1841 events
During a general strike in Winnipeg, Canada, members of the Royal North-West Mounted Police attacked a crowd of strikers
Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen unhappy with…
The Third Anglo-Afghan War ended with the United Kingdom signing a treaty to recognise the independence of the Emirate…
The Third Anglo-Afghan War ended with the United Kingdom signing a treaty to recognise the independence of the Emirate…
Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a…
The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeated the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.
The short-lived Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic was established on territory formerly part of the Russian
First World War: The British Royal Navy launched unsuccessful raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge in German-occupied Belgium
First World War: The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux began, which contained the first instance of tanks fighting aga
First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend
The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abu
The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abu
World War I: Armenian forces defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Sardarabad, halting the Turkish advance and preven
World War I: Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast, killi
World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne River in France ended with American forces finally clearin
World War I: Allied forces led by the Australian general John Monash won the Battle of Hamel, demonstrating the…
An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the deaths of more than 600…
Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.
World War I: An Imperial German Navy U-boat opened fire on a small convoy of barges and defending aircraft near the…
The Battle of Amiens began in northern France, marking the start of the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive through the…