 1934, the Austrian Civil War broke out between the Social Democrats and the right-wing forces supported by the Austrian government.
31. In 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission issued the "Letter to All Red指战员".
32. In 1936, the Second Italo-Ethiopian War was ongoing. Italian forces were in control of much of Ethiopia.
33. In 1937, the Spanish Civil War was in its second year. The Nationalist and Republican forces were still locked in a brutal conflict.
34. In 1940, the Phoney War phase of World War II ended as Germany began its offensive in Western Europe.
35. In 1941, the Axis powers continued their expansion in Europe. Germany was preparing for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
36. In 1943, during World War II, the Soviet Red Army recovered Kharkov from the German army.
37. In 1944, the Allies were making preparations for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Various military operations and training were taking place.
38. In 1945, the US Air Force launched a fierce raid on Tokyo.
39. In 1945, the US military began three days of concentrated bombing on Iwo Jima, and then launched an amphibious landing operation, and the Battle of Iwo Jima broke out.
40. In 1946, the Nuremberg Trials, which were prosecuting major war criminals of Nazi Germany, were ongoing.
41. In 1950, the Korean War was still months away from breaking out, but tensions on the Korean Peninsula were rising between North and South Korea.
42. In 1959, Fidel Castro became Prime Minister of Cuba; in the same year, Makarios was elected the first President of Cyprus.
43. In 1978, the 911 emergency phone number was successfully tested in Haleyville, Alabama, USA.
44. In 1985, the Israeli army began to withdraw from Lebanon.
45. In 1987, John Demjanjuk went on trial in Jerusalem, accused of being the Nazi concentration camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.
46. In 1989, the Arab Cooperation Council was formed.
47. In 2002, authorities in Georgia arrested a crematory operator after hundreds of decomposing corpses were found stacked in storage sheds and in the surrounding woods.
48. In 2005, the NHL scrapped what was left of its season already decimated by a lockout over a salary cap for its players.
49. In 2011, Protests in Egypt continued to grow, leading to the eventual resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
50. In 2019, Various scientific and technological developments and international diplomatic exchanges were ongoing around the world.