Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos dies, and is succeeded by his son Alexios II

Bohemund I of Antioch is released from Seljuk imprisonment

Mahmud of Ghazni raids and plunders the Somnath Temple in India.

The Hōgen Rebellion, a civil war, erupts in Japan

The first transatlantic telephone service connects New York and London.

Crusaders capture the city of Sidon

Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII dies

Anne Sullivan begins teaching the blind and deaf Helen Keller.

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is signed into law in the United States.

Suez Canal construction begins under de Lesseps

The Dun Beal Gallimhe fort is constructed in Ireland

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer are married at St. Paul's Cathedral.

Bartolomeo Cristofori invents piano in Italy revolutionizing musical instruments

Isaac Newton publishes his Principia Mathematica

Emir Hisham I of Córdoba calls for a jihad against the Christian Franks.

Ebola epidemic spreads across West Africa

The Spanish Civil War begins with a military uprising against the Republic.

The film 'Rocky', written by and starring Sylvester Stallone, is released.

The Charter of Kortenberg is signed in the Duchy of Brabant

Pope Celestine V abdicates the papacy and is succeeded by Pope Boniface VIII

John Adams moves into unfinished White House mansion

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi becomes the new Shōgun of Japan

The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.

Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England Scotland and Ireland dies in London