The U.S. Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision upholds 'separate but equal'.

The first public performance of Franz Schubert's 'Gretchen am Spinnrade' takes place in Vienna.

The Kushan Empire in Central Asia expands under Kujula Kadphises

A massive oil gusher at Spindletop, Texas, launches the American oil boom.

Louis the Child Holy Roman Emperor dies ending the Carolingian dynasty in East Francia

Alaska and Hawaii are admitted as the 49th and 50th U.S. states.

Julius Caesar is assassinated by a group of Roman senators on the Ides of March.

Philosopher Peter Abelard opens his school in Paris

The city of Beverwijk is granted a charter

A coup attempt by John Komnenos the Fat is crushed in the Byzantine Empire

The Treaty of Orvieto is signed to restore the Latin Empire

America Online announces acquisition of Time Warner for 182 billion dollars

The city of Timbuktu is a major center of trade in West Africa

Pilgrims and Wampanoag people sign a peace treaty in Plymouth

The Grand Duchy of Moscow defeats Lithuania and Poland at the Battle of Vedrosha

The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees voting rights regardless of race in America

House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams president in contested election

The Treaty of Windsor is signed between Henry II of England and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair

The Outer Space Treaty, banning nuclear weapons in space, is signed.

The exodus of Greek scholars from Constantinople contributes to the Renaissance in Italy

The Lombard League is formed by northern Italian cities to counter the Holy Roman Emperor

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, completes his conquest of Normandy

Castilian forces defeat the Emir Ibn Hud at the Battle of Jerez

The Battle of Tannenberg is a decisive German victory on the Eastern Front.