Leonardo da Vinci begins Mona Lisa portrait

Wellington and Blücher defeat Napoleon at Waterloo

Massive military force besieges strategic city controlling river trade routes

Idaho and Wyoming are admitted as the 43rd and 44th U.S. states.

King William II of England dies in a hunting accident.

The Indian Removal Act is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson.

Stephen I is crowned the first King of Hungary.

U.S. embassies bombed in Kenya and Tanzania by Al-Qaeda

Hulagu Khan's Mongol forces sack and burn Baghdad

Roman historian Velleius Paterculus publishes his history of Rome.

The first episode of 'Full House' airs.

The first 'Wii Sports' video game is released.

King George III of Great Britain dies, ending a nearly 60-year reign.

Thomas Becket is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury

The first 'The Legend of Zelda' video game is released.

Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to U.S. General Nelson Miles.

J.J. Thomson announces his discovery of the electron, a fundamental particle of matter.

Sir John Franklin's expedition to find the Northwest Passage disappears in the Arctic.

Templars accused of worshipping Baphomet idol

Tiberius, under orders from Augustus, campaigns against Germanic tribes.

The 'Bonus Army' of World War I veterans is violently dispersed in Washington, D.C.

The state of Franklin is declared in what will become Tennessee.

The first Roomba is released.

James Watt patents separate condenser steam engine